Tagged: ganesha games

Night Herons of the Black Crown, Part 3

With the start of our fantasy campaign only a few days away, I put the finishing touches on my warband, the Night Herons of the Black Crown. These are mostly character figures, and like my earlier postings, most were acquired at Little Wars. Corvin Vunzeister, Arch-Mage of the Black Crown This year we’ve made it ... Read more


Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 7 – Escape the Iron Isle!

After seven campaign sessions and many, many individual games, we had reached the end. Our Song of Blades & Heroes fantasy campaign wrapped up Nov. 7 after an impressive run at our game table. As this was our first time running a narrative, map-based campaign, we were looking for an opportunity to go out in ... Read more


Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 6 – Exploring the Iron Fortress

Last week we gathered in my basement for what will probably be the penultimate session of our Song of Blades & Heroes campaign. Having scouted a deserted village near the Iron Fortress in a previous session, Karl and Mike sent their warbands into the grim, lightless depths below the ruined castle. In game terms, co-gamemaster ... Read more


Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 5 – Fortress Besieged

Last week saw five players gathering in my basement for the latest session of our Song of Blades & Heroes fantasy campaign. When the dust cleared at 11 p.m., we had played 5 (five!) games, shuffling players and terrain accordingly to get a diverse series of battles in our campaign world.  We had a couple ... Read more


Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 4 – Burn Them Out!

We got together for the fourth session of our Song of Blades & Heroes fantasy campaign. Mike, Jon and Tim gathered at my place for a couple of games. I had prepared a scenario for my undead, which saw them defending their newly won watchtower (discovered on the borders of the Velathys Marsh after session ... Read more


Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 3 – The Deserted Village

The third session of our Song of Blades & Heroes fantasy campaign took place last week, and we had a definite theme in mind — we were planning our first-ever village game, using Karl’s converted porcelain buildings and a couple resin buildings I picked up from Miniature Building Authority (one was a gift from my ... Read more


Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 1 – Coming Ashore on the Iron Isle

Last night we began our Song of Blades & Heroes fantasy campaign with a couple of games situated on territories on The Iron Isle, our homebrew fantasy setting. The idea was that each faction had just made landfall on the island and were cautiously expanding their respective beachheads. As such, our games took place two ... Read more


Apocalypticum playtest, trying out vehicle rules

Last week we had our second playtest session for Apocalypticum, the forthcoming post-apocalyptic ruleset from Ganesha Games. Feedback from the game creator after our initial session helped us fine-tune our expectations for this game. We ended up devising a 3-player scenario — due to a snowy Chicago evening that stymied some gamers’ travel plans. The ... Read more


Playtesting Apocalypticum, the forthcoming ruleset by Ganesha Games

Last week our club had the pleasure of playtesting a draft version of the upcoming Apocalypticum ruleset by Ganesha Games. Apocalypticum is a post-apocalyptic game, essentially a modified version of Ganesha’s Mutants and Death Ray Guns title, which is itself inspired by Song of Blades & Heroes, our club’s favorite fantasy skirmish game. So you ... Read more


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