Tagged: mass battles
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: 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- Runewars: Round 2
Tim and I met on Thursday for our second go at playing Runewars. This time, my figures were nearly painted and his were basecoated so we’re mostly back on track for CSW’s usual painted minis standard. We fielded 180 point forces. We could probably have hit the game-standard 200 if we’d stacked a lot of upgrade ... Read more
Runewars: Painting the Daqan Lords Part 1- Creative Assembly.
As I mentioned in our review and AAR of our first game, I have chosen the Daqan Lords -humans- as my faction for the “Runewars Miniatures Game.” As Tim and I traded the armies in our starter boxes I suddenly found myself with 44 miniatures that were unpainted and only assembled via push-fit. Striking while the ... Read more
40k Knights In Mech Attack City
When I first made plans for Adepticon 2017, I made arrangements to bring the Mech Attack terrain set on Thursday and leave it all week in the “Open Gaming” area for attendees to play on. As it happened, a family vacation intervened, and I only brought it on Saturday. I left it out during the ... Read more
Mech Attack Playtest: Flyers, Jump Jets and Fisticuffs!
Recently we gathered at Karl’s house to for our regular gaming session. While Karl and Tim spent the evening learning Saga, Mattias, Michael, and I chose Mech Attack. Unlike the 28mm monster game we typically run at conventions, this game was set at 10mm and took up considerably less space. We also tried out a ... Read more
It’s My Birthday And I’ll Play Warpath If I Want To
Taking a page from hardball Chicago politics, I used my influence as club organizer earlier this month (and my birthday!) to push for a big game of Warpath in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. We typically play skirmish games here at CSW, but plenty of members have entire legions of 40k figures carefully packed away in ... Read more
More Reinforcements: Trebuchets for Kings of War
The Kings of War arms race continues! After our game in November, several club members have been busily bulking up their Kings of War armies with new acquisitions. My latest find came via eBay: the “Lords of Madness Trebuchet” from the prepainted D&D Miniatures product line. I was very impressed by the prepainted Mage Knight ... Read more
More Reinforcements: Knights and Warjacks for Kings of War
Recently I added two new units to my Kings of War chaos army: a unit of warjacks and a block of chaos knights. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Wait, what? Warjacks in Kings of War? I thought you could only use them in that other game?” Well, if you’re a regular reader of this ... Read more
Kings of War: The Killing Fields of the Agamin Desert
Last week the club gathered at Games Plus for another game of Kings of War. At 4,000 points per side, this 5-player battle was our largest game yet of KOW, and I’m pleased to report that the fast-playing ruleset once again gave a satisfying game replete with epic charges, heroic stands, brutal artillery barrages and ... Read more