Filed Under: Battle Reports
AAR- Planet28: “Why are there so many planets?”
“Why are there so many planets? The brochure said there’d only be a few planets.” – Don Knotts if he played sci-fi skirmish minis games.Salutations friends and onlookers! It’s been a long while as this world has been thrashing and whirling in a fit of unsurety the past year or two, so it’s good to ... Read more
AAR- Marvel Crisis Protocol- Battle in the Subway
Michael and I recently got together to play Marvel Crisis Protocol. We set up a cool board using my new Black Site Studios Subway station. His evil Cabal force tried to destroy the city, while my small group of Avengers attempted to save the day. His force consisted of Ultron, Venom, Crossbones, Doc Oc, and ... Read more
AAR/Impressions- Marvel Crisis Protocol
Last night, I joined a group of regulars at Oak Lawn Comics for their inaugural weekly Marvel Crisis Protocol night. The game is usually played on a 3×3 board, so we set up a sprawling abandoned military installation on a 6×4 table, and played 2 separate games on each half. Brian and I played the ... Read more
Test Of Honor Demos at Grognard Games
I had the pleasure of attending Grognard Games 3rd anniversary celebration, and ran some Test Of Honor games. I had never been to the store before. It’s a great shop. There is lots of space to play, and they have a great selection of minis, games, and hobby stuff. And, they just signed a new ... Read more
Old School DungeonCrawl: Advanced Heroquest
Tim, Terrence, Mattias and I dipped into the past last week with a try at the GW classic Advanced Heroquest. That none of us have Advanced Heroquest proved to be no barrier at all. PDF’s of the rules are readily available and we already have plenty of figures, dice and a dry-erasable mat (to use ... Read more
Dragon-Fall 2019 Walking Dead Narrative Games
At Dragon-Fall 2019, I prepared a 2 part Walking Dead All Out War narrative campaign. The first part was a twist on the scenario I have run numerous times before, and the second part was something totally different. This was a city once, a long, long time ago. Now it’s a tomb filled with the ... Read more
Fallout Wasteland Warfare Impressions : Brought to You By Liberty Prime Insurance – “Be a Patriot…or be vaporized!”
Welcome wastelanders! Sorry about the lack of posts. Life is busy, games go unplayed, minis unpainted. (Well…a few. I’ve been fairly happy about my hobby progress this summer, but most of it is more on the rpg side. ;)) One of my goals this summer was to finally try out one of the big-IP games ... Read more
Adepticon 2019- Walking Dead Narrative Scenarios- Escape From Chicago
At Adepticon this year, I ran the first 2 scenarios of our Walking Dead All Out War narrative campaign. I ran scenario 1 on Friday, and scenario 2 on Saturday. We had a full group of 6 players, including a number of players attending both games. I tried some new things with the group this ... Read more
Exploring with the Rangers of Shadow Deep!
There seems to be a new kid on the fantasy gaming block trying to make a name for itself. You see, the author of Frostgrave is an ambitious chap full of gaming ponderings and explorations. I feel his sweet babychild, Frostgrave, is constantly evolving and finding ways to change and meet the demands of every ... Read more
What a Tanker! – Midwest Miniatures Expo
One of the games I was excited to see at Midwest Miniatures Expo was What a Tanker!, a game of WWII tank combat made by Too Fat Lardies. Each player runs one or up to a handful of tanks. Each tank has a two statistics- Armor and Strike. Those are the defensive and offensive abilities ... Read more