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Tohaa Unboxing & Pig Iron Ferals
The Paradiso supplement's most exciting inclusion (the campaign rules were a bit "meh") was the new race, the Tohaa. At the time I labelled them a rather lazy space-elf "Eldar" ripoff, and that is...
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Iron Kingdoms RPG Review
I bought this on sale in hopes of finding a use for my respectably sized Warmachine armies. Now Warmachine itself is a game I have learnt to roundly dislike, due to a plethora of special rules making...
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Delta Vector the Game: Reflection
Last year I realised I was bored with spaceship games - or more specifically, how even new space games are stuck in the "full Thrust" rut, whilst ground wargames (Tomorrow's War, Infinity, Song of...
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Delta Vector Playtest Mission: The Station Attack
A simple playtest of the rules.Both sides have 4 frigates with identical stats:Thrust 4Defence 2Weapons 4 x 1AF d10 LasersAll crews are CQ 8. Blue team has to defend a space satellite. The satellite...
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Rippers: The Horror Wars Rules Review (Savage Worlds)
So far I have tried (and reviewed) Strange Aeons, Chaos in Carpathia, Witchfinder General, Empire of the Dead and Solomon KaneandHelldorado. The next addition to my rules library is Rippers: The Horror...
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Airships & Sky Pirates Rules Review
I really like the Brigade aeronef models but the "official" rules are pretty bland and minimalist. If "beer" is the ring left on the coaster, and the "pretzel" is half a low fat pretzel you found...
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Coaling Stations Pre-dreadnought Game Review
Every now and then a game comes along and impresses the heck out of you, with innovative gameplay or different ideas. Games like this, for me include DBA, General Quarters, Infinity, Tomorrow's War,...
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Alternate Aeronef VSF Rules: Coaling Stations Mod
I found a lot of interesting ideas in the pre-dreadnought game Coaling Stations and I think the core rules would transplant well to VSF, giving us better rules than the current contenders (Aeronef and...
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Gruntz 15mm Sci Fi Wargames Rules Review
I'm sure you're familiar with the format of this meme. Here's my version:1. Take Warmachine rulebook2. Replace "Warjacks" with "Vehicles." Remove "Warcasters" and related feats. 3. Replace steampunk...
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5150 Star Navy Spaceship Wargame Rules Review
Back last year I interviewed one of the game designers on 5150: Wing Leader - a dogfighting game in the beta stage (EDIT: It will be released as 5150: Fighter Command). Star Navy, although also by...
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CROM - Fantasy Skirmish Rules Review (Starring Conan)
Matakishi's Tea House is one of my favourite wargaming blogs - a combination of inspirational terrain ideas and interesting articles. As I am interested in "Dice Pool" mechanics (Bushido, Confrontation...
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Cyprian Rifts - Just another spaceship game
I thought I would review these rules, but then I thought - "why bother?" and simply posted the ship data card, which I think reveals all you need to know. The ship data card speaks for itself.I'm not...
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Battlestations! Battlestations! WW2 Naval Fleet Combat Rules Reviewed
Whilst looking for a good aeronef/flying battleship game I have been digging through naval rules to see what is worth converting.An obvious contender is General Quarters, so long the benchmark in naval...
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Retribution Falls - Review
Pulp Steampunk. Airships. Pirates. Dogfights. Swordfights, shotguns and six-guns. Demonologists. Hivemind zombies. Golems. Do I have your attention? Steampunk Firefly? Yes please. Retribution Falls is...
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Aeronef - Austrian and British Fleets (Part I - Bare Metal))
Due to the imminent arrival of our first child, I am starting a bunch more new projects and collecting models in preparation for the lean times ahead. Make hay while the sun shines...One of these...
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Mayhem Mass Battle Fantasy Rules Reviewed
As a person somewhat jaded by wargames rules (I own, play and review dozens each year) I look forward to any offerings from Bombshell Games. The reason? Their rules do not repeat the same tired...
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(Good) Fantasy Skirmish Wargames
I was staring at my unpainted lead mountain today, considering fantasy games. Unlike space games, there seems to be a broad spectrum of approaches to this genre. Rather like I did for space games, I'd...
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Aeronef - WIP (Merchants, Austrian and British fleets)
I've launched into painting the smaller ships for my Aeronef fleets. Though I initially decided to proxy the Austrians as German navy, I opted to go with the dark green pre-WW1 Austrian paint scheme...
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Work Benches, Paint Holders & Space Mats
Tired of having random paint pots laying around my workbench, I took matters into my own hands. I wanted the paints to be visible side-on (I know you can dab the colour on the lid, but half the time I...
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Cheap Generic Terrain for 1/1200, 1/600, 1/300
I was keeping an eye out for terrain for my new Aeronef fleets when I came across these 1/1200 items from Brigade's own "Land Ironclads" range. At $7.50 for 20, a village/small town is very...
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