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Archive for January, 2009

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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I’ve been playing Traveller since the late ’70s when the game was first released. I was hooked and have purchased all subsequent editions just to keep up to date. I may break my 30+ year trend after purchasing the latest High Guard supplement from Mongoose.
For those of you who know me, I am not a [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Uncharted Seas

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 [...]

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