Nothing new under the Sun

Well, I have been in full-time job-training since April (and hopefully shall be so for the next 7 months, too, before I expect to start getting re-educated).

I haven't touched a brush or a die since my last post, but I'm quite exited about the new futuristic sports game from Mantic called DreadBall, as I've read the so far released teaser downloads (example Rush, and the Core Rules).

While a violent ballgame played on a grid board must contain some similarities with Blood Bowl, it also seems to hold enough on its own to justfy a purchase. Plus, the boxed set will contain two teams, and thus everything you need to play the game out of the box, contrary to the latest boxed version of BB I know of, so no additional purchases will be necessary to get started.

I am anticipating the release, and hope that it will get me drawn back into the miniature wargaming hobby, as I have not been able to find the time/motivation for quite some time.

I also have some unfinished business with the AAR for my first game of CROM!, I know. Not completely forgotten, just indefinitely postponed....

DwA: Zombiecalypse Now - not much progress.

I have delivered the first 10 zeds for commission, but then got totally sidetracked by real life, job search, etc.

I hope to find some time - and energy - for carrying on, very soon - during the holidays at the very latest. It's really bugging me, that I don't keep things moving, but that's just how it is these days, it seems.

Totally becalmed at the moment.

Well, while storm after stom blows in from the North Sea, not a single breeze moves over my painting/prepping station.

Job search, all kinds of pre-christmas events (kindergarden, school, school care, girls gymnastics team, etc.), general daily life, buying presents for christmas, trying to get some heavily delayed (because of an extremely wet summer and autumn) garden tasks finished, dark and cold/wet weather... I have absolutely NO energy surplus for hobby tasks.

Looking forward to the holidays where I'm going to be away from work for 11 days. I need to get into a routine, again, where I get a little work done at least every other day. I have 50 plastic zombies that need assembly (I had hoped to have them all ready by January, but...), some Old West minis that need paint, and a handful of mixed minis in various states of progress on my painting station...

Not to mention the hundreds of prepped and primed minis I have laying around for various unfinished projects.

Well, if I'm going to be unemployed for a while from February, at least I'll get the possibility to get some projects finished, as I can then focus on tasks for some hours in a row - it's really amazing how fast things can move when you don't have to work on-and-off all the time!

Next up for testing: Fistful of Lead

Front cover courtesy of Jaye Wiley

I recently purchased the PDF-file for Fistful of Lead, a game simulating gunfights in the Old West using d10 and standard playing cards for the mechanics, and after two sessions of reading the rules from start to end (31 pages including reference sheet, optional rules, and two (identical) sheets of counters (- an improved set of counters is to be had at the Yahoo group for the game)), the simplicity, yet quite intrigueing nature, of it got me about digging some Wild West minis out from various boxes in my home office, and the garage.

I already have 3 painted Artizan cowboys that I used for a game or two of Gutshot a couple of years ago (they just needed some reworking of the bases, which is almost done), and it might be time to dig out my Whitewash City buildings (and resume building the sets I have).

If I wasn't going to Horisont (table-top gaming convention in Esbjerg) next weekend, I would have invited my regular gaming pal/opponent/guinea-pig Ulrik down from Odense for a test run of the rules, just using the 3 already painted cowboys, but now, maybe I'll manage to get a couple more prepped and painted before actually playing the game.

I think I'm out of the stupor, initially caused by the news of me being made redundant at work, so expect updates to again appear sporadicly.

Gaming must be paused!

Well, to some extent it must... I've been laid off at work (my current employment ends Jan 31st), and I must focus on finding a new job, so we can keep our house and our kids will not have to change school, etc.

So, if anyone on Funen reads this, and knows of a possible opening somewhere, please, don't hesitate to contact me!

In the Emperor's Name (ItEN): Another test game

Had a nice 3-way rumble last night(Dark Angels vs Chaos Marines vs. Space Wolves 13th Company). Got wiped out, again, but I actually managed to hold on to the objective for about one turn ;o)

No pics, sorry, shall bring the camera next time, if I remember to.

And another club member owning some IG seemed interested to join the fray. I am confident that the campaign will consolidate ItEN as a good alternative to playing full-scale W40K when you don't have the time to prepare and play the full monty.

CROM!: Rise of the Mummy King - Part Four

Well. it's been a while since my last post in this series, but now I have to bring this to a conclusion, soon.

Hearing the incantations from the ruined mastaba, Thrombur decided that it was time to prove the maxim that 'Dwarves are deadly on a short distance', and sprinted around the temple ruins to outflank the staggering Skeletons.

Thus robbed of his companion, Chwllurhwch succumbed to his assailants, and the Flesheaters started squabbling about whether to feast on the fallen Elf, or present him to their Master.

(Had the Heroes been played by each one person, this development might have caused some bad blood, but being a Dwarfanatic, Ulrik decided to go all in on Thrombur, sacrificing the hitherto rather unfortunate Elf.)

Soon, however, one of them started wondering where the other intruder had gone, and started searching for him.

In the picture below, it is hidden behind the palm trees and the Anubis statue.

In the lower left corner, the Mummy King can be seen preparing yet another skull for the Magic Circle. But Thrombur is closing in, and the minions are perhaps too far away....