Author Archives: Quirkworthy

Alien Gamers

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Quirkworthy

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 →

Posted in Infinity | 12 Comments

Paint on Toys!

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Quirkworthy

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 →

Posted in Painting & Modelling | 19 Comments

A Bit of Excitement of My Own

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Quirkworthy

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 →

Posted in Board Gaming | 6 Comments

Promised Photos

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Well I’ve got some better pics today. Not the best, but certainly an improvement and good enough to show off my average painting. We’ll start with some old paint jobs to illustrate that I was OK at one time. Never … Continue reading →

Posted in Painting & Modelling | 8 Comments

So What Am I Going to Paint?

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Quirkworthy

My least favourite part of painting is cleaning up the models in the first place, but it has to be done. So that I can avoid using that as an excuse not to do it, and so that I don’t … Continue reading →

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Greetings!

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Well that crystal ball gazing got a bit of attention đŸ™‚ Hello and welcome to all who joined us from TTGN. Seems that my predictions caused a bit of a spike in traffic. Perhaps I should take up fortune telling? … Continue reading →

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Load of (Crystal) Balls

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Quirkworthy

If you mosey on over to the tab about my games (above), you’ll find a new page about the future plans for Dwarf King’s Hold. Here, if you can’t find it. There’s a big, fat caveat about this being subject … Continue reading →

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A Little Confession

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Quirkworthy

It has been a long time since I painted any toy soldiers properly. A very long time. So long, in fact, that I have entirely lost track of when I last did it. This is a bad thing. This may … Continue reading →

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DKH Future Plans

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Quirkworthy

I’m not going to spill any beans in detail yet as we’re still ironing out details, but the good news is that Ronnie and I had a chat about where we’d like to go with DKH and it’s all looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Dwarf King's Hold | 2 Comments

A Life on the Ocean Wave

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Quirkworthy

Played my first game of Dystopian Wars last night, obliterating a British starter fleet for the loss of only a few Japanese frigates. It was an entertaining enough game, and one I’ll add to my list of things to review … Continue reading →

Posted in Dystopian Wars, Metagame musings | 10 Comments