More Medieval Troops – Archers to the Fore

The second couple of foot troops for my matched medieval armies is the shooter types.  Almost fifty of the little buggers on each stand makes for a fine visual show.  It might not be enough to blacken the skies, but it looks so much better than an army with...

Shifting Gears – Medieval Army Dismounted Knights

With things slowing down at work, there’s finally enough time to start showing off the second Medieval army for One Hour Wargames. First up, the dismounted knights.  Close ranked, heavily armed and armored, well drilled shock troops....

Medieval Update

Completing a full set of terrain and matched armies for use with OHW is the big goal for 2015.  So far the terrain is about half done, and the armies are half done.  This weekend, the second army got bumped up a few slots on the all-too-long to-do list....

Session 8 – Slaad Clown Faces, Part One

Finally getting caught up on a backlog of posts.  Just way too many irons in the fires.  Too many fires, too, come to think of it. When last we left our plucky heroes, they were heading north, ten days out of Baldur’s Gate, and still a month away from...

Session 7 – The Journey Begins

In which the party attempts to discover where exactly the Cult of the Dragon is shipping their stolen treasure and what they plan to do with that treasure. Our plucky heroes are heading north amidst a small caravan led by an experienced dwarven wagon driver. That is, the caravan boss...

Session 6 – Missed Opportunity

Couldn’t make it to this session.  It’s been a busy few weeks, and these write-ups are getting way behind.  All I can tell you is that the party fought an ogre, and joined a north bound caravan containing a dozen wagons including five cultist wagons hauling a small treasure...

Linear Bust

Finally got around to pulling the caulk based streams and rivers out of the box where they have languished the last few months. They tore. Big time. Not quite sure what went wrong.  Either the caulk was too thin, or you’re not supposed to try to separate the caulk...

A Note on Random Dungeons

Long time internet based D&D dungeon designers know all about Dyson Logos and his brilliant series of dungeon geomorphs.  They also know about Dave Millar’s amazing contribution to our little hobby, Dave’s Mapper, which builds a random dungeon using geomorphs created in Dyson’s style.  The Mapper has geomorphs created by...

Linear Features, Step One

Before we kick off the second matched army for Neil Thomas’ One Hour Wargames, let’s take a look at the roads and rivers.  Staples of wargame terrain, I’ve decided to give the old “acrylic caulk smeared flat and painted to suit” trick a shot.  After careful study of Neil...

Next Generation Gaming

My daughter crafted up a full terrain set for a wargame she tells me is based on the video game, Five Nights at Freddy’s. Here I thought all those crafty little things she’s been making based off of YouTube tutorials was for her Littlest Pet Shop toys.  Turns out...