A 1980s pre-apocalypse board/wargame/rpg. Overpopulation, mind control, black propaganda, 4 minute warning, mass unemployment, psychic alien invasion, indigo children, urban planning failure, state controlled media and crisps.
Oldhammer, meet Pokéhammer. It's a game where you travel the chaos wastes, collecting monstas and training them up into the best fighting force eva, to battle them against other Pokéhammer masters in the challenge to become the most powerful Pokéhammer master in the universe.
The awesome powers of each monsta is described in great detail in a series of Hammadex for each breed of monsta.
AKA a quick look around the current Games Workshop range to find some plastic tat for a ROC Chaos Warband.
OK I like all those miniatures. I like the modelling, and I like the character designs (although the Chaos Warriors are a tad boring, the trolls weapons are naff and not sure about his belly-plate?- but he could be reposed to stand on one leg and look really levitating/landing, with only a little work) But over all, thumbs up from me.
It's hard to find a GW character that represents weakness, and frailty, which is what I want for my champion. This Vampire Counts necromancer is quite good, but would need converting - the collar would have to go and the staff replaced with a sword. So instead - Grima Wormtongue - I choose you! Even the difference in proportion between Warhammer and Lord of the Rings helps here, as it makes the champion even smaller, and perhaps more pathetic.
Oh yeah. Themetune time:
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To kill them is my real test
To slay them is my cause
I will travel across the wastes
Searching far and wide
Each mutant to understand
The power that's inside
Warhammer, it's you and me
I know it's my destiny
Warhammer, oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
Warhammer, a heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
Warhammer, gotta kill 'em all
Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face
I will battle every day
To claim my rightful place
Come with me, the time is right
There's no better team
Arm in arm we'll win the fight
It's always been our dream
I don't really like that they're all plastic kits (or Finecast? which I assume is some kind of new fangled psychostyrene), and would cost me
£85.00 if bought new. On the plus-side, I could get it delivered to my local Games Workshop and turn up wearing an Oldhammer t-shirt and a copy of Realms Of Chaos: Slaves to Darkness to "double-check the models are tournament legal Pokéhammer materials".
T-Shirt design I drew for Red Box Games Kickstarter V.III
Odin, the ravens Hugin & Munin, the wolves Geri and Freki, Nidhogg chewing on a Yggdrasil Beard, woven together into a traditional Thors Hammer. Njorn! $25USD as an additional pledge. Oh, you might have to back some miniatures as well!
Red Box Games Kickstarter the Third, ends in 10 days, modular Orcs, Norse and Dwarf miniatures.
Here's some backer icons wot i did drew for the KS promotions and whatnot...
And some erm, grffix for tha announcment of strich gaahls:
Ands a bannadvert wiv runes in the background and strange usa date formatted date.
The runes read:
Implacable, remorseless, fearless, and without mercy Orcs are feared far
and wide. Rare in the North lands these vicious brutes are far cousins
of Goblin kind from the dry arid highland Deserts of the southron lands
west of the Aelf lands. Not much taller than a man but weighing easily
as much as three large men Orcs are incredibly strong and tough. It is
said that an Orc can survive a spear through it's gut long enough to
kill ten men, or barely flinch as an arm is cleaved away. It is said
they are unnatural, that they are more akin to trolls than to goblins
bred in ancient times by mad wizards seeking to build an unstoppable
army but that they threw down their lords and destroyed their
kingdom.......... but whatever..... thank the Gods these monsters are as
quick to war upon each other as they are men or dwarves or elves else
the north lands would have been over run long ago.
Which is Tres description of:
Tre's drawing of an Orc Hero
Better get my finger out, supposed to have a new, exclusive, rare, T-shirt design done...
Oh yeah, and RoZ just reached 200+ followers, 200,000+ page views. Thank you all! Oh and apologoes to the people gracious enough to have RoZ on their bloglists, apologies for the animated post icon - unfortunately I cant fix that. normal service will resume shortly.
Ode to a Classic
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One of the things I miss about the early days of the Old School Renaissance
is *how many* blogs there were and how *interconnected* they all were.
There ...
Bound about with a napkin
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My credo is that roleplaying is about everything, so I was intrigued to
come across this in a letter that Benjamin Franklin wrote to Jacques
Barbeu-Dubor...
Single Axis Outer Planes
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There are a lot of very reasonable criticisms regarding the Gygaxian Great
Wheel of Outer Planes, though I also like a lot about it. I've spent a fair
numb...
On Manifestos
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The paid media was instructed to not print this.
To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our
country. To save you a leng...
The Reynardine
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Reynardines are foxes cursed to go about the world in the manner of men, or
perhaps men that are cursed to go about the world in the manner of foxes.
The...
Not Dead!
