The Miniatures Pledge 2016 – April – With Decent Photos!
Michael / Chgowiz My pledge for the year is to limit my miniatures buying to any of the new Ral Partha figures coming from the Chaos Wars Wave 2 Kickstarter, and any figures…
Michael / Chgowiz
More Book of War + D&D = Great Fun!
My PCs are becoming shakers and movers in my campaign these days, with helping take back lost areas, clearing out ruined monasteries of Chaos and now having performed a rescue…
Now live! Ral Partha Chaos Wars Wave 2 Kickstarter
(This post will get updated as I go through the options, but wanted to get the word out there now.) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1050509756/ral-parthas-chaos-wars-dwarf-undead-troglodyte-min And in a completely unexpected FRISTPOST kinda thing… I’m…
Dallimore or Triad painting – with craft paints!
As I mentioned the other day, I’m moving into experimenting with the Dallimore/Triad method. I’m starting off with the “Two Colour Method” right now, to get the hang of it.…
Painting Miniatures – Moving from “The Dip” to “The Dallimore”
Since restarting my miniature painting over a year ago, I’ve been using a technique to quickly paint and finish the majority of the few hundred that I’ve painted – called…
A simple message – don’t be a dick to women gamers
I’ll say it very simply. I have seen my fair share of male-privileged, non-consensual activity in other parts of my life and I have no use for it at all…
The Miniatures Pledge
Over at The Miniatures Page forum, in the Painting Message Board, there’s an ongoing monthly topic called “The Pledge”. It’s a nice way to try to stick to some goal…
Making the players care
Far too often, games based on old-school styles and tropes end up focusing on dungeons and collecting gold and treasure to some end. Usually the idea is exploring some hard-scrabble…
[1HW] After Action Report – Escape the Orcs!
The silence in the Council Chambers was so utter and complete that you could not hear a breath or heartbeat. Even the sounds of the seas, which provided a constant…
[Solo Game w/Wife] Moving scales on the fly and caravan woes
11 Giant Spiders. 6 PCs/Henchmen/Hirelings. 10 NPC guards. This is the situation that Angie/Aeli ran into in yesterday’s game, as the caravan that Aeli was traveling in ran into yet-another-wilderness-wandering-monster.…