Author Archives: Quirkworthy

Foundry Christmas Open Day 1

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Just a quick note – I’ll post a bunch more pics tomorrow. It’s been a fun day, not least because I had a game of Tribes of Legend with Nigel Stillman (and then a bunch of us played Condottiere). For … Continue reading →

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Foundry Christmas Open Days

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Quirkworthy

I keep talking to people who say they’ll meet me at one event or another, and I just thought I’d let you guys know I’d be going along to the Foundry Open Days tomorrow and Saturday in case you fancied … Continue reading →

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Review: Heroica (Nathuz) – What’s In The Box?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Lots of stuff. Mainly this is bags of zillions of Lego bits, as you’d expect. In fact I found it all slightly daunting. It’s not just zillions of bits – it’s zillions of different and very specific bits. I’m clearly … Continue reading →

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Aeronautica Imperialis – Straggler Missions

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Played some more Aeronautica at the weekend, and it was lots of fun. Bob came up with a simple scenario based on an event in WWII’s Pacific campaign. A lone, up-gunned Marauder bomber has to get the length of a … Continue reading →

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Tribes Of Legend – Update

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Well the time must be getting nearer as I’ve finally seen a printed copy of Tribes of Legend. The bulk of the run are still on the Slow Boat From China, but Hermes brought a copy by air for me … Continue reading →

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Review: Aeronautical Imperialis – First Contact

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Those daring young men in their flying machines. In space 🙂 Yes, I had a game of Games Workshop’s Aeronautica Imperialis. It was Bob’s fault, naturally. Like the Epic. He was kind enough to let me win though, shooting down … Continue reading →

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Things You Should Read: Number 1

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Quirkworthy

In no particular order, I thought I’d do a post or two on sites that I find intriguing, amusing, and make me think. First up is an occasional blog from a veteran of the gaming hobby: Tom Meier. Tom’s a … Continue reading →

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Review: Gears of War – First Contact

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Quirkworthy

We played the Gears of War board game again last night, and actually survived this time. The first evening of this we played 2 player, and got obliterated repeatedly. I think we played 4 times and never got to the … Continue reading →

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It Wasn’t Me

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Looking at Beast of War’s account of the Warpath Open Day reveals this interesting little bit of information: “This is all of course setting up Dwarf Kings Hold…In Spaaaaaaace which is planned for Warpath. Corporation Vs ’8th Race’ in the … Continue reading →

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Warpath Open Day

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Well I was intending to do a proper event report on Mantic’s Warpath Launch Party, but my camera decided to die, so no pictures from me, I’m afraid 😦 However, there were a number of more technically savvy folk about … Continue reading →

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