MtG artists: Franz Vohwinkel
Franz Vohwinkel’s art will be familiar to anyone who has played Magic for a few years. We don’t see a lot of cards from him per set, but those we … Continue reading
The gears, they are a-grinding
On Scent of a Gamer, I mainly talk about what I like. But there’s one thing about miniatures games that really grinds my gears – the so-called two-player starter sets. … Continue reading
Star Wars X-Wing gameplay with Sanctioned
A new YouTube channel I have come across on the recommendation of a friend is Sanctioned. They do video reports of X-Wing games played to 100 points. As I write … Continue reading
Changes to Magic set structure
The three-set block structure has been a mainstay of Magic: the Gathering since the late 1990s. In an important article, Magic’s head designer Mark Rosewater lays out the persistent problems … Continue reading
Dungeon Saga: crowdfunding and conversation
Dungeon Saga is a project on Kickstarter right now, creating a new dungoneering board game. A group of heroes enter the dungeon to battle against the evil hordes of whatever is … Continue reading
Infinite possibilities
Procedural generation is a system whereby new game experiences are generated by algorithms rather than scripted in advance by programmers. Translated this means the computer is given the parameters and … Continue reading
MtG Artists: Eric Deschamps
Eric Deschamps stands out in my mind for his art on Planeswalkers over the past few years. He manages to keep a diverse group of characters looking individual yet still recognisable … Continue reading
Divining games sales
I’ve talked about the latest sales charts for non-collectable miniatures as recorded by ICv2. There is also a discussion going on at Quirkworthy. I decided to engage in a game … Continue reading
Basic lands in Magic
Basic land cards are often overlooked in Magic: the Gathering. They are the building blocks of the game, the invisible keystone without which the system would collapse. They perform a … Continue reading
Star Wars Imperial Assault announced
Hot on the heels of the Star Wars Armada announcement, comes this latest Star Wars game from Fantasy Flight – Imperial Assault. The boxed will be priced the same as Star … Continue reading
Star Wars Armada announced
Fantasy Flight Games will be releasing a companion game it its popular X-Wing Miniatures games. Called Star Wars Armada this game will focus on larger battles with bigger ships. … Continue reading
Tabletop sales update August 2014
ICv2 have published their latest details on top sellers across different tabletop games categories. Some areas show little change from the previous update, others are very interesting. Board Games Ticket to … Continue reading
MtG Artists: Carl Critchlow
Carl Critchlow is another of my nostalgia artists; when I see his work on Magic: the Gathering, I also think about his earlier work I’ve enjoyed. The Thrud the Barbarian … Continue reading
Imperial Knight update 2
I’ve added some metal and even some colour to the knight, with plenty more still to do: After much thought and consideration of palette options, I’ve decided to go … Continue reading
The Garruk challenge card
At the Magic 2015 pre-release, all players got to take away a Garruk challenge card. It’s similar to the Theros block challenge decks, but as you might have guessed, this … Continue reading
Salute painting winners
The Salute website has been updated with details of the 2014 painting contest winners, complete with a slideshow of the placing models across their 13 categories. I chose my favourite … Continue reading
The time-poor gamer
A post at Quirkworthy caught my attention the other day, about being able to put time back into your gaming hobby, and where to put that time. It got me … Continue reading
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