Facing The Grey Tide - BATTLE BOTS Mini Game

A couple of years ago, when the Blog first started, I tried to come up with a fun mini-game that we could play on the side.  Inspired by Greggles and his Dreadtober idea, I decided to throw my Hat into the ring as it was, and come up with a fun mini game.  Enjoy!

3 Player Game - Unit Rewards

What is up everyone?  So with a host of new game styles coming out from Games Workshop, I decided to go back and tweak with our original Tyranid Horde games (games 2-3) and set it up as an opportunity to tweak the system and setup a leveling system within the game.  Obviously everyone has heard of D&D, Pathfinder, or any of the other hundreds of RPG games that are out there.  Well with some ideas from Evan, I decided to add my own flair into our games.

I mean let’s face it, story telling is the hidden background to 40k, Fantasy, and any other table game out there.  The actions you take and the choices you make have a direct impact on the game, who survives, and most importantly how the story plays out.

Mini Game Reactions

After a successful gaming weekend, I think that it would be fun for Ron, Evan, and I to talk about the Quick Mini Games we played, watched, and just give an overall impression of the setup.

First I would like to say that these games took right around 45 minutes to an hour to get through.  With only a 3' x 3' setup, the shooting started almost immediately and with the squads starting on opposite sides firing lanes were not an issue.  The D3 + 1 pieces of terrain rule also kept it fun and interesting since it forced both armies to move towards each other while having open lines of sight.  The last rule was that of the Armies to play.  I feel if we had more armies to roll that it could have been even better.

Gaming Weekend: Evan's Final Pregame Thoughts

I just wanted to do a quick little update on progress from when we set our gaming weekend a month ago until today, when we kick off the festivities. My only two real accomplishments going into this gaming weekend were finishing the DakkaJet and basing some scenery.

Looking back to my goals post exactly one month ago, my plans definitely took a different course than I'd expected. I had been leaning toward working with some Dark Eldar, but ended up not even touching them in favor of their nobler kin.

When Mini War Gaming goes MINI Part 3

So over the last two days we have seen several Mini Games that I have worked on to experiment on Friday Night (Part 1 here Part 2 here).  This is the Stunning Conclusion to this little series: Missions 2 and 3 for the Space Hulk Style mini game.  These missions are Get to the Landing Zone and The Alamo.  Remember, all these missions and styles have not been play tested so there may be some bugs to work out (literally).

When Mini War Gaming goes MINI Part 2

As a follow on to last night's post on mini-games, here is the Second Part of Mini Games for Friday Night: Space Hulk Style Games.

This game as well as the missions were inspired by the Space Hulk Board Game.  They are pretty much a no  win situation for whoever is involved.  With that said, the allies still have a shot to get out alive or win the scenario.  The three missions below are designated as Defend the Bunker, Get to the Landing Zone, and The Alamo. HQ, Sergeants, Special Rules, and carnage: what more could you ask for from a War Game with your Friends.  This Post will talk about setup and Mission 1.

When Mini War Gaming goes MINI

With our big game quickly approaching, Evan, Ron, and I have been in discussion about some mini games that we could do on Friday night before the big game.  I have been looking online, remembering some ideas that I heard while I was just getting back into gaming and coming up with some ideas on my own.  Below are three ideas I have for Mini Games that we could do on the first night everyone gets in:

1. Random Army Mini Games
2. Kill Team
3. 3-Player Space Hulk Style

This Post will take care of the First two mini games:  The Random Army Mini Games and Kill Team.