Utility Terrain
Final shots of some utilitarian terrain. The lumber here is coffee stirrers liberated from the local coffee shop eating on a bed of popsicle sticks and lies. ...
The Very Model of A Modern Wargame General
The modern table continues to take shape. A bit of screen, a bit of scrap wood, and a bit of sand… And you’ve got some nice tall fences. I’m not crazy about these fences. I should have oriented the screen diagonally to make a diamond pattern, and the cloth...
You Were Warned
It’s live! Now go back it. Deus Vult....
Give Money to People Who Don’t Hate You
Friend of the blog Jesse White has an exciting new project kicking off tomorrow. DeusVult, a comic that harkens back to the days when comic book companies didn’t hate you, drops onto IndieGoGo. With tiers for hand-inked pages with several panels on them, as well as full-splash page art, which will sell...
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structure-heavy, paint-by-numbers writing advice powered me through the first quarter of a million (unread and unpublished) words of writing.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...