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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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As Halloween approaches, we enter into our annual one-shot season for our gaming group. Typically, this time frame is challenging with schedules, so I plan for several games that are shorter, without the long-term commitment of our other campaigns. This also gives us a chance to try out some alternative games, without necessarily being too attached to the characters. In previous years, this was Call of Cthulhu time, with the 80’s adventure “The Dare” being run the first year, and “Salo’s Glory” being run the second year. Both were well received, and we managed to run several groups thru each.…
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With my recent attention to the Bolt Action wargame, I have rekindled some interest in the North Africa theatre of WWII. As a result, I have been looking for any movies or media that is worth watching in that setting. Admittedly, most of what I am finding is very old – most of the Hollywood focus is on the European or Pacific wars, and not much seems to be in the deserts. This is out of a curiosity and sense of interest – already discovering a few facts I either didn’t know or had forgotten. I started with one of…
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Managed to get in a couple of games on Sunday, processing now for the battle reports hopefully by Friday. First up was a rematch of my Rebel forces with Ben’s Empire force, revised to version 3 for the units. He dropped the Dark Troopers, and opted for a fully loaded AT-ST, which was a serious threat to the swarms of Rebel Troopers. Ben’s tactics are definitely improving, he spotted several combos and options I have entirely overlooked. I won’t spoil the results, but the battle was a solid effort on both sides. We also managed to finally play our first…
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This week we have new sessions coming for both the Pathfinder 2e Kingmaker campaign, as well as our ongoing Warhammer FRP The Enemy Within storyline. Both as usual will be available Friday morning. I am happy to see our audience has grown slightly again, with a larger number of views on recent episodes. Our Traveller Shadowrun campaign, The Pirates of Drinax, unfortunately is going into cold storage. We haven’t abandoned the storyline or characters, but our gaming schedule continues to be disrupted. Over the past 12 sessions, we have ended up only holding 4 of those sessions, meaning a lot…
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If you play tabletop strategy games, you likely know the challenge of identifying different squads of infantry. Either the models are the same build, the weapons are similar, or the painting is similar, and when the units get bunched together, it is hard to separate which soldiers go with which squad. Or you don’t have time to paint and are fielding squads of gray plastic in an informal battle. The solution for me at least in the past has been to either paint the rim of the base different colors or highlight a portion of the model with different colors…
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