GW New Policy on Lord of the Rings

I am used to purchasing from full-line game stores and a few internet sites. I recently placed an order with Skip Peterson of Legends in Time for a number of Lord of the Rings figures. He in turn contacted his distributors and found out that Games Workshop is changing their distribution policies. Essentially, only plastic [...]

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Citadel Realm of Battle Terrain Boards

I purchased a set of Citadel/GW’s Realm of Battle terrain boards over the weekend. While pricey at $275, I was interested in them predominantly as durable convention boards for Lord of the Rings and science fiction games. I was also impressed with the quality of the sculpts; each board contains a great amount of small [...]

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Western Desert Game This Saturday at UGG

This Saturday, August 15, at Unique Gifts and Games (UGG, see link at right) I will be running a 15mm WWII miniatures game set in the Western Desert. I will be using Battlefront WWII rules published by Fire and Fury (www.fireandfury.com). The scenario will feature a mixed Deutsche Afrika Korps battlegroup, supported by elements of [...]

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Uncharted Seas Game from July 25

I ran an Uncharted Seas game at Unique Gifts and Games Saturday, July 25. The two sides were the Thaniras Elves/Dragon Lords versus the Imperial Humans/Dwarven fleets. The action quickly devolved into two separate battles. On the northern end of the board, a small holding fleet of Dragon Lord cruisers and a squadron of frigates [...]

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Update on Gaming

Been a few weeks since my last post, but that’s because I’ve been playing a lot! In no particular order…
First, we seem to have rediscovered Settlers of Catan. Over the past two weeks I have played probably 15 games. Why? It’s quick to teach, simple to play and full of strategy. My family enjoys it, [...]

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Update on Campaign Flying

Friday night saw two Battle of Britain era dogfights, both consisting of four Me-109E4’s versus four Spitfire IA’s. Essentially we played one game and then switched sides. Game One saw our first mid-air collision; an Me-109 manuevered into firing position on a Spitfire, only to run into the Brit’s wingman. The wingman emerged with minor damage, but [...]

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Long Lost Battlefleet Gothic Photos

Thanks to Jeff H for finding these and sending them to me.
These were taken during a big fleet bash at the Crystal Lake Park District game session two years ago.

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Painting Continues…

Two more He-111’s, two finished Me-110’s and three Hurricanes. Go me!

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Campaign Rules for Check Your Six!

Well, here they are; my attempt at a quick play set of campaign rules for Check Your Six! Please note the following things:

There are no plane lists or points. These rules require a referree to offer historically balanced scenarios and plane types.
The campaign is not chronological. Each session we will dice for year, theater and [...]

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Painting Update…

No new pictures yet. Need to get out my good camera for close-ups as the iPhone camera won’t handle things that are too close. As for projects, I am 90% done with the Arab-Israeli microarmor project. My initial Syrian force will consist of two tank battalions, one mechanized infantry battalion, one engineering company, one anti-tank [...]

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