Modern Conflicts Call for Modern Solutions
Starting to amass a little ultra-modern warfare collection for use with Black Ops. To date, I’ve only ever played that game using sci-fi figures, but for the first time in a long time, I’m starting to get a handle on how modern warfare can be wargamed. More on that...
The Two Kinds of Twitter D&D
Here is a handy scientific reference chart, to help you track which one you encounter in the wild:...
Death Cult for Cuties
Alternative Armies’ sci-fi death cult paints up great. All right, smart boys, so it’s actually the Post-Apocalyptic warband (HOFP05). In the House of Wargaming, we treat them as cultists. Look at them robes and death masks and heads on pikes – what else could they be? Vince Venturella over...
Baby’s First Long Form Fiction
Writing terrible screenplays taught me how to write incredible novels. The kind of boilerplate, structure-heavy, paint-by-numbers writing advice powered me through the first quarter of a million (unread and unpublished) words of writing. Screenplays are blueprints. They must be written for a lot of different audiences – everybody but...
Rogue Stars – Gauntlet
When old Andrea Sfiligoi tells you that a game is built for four to six models, he means it! Tried running a gauntlet style run of five figs through a field controlled by ten figs, and it took a long time. Each character in Rogue Stars, is characterized by...
Space Weirdo’s: News You Can Use
Doesn’t look like this project needs my help. As I type this they have $1,500 raised out of a $100 ask. But you might be interested in it, and that’s enough for me to spread the word about this lo-rez independent sci-fi skirmish ruleset. From the KickStarter...
John Lambshead’s One-Hour Skirmish Wargames
If these games take a full hour, it’ll be a surprise. In this slim tomb, a full and more detailed review will follow over at the Joy of Wargaming later this month, Mr. Lambshead presents a bare-bones skirmish system suitable for 12-30 miniatures. Mr. Lambshead takes that system and...
Irregular Miniatures Space Pirates
Ever wonder what these 15mm menaces look like? Wonder no more. A nice mix of chunky mid-8Os style character. Went with a unified color scheme for simplicity’s sake, but these guys have a lot of potential for more individualism. Captain Bis and his featherless sidekick Cotti....
Not On My Watch
Hastag Wargaming Is Not For Everyone...
Modernist D&D
For those new to the site, “Modernist” is not a compliment. Every new D&D book that hits the stores looks like this to me: Hence my retreat into the world of miniature wargaming. If you build your own, they can’t take it from you....