Shooting Around Corners in Black Ops
When somebody uses suppression fire at my table, they always announce it like this. Osprey’s Black Ops uses a card driven activation system. It’s a randomized IGOUGO system broken up by held actions, orders, and suppression fire. As can be imagined, suppressing fire is more likely to have an effect, but...
Hump Day Dump Day #6
It’s hump day, so I’ve got to include a picture of a camel…get it? A sopwith camel? Eh? EH? Ahhh, who am I kidding, I was just looking for an excuse to post the cover of this great game. In high school, my game crew bought a cheap second...
The Necromancer War, Chapter 3
When last we left the on-going saga of the Necromancer King’s attempt to add the Targar Empire to his domain, Lady Hotfor M’Motherson successfully routed a flanking force of the Necromancer King. Seeing an opportunity to deliver a smashing blow to the dark lord’s forces, she quickly rounded up...
From the Archive – Hard and Blurry
Note much to say about this mind-1990s figure except that he has mainly seen use in a giant monster rampage style game. Not even sure what manufacturer makes this guy. RAFM? He stands easily twice as tall as most 25mm-ish figures, so it’s acutally a giant cyclops skeleton....
Tiny Little Ruins
The Fantasy Big Box for One Hour Wargames needed a little something extra, and with the long Thanksgiving weekend, there was plenty of time to goof off at the hobby bench. (It’s really more of a counter.) So I slapped together a quick terrain piece to spruce up the...
Hump Day Dump Day #5: Eye Candy Edition
It really is a great time to be a wargamer, especially in 15mm. I’d argue that we aren’t so much in a Golden Age as a Platinum Age. The shopping list in my head includes the names of at least ten manufacturers producing as wide a variety of figures...
Black Ops, Trial Run
In northern corner, the crew of the G.S.S. Myconis, four hard charging Special Forces. Crew of the SS Myconis, from left to right, a specialist,heavy, trooper, and ace. In the southern corner, a dozen conscripts working for Hazmat Security, Inc. An ace, a heavy, and ten troopers. Since this was...
From the Archive – Big Red
You know what goes great with leftover Turkey? Old miniatures! Every collection of wargame miniatures needs at least one dragon. This one marks the first time that I was able to get the shading on the color red done right. For some reason it took a big canvas and...
Actual Play – Barbarian Prince – Episode 1
If you haven’t seen it yet, Castalia House Publishing has a new blog feature called Wargame Wednesdays, for all of us hex-and-counter-philes. The series has inspired me to push some cardboard around. All of my kids love themselves some Awful Green Things, and we spent a summer tooling about with...
Hump Day Dump Day – Issue #4
Happy Thanksgiving! Eat too much, laugh too loud, and sleep a little extra, but save Black Friday for some gaming. Meanwhile, have some more fireside reading for the long weekend. One Hour Wargames, Scenario 6 (Steve’s Random Musings): I then sat down to think of a scenario, but had a...