Tagged: fantasy
AAR- Return to Kings of War!
In late November at the first gathering of CSW in over a year 4 of us played Kings of War. It was a 2v2 game with Chaos (using the Varangur List) on one side and an unholy alliance of Men (Kingdoms of Men) and Undead on the other. The battle’s objective was to have as ... 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
Join us at Dragon Fall
Later this month, CSW members will be running a games and supporting the charity raffle at Dragon Fall 2019. We are running Heroquest On Friday evening and twice on Saturday. It is a continuation of a campaign of games run at other conventions and each session will be a different scenario. We will also be ... Read more
Review- Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago Gods of Fire
Gods of Fire expands on Ghost Archipelago with a mix of various elements. There are new treasures and bestiary, as well as rules for small boats. The more remarkable sections are a chapter on making and playing as various tribal groups and three campaigns where players play tribes along side the standard Ghost Archipelago crews. ... Read more
Dragon-Fall 2018 Charity Raffle- Part 3
Part 3 of our Dragon-Fall prize posts: As some of you may know, I am the Philanthropic Coordinator for Dragon-Fall 2018. This year, we have partnered with Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity: Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 100 hospitals worldwide. ... Read more
Dragon-Fall 2018 Charity Raffle- Part 2
Part 2 of our Dragon-Fall prize posts: As some of you may know, I am the Philanthropic Coordinator for Dragon-Fall 2018. This year, we have partnered with Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity: Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 100 hospitals worldwide. ... Read more
AAR/Review- A Trial Run through Kobolds and Cobblestones
Chris and I recently got together for a game of Kobolds and Cobblestones. It is number 21 in Osprey’s line of games that I often call “little blue miniatures games.” This one is set in the criminal underground of a sort of neutral city where various standard fantasy races live in an uneasy peace. The ... Read more
Shadespire demo at Tabletop Minions Expo 2018
Our friends at the South East Wisconsin Battle Badgers put on demos of Shadespire at TMX this year. Josh and I got to play in a four player game with two others who had never tried it. Josh chose the heavily armored chaos forces of Magore’s Fiends. I was using the skaven warband, Spiteclaw’s Swarm. ... Read more
Test of Honor at TMX
While at TMX, I saw an empty table, so I decided to set up a nice little Test of Honor display board with the hopes of getting some games in. I ended up running a handful of demos. What follows are some pictures, and thoughts on the game from Chris: The demo I ran was ... Read more