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#Malifaux #Reckoning Somer vs Somer

Posted: January 7, 2015 in Gaming
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Last night was another gremlin v gremlin for control of the Bayou. We flipped and got Reckoning with Line in the Sand, Bodyguard, Assassinate, Entourage and Make Them Suffer. Quite a lot of killing was anticipated, expected and resulted from the ‘Killing Zone’ table layout.

I took:

  • Somer
  • Lenny
  • 2 Warpigs
  • 2 Slop Haulers
  • Skeeter
  • 2 Bayou Gremlins
  • Entourage (Revealed) and Assassinate

while David had:

  • Somer
  • Lenny
  • Gracie
  • Burt
  • 3 Bayou Gremlins
  • 2 Slop Haulers
  • Bodyguard (Gracie) and Make Them Suffer

David started quite aggressively having Somer ‘Git yer Bro’, healing around him and Lenny throwing Gremlins up the table followed by Gracie saddling Lenny up as well. I summoned Gremlins but with scenery was forced to either hug cover or risk getting exposed in death valley. I ran the warpig on the right up in preparation for a pig charge in turn 2 and the pig on the left ran to the mouth of death valley and got shot off the table early turn 2. My skeeter landed in the middle of the alleyway to cut down some shooting but not enough.

Turn 2 earned both of us Reckoning points as the warpig destroyed a lowly gremlin and in return Gracie walked in and took 4 wounds off the pig. Lots of shooting and David declared Make them Suffer as he shot a poor gremlin off the table.

Turn 3 David continued to whittle my forces down earning another Reckoning and Make them Suffer. Somer shot Burt away but I couldn’t get the slop haulers to land any damage to earn the Reckoning point. Somer had positioned himself over the halfway point and I knew I could get to the enemy deployment zone for the full 3VP.

Turn 4 and Lenny smack David’s Somer who had no soulstones left. A cheated severe took the 5 wounds needed to put Somer out of the game for Assassinate. Gracie and the other Lenny charged my poor slop haulers who were mauled. David declared Bodyguard on Gracie who was also healed by the slop hauler.

Turn 5 seen my Somer take a shot at a slop hauler, missing and judging to be just out of single walk range of the enemy deployment decided not to shoot again and double walked behind a wall.

With a failed card flip to see if the game continued or not we called it. 8-6 to David. Great game.

#Hobbytime #Epic #Agoodyeartogamehard

Posted: January 6, 2015 in Gaming, Painting, Resolutions
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So 5 days in and 350 points of 1 Epic force assembled, painted and based. Not bad. Guardian Formation and transports completed. These were the first epic models I had painted in 5 years but by the end I was getting back into the way of things with extreme highlighting to make the effects noticeable from a distance. Looking forward to painting some Aspect Warriors next.

Also tonight is our first club night of the new year. Going to get my Malifaux fix for the week. Thinking Molly this week for some fun (and the new plastic Rogue Necromancy 😉 )

2015: A Good Year to Game Hard

Posted: January 2, 2015 in Gaming, Hobby, Resolutions
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With my resolution from last year to play every system I own falling just shy in the home straight I will attempt to complete it this month. I only have Epic: Armageddon and Dystopian Wars left and both games have seen a resurgence in popularity locally. I possibly bit off slightly more than I could chew last year and was trying to juggle too many hobby things with wedding plans that always seemed to fall on a weekend. Despite this I managed to play a fair few games, attended 2 big tournaments for Malifaux, ran 2 large convention tournaments for Malifaux and got some more new blood into the hobby.

I had a blast playing some of my games that have been neglected, especially breaking out my Panzer Grenadiers for Secrets of the Third Reich, running them with some mecha units and Nazi werewolves. Who doesn’t love Nazi werewolves? With the rumours doing the rounds of a 2nd edition to SoTR using Kickstarter I have some hobby funds labelled for adding drop troops to my Panzer Grenadiers.

I also managed to get a game of Warmachine/Hordes in using my old Cryx forces. I love some of the aesthetics of the forces and absolutely adore my Circle Orboros models but I find this game a little too much of a learning curve for me to invest heavily in. I will continue to paint what I have, pick up a model here and there and throw down some dice when the mood takes me or a game is offered.

Epic has recently seen a rise in participation in 2 local game clubs which just sends me giddy with excitement. Epic/Space Marine was the first wargame I ever collected and I still remember my first purchase of the Epic Chaos Horde box, having no idea about the game the tiny miniatures just appealed to me. This year I will be starting 2 forces and will be gaming with them every chance I get.

Guildball will shortly be landing on the doorstep and as I backed it heavily (my largest kickstarter pledge) I will be getting some games of this organised. This definitely looks like a beer and pretzels game and hopefully the price point won’t immediatley put people off. The models are beautiful and the gameplay is fast, furious and fun.

So where does that leave me for this year. Well, as the title suggests I am going to try and get as many games in as possible this year. I will continue with Malifaux in a big way, the Bushido boardgame will be arriving later in the year and Epic and Dystopian Wars will see more tabletop time. So my resolutions are:

  1. Achieve the Rainbow award on Malifaux Rankings (Play all 7 factions in tournaments) Having collected so many models it doesn’t bear thinking about I want to use all of them this year.
  2. Play at least 1 game a week – This will include new and old games, as a side note I would like to try as many new games (wargame and boardgame) as I can
  3. Paint 2 3,000 point Epic forces – This will be good to paint up my existing forces and have more armies for other gamers to choose from.

So that’s it. These resolutions should be achievable and I have already started by painting some Epic and playing a game of Zombicide yesterday. Here’s to the rest of the year!

