Yaarh! Another gaming project that'll never even begin. Wargaming in da world of visionary comix artiste Vaugn Bodē. Gets youse educated ya slug! I ain't 'splainin it!
Mince Pie Fest 2024: M&S Collection
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I do not like the pastry on these mince pies at all. AT ALL. Crunchy and
far too sugary (which doesn't help with the crunch), I suppose at least
it's not t...
Wednesday Comics: DC, February 1984 (week 3)
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My mission: read DC Comics' output from January 1980 (cover date) to
*Crisis*! This week, I'm looking at the comics on newsstands around
November 17, 1983....
5e adventures in the world of Dragon Warriors
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I got a tip-off a couple of months back that the English edition of Blood
Sword 5e would shortly see the light of day, and here's news on Kickstarter
tha...
Inq et Nunc - Imperial Navy Bodyguard
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One of my favourites of all the 54mm Inquisitor models is the Imperial Navy
Bodyguard or Bosun. He's an unusual subject - an Imperial that isn't an
Inqui...
REPOST: The Articles of Dragon: "The Astral Plane"
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A *Dragon* article written by Roger E. Moore and with an introduction by E.
Gary Gygax, where he states that "[this] is about as 'official' as is
possible...
Unfocused Thoughts on Operation: Mobile Armor
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I like mechs and the various anime and video games that contain them. I
haven't talked a lot about them on this blog, but in pretty much every
other venu...
2024/2025 Lindenbaum Prize announcement
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The Lindenbaum Prize is sponsored by Peter Agapov, contributor to Lloyd of
Gamebooks and owner of Augmented Reality Adventure Games who is very
generou...
Trench Crusade Observer
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Hey all, It seems like painting one model at the time, although very unlike
me, is proving to be quite efficient for me ! With some of the mercenaries
fr...
A Tin Soldier orc in a retro style
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Here's an orc from Tin Soldier painted in a somewhat retro style with
heavy blacklining in ink.
Although I had originally based many of them on pennie...
Bob Olley Iron Claw/Essex Miniatures Undead.
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Something ghostly for Halloween: Undead.
These undead were sculpted in the 1980s by Bob Olley, and are from his time
at both Essex Miniatures (this ran...
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 ...
Happy Orctober
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The Blood Snortas
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The Blood Snortas were born for trouble. Ridin' their ill-tempered boars
through mud, dust, and worse, they’d roared their way ou...
A Tale of Four(ish) Gamers
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On the internet, there is a chap called Dave.
Dave likes beer, bacon and battle. Especially the 4th edition of Warhammer
Fantasy Battle. He likes it so ...
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...
Bosch Bosch Bosch loadsaminis
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*NOTE: the BLogger app has shat itself and no longer posts images,
apparently. Yeah this site is dying slowly. aaaanyway.... I shall fill in
the picture...
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...
Imagi-Nation Wargaming
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Hi!
As per usual, I find myself run off my feet with work with precious little
time for anything else but something I've been pondering for a bit is to
...
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...
White Dwarf Interior Artists: Top 5
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Everyone loves the covers from the classic RPG era of White Dwarf. The
‘Covers Compendium’ page is one of the most popular on my blog – literally…
handfuls...
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...
Black Pudding 8 Print Edition Out Now!
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The print edition of *Black Pudding Issue 8* is now available to order from
the Squarehex site using the following link:
https://www.squarehex.co.uk/coll...
#16 - "Seas of Blood" by Andrew Chapman (1985)
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*Seas of Blood *is Andrew Chapman's third and final contribution to the
mainline Fighting Fantasy series. And that's a shame, because he really
hits h...
My Druid Adventure On Sale
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Oakfell Vale, my adventure about mysterious druids in a secluded valley, is
on sale now for 20% off - only $7.99. It is 64 pages, and is intended for
use w...
ON RAVEN WINGS: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE MARVELOUS
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[image: ON RAVEN WINGS: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE MARVELOUS]
ON RAVEN WINGS: THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE MARVELOUS
Jul 24, 2023 | Chronicles
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[image: W...
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...
Shadow of the Giants
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*taps microphone*
This thing on? Hello? Is there anybody out there?
It's been a while since the last post on Ye Olde Fighting Dantasy.
How olde? Olde...
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...
History of the List
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I've been meaning to make this post for a while now. I did a couple
interviews over the past few years where I discussed the history of the
blog, how I c...
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 Power of “No!”
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I finally reviewed the contract Justin LaNasa (JL) wants me to sign. That’s
when I took a stand and gave my answer: “I prefer not to be directly
involved i...
O.G.R.E. RPG
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A rough collection of notes, lists and scribbles of ideas is slowly taking
some sort of shape. O.G.R.E. stands for Occultists, Grunts, Rogues and
Eccl...
eBay: THE Citadel Giant, 2021 edition
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Holy Deep Pockets, Batman! Someone shelled out $1,600 GBP ($2,270.64 USD)
for this complete in box copy of THE Citadel Giant. I mean, just look at
it. A...
