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Planning on trying to play some more Star Wars Armada this Sunday, after a fairly lengthy dry spell. I like the game, just haven’t had the time, availability, or space for doing so. However, thanks to a recent spring purge in the house, one of our rooms is nicely clean and open again. Toss in a couple of sawhorses, and our large gaming plywood board, and we should have plenty of space. Might also try to finally play Star War Legion, which has been assembled, but sitting idle for some time. Of course, the pool is also calling with the…
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Its a sign that my day job has gotten busy when I start to miss my daily posting, as I did yesterday and almost did on Monday. I have been making a solid effort to post daily, even if it is trivial or minor, and for the most part have done pretty well. But long work days and stresses of the job apparently caused me to simply forget. Fortunately, I can still decrease the count of days remaining until I am able to leave the day job behind and retire or start a new career. One day at a time.
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A few sessions ago, in our bi-weekly Pathfinder campaign, the group happened to discover an artifact by the name of the Anathema Archive. A powerful source of magic, this ancient scroll contains the total Arcane knowledge of the setting. By concentrating and opening the scroll, any Arcane spell can be revealed and cast by the user, but no more than once per 24 hours. However, that ultimate knowledge brings along a risk of brain melting damage, as soon as it is opened, whether the spell is used or not. Since then, the group’s necromancer has held onto the device, waiting…
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Continuing with my efforts from yesterday, 3d printing support posts for Star Wars: Armada terrain. I have been batch producing pieces for the support posts. A typical set of 5 posts takes about 3 hours to print, so thru the day I have finished a couple of batches and have a growing collection of pieces. Once another set is finished, I can move on to the next stage of assembly, and hopefully wrapping this project up.
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Continuing my builds of Star Wars: Armada scenery, I am trying out an option to 3d print more pieces. Previously, I had a solution for the various cardboard templates (asteroids, gas clouds, space stations, and debris), and I have model solutions for each piece. What I was missing with the support rod for each, to actually hold the model up. From the design, this was intended to be 3mm clear plastic rods, similar to what is used for squadrons. However, those seem to be fairly hard to come by, at least at my local hobby shop. I can find them,…
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Switched gears over the weekend, and started working on a new RPG campaign, to eventually use some sort of virtual tabletop. Initially, I had considered using Fantasy Grounds, but I am also experimenting now with d20Pro, mainly for its ability to do line of site and individual perspectives. In our gaming group, we have a desire to start a second game, but with the lack of a reliable location, an online version may be a workable option. However, if we are going to do so, I really want to take advantage of the advantages a VTT brings (namely hidden information).…
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Continuing with my design for a space station model for Armada, I have what I believe to be a finished set. Might end up throwing some paint on it, but the setup already looks pretty good. Posted is a picture with an ISD Interdictor for scale and comparison. Note that the base of the station mimics the cardboard pieces, so that it is easy to remove as needed due to overlaps. For the stand, I ended up just using a small wooden peg, pre-cut to the proper length and works well with only a little bit of sanding. Likely will…
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Continuing my efforts at 3d Armada terrain, I printed out a set of stands for the game, that match the existing published cardboard pieces. In these cases, I can mount a peg (possibly plastic, likely a thin wooden dowel), and then the plan is a set of lava rock stones. May or may not paint them after that, so that the rocks look more like space rocks (which feels redundant). But I have the lava rock and the bases, now I just have to find a practical solution for the pegs. Will add pictures once I get the final set…
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