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Landing party
Terran Transolar Federation Naval Command's signal woke the Devastator-class heavy galactic war machine from its suspended operation. Terran MAATAC* Unit LMR-682 checked its internal chronometer, which...
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Since everyone else is doing it, I might as well offer my own year-end retrospective. Personally, 2021 was a horrible year, as old age claimed two close family members, and COVID showed no signs of...
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I'm back, baby!
Hey everyone! It's been awhile--a year-and-a-half, in fact--but the Dreadnought has returned!Where have I been? Nowhere, really. although 2021 was a somewhat prolific blogging year, I got burned out on...
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Reluctantly crouched at the starting line ...
Yes, it was Gaslands the other night at the game store. With just three of us present, we each took a multi-vehicle team for a Death Race. I was Met At Work (pair of construction vehicles) while my...
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Engines pumping and thumping in time ...
Since we finished our first Gaslands race of the evening early, we had time for one more rally, this time with smaller teams: E. Winters Group's Frankenstein, Blues Brothers'Jake and Elwood, and...
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Scenes from a game of Oathmark
Our group started playing Oathmark last month year, an miniatures-agnostic rank-and-flank fantasy wargame from the creator of Frostgrave.It's been a chance for me to put together an Oldhammer-style...
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Ogre at MillCon
As usual, I ran my Monopolis setup for Ogre at last November's MillenniumCon. This time, however, I had fewer players. Maybe it was the nonstandard time slot.Anyway, still lots of Ogre-on-Ogre carnage,...
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Dice tower/terrain piece
After about two years of watching Youtube crafting videos, I decided to try my hand at making a structure from scratch. I constructed this dice tower from a breadcrumbs can and dollar-store foam board....
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Mounted Bretonnian Sorceress
One of my painting accomplishments last year was this Mounted Bretonnian Sorceress from fifth edition Warhammer Fantasy.I haven't played that game; however, she worked great as a mounted human...
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Solo wargaming
After watching a number of videos discussing this book on the Joy of Wargaming Youtube channel, I decided to pick up The Solo Wargaming Guide by William Sylvester.While I'm fortunate to have a regular...
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Back and there again: Battle of Five Armies with Oathmark
Some time ago, I discussed gaming the Battle of Five Armies using Hordes of the Things. I want to return to that theorizing, but since my friends and I have been playing Oathmark for the past year or...
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A different kind of convention (for me anyway)
Earlier this month, my wife and I went to our first ever science fiction convention: ArmadilloCon here in the Austin area. My wife did confess that at first she thought I had talked her into attending...
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Still around
I know it's been awhile--OK, a year since my last post. I have fallen out of the blogging habit, with no real motivation to post more regularly.Don't worry, though! I am still gaming and still...
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6mm civilian vehicles
Having recently returned to Battletech via the more streamlined Alpha Strike rules, I find myself in need of some 1/285 scale terrain suitable for the battlefields of the future. But even the 31st...
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Some UrbanMechs
As you may have noticed, I recently got back into Battletech--or more accurately, Alpha Strike. The game plays extremely quick, and I really like the look and sizes of the plastic minis from Catalyst...
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Some toasters
Another batch of battlemechs, which my wife christened "toasters" because of their resemblance to the Cylons from Battlestar Galactica.These guys were simple and quick to paint: Gloss black spray...
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Don't wake the dragon!
We tried a new scenario recently for Oathmark. It was basically a meeting engagement, but when you arrive at the battlefield, you find a dragon slumbering between the opposing armies.The drake would...
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Grunhilda says hello
A little late for St. Patrick's Day, but please allow me to introduce Grunhilda Vert, part of a project I'm working on for my gaming group. The figure came from an Arena of the Planeswalkers game I...
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Corpsefire
Playing one of the military expedition mini-campaigns in Oathbreakers, I needed a corpsefire mini. I decided to use this Reaper Bones miniature.In a simultaneous attempt at zenithal highlighting and...
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More battlemechs
Here's a trio of mech miniatures I recently completed. Since these came from the blind-purchase Salvage Boxes, they each have a different paint scheme. For the Enforcer (left) and Stinger (right), I...
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Clanmech binary
Some more battlemechs, this time from the Clan era. As an old-school Battletech player, I'm not much of a fan of the Clan Invasion storyline, but between the Alpha Strike boxed set, some Salvage Box...
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Behold!
Presenting: The Eye Tyrant; a.k.a. The Sphere of Many Eyes, a.k.a. The Beholder!This figure depicting the classic D&D monster is from the Nolzur's Marvelous Miniatures line by WizKids.My wife...
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My latest obsession ...
Shadowdark!After hearing good things about it on the you-tubes, I picked up a hardbound copy of the Shadowdark RPGfrom its publisher, The Arcane Library. Shadowdark uses modern mechanics (such as d20...
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An old obsession ...
... Ogre!I had the urge to play the venerable hex-and-counter sci-fi tank wargame at game night last week, so I brought my Classic Counters and two maps from the Designer's Edition: The original...
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Presenting ... Bob Moss
When I saw this Classic Treant from the Nolzur's Marvelous Unpainted Miniatures line by WizKids, I couldn't resist buying it. It looks like it came straight out of the first edition Monster...
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