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It has been a long time now (about a year), but it seems we might finally be making a return to our Warhammer Fantasy RPG campaign of The Enemy Within. Since December, we have been trying to arrange the schedule, and its appears that Moorslieb has finally aligned. If you haven’t seen or followed this particular campaign, it is of course set in the Empire, in the world of Warhammer. The group is a band of misfits, who came together during random chance, attempting to claim an inheritance that they didn’t actually have, by impersonating a nobleman whom they had…
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In celebration of Star Wars Day, I managed to play another round of X-Wing, this time with just my son. He was flying a revised Scum list, while I had a revised Rebel squadron. Although we understood the game and it progressed much faster, the game only lasted 7 turns until my entire fleet was destroyed, leaving me with a single X-wing with only a single hull point. Video evidence of the slaughter is now up on YouTube, and we did stream it live on Twitch. This may turn into a routine Wednesday activity, though still too early to be…
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No mid-week games at this time, either for our current X-Wing schedule or a renewal of the Warhammer Fantasy RPG campaign – though both are still planned. Scheduling is just interfering, and players are not available. I do want to eventually establish a routine schedule, if only for consistency, but in standard fashion life gets in the way. So far, the only reliable schedule has been our Sunday RPG sessions, and that only really fits two campaigns at most. Saturdays are dedicated to my son’s efforts and family activities, and weekdays have plenty of other things going on. In the…
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If you watch many tutorials on video creation, one of the primary lessons you learn quickly is that audio makes or breaks your production. Low quality video is troublesome, but generally doesn’t chase away viewers (unless its really annoying). Low quality audio however rapidly chases them away. It is very easy to forgive poor lighting, low resolution, or even skipped frames, but it is nearly impossible to ignore cracking sounds, low volume, static, or any other audio issues. To this end, although the gear doesn’t need to be top quality, it is very important to consider your arrangement and processing…
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The first part of any streaming setup is of course the gear and software necessary for the production and collection of footage and audio, and a means to broadcast or record. My philosophy, both due to budget limitations and practicality, has always been to do as much as possible with as little as possible. Many people believe you have to spend thousands of dollars to have decent material – that simply isn’t true. For reference, consider that the expensive top of the line gear today will be tomorrow’s discards. Used equipment only a few years old can be just as…
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Its been many years, but we finally managed to get together for a round of Star Wars X-Wing, using the latest version of the rules. As usual, we opted for an overly complex mission plan, with a 4v4 battle between 4 players – 2x Rebels, 1 Scum, and 1 Empire. Add to this our general lack of knowledge on the game – after several years many of the rules and specifics where foggy at best – and the game ended up running much longer than hoped. In the end, we did not complete the battle, and only a couple of…
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A set of figures I had printed and ready to go a while ago finally got some game time with the presentation of my Purple Worms. Obviously, these are non-standard representations, and the coloration is a bit different, but they were still almost immediately recognizable by the group. The coloration is based off the current Extinction Curse campaign, with the group venturing into the irradiated Black Desert – the sand is an ashen grey, so I felt it appropriate for the upper surfaces of the worms, keeping the purples to the lower belly. The dozens of tiny claws and large…
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This last weekend had a slight change in our schedule – due to personal events we opted to switch the regular game to Saturday instead of Sunday, which gave us an unusual opportunity to have an extended game. Instead of our normal 5 hour session, we instead managed to reach nearly 9 hours, plus a 1 hour food break. This of course made the resulting video file far larger, but I was able to publish it to YouTube by late Sunday. The group seemed to have quite a bit of fun, even if the game was rather combat heavy. The…
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