Expanding my world
Michael / Chgowiz Back in the old blog, I posted a picture of the “Lands of Men” from my D&D campaign. This continent is flargin huge. This landmass is roughly 220 hexes east/west…
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Assault the Orc Fort!
The players in my campaign have discovered a way for Marshall Roehm (the local noble in my campaign) to retake a key strategic position away from the orcs. There is…
Sir Reynald’s Assault of the Monastery – Taking 100 men into the dungeon
“Aye, bein’ a part ‘o Sir Reynald’s troops was a fine thing. We marched past Enonia and it was a parade, banners fluttering, the men and women all looking fine…
Mass Combat Underground – Proposed adaptations to Book of War rules
Listen up! Form ranks! Prepare to move out! This is roughly what I’m looking at doing in my “Mass Combat In the Dungeon” scenario I was talking about yesterday. My…
Take the skirmish underground – mass combat in the dungeon
From the “I’m sure SOMEONE has done this…” Department in my head comes this question. Take a force of men, say 60 to 80 men at Skirmish scale (10:1) versus…
Mech Attacks – when you want freaky fast stompy 30ft robot action
A couple of Fridays ago, my friend Chris and his son came over for what has become a slightly regular Battletech game night. The first couple of times, we played…
June Painting – 15mm Armies for my D&D campaign
June was a busy month for me, preparing two 15mm HOTT (Hordes of the Things) armies in preparation for a game night on July 2 with the Chicago Skirmish crew.…
Making Everything Count – HOTT recap and paying it forward
So the orcs and humans marched out on their little, itty, bitty 15mm feet to go to war… … sounds funnier in my head than I guess it really is,…
DIY Folding Wargames Table
A small cheap, DIY project that took only a day to put together, a folding wargames surface with “grass”. The project came from a post from this blog: http://dreadgazebo.net/building-a-portable-wargaming-surface/ As…
DIY Miniatures Carrier
Over four years ago, I did some DIY work to create a very large miniatures carrier. I didn’t want to pay a small fortune for laser cut, precision bags when…