Tagged: painted
AAR- Mordheim Campaign Night 5
Here we are at Night 5, the penultimate game of this phase of the CSW Mordheim Campaign. For this evening we ventured out to the suburbs where Michael hosted us in his lovely home. GAME 1 For this game Michael had assembled a remarkable table that combined the original card-and-plastic Mordhiem buildings with traditional bases, ... Read more
AAR- Mordheim Campaign Night 4
The Mordheim campaign chugs along with lots more action. Here’s the Report from July 22nd. We were graced with the presence of a guest player this evening, “Kid Kyoto” (a friend from Dakka Dakka) visiting us by way of India- Really nice guy who shares a lot of our gaming interests. I hope he stops ... Read more
AAR- CSW Casual Bloodbowl League- A Belated Report.
Club member and classic Bloodbowl Superfans Mattia and Michael have been running a periodic Bloodbowl campaign. This is a spotty, belated attempt to cover the first few Games. First Game May 2023. The first game was only slightly recorded. The first league result is: Syntownne Abbey Manglers (Humans) vs. The Gouged Eye (Orcs) Result: One-all ... Read more
AAR- CSW Mordheim Campaign Night 3 And Some Terrain Work.
The campaign rolls right along. Here’s night 3 which took place on July 8th. Terrain Progress: Improving Old School Mordheim Buildings First off, here’s a bit of progress I made on the old Mordheim buildings James had brought. The unknown builder (he was given them from a game store) had done a pretty good job ... Read more
AAR- Summer Mordheim Campaign Night 2
At the end of June we gathered for the second night of our Mordheim campaign. Game records ranged from the fantastic to the non-existent, so here they are in that order… Game 2.1 Mattias’s Posessed vs Charlie’s Skaven. Mattias’s account of the game, as told by Magister Slinsiod Krell: “The Shadowlord whispered to me of ... Read more
AAR- Mordheim Campaign Kickoff!
Last month we had the kickoff of our Summer 2024 Mordheim Campaign. 7 Members were in attendance divided among 3 games. Before the Game I prepared 2 of the 3 tables. One predominantly comprised of porcelain Christmas houses and accesories converted into fantasy dwellings. The other made of every bit of ruined and temple’ish terrain ... Read more
AAR- 12,000 Point Grimdark Future Battle.
The more experience we gain with One Page Rules’ “Grimdark Future” rules, the bigger battles we’re able to have. Last Monday we tried our biggest battle yet. Coming in at 12k points this battle had my Dark Angels (6k) vs. James’ Orks (3k) and Mattias’s Quar (3k). Even though we were playing a pretty standard ... Read more
After Action Battle Report: Age of Fantasy Battles- April 8th, 2024
On April 8th five of us met for a pair of games of Age of Fantasy. After a few meetings playing Grimdark Future, Age of Fantasy was an easy transition as the rulesets are essentially identical. The points calculations appear to be the same, but it’s worth noting that with most units not having ranged ... Read more
Gallery: Two Alpha Strike Games
Since the early 2010’s, CSW has played a variety of games with armies of re-based, pre-painted “Mechwarrior Dark Age” clix miniatures that we purchased in bulk after the demise of that game. The scale of these miniatures is alternately known as 10mm, N Scale or 1/160. That does make them significantly larger than the traditional ... Read more
Tabletop Minions 2023 Gallery- Mech Attack, Grimdark and more!
Another delayed report… This year my son and I took a trip to TMX 2023. While there we ran a big game of Grimdark Future, but first a few other things we saw… The Fallout tables were filled with fantastic 3d printed terrain: Watching the Alpha Strike game reinvigorated my interest. I hope to be ... Read more