Author Archives: Quirkworthy
It’s a Little Confusing…
On the one hand I am told I write a blog that is “balanced and sensible” and am thanked for being a “sensible voice in an ever spiralling whinge storm”. This was what I was trying for. On the other … Continue reading
That’s More Like It!
It seems that while I was out in meetings yesterday, GW decided to put up a run through of a turn of Dreadfleet. Good plan. This looks pretty much like what I’d expected: a simple roll hits, roll saves kind … Continue reading
Marauder Orx Sprues from Mantic
I’ve been reading some pretty alarmist nonsense of the interwebz of late about Mantic’s as yet unreleased Marauder Orx for their as yet unreleased SF game: Warpath. You may have noticed I said “unreleased” twice there. That’s the clue. People … Continue reading
Being Everywhere at Once
I have a recipe for you to taste. It has three ingredients: A) Providing support for a game can be an onerous task for a company. It takes a lot of man-hours to manage forums, answer queries, provide new content, … Continue reading
Foundry ACW Open Day – Terrain & Stuff
Before I was rudely interrupted by Undead Pirates I was showing you some pictures of the games and the goodies at the Foundry ACW Open Day. Today I’ve got some other pictures for you. As well as cheap goodies and … Continue reading
Dreadfleet – Feared Cash Cow of the High Seas
I was going to talk about the rest of the Foundry Open Day today, but I’d forgotten that it was GW’s unveiling of their latest one-shot boxed game: Dreadfleet. I’ll finish the Open Day report tomorrow. There’s a predictably large … Continue reading
Foundry ACW Open Day – Gaming and Goodies
Foundry have just released a new set of rules for the American Civil War called Bull Run to Gettysburg. As is their wont, they planned to have an open day to coincide with this, but the riots got in the … Continue reading
Lost in Time
Pity the poor designer. In fact, pity anyone in the business of creating things as they will inevitably be lost in the swirling maze of Time. At the moment I am just finishing a game that will not be released, … Continue reading
2nd edition Kings of War Review – Part 2
Caveat: this second part is for the 5% of the gaming population who immerse themselves in the world of games and gaming as much as I do, and who are as curious and particular about how things work as I … Continue reading
2nd edition Kings of War Review – Part 1
This review is split into two parts for a couple of reasons. The first is that it will not be short, and the second is that it seems at present to be a different game depending on your style or … Continue reading
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