Since this is often a discussion, as a lot of people start new and ask the question what paints and tools to get, I thought I'll give my Opinion. Fair warning this is not going to be the cheapest way to start, but rather the best way to start without buying tools and paints in bulk … Continue reading Ideal Hobby start – What would I recommend to someone just starting out after 26 years in the Hobby?
For several reasons I do think this is the right decision. I am actually in favour of maintaining logistics and production as far as possible and allowing people to buy one, simply for psychological reasons to convey stability and continuity. GW as a Uk company, especially in England, the NS is so neglected and rundown … Continue reading My opinion on and the effects of the GamesWorkshopo shutdown
So you may just have started With the tabletop hobby, moved, or are returning to the hobby after a hiatus. Anyways for some reason you're left without gaming buddies and you might not have a store with space or similar around. Here are some tips how to find new gamer friends. But be aware you … Continue reading Trouble finding new gaming buddies?
Canvas Eagles, some times known as Blue Max, is a fast paced tabletop game that simulates the dogfights between Planes during World War I. Canvas Eagles is played with 1-6 models per player on a hex map, a paper map that is divided into 6 sided square fields. The aircraft are simultaneously moved to … Continue reading Canvas Eagles
Flames of War is a tabletop game that reproduces the battles of World War II, it is played on landscaped terrain and is kept in scale 1/100. The game system is based on brigades, which are divided into platoons (units). The game system is played with D6 and the players take turn in altercation, … Continue reading Flames of War
In the last years, a lot of options came out for gamers, looking to play on more than the classic kitchen-table surface. Back when I started to game the most luxury there was where paper grass mats used for model trains. And even though GW offered one in the classic 6' by 4' measurement, it … Continue reading Gaming mats for Miniature tabletop games.
Confrontation was a Skirmish Tabletop by Rackham. It died when Rackham switched from its widely high regarded Metall miniatures directed at painters, too expensive prepainted plastics. Confrontation is played with a maximum of 20 miniatures per player on the field, but on average there were between 7 and 14 miniatures per player. The game … Continue reading Confrontation 3.5
Settlers of Catan - The Dice Game. The Settler of Catan Dice Game is a very simple variant of the well-known board game. Included are 5 5 sided dice, a block, and an instructions booklet. Each player now gets a pen in a specific color and off you go. Each player takes turns in the … Continue reading Settlers of Catan – The Dice Game
A general instruction how to run a Campaign for a Miniatures Wargame. The goal of this article is to provide you with a helper to enable anyone to set up, run and manage a small campaign successfully in their gaming group. I used this blank system for several different campaigns in different game systems with … Continue reading How to create, run and manage a successful tabletop campaign for your gaming group .
Blood Bowl is a tabletop system from Games Workshop and plays in an alternate version of the fantasy world of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. Though younger players may be more familiar with it due to the computer games or Fantasy Flights now Out of print card game. Blood Bowl is a mix of an American football … Continue reading Blood Bowl
