Tag: Two Hour Wargames
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Cricket’s MacