Author Archives: Quirkworthy

Foundry Miniatures Launch New Website

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Tribes of Legend may not be the first fantastical product from Foundry, but it seems to have been a catalyst for them to launch a new Fantasy-focussed website. Whilst Foundry are known as a producer of historical figures, they actually … Continue reading →

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Lego Dungeons

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Quirkworthy

I was recently discussing different types of games and the Lego dungeon game Heroica came up. So, being something of a game junky (and just finishing DKH3) I thought that would be an amusing change of pace to have a … Continue reading →

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Design Theory: Keep A Notebook

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Quirkworthy

If you are like me, your ideas will come tumbling out of your subconscious in a random sequence. Sometimes there will be clumps of notions on a similar theme, sometimes not. However they appear they need to be captured and … Continue reading →

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Armourfast Goodies + Secret 15mm Project

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Quirkworthy

The nice people at Armourfast sent me some of their tanks to review, which is always welcome. It helps with the addiction as I don’t seem to be able to choose a single scale for WWII gaming đŸ™‚ Speaking of … Continue reading →

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Review: Carnevale – Rhinos Can’t Jump!

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Quirkworthy

This review is based on a pdf of the complete rulebook rather than the printed item as that’s what was given to me. You can see a lot of this on the downloads section of Vesper-On’s website. Not everything is … Continue reading →

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Foundry Christmas Open Day

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Quirkworthy

I don’t normally promote such things in advance, but I’m going to be at this one and it looks like fun. Among other things we’ll have the first public run out of the Tribes of Legend game. Speaking of which, … Continue reading →

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Tribes of legend – Look Inside

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Tribes of Legend is up on Amazon with their shiny look inside feature, which is cool. This is the first time I’ve seen most of it in its finished form, so it’s fun for me too. One of the things … Continue reading →

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Design Theory: Less Is More

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Just because an idea is good, doesn’t mean it’s good for this game. All of the designers I know have more ideas than they can get finished, and this is a good thing. It shows a fertile and creative mind. … Continue reading →

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Design Theory: Murder Your Darlings

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Murder your darlings is a phrase that was first used by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (the dapper gent illustrated here) in a 1914 lecture on writing style at Cambridge University. What it means is probably best put by saying that if … Continue reading →

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The Plastic Soldier Company

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Quirkworthy

I was rummaging through my photos from Derby and realised that I had a couple of rather nice shots I hadn’t shared yet. They’re the Plastic Soldier Company stand, showing some of their rapidly growing range of 15mm and 1/72nd … Continue reading →

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