Mini Bat Reps: Game Night 1

For the first night of our gaming weekend, we got things started with three minigames, playing randomized 400 point forces on a 3x3 table, with D3+1 pieces of terrain. Round 1 featured Evan vs Chandler, Evan fielding Space Wolves with a Rune Priest and Thunderwolf Calvary while Chandler got Eldar and rolled a Special Character and Heavy Support. Randomizing the special characters, Chandler got Magun Ra. Considering he'd rolled their Phoenix Lord, we determined he had no choice but to run Dark Reapers.

Turn one saw the Thunderwolves stay out of sight of the Reapers, charging hard up the left flank. Meanwhile the Rune Priest trusted his Terminator armor to keep him safe and made a direct 2" march through the ruins. The Eldar shuffled over and opened fire on the Rune Priest, who was able to withstand the fusillade without concern.

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.

New Broadside XV88 leg posing conversion

Hey there FTGT readers, today I want to show an easy option for leg posing on the new XV88 Broadside kit.

The intended pose on this guy is just awesome - with one leg back and the other forward to brace the XV88 suit with its heavy weaponry.  Unfortunately, as cool as this pose is - in a squad of three it can start to get repetitive.  This article will show you an easy way to change that, without having to hack apart joints or re-sculpt missing details.

Scenery Building

As I may have mentioned before, I am not very good at making or completing scenery projects. The main reason we had a fully terrained (it's a word now) board for our last gaming weekend is because Ron provided a number of very nice pieces. My unpainted foam, foamcore, and plastic scenery filled out the rest. I promised myself that it would at least be a little different this time, along with some encouragement from +Dave Weston to finish up my first run at some of the STCs he provides on his site. The STCs are a wonderful resource for someone like myself for whom making terrain is not a strong suit.

You may or may not remember my progress for the last gaming weekend, but to summarize, I didn't get much further than this:

I hadn't made much progress until the last week, when I finally cut out and glued another STC from Dave, along with cutting out MDF bases for each piece of terrain and gluing together some foam pieces I'd cut out a while ago.

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.

Bat Rep: 1,500 pts Tau vs Orks

Hey everyone!  Ron here with a batrep of the very first outing for the Tau army I've been assembling.  My brother-in-law plays Orks and we had time for a 1500 pt. game this past Saturday.  My brother-in-law is a great gamer, and has some of the most beautifully painted Orks I've ever seen.  It is always a pleasure playing against him.

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