War Machine: Vengeance Review
Vengeance is the latest expansion book for War Machine. To Privateer Press, the publisher, it is more than that. The book begins with a call to arms from the company … Continue reading
Imbrian Orcs & Goblins Complete
After adding several new projects recently it’s nice to actually finish one! These ten highly detailed models from Imbrian Arts were purchased almost four years ago. They proved themselves quite … Continue reading
Imbrian update 4
The final figure in the Imbrian Orcs & Goblins collection is complete. Check out the troll shaman! It’s a magnificent model, superbly detailed. I’m not sure I did it justice, … Continue reading
MtG Artists: Rebecca Guay
Although she doesn’t get commissioned these days, Rebecca Guay’s popularity as an artist of Magic cards endures. Her Kickstarter project raised over $120,000, much of that from Magic fans. When … Continue reading
New Version of SAGA
After much speculation, the new version of SAGA has been announced; SAGA: Crescent and Cross. As the name would suggest this version of SAGA will cover the various armies of … Continue reading
Tabletop Growth Continues
ICv2 have their periodic look at the tabletop games industry up. The growth over the past three years has continued. Very few industries (or businesses) can say they grew by … Continue reading
The Birthday Haul
I turned 41 in 2014, and my regression to childhood continues at a steady pace, as you can see here. A Magic card set, a War Machine book and miniature, … Continue reading
Dystopian Wars Prussians update 2
First, a confession: I painted this model long ago. While looking for those Byzantine easterling models I came across this submerged Metzger robot model and realised I hadn’t included it … Continue reading
Byzantines of Middle Earth
I’ve been considering Byzantines as my next SAGA army. They use Norman dice and I already have that army, though it is not yet painted. What is painted are one … Continue reading
MtG Artists: Cliff Childs
After the prolific Kev Walker, let’s look at Cliff Childs, a relative newcomer with around 30 cards under his belt so far. Cliff Childs has produced some memorable land arts, … Continue reading
SAGA Tactics: Byzantines
The Byzantine Empire is what the Eastern Roman Empire became. Through many ups and downs, it lasted into the 16th century before finally vanishing into history. The empire was centred … Continue reading
Battle the Horde review
Theros black had us face the Hydra in an alternative game scenario. Born of the Gods challenges us to take on an army of minotaurs in Battle the Horde. I’m … Continue reading
Computer Game Review: Doomdark’s Revenge
I start this review with a warning to the reader: Doomdark’s Revenge remains my favourite computer game, and so this review is in no way impartial. I have been terribly … Continue reading
On the Tray 7
I thought it was a couple of months since I did an On the Tray; turn out it was October 2013. So, a while then. This month you can see … Continue reading
The Price is Knight
Something happened last week that has not happened in a terrible long count of years; I bought a copy of White Dwarf. I’ve been partial to the new version of … Continue reading
MtG Artists: Kev Walker
Kev Walker is another Magic card artist whose work I encountered years before Magic itself. In the case of Kev Walker it was his work on weekly comic 2000AD that … Continue reading