 

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  • Il-Kaithe Guardian formation

New Forgeworld Contemptor

Posted: December 12, 2014 in Gaming
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Absolutely stunning model for the Alpha Legion. Still no interest in playing whatsoever.

More #Malifaux #BlackFriday Translucents and Dayglo

Posted: November 26, 2014 in Gaming, Hobby
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A feast for your eyes and wallets

#Malifaux #BlackFriday #ProjectBrown Root Beer Whiskey Golem

Posted: November 26, 2014 in Gaming, Hobby
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First pic is in of the translucent Nightmare Edition Root Beer Whiskey Golem and it’s EPIC

Post #M2GT Blues

Posted: November 14, 2014 in Gaming, Hobby, Painting
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So after a frentic few weeks getting the last models I needed ready for the Malifaux UK GT #M2GT it seems a bit of a lull now. But not for long as we have Nordicon 3 – the 3rd Nordicon to look forward to. And this time I get to play! Trophies are already purchased, prize pool is being collected and this weekend I will attempt to design some counters to give as goodie bag support.

In the lead up to #M2GT I managed to paint:

Yamaziko
2 Samurai
2 Tengu
Oiran
Illuminated
Dawn Serpent
Shadow Effigy

Now, granted they are not all finished but are at least base coloured and look respectable on the tabletop. Will have to see how far that takes me to completing my New Year’s Resolution.

Added to all this in the background I have started #ProjectBrown – the bayou project. With 2 masters for Gremlins now I thought I really should get the models assembled and painted and prepare to play a few games.

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@Guildball Butchers team models

Posted: August 2, 2014 in Gaming, Kickstarter
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This is getting me really excited for my kickstarter arriving at the end of the year. Well done guys on using kickstarter the way it was intended to be used.

New Pic released for #Malifaux

Posted: July 31, 2014 in Gaming, Hobby
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With some more superb artwork Wyrd has left me wanting more and more. If this is Shenlong and the High River Monks then Sensei Yu was nothing like how I thought.

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#HobbyWhores @fools_daily Too Many Games

Posted: July 31, 2014 in Gaming
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With recent episodes of Fools Daily and The Gamers Lounge podcasts it encouraged me to write a post of the games I have been playing. With the rise in popularity of Kickstarter games it really is a golden time for gamers. The problem for many gamers is getting time to play all of them.

At the beginning of this year I made 2 resolutions – to paint 365 points of skirmish troops and to play every system I have rules for or own models for. We will skip my first resolution for now as it’s covered in other posts and is going well thanks to tournament preparation so we will skip to all the systems I have access to:

Malifaux – My main game, a character driven skirmish game and what I have most models for. Easily achievable to play a game of it this year. [Played]

Bushido – A semi-mythical/historical Japanese skirmish game and at present a firm favourite quick game to play when I have Malifaux burn-out. Played quite a few games but have only started playing the scenario games which have led to a lot more thought given to crew creation for scenario achievements. [Played]

Warmachine/Hordes – I have had models for Warmachine since First Edition but have yet to have a full game. I have had a demo game but have yet to fully immerse into the game experience. The flip side is Hordes which I have only recently bought into. Yet to play it but similar mechanics to Warmachine. [Played]

Dystopian Wars – I have been playing it for years with my Britannians but have yet to get a game with Second Edition. A fun game but requires a good amount of time invested to play. [Yet to play]

Epic:Armageddon – I love this game system but yet to play this year. Now unsupported by Games Workshop but with so much detail and depth I find it incredible that this game is not more popular.[Yet to play]

Secrets of the Third Reich – A Weird World War 2 platoon-level game. Great rules but requires some play to figure it out properly. Can be played straight up WW2 or can ad in some weird or sci-fi elements to jazz things up. This game was my entry point into collecting WW2 models. [Played]

Flames of War – Another WW2 game. This time at 15mm scale so that means army-level scale. Not a huge urge to play but will get round to it this year. [Played]

Guildball – This was a kickstarter earlier this year and I backed for 4 teams and some extra models which will give me 5 teams in the end. Expected delivery is December but rules are free to download currently and a lot of team stat files are there too. Played a few games with it and like Bushido will be a fun secondary game to play every so often. [Played]

 

Looking through my Kickstarter pledges I have:

Zombicide –  a great board game and loved by everyone who plays, in particular my missus, which means that it gets a lot of table time. I was lucky enough to get in on the 1st season so have been collecting all the limited edition promo figures from each season and with season 3 just finishing on kickstarter I can expect a lot more survivors, zombivors and zombies.

Guilds of Cadwallon – Sort of like Tic-Tac-Toe but with a Cadwallon/Confrontation theme with little miniatures as tokens. An upgrade allowed for a board to place the miniatures and cards on rounds out the game and makes it more boardgame-like.

Zombicide Season 2 – MOAR zombies, MOAR survivors, MOAR add ons. My biggest spend on Kickstarter but not by much. £2 more than what I spent on Guildball.

Oddball Aeronauts – A fun card game where you play furry sky pirates. Your deck forms your health and when it runs out you lose. Good filler game.

Luchador – A dice game simulating the crazy world of mexican wrestling. Hit your opponent with a table or perform a signature move to achieve the pin. Crazy good. I was lucky enough to be involved in the play testing of this from a local company, Backspindle Games.

Zombicide Season 3 – Just finished and my pledge is sitting currently at the base game and expansion plus all the free stretch goals – MOAR ZOMBIES, MOAR SURVIVORS, MOAR STUFF. I will inevitably add more to my pledge to get additional limited edition stuff.

And I think that rounds it out. 5 miniature games to play with 1 of those getting played tonight. My German Grenadier list will be ready to take the fight to the enemy in Secrets of the Third Reich.

 

 

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