AAR- Runewars, Battle at Greenfire!
One Thursday last month, no CSW club members were available, so I trekked down to 95th street to see what Greenfire Games in Oak Lawn had to offer Runewars players. It was a slow day, but Mike, one of the owners graciously offered to play. We both fielded Daqan and as I had two boxed ... Read more
Tutorial: SaltNHairspray Rust: Shake It, Shake It Real Good!
*cue music, you know you want to: doo doodoo doo. doo. doodoo doo doodoo* The deeper I get in to this hobby, the more I’m reflecting on my masochistic tendencies. Why do we slave over these little, tiny dudes and dudettes? Why are we trying to recreate these fantastic battle scenes from overhead, like a ... Read more
Playtesting The Walking Dead: All Out War- Impressions Part 2
Tim and I ran an 4 player game of The Walking Dead: All Out War at the Tabletop Minions Expo. We ran a test version of the event on Memorial day to get some game practice and feedback on the scenario. We had 4 test players, who each controlled two survivors. The zombies controlled themselves. ... Read more
CSW Hobby Night
We held another hobby night! These evening are turning out to be fantastically productive and fun events for all participants.. Tim worked on his Runewars minis. They are looking great! Jon continued work on a top secret project. It is a total scratch build for a contest so it must remain a secret for now… ... Read more
Tutorial: Painting Runewars’ Waiqar the Undying
As Karl mentioned in his post, I took the Waiqar the Undying models from our Runewars box sets. After assembly and cleanup of the models, I primed them with a color I mixed- white gesso with burnt sienna and a little yellow ocher. Since there are a large number of models, I used an airbrush. While I was ... Read more
AAR- The Walking Dead: All Out War at TMX
Tim and I ran a Walking Dead: All Out War scenario while attending the Tabletop Minions Expo. Kevin and Chester faced off against Glenn and Eric. Each team controlled 4 heroes as they explored an abandoned army base deep in the jungle, looking for supplies to bring back to their survivor camps. The base was (of ... Read more
Tabletop Minions Expo 2017
Josh and I left Chicago early Saturday morning to face delays from a road accident and pouring rain on an adventure farther into Wisconsin than Josh had yet dared to go. We arrived in Oshkosh to attend the initial Tabletop Minions Expo, a small convention put on by our friend Adam. Here was the scene ... Read more
Review- Test of Honor
While enjoying the Tabletop Minions Expo this weekend, Tim and I finally sat down to play a few rounds of Test of Honor by Warlord games. As this is a review of a new game, We decided to keep to what was in the box, so there are unpainted minis and flat terrain in use. ... Read more
AAR- Runewars Live-Stream Video!
The last two weeks have found me playing Runewars at Greenfire Games on Thursday evenings. Despite having not yet finished the traditional battle report for last week’s game, here is this week’s adventure, a 100 point Runewars game playing the “Bounty” scenario. Brought to you through the miracle of moving pictures! Despite being a bit ... Read more
Tutorial- Speedpainting Zombies
Tim and I decided to run a large scale game of The Walking Dead: All Out War at next week’s Tabletop Minions Expo (come see us there!), and I decided this would be the perfect excuse to paint up all 33 Walking Dead zombie models I own. I decided to speed paint them to make ... Read more