Thought I’d promote the upcoming Starship Troopers game I’m running with Jeff Hammerlund at Unique Gifts and Games in Grayslake, IL. It’s schedule for Saturday, January 31. We’ll start around 12:30 PM. We’ll be using the standard Starship Troopers rules from Mongoose Publishing, with a few house rules. If you haven’t played it before, we [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Starship Troopers Event
Posted in Uncategorized on January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Latest Project: Uncharted Seas Elven Fleet
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged miniatures; fantasy; Uncharted Seas on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Just received the new Elven Fleet for Uncharted Seas. Usual great service from Neal at The Warstore. Models are cool. They are a mix of outriggers and catamaran hulls with curved wedge sails. Bodies are cast resin with white metal sails. Almost no flash on any of the models.The photo is of the Elven Battlecruiser [...]
Great Service from Spartan Games
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged customer service, miniatures on January 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently ordered the Starter Pack for Uncharted Seas from Spartan Games. Not only did it arrive quickly from England, but they followed up via e-mail to make sure I received the package. The four starter fleets plus the rules worked out to about $158 including shipping at the current dollar/pound exchange rate. If you [...]
World of Warcraft Collectible Miniatures Game
Posted in Collectible Games, tagged collectibles, miniatures, World of Warcraft on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK, I promised myself I would not like this game. My objections were that it was a) another collectible game; b) it was another World of Warcraft thing to suck the money from my wallet; and c) I wasn’t all that impressed by the initial sample prepainted miniatures. Also, I am not that enamored of [...]
Uncharted Seas
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged miniatures, naval on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Uncharted Seas game from Spartan Games is an absolute blast. It’s a fantasy naval combat game that is quick to play, fun to collect and model, and a most worthy successor to the old Games Workshop Man O’ War game.
We saw the miniatures at Games Plus and were hooked on the quality of the [...]