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Its been a while since I updated and posted on this site, but I am still here. With the holidays, work schedules and various activities, I have admittedly let the website itself sit idle for too long. Part of this is the struggle for content, but at least a portion is also driven by laziness. Since I can’t fully automate all the postings across multiple social media locations, something has to give, and the simple old-school website updates tend to be the area. Youtube continues strong, Patreon is maintained, and even Instagram gets the occasional picture update (when I manage…
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When I started getting into Bolt Action, I found that the game still uses Area of Effect templates – something that is absent (and sometimes missed) in Star Wars Legion. Any time an explosive weapon is used, the template is used to determine how many models are affected by the blast. Group up, more damage. Spread out, cover is harder to come by. However, the basic tool that comes with the starter sets is a simple gray plastic. Sure, it can be painted to look nicer, and it is definitely workable for the game. Since you can’t see thru it…
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Our first seasonal one-shot is on schedule for this coming weekend (November 30), though the plans have changed somewhat. Mothership is still on the schedule, but we opted to start instead with an intro adventure for Shadowdark instead. I am working to update and convert the Crypt of the Everflame storyline (Pathfinder 1st edition, published back in 2009), which I think will work well as an intro. The scenario is simple – a group of young adults are gathered, and begin a ceremony to reach adulthood. As is tradition, the village sends the group into the Crypt of the Everflame,…
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Adding a few new designs to the Etsy collection, as I slowly increase my options. This time it is a set of Vehicle and Terrain bases I designed, since I don’t care for the “free” vehicle placement. Basically, in Bolt Action, infantry figures have a 1 inch base, artillery and heavy weapons have bases of various sizes, but vehicles are placed just open on the field. Which is fine for the game – measurements are done from the hull of the vehicle. However, that format isn’t my style. I prefer my vehicles to have consistent base sizes, if only to…
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Its an older design, but I refreshed and cut a few new pass tokens for Star Wars Legion. Nothing particularly fancy, but with the newer edition, players can frequently have multiple passes, rather than just one. Thus new tokens required. Each is cut from 5mm MDF with a 2 inch diameter, making them small enough to not get in the way, but large enough to remind the player to use the passes. These replace the more generic red and blue crosses we have been using, which should help with the battle report clarity.
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I have a set of basic 3d printed marker “disks” that we have been using for Star Wars Legion since the 2.6 update. These are functional and work – they are highly visible with the green on the white background design. However, they are also just flat tokens, and rather boring. After the first few games, we started thinking about some sort of 3d model to represent the same thing. Of course, we have the old objective markers, and we could just glue those to this tokens and call it a day. However, I also have a laser cutter, and…
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Continuing my painting of armor for the Bolt Action game, I finished up the first batch. They came out a bit darker than I expected, which is fine, I think they look pretty good – I just have imagined the final result to be brighter. I did do some basic dry brushing at the end with the original desert sand color, but it only barely adjusted the tone. Overall, I am quite happy with my non-professional painting level – I think they will work well on the battlefield. I will post the Armored Cars and the Bren carrier over the…
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Scheduling has been very difficult in the last couple of weeks, putting my battle reports well behind schedule. Between fall sports, band activities, and real-life concerns like work, there has not been much time for group activities, though that is hopefully changing back after the end of October. In the meantime, I have been hard at work expanding my sets, adding reinforcements to both Legion and Bolt Action. For Legion, the recently released Imperial Riot Control Squad and the Rebel Sleeper Cells have been assembled and primed, ready for paint. For Bolt Action, I added extensive reinforcements in the form…
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