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Gates of Antares Ghar Battle Squad Plastics Review
One of the things I did at the Derby show last weekend was snaffle a couple of the new Gates of Antares plastic sprues – one each of the Concord and the Ghar. These are late pre-production shots as far as … Continue reading
A Few Thoughts On Age Of Sigmar
A warning: this is something of an unplanned brain dump and so it’s long and rambling. I hadn’t planned to write this, and I’ve not got a specific axe to grind or point to make; it’s just talking around the topic. People keep asking … Continue reading
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More Untapped Aliens
Yesterday’s alien question ferreted out some great references and some amusing stuff too. Apparently this is a real spider… Overall, it seems like spiders have inspired a lot more alien races in computer gams and RPGs than on the tabletop in miniature form … Continue reading
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Untapped Aliens?
Does anybody know of a gaming background with a race of sentient (giant) spiders in? I was cleaning the house this afternoon, and came across a mother spider guarding a dozen babies, all wrapped in a fine web. It’s the time of … Continue reading
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New Old Models
While I’m thinking SF, I want to take a detour from Deadzone and to mention a couple of other things. Firstly, the Macrocosm Kickstarter is almost finished. As I type this there’s less than 24 hours left, so hurry along if you … Continue reading
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Free DZ?
Just had a chat with Ronnie about a bunch of DZ questions that you guys have raised in reply to recent posts. The one I’d like to deal what today is the fact that some people might have bought the … Continue reading
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Olympic Games?
Did you know that chess and bridge are being considered for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Games? This came up again today as lawyers for the English Bridge Union made the next step in their ongoing argument with Sports England … Continue reading
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Clearing A Drop Zone
Need some more space. Decades’ worth of games, models, notes and associated gubbins has silted up my study to a silly extent. So, in an effort to create some more space, I’ve been thinking about what I really need to … Continue reading
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Designer’s Notes
Here’s a question for everyone, sparked by a comment on a recent post. If I self-publish a book, I get to pick what I want to include. As I like talking about the why of a game as well as … Continue reading
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Paintballing
Just come back from a morning’s paintballing in the forest. In theory, running around shooting folk (who are shooting back) might generate some interesting thoughts for tabletop skirmish games. Unfortunately, I could see so little through my thoroughly-fogged visor that I might … Continue reading
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