Tagged: review
Railroad Cars for Wargaming Terrain
(Note: Although this is a wargaming blog, I’ve endeavored to make this review useful to O-gauge railroad enthusiasts as well. If your interest is solely railroading, just skim the pictures in Part I, and then scroll down to Part II of the review.) 1- Railroad cars for Wargaming Scenery Many 28mm wargamers use O-scale buildings ... Read more
Alpha Strike Game Report and Review
At last week’s club night, Jon, Tyler and I tried Alpha Strike for the first time. Alpha Strike is the new game set in the Battletech universe, using simplified mechanics and terrain (rather than a hex map) to enable larger battles that play faster than the traditional Classic Battletech rules. Rather than using the usual ... Read more
A Visit to Draxtar Games, a New Game Store in Chicago’s Western Suburbs
I stopped by Draxtar Games in Batavia (a suburb about 40 miles west of Chicago) last Thursday. The far western suburbs aren’t my normal territory, but I’ve got family nearby and am not one to miss a chance to visit a new game store (Draxtar Games has been open 5 months). I didn’t have a ... Read more
A Visit to the Gaming Goat in Oak Park
Rejoice, gamers! A new shop has opened up in Oak Park, a suburb just west of Chicago. It is The Gaming Goat, part of a group of game stores that already operate in a few other Chicago suburbs. I went out to their grand opening yesterday to scope out the scene. I’m particularly excited for ... Read more
Looking back on 2012
We’re feeling retrospective as 2012 comes to a close, so we felt like it might be a good idea to look back on a year of gaming in the Windy City. The year began with the club ramping up our first concerted effort to produce a series of blog posts on a particular topic. In ... Read more
Two reviews: Inkwell Industries and Mega Minis’ Salvage Crew
Today we’ll review two groups of miniatures: resin bases, barrels and wheels by Inkwell Industries, and the Salvage Crew from Mega Miniatures. Inkwell Industries: Bases, Barrels and Wheels Inkwell Industries is a one-man side project that has some good quality resin products at remarkable prices. This review will showcase their bases, barrels and tires, all ... Read more
Trying out Panzer 8 for quick-play sci-fi mass combat
And now, for something completely different — after weeks and weeks of our Song of Blades & Heroes campaign, the club was itching to try something off the beaten path. Let’s see … what’s about the farthest you can get from 28mm fantasy? Oh yeah, 10mm sci-fi! For one of our earliest club projects, we ... Read more
Review: Bases from Proxie Models
Ken at Proxie Models is unique among one-man hobby companies since he cuts dies to create injection molds to make plastic bases — all out of his own barn! Here’s a video with more information on how Ken works. Today, I’ll review a variety of bases available from Proxie Models. The bases I ordered are ... Read more
Warpath: Battle report and game review
At last week’s club game night, Jon and I had a chance to try out the Warpath ruleset by Mantic Games. We completely forgot a few things (such as modifiers for shooting at units that have moved, etc), but in general we got a pretty good handle on the rules. After the game report, I’ll ... Read more