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 ...
The Best of the Journal: The Pettigrew Selections
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Mark Pettigrew wrote the delightful swashbuckling role-playing game,
Flashing Blades. He also wrote two Tekumel adventures, A Jakallan Intrigue
and The Tom...
While the Toys Were Out
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Straying from the orc theme, but in the spirit of Halloween, here's my
Undead army...
Currently they weigh in around 1750 points. I've got enough zombie...
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...
Gardens of Hecate Studio
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*D*ear readers,
You are looking at the final post of this blog. It's been going for more
than eight years, and time has come for it to shut down... Because...
Citadel Ad&d Gnolls Part I
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Here’s my taken on the Citadel Ad&d Gnolls, c.1985 I did the Halberders
first in honour of Gary Gygax. Next up, the battle-axers.
Blood Sundown Review
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I've actually been running games recently! Bully for me. I decided that
I'd start reviewing the products I actually use - this was my first review
on Driv...
Trial by Dice – Crush the Demoniac
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Has your life felt empty and worthless since last years Trial By Dice
tournament? Have things not been quite the same since you last heard the
ring of batt...
We've Moved
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Hey all, just to update you guys The Duke has officially moved to be part
of my other site Unboxed the Board Game Blog. You can continue to follow me
over ...
[chapter 2]
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The children’s names were Abdan and Mershi. Preteens, traumatized. Everyone
helped, but Mazi turned out to be surprisingly good with them. Jase started
tea...
Bestiary of the Fabled Occident
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A long time ago I started to put together a bestiary. I've pursued various
other projects in the time since but I still have a fair bit of material
I'd lik...
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...
Game Testing a Simple 40k Ruleset for Epic
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I've got a nice little set of Epic sized space marines. They're basically
painted up as Space Wolves and Emperor's Children. Since my last post on
the to...
Iain Lovecraft, 3D Sculptor
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Nope, it's got nothing to do with Cthulhu. I just did a video conversation
with Iain Lovecraft, who designs 3D miniatures and terrain. If you're not
doi...
Averaigne royal family
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Every kingdom has a royal family. In the case of my campaign setting of
Averaigne, it's a fairly young kingdom but they are still on their eleventh
king in...
TV remote Landspeeder
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It has been a long while since I updated, as I've had my hands full with
work. However, I took a few hours off last weekend to participate in
July's "T...
Long Time No Blog: Purchases At Carronade
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It's been a long time since I posted, I know, but the following video about
my purchases at the Carronade show in Falkirk will hopefully assure you all
tha...
The Orchid Club
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Bral caters to almost every vice, from grand scale corruption, via most
types of imaginable gambling, to lotus addiction, with each sin having its
own v...
Citadel Spectres and Skeletons
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I - III [remastered] by Spectral Kingdom
FEAR not loyal reader, the prolonged absence since my last post is not
indicative of a weakening resolve regarding ...
Citadel Spectres and Skeletons
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I - III [remastered] by Spectral Kingdom
FEAR not loyal reader, the prolonged absence since my last post is not
indicative of a weakening resolve regarding ...
Can I have too much stuff, I don't need?
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Well, today has turned into a day of not doing particularly anything due to
snow which fell over night and continues to fall. So, I find myself with
time t...
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This is the entry for Harry Scott (age 10) for the Monster Man monster
design contest...
*WERETIGER-SHARK*
Frequency: Very Rare
No. Appearing: 1
Armour ...
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...
Portfolio Images from an old CD from a while ago
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This one contains some game art, a few 3d images I created from 3d CAD
models, some 2d line art drawings etc. Again, fun work!
Air Warrior pilot wing...
Interesting, Extended Review of WFRP1e
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So, I'm not on this blog much. Or blogging much at all, neither here or on
my main blog. I've been running some Advanced Fighting Fantasy 2e - The
Warlock...
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...
long awaited Aequatherium scenario.
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I must admit that I've had this one sitting around for a while but have had
other distractions to contend with. The rules for the figures can be found
on t...
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...
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...
Challenger and IT Terrain.
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Odd how things coalesced, and one day can define years to come...
Occasionally in this Life in Miniature, I 'be been around successful
protects, at GW lat...
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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...
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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...
DIY Paint Station/Hobby Board.
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Yay! Finally got something done to post about. My old board that I use to
paint and construct my miniatures on started life as a sort of temporary
coffee t...
A Ruined Castle of Aventurien
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Another map courtesy of *Das Schwarze Auge*, in this case, a ruined keep on
the water. I imagine the keep above plagued by skeletons and the ghosts,
rat...
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...
YASSSS
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