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Hi!
Sorry for the lack of updates for the last couple of months folks but I've
had a bit of a combination of work and the worst case of painters block
...
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
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Some very cool suits from the third *Guardians of the Galaxy* movie.
The many colours are a bit of a homage to Kubricks 1968 movie *2001**: A
Space ...
Class Wargames overthrows the Emperor of Mankind
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Sci-Fi Battles in the Grim Dark Future “As I continue to ponder what,
precisely, my politics are – and how I can understand The Political in
connection to ...
Deadzone 3.0 Terrain
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I prepped and painted some hi-tech/lowlife Deadzone 3rd edition terrain. To
keep things simple, I built the set to pretty closely match the layout on
the b...
MAGA House of Horrors
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This is a recent thing I did… the final image has a lot of text added and
this is obviously for a political campaign… since the campaign has not
launched y...
The Fellowship by Hinchliffe
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Blogger behaving oddly ATM, and only allowing me to post pictures over a
week old...so apologies if you've seen this already on my Instagram page
@broad...
Röknauts Revolution
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[image: Röknauts Revolution]"Behind each bike blasted knotwork treadtrack,
and ahead blasted scarlet tracer rounds. Forging together iron wills and
iron wh...
Realm of Chaos Campaign : Battle reports
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Hi, two weeks ago with Slaanesh_Child and I, we played the four last
battles of the campaign started in February this year. A great campaign
finish with ...
Katsina Miniatures Crystal Spider Swarms
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Working on my TOW Lizardmen army recently I went all in for some Spider
Swarms using our very own spider models. They were sculpted by Doti and
they are av...
D&DG Worshippers 9: The Greeks
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Greek Worshippers
No paladins in the Greek pantheon. Seems reasonable, I guess.
Zeus Swanning About
Art: Linda SuttonIncluding Titans This first table is...
When did the OSR begin? 2008.
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I was looking through a box of some of my old gaming stuff, and I ran
across a bunch of old OSR zines and DIY supplements from 15+ years ago. I
thought, ...
Jim Ward's Adventure in Gygax's Wonderland
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Last weekend at GaryCon, many of us raised a glass to the memory of Jim
Ward, who passed away just days before the convention. Ward was very
helpful to m...
Cult of the Hollow Thorne
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+++ The Cult of the Hollow Thorne is one of the oldest Cults of the Green
Man. It has risen to great numbers recently, as the search for
illumination, cure...
Clearance Sale on Dice Trays
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50% off remaining foldable dice trays on our Etsy store (valid until March
1st) Clearance Sale on Dice Trays ________ Other news: Although we haven’t
had a...
Why did I need the boost - this is why
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It only seems fair as I show-off the results of my recent efforts, that I
show you why I needed the boost to my morale - this little lot, the last
knocking...
Rogue Trader Adventurers: Part 5... Stargrave
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I've always loved Rogue Trader, but the impetus for my recent push to paint
all of Citadel's RT601 Adventurers was the publication of Joseph
McCullogh's...
Monster Stat Concept: Disposition
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Yesterday, I introduced the concept of monster Motivations as a way to help
understand how to use that monster when designing encounters, or what they
mi...
The Battle of Thráya
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I recently succeeded in luring Michael Lung over to the house for a
miniatures battle and discussion of Tékumel. If you haven’t heard of
Michael, he is on...
It's been a decade, now...
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This is a tough time of year for me. So, with your indulgence, here's this
link to a post I did a decade ago... EDIT: I have no idea why it didn't
take. S...
The Spine of Night Premiering at SXSW Tonight!
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*The Spine of Night* will be premiering tonight at *SXSW*. I am extremely
excited about this one! If the past output from Morgan King/Gorgonaut has
been ...
Oldhammer Fun: My "Citadel Colour" Paints
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*My private little collection of Citadel Colour paints is all I need. Well,
that and a few good brushes.*
Warning: This is another frothy Oldhammer Blog p...
Gnome hero on Giant Shrew.
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A little conversion and paint job (if you excuse the pun!) .
I had a spare Citadel Gnome miniature from the C33 Mounted Adventurers
range, but with no pony...
CCLII. AoS28: Sunhold Deadwalkers and Netopyr
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*A*t last found a bit of time for my personal projects, so I made a few
figures real quick.
Sunhold Deadwalkers
I'm trying to settle for a definitive ...
Using the Rainy City with Risus: The Anything RPG
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S. John Ross's *Risus: The Anything RPG* can do anything. It says so right
on the tin.
And, if it is anything, the Rainy City is certainly something!
But ...
Mordheim mercenary band - More puff and more slash
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Hey there, still working on the mercenary band for Mordheim, I've decided
to go with the big hitters now with a champion and 2 sword players.
