Atomic Floozy Adventures

Tag: Two Hour Wargames

  • Pulp PI – Investigator for Hire, a Review

    Pulp PI – Investigator for Hire, a Review

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    Just being released, “Pulp PI – Investigator for Hire” from Two Hour Wargames couldn’t have come at a better time. You see, there’s a direct tie between pulp fiction and film noir, and in August, Turner Classic Movies suspends its weekly showing of “Noir Alley” for its month-long Summer Under the Stars film festival. So,…

  • Adding Terrain to the Map

    Adding Terrain to the Map

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    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…

  • The Outline Map

    The Outline Map

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    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…

  • Making a Darn Good Game More Complicated

    Making a Darn Good Game More Complicated

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    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.…

  • Alien Catacombs Terrain Set

    Alien Catacombs Terrain Set

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    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…

  • Cyberpunk Terrain Set

    Cyberpunk Terrain Set

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    I’m preparing for the Lone Star Game Expo, a local game convention scheduled for September 30th through October 2nd. I’ll be running six sessions of a game, two for each day. The name of my game is “Escape from Hadley’s Hope” using the 5150 Star Army Total War rules from Two Hour Wargames. I’ve already…