Posted by Mark on Jul 10, 2010 in
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Warhammer Fantasy RP Yes, that’s right! We’re going to tell you exactly where we’ll be! (Note there are a lot of board games here. We actually play a lot of board games here at home, so we’re happy to get out there and play some we’ve never tried before.) Let’s start with Friday, our first day there. We’re [...]
Posted by Mark on Jun 29, 2010 in
4e D&D,
Miniatures In anticipation for the upcoming “conversion“, I was told by Bridget that my sister-in-law wants me to play a character as well as DMing. I think she thinks the party will be safe as long as I’ve got a stake in the party as well. I decided to give a character a try I’ve never [...]
Back in March, Stuart Robertson of Robertson Games wrote a post about painted vs. unpainted miniatures, which got a lot of great comments. iIn the post, he asked who out there uses entirely painted figures with no stand-ins. I wish. My ultimate goal would be to be able to run a weekly game in which [...]
Posted by Mark on Apr 7, 2010 in
Miniatures,
One Monk Jim over at One Monk Miniatures has gone crazy! He’s offering all of his miniatures for absolutely free! You heard me right. And this isn’t a limited time offer. It’s absolutely free forever! You can see the announcement here. Jim, thank you so much for this completely selfless and unnecessary act. This is definitely one [...]
Posted by Mark on Mar 6, 2010 in
4e D&D,
Miniatures Tonight, this is what the heroes will face. It’s the first paper model I’ve built successfully that actually turned out looking good. That’s entirely made of paper, and normally you could find it on One Monk Miniatures to download, but they’ve been redesigning their site, and I can’t find it at the moment. When last [...]
Posted by Mark on Mar 1, 2010 in
Miniatures,
Podcast,
Star Wars RPG It’s another Monday, and you know what that means? Another fantastic Top 5. These are my top five favorite things this week. 1. Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Even though RPG Circus recorded a bumper for the beginning of their podcast, and they recorded one for ours a while back, I’ve never actually listened to Happy [...]
Posted by Mark on Jan 26, 2010 in
Miniatures,
Reviews & Culture Browsing the internets the other day, I stumbled upon Mega Miniatures, a miniatures retailer who makes super-cheap minis for nearly any genre. How cheap, you ask? Try $1.50 a mini cheap. All are unpainted, and you can get sets of the figures for even cheaper. You could populate your entire fantasy village for only 24 [...]
