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14 Jan

Cultin’ 2: Took Forever Boogaloo

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Rain howls on a dark and stormy night. Chain link fences rattle in the stiff breeze. Guard dogs bark, jumping up at the fence as men in military uniforms make their way towards a gate. They enter, a searchlight momentarily blinding as it sweeps across a small compound. The men move towards a steel cage. Inside, a person, cross legged, head bowed. One of the military men is talking, they toss a communication device into the cage. The figure in the cage picks it up and turns away. “How does it feel to play the traitor?” asks the soldier. The…

06 Jan

Hobby Flotsam: December 21

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Let's see what's washed up on the digital shores of Tiny Plastic Island this month. Some good gnarly Valhallans here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nystrom Bros (@thelandobros) Always a bit cynical about 'wise words' but these ones resonate: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Roman Lappat (@romanlappat.miniatureart) A nice muted Death Guard scheme here: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Blood Moon Painting (@bloodmoonpainting) I'm not sure what this is at all, but it's excellent: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dana Howl ?? (@dana_howl) Always…

05 Aug

Direchasm Reflections

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Warhammer Underworlds: Direchasm, the fourth season of Games Workshop’s Warhammer Underworlds game, has been fully released for a month or so now (aside from an Arena Mortis expansion which was announced just after I'd written the first draft of this article), so I want to talk about how I’ve found the season as a whole. For anyone who is not familiar with Warhammer Underworlds, it’s a hex based, competitive, two player strategy game. Each player picks a warband from the thirty-six that are available, and adds a deck of objective and power cards built from the large card pool. A…

20 Jul

I made a Warcry board – A guide to what I learnt not to do – Part 2 – The Base Itself

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Hi, welcome to the second part of my guide to teach you what not to do when you make a board, so you can learn from my mistakes. If you missed it, part one was here, where I talked about my inspiration and made some plans. Basic plan made, I started 2 types of research. The first was the inevitable poring over any news on how Warcry Catacombs would play, most of which I wouldn’t discover until the game launched. The second was on how to make boards. For large 6x4 foot boards people would make wooden supports and two-part…