Enter the Deadzone!

Squad N17 "The Renegades" This Christmas, after over a year of gazing longingly at the world of Deadzone/Warpath, my brother and I went from pressing our faces up against the glass to stepping through the door - we gifted ourselves to the starter set. Our plan had always been to get the whole box painted up asap, and from boxing day to the 29th we were hard at work. Speed painting, something...

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Reflecting on the Summer Campaign 2017

With the Edge of the Abyss Summer Campaign drawn to a close, I thought I'd best get down my reflections before I get stuck into the next thing. Overall, my feelings about it are positive. I had a lot of fun playing and tracking games, and I'm really grateful to Mantic for giving this a shot. I feel confident that they'll want to do another in the future. As with all first attempts there are lessons...

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The Prince, the Cat, and the Mage

Since I recently finished my elf prince (and his cat), I thought I'd do a post with the characters so far for the army. This post is a little late, as they've already started leading the Sea-kindred elves in the Edge of the Abyss campaign. First up, Prince Ingemon himself:  The sabre-toothed pussycat, Orchal: And, finally, the Mage Iólon: I'm currently working on two troops of...

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New Tallspears Regiment - The Moon Shields

Two posts in two days? This will certainly NOT be a trend :p Finally finished a new unit for my Sea-Kindred, and it's another unit of kindred tallspears built from the old and out-of-production GW High Elves Spearmen kit. I'm calling these the Moon Shields, in contrast to my already completed Star Shields, both of which making an appearance (to very different extents) in yesterday's narrative campaign...

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1st Mittelerdian War: Game 2 - A Plague On Both Their Houses

This game follows on from our last, Ambush at the Border. With this game and the next we want to segue into the summer campaign, so that come the end of September we can return to our story here and have lots of fresh new narrative to play with. Links to other games in the campaign: Game 1, Game 3, Edge of the Abyss And now, to set the scene (after all, this is a narrative campaign!):   ...

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Chillcon & Chills of War 2017

Now that I have a moment, I thought I'd reflect on my trip south to Chillcon and their Kings of War tournament that I played in. Long story short, it was great. I had a blast in the tourney, got to pick up some nifty stuff at the convention, and even got a slice of cake at the end of the day. I definitely plan on attending next year, and will recommend that others do too. I figured it'd be good...

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1st Mittelerdian War: Game 1 - Ambush at the Border

On the far-flung frontiers of the Grand League of Rhordia lies a province known to its inhabitants as Mittelerde. Once a rolling, green land of peaceful folk, men and halfmen alike enjoyed a life largely untroubled by the outside world. However, recent incursions from goblin and ratkin raiding parties have rendered this a distant memory, with the slow response of the League to the growing threat...

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