Author Archives: Quirkworthy

DKH at BOW

Just been talking to the nice chaps at Beast of War, and they’ve been good enough to set up a tag for Dwarf King’s Hold, so you can find all the related posts on their site on one page.

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Painting… or Not

I was thinking of entering one of those models I showed you guys for the Beasts of War painting competition, but that’s not happened (it closed last night). Too much work and a week away have stomped on that idea. … Continue reading

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Back at the Ranch

All home in one piece, and still catching up with the gaming goodness and the work I missed while I was away. Lots going on, though as usual I can’t tell you about much of it yet. I think I … Continue reading

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Dust to DUST

Just uploaded a partial review of DUST. I can’t put the photos in from my cocktail bar in Foreign Parts, so they’ll appear later. I’ll also add rather more commentary on the rules. But it’s something for you guys to … Continue reading

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Melting

Well here I am on my travels, using a borrowed iPad in a cocktail bar to post a reply or two. Its 26 degrees here at 11pm and as you can imagine that made the middle of the day pretty … Continue reading

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On My Travels

Well I’m leaving the clan behind for a few days, zipping about the place, and may not have much computer access. So, if I’m a little quiet over the next week then don’t be surprised. That said, it is also … Continue reading

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A Good Week for Gaming

As I write games for a living, you may imagine that I play all the time. Well I do some weeks, but aside from work games I seldom play as much as I’d like. This week, however, I’m doing pretty … Continue reading

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Alien Gamers

I was re-reading Iain M Banks’ 1988 book The Player of Games yesterday, and was surprised to see a couple of familiar game-related words on the same page: Morat and Shuro. Now it’s obvious to all that Corvus Belli aren’t … Continue reading

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Paint on Toys!

Well it’s a start, at least. The powder monkey got hacked off his old base and the Plague Marine got a spray of grey primer so they’re a little closer to having colours on them. The others fared rather better. … Continue reading

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A Bit of Excitement of My Own

It’s that time of year and everyone is GenCon crazy in the gaming world. Well I’m on the wrong side of the Pond, so I have to be content with just watching the videos and so on like most of … Continue reading

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