Legends in the Fall is coming up at Trinity College on Saturday, November 14. The college is located in Deerfield, IL, and represents a new venue for the convention. I have been running games at this biannual convention since its inception. The crowd is a good group of people and the gamemasters represent some of [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Legends in the Fall November 14
Posted in Events, Miniature Games, tagged conventions, lord of the rings, miniatures, Starship Troopers on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Flying this Friday/Update on Projects
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged Air combat, Check Your Six!, lord of the rings, miniatures, painting, World War II on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Check Your Six! campaign continues this Friday night at UGG in Grayslake, IL. Wheels up at 7:15 PM. We’d like to see all pilots turn out this Friday night so we can push for two separate games.
Meanwhile, Rohan continues to take shape. I have finished my stables and started work on two more houses. [...]
Build Me an Army Worthy of Mordor!
Posted in Miniature Games, terrain, tagged fantasy, lord of the rings, painting, terrain on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fall Sunday’s are football time, and the whole family watches the Bears religiously. It also means that I can assemble, file and prep miniatures while the game is on. This Sunday, I assembled 15 mounted Riders of Rohan, 6 mounted Royal Guard of Rohan, a mounted Gamling and a score of Uruk scouts. I am [...]
An Ace for an Ace
Posted in Miniature Games, tagged Air combat, Check Your Six!, miniatures, World War II on October 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zeroes and Wildcats flew over the Pacific last night…and the second ace of the campaign lost his life. Lining up for a shot on two Zeroes, Will’s newly minted ace got caught in the crossfire and was unable to bail out successfully. After several more game turns, Ken’s veteran pilot exacted vengeance on the Zero [...]
Check Your Six! Campaign Tonight
Posted in Events, Miniature Games, tagged Air combat, Check Your Six!, miniatures, World War II on October 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s Friday Night Flight Club time at UGG. Wheels up at 7:15 PM. As of the time of this post, we have something like 14 active squadrons and have had 8-9 players showing up, so the action is heating up.