Author: atomicfloozy
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Adding Terrain to the Map
With the outline done, the next step is to fill in the terrain features of Valkae. To add terrain features to the map, I used drawing techniques from WASD20’s series on how to draw fantasy maps to draw the terrain features, and Tony Bath’s Setting Up a Wargames Campaign found in the book Tony Bath’s…
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The Outline Map
In a previous post, I mentioned I wanted to play a solo map campaign. The campaign AI is provided by “The Solo Wargaming Guide” by William Silvester. Though not strictly required, the guide draws a lot from “Tony Bath’s Ancient Wargaming” which a good part of the book is a reprint of “Setting up a…
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Amazon Update Number 5
With everything going on, I’m still plugging away at my Amazon collection. The goal is to rebase the completed figures from square bases and to assemble and paint the Amazons remaining in the massive pile of unfinished miniatures. With this update, 165 figures have been finished and/or rebased. I’m not sure how many are left…
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Making a Darn Good Game More Complicated
There’s a trend, and a good one at that, to make games quicker and easier to play while still being fun. It’s even the premise of several game companies: One Hour Games, One Page Rules, 2’x2′ Napoleonics, Snappy Nappy, Five Torches Deep, Index Card RPG, and, my personal favorite, Two Hour Wargames among many others.…
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Unleash!!!!!
New Music from Band-Maid One of my favorite groups has released a new single – Unleash!!!!! Complete with five exclamation points! Each year, the maid costumes – called “war armor” by the girls, is redesigned. Here’s this year’s look: Here’s the link to their official site: BAND-MAID Official Web Site
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Alien Catacombs Terrain Set
I’ve finished a second 2’x2′ board for the Escape from Hadley’s Hope game I’ll be running at the Lone Star Game Expo, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2. This is the Alien Catacombs Terrain Set from Battle Systems. I need to complete two more terrain boards to have a 4’x4′ table and I need to paint…
