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Dreadfleet – a Few Photos
I seem to have acquired a copy of Dreadfleet, and thought you might like to see some photos of the sprues close up. There’s already a bunch of pictures on GW’s own site showing the whole sprues, so I’ll try … Continue reading
Posted in Board Gaming, Dreadfleet, Tabletop gaming
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Bushido – Revised Rules
I’ve just noticed that the Bushido Quick Start rules have been updated to address the many niggling issues with the first version. At a glance they seem to have sorted the obvious errors, and it looks vastly improved now. If … Continue reading
Posted in Tabletop gaming
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Whistling a Happy Tune…
Today I have a question rather than a vast screed for you to wade through. Do you listen to music while you game, and if so what is it? When I play games I like to do so with a … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts
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Tabletop Wargaming is a Nice, Inexpensive Hobby
I always start with the assumption that everyone has a hobby. It doesn’t matter what it is, but it’s there. maybe you collect ceramic thimbles, perhaps you race dogs, fly model planes, follow your football team around the country: the … Continue reading
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Business of Games
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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
Posted in Random Thoughts
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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
Posted in Board Gaming
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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
Posted in Tabletop gaming
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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
Posted in The Business of Games
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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
Posted in Events, Tabletop gaming, Terrain
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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
Posted in Board Gaming, Random Thoughts
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