This guys s...
The Heroes of Fruglehofen
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Yes, I know I said I was starting with Gimbrin's Mine... again. Due to
vagaries of the warp or machinations of some evil power I am still waiting
for some ...
MARS: Zombie Pirates
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Mars is another Ukrainian company that does not believe in copyrights.
These are full on Pirates of Caribbean ripoffs, and that is hard core
cool.
...
Warplan 5/5 Campaign System
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I'm afraid I couldn't find a way to reproduce the snazzy double headed
arrow in 5/5 in the text so will have to do with this instead.
Warplan 5/5 came o...
Troika! review/overview
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As an avowed Advanced Fighting Fantasy fan, I've been a big fan of Daniel
Sell's Troika!, even though I've STILL not got it to the table. It's a
really te...
Not Necromancy...
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I am indeed alive! AN incredibly busy year of travel just got more crazy
as the year ended. In between I continued to work and play-test a different
mag...
Sacred Art for the New Year
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Happy New Year’s Week! The start of a New Year always holds such great
promise … being a completely blank slate — there are 366 days (leap year)
to bring...
Squarehex 2019 Review and 2020 Plans
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2019 was a good year for the business. The two highlights for me were
getting *The Black Hack Second Edition* rewards sent out to our Kickstarter
backers ...
Dricheans for Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago?
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*Some Yan Koryani*
*Painted by Akarsh*
I was disappointed when North Star cancelled (or put on hold?) the plastic
box of Dricheans, the Bronze Age c...
Dark Crystal TV Show
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*Edit: I have changed my mind drastically about this show. I plan on
writing a follow-up sometime soon, but after watching the rest of episode
1, I watched...
Clear Acrylic Base Saves The Day (And The Mini)
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My fantasy miniatures have always been game pieces, to be handled and used
from one campaign to the next. Some of my favorite minis are 30 to 40 years
old,...
This is only for followers ...with thanks!
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Thank you for following and here are a few newer [ish] pieces which I do
hope you enjoy.
They are in no particular order and if some appear to be 'older' i...
The Withered Crag available now
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I just enabled the sale of the PDF version of The Withered Crag at
DriveThruRPG a few minutes ago, and the custom print version will be
available startin...
The G+ Apocalypse
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This is where to find me after the fall of the G+ empire. Facebook
https://m.facebook.com/brett.slocum Blog Https://joyfulsitting.blogspot.com
The Tekumel ...
Regarding Zak
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https://www.facebook.com/amandapatricianagy/posts/10215845527064252
I hope that Zak engages with some sort of accountability process, takes
responsibility ...
A Sojourn Among Antediluvian Archæotheria
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This started with nomenclature, as so many things do. I started writing a
response to Scrap Princess's post about Dinosaur naming conventions in the
fantas...
Dernier article
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Hé oui, c'est le fin de Chaotica Cloaquis, sur Canalblog.
En effet, après dix ans de bons et loyaux services, je vais quitter cette
plateforme pour Blogg...
2019 Goals
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It's been forever since I've posted, and the only gaming I've gotten in is
a Warmaster matchup between Undead and Dwarves. I'm playing against my
son, but...
Please, I don't do paid advertisements - don't ask.
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A little note since people have asked me about this. My video channel's
*not* an advertising platform, so I'm not available for hire if you want to
promote...
Blink Dogs
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AD&D Blink Dogs This month I have been entirely focused on sorting through
my storage and rebasing all my figures to Renedra 25mm bases. Boring
stuff. ...
How can We Destroy this Campaign World?
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d12
1. You must trick a bard into strumming the *Chords of Fate* on the *Lute
of Annihilation*
2. Legends tell of thermonuclear weapons beneath megadunge...
Meet Emrim
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Meet Emrim. For a dwarf (and a thief*) he's a good sort, and a fine shot to
have alongside you in a fight. Not *behind* you, mind, he's not a perfect
shot ...
The Gates of Death
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Remember how I started the last entry, for *The Port of Peril*?
Of course you do, you read this blog every day.
The _____ of _____. It's back for this la...
Workbench April 2018
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So this month I didn't work on multiple projects, it was just full steam
ahead with Super Dungeon Explore...
First up we have the last of the heroes, The ...
Top 10 White Dwarf Covers of the 1980s
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I couldn’t resist. Ben McVay on Film Goblin posted his top 10 Dragon covers
of the 1980s. So, here’s my pick of the top 10 covers of White Dwarf
magazine f...
Hinterverse, a Glossary
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Antikytheron, the
Core prognostication device of the Great Machine, origin unknown.
Arcturean Arm
A minor spiral arm of the Hinterverse.
Argos
The birth...
Valor - La Lune Noire (1996)
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There is a desolate temple sitting on a hill. It has been abandoned for
centuries, its furnishings untouched by man, but ravaged by time and nature.
I...
Ral Partha Necromancer
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Realms of Magickal Sorrow by Old Sorcery
MY first post in December also showcases the first 'evil' miniature I have
thus far painted for this project. Witho...
Ral Partha Necromancer
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Realms of Magickal Sorrow by Old Sorcery
MY first post in December also showcases the first 'evil' miniature I have
thus far painted for this project. Witho...
Empire of the Petal Throne!
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The new hardcover and softcover editions of Empire of the Petal Throne
arrived and are available now at DriveThruRPG.com! Here’s a link:
http://www.driveth...
Puerto Rico and Caribbean Hurricane Relief Bundle
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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/220574/Puerto-Rico-Hurricane-Relief-Bundle-BUNDLE
“Puerto Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria a few short weeks ...
More Kesmai Corporation Isle of Kesmai images
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Sorry it's been so long since I've blogged here guys. Here's some more fun
Isle of Kesmai images showing the various stages of creating the Isle of
Kesmai...
That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie...
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...and in strange aeons, even this blog may be updated.
Believe or not I have a half-written post for* Temple of Terror *that I
intend to complete and publ...
More Rogue Trooper Orks
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I recently had the chance to make a flying visit to the Warhammer World
shop, where I picked up a shiny new hardback of Warhammer 40,000: Rogue
Trader. It...
Dungeon Accessories: Part I (of many)
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I have spent a lot of time in the last couple years painting dungeon
accessories. At first I didn't want to, as there really isn't much time
in-game for th...
Something SUPER different.
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You nay have realised form the lack of posts that my painting and posting
mojo really isn't where it once was. I am still enjoying gaming and
honestly I do...
A solitary Heroquest fimir
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The handsome fellows over on the Scale Creep blog invited me to join their
Heroquest Hero Quest and I could hardly turn them down. After all, I
had already...
Eureka! Password Recovered
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Gee, that only took forever. First, I would like to apologize from my
prolonged absence from this blog. There are several reasons. I had some
major life up...
2016 - The Year of Mediocrity
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Hi.
Happy New Year, I guess.
Better late than never. I mean, if you wait long enough, it will be a new
year somewhere, right? Now that I think about it...
Our bags are packed for the Pacific Northwest
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The summer seems to be rushing by. I think it feels like that because we
haven’t really had any summer yet. I know, I know, some of you have been
having R...
A couple more Landspeeders
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It has been a while since I posted any of my Star Wars stuff - my
lanspeeder race project has been on hold for the last couple years.
However, I have 2 com...
Steampunk Militia now on Kickstarter!
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STEAMPUNK MILITIA KICKSTARTER LIVE!!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004599158/steampunk-militia-miniatures
I am pleased to announce the long awaite...
Paper Experiments
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I tried playing with a limited color palatte and a reduced number of images
today. Everything else was open to whatever I wanted to do; I just couldn't
use...
Every Dungeon had a Dragon....
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Back in 1980, every dungeon had a dragon in it! There were a few dragon
miniatures on the market at that time, including some nice 'imports' from
Heritage...
Still clearing up '83
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Ok, this blog update is dedicated to Kevin Davies (no not that one), Shaun
Watson, Steve Clark and the two or three Frothers that commented, without
whom I...
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Prohibition has ended and so has the shortage of AFS back issues! While
supplies last all 6 issues are available as I recently did a re-print run,
had thes...
The blog is looking for an "editor!"
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Hi folks
I need to face it: after more than 4 years of running this little blog, it
has become obvious that I can't keep up - other interferences, you know...
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Not going to be maintaining the FF blog on Google anymore. Mainly because
of this which seems to be the thin end of the wedge.
http://www.theguardian.co...
ECHOLALIACS
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*Number Appearing:* 2-8
*Size:* 10' to peak of cone
*Armor:* Rolls of thick, dense hide as plate armor
*Resilience:* As 8 human warriors
*Intelligence:* S...
What Happened to VHS Archive?!
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Some of you may have been wondering, and some of you may not have even
noticed, but VHS Archive has pretty much ceased to operate. I live in
Seattle where ...
I'M BACK!!!
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Hello everyone I'm back, I am actually still alive and able to paint. Sorry
for the huge absence, last year was fairly shitty and since then I've
completel...
¡Otro dragón en Birmingham!
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El 5 de Septiembre de 1981 Ian será el encargado de oficiar como maestro de
ceremonias en la apertura de la tercera tienda oficial de Games Worksho...
Interesting Places: Tomb of Yekelil
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Today's map is dedicated to all my Internet friends who hate blue maps.
This map revisits last year's map of the Tomb of Yekelil, one of the many
levels w...