Thursday, November 7, 2019

Nostalgia Thursday - Chaos Wars (1987)

Thirty-two years ago, the super-simple four-page Rules According to Ral which were designed for Medieval combat were expanded into the thirty-page (approx) Chaos Wars (1987) for fantasy combat.  Still a simple rule set by most wargaming standards but complex enough to present tactical options that mitigate dice rolls and remove a fair amount of the luck factor that plagues simpler systems.  I picked this up from Wayne's Books through Amazon for about $20 and it included two of the Easy Reference Sheets, a sheet of Unit Stat Cards, and a Fall 1987 War Bulletin.  Nice!  A few months ago, I got the chance to play using these rules with Michael Shorten and you can read more about that fun time here.


Focusing on the roots of current tabletop gaming
with an eye toward the last century and before.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Terrain Tuesday - RUBrands's Cardboard City Terrain Pieces

Over on the Questing Beast YouTube channel, Ben expounds on "RUBrands' cardboard city terrain pieces."  Watch and learn!



For purposes here, the term Terrain is used broadlyto cover
3D tabletop pieces made from foam, felt, and other materials.
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Monday, September 9, 2019

Minis & Modeling Monday - Building a Miniatures' Storage Box

Over on the Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic YouTube channel, he takes another shot at "Building a (Beta) Better Miniature Storage Box."  Enjoy!



A look at prepping and painting Miniatures,
crafting buildings and paper Models,
and other non-terrain stuff for the tabletop.
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Saturday, September 7, 2019

Systems Saturday - Fluxx Capacity

Kristin and Andrew Looney have been living the American dream for a couple of decades designing games for their family business, Looney Labs, with games like the Fluxx card game and it's many expansions and sequels.  Over on washingtonian.com, a recent article "They Once Worked at NASA. Now They Make Card Games."  Read more here.


A look under the hood of various Games, Rules and Systems.
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Thursday, August 29, 2019

Nostalgia Thursday - Games Workshop Retrospective

There's been an update on "Dice Men: Games Workshop 1975 to 1985" by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson with Jamie Thomson, "a full colour, highly illustrated hardback 288 pages long, A4 (210mm x 297mm) printed on 140gsm gloss art stock, colour printed endpapers and bookmark ribbon."  It's been a struggle getting definitive information on those early years and they are being careful to make sure it is complete and honest.  Read more here.


Focusing on the roots of current tabletop gaming
with an eye toward the last century and before.
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Sunday, August 25, 2019

The Sunday Miscellanea - Sushi Roll and Felithian Factories

Just before the weekend, the Lake Geneva lunchtime crew played Sushi Roll with Brad, Tom Wham, and Larry Hamilton, of Follow Me and Die, at Culver's in Lake Geneva, WI.


Then we headed back to Lake Geneva Games to playtest Tom Wham's Felithian Factories with Tom, Larry, and myself.




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not covered elsewhere or wanting a particular focus.
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Monday, August 12, 2019

Minis & Modeling Monday - Doctor Faust Budget Painting

Over on Doctor Faust's Painting Clinic, he's "Painting D&D Miniatures on a Budget."  Enjoy!



A look at prepping and painting Miniatures,
crafting buildings and paper Models,
and other non-terrain stuff for the tabletop.
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