Over on the Tabletop Workshop YouTube channel earlier this year, they posted a four-part series (pt1, pt2, pt3, & pt4) on customizing modular game boards. Enjoy!
It's been a while since I posted regularly on this corner of the CMG Blog Triad, but the resourceful James Wappel has a new video on building towers and fortifications, and this needed sharing.
Three games (of many!) we have on the shelf at Lake Geneva Games that I do not know how to play include Colt Express, Steam Park, and Seasons. I've heard good things about each of them so I thought I'd collect the how to play videos on each from The Dragon Table YouTube channel to familiarize myself with them. First up, Colt Express (2014). Enjoy!
The excellent terrainaholic was at Gen Con 2016 capturing some interviews on video for his wonderful YouTube channel (subscribe here) so I thought I'd share some of his vids with everyone for Wargaming Wednesday. First up, a video with Kevin Cabai of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society Midwest chapter. Enjoy!
There is a YouTube channel for Tabletop Workshop that seems utterly unrelated to the UK Tabletop Workshop (Enigma Design Studios). The latter may or may not be defunct but they made wonderful hard plastic buildings and terrain. The former is the effort of a German-speaking hobbyist whose sense of humor comes across even with the language barrier. My own limited remembrances of High School-learned German does little for me in this context since none of what happens in the videos I have watched take place in a Bibliothek nor involve going to the water closet. As evidence, check out what I take to be the channel's origin story.
After stumbling across the channel and being able to see it was a fellow crafter making buildings for tabletop games in 28 mm scale, I figured I would watch that first video above. That convinced me that I should see if I could follow one of the regular videos with actual crafting, so I watched the second on making a Dark Age Hut.
Well, since the second video ever made was the first of two parts, I felt compelled to watch the third video, part two of the Dark Age Hut build. I gained enough from it to watch more and will keep up with any new videos as well, and perhaps brush up on my German while I am at it!
Over on cheapfantasyminis.blogspot.com, 1Mac popped up after a summer hiatus with "Guards and Bandits and Bondic" here.
Also, on The Lost and The Damned some years ago, Mortis showed off his Skaven Army here.
Finally, on the Dungeonmaster Mark YouTube channel from earlier this year, as part of his GM Tips, he showed us how to "Make your own custom D&D minis." Enjoy!
If you never tried crafting your own tiles, just watch the three videos and see if it doesn't inspire you to try. They are, conventiently, the first three in a series beginning with "D&D NEXT Dungeon Creation System (DM's Craft NEXT #1)."
Also, "D&D NEXT Reusable Dungeon Floors (DM's Craft NEXT #2)."
Finally, "D&D NEXT Reusable Dungeon Walls (DM's Craft NEXT #3). And there's more but this should get you started . . .
Over on patreon.com a number of terrain tipsters have supplemented what they make building custom terrain by throwing out a virtual tip jar in the form of Patreon sponsorship. This allows folks who like to view their videos and benefits from their tutorials the chance to pay a little back to these fine creators. One of my personal favorites, as one can imagine from reading my Terrain Tuesday blog posts, is TerranScapes here.
One of the newer kids on the block is 3T-Studios here.
But one can go to the website and search by Terrain to find all manner of creators worthy of sponsorship here.
Over on initiativeone.blogspot.com, the insightful Wayne Rossi looks back at early D&D artifacts here.
Also, on meleewizards.com, they corral all things Melee and Wizard, two classic, early Steve Jackson games. "Over 30 years ago [closer to 40!] a company called Metagaming released a small set of miniature combat rules simply named 'Melee.' Shortly afterwards another of these 'Microquest' games was released and was named 'Wizards.'" Learn more here.
Finally, on the ClockMonsterLA YouTube channel, check out an old "SPI Infomercial." Enjoy!
Three from The Terrain Studio and TheTerrainGuy YouTube channel this week from deep in his archives. He hasn't been around for a while but was very active for a half dozen years or so. First, check out "Studio Update - Sep.25th - Steampunk" terrain.
Also, on he's got one from the next day titled "TheTerrainStudio - Studio Update - Sep.26th - Steampunk Landing Platform."
Finally, have a look at his "Monster Board - Known as Hermanville." Enjoy!
Three from the Terranscapes YouTube channel, from some time back, on his basing system with some mini-reviews on foliage and flocking. First, we've got "TerranScapes - Improved Jungle Terrain - New Release." Enjoy!
Also, have a look at "TerranScapes - Woodland Scenic and Scenic Express Flock Review." Good stuff!
Finally, check out "TerranScapes - Scenic Express Super Leaf Review - Wargame Terrain Foliage." Fun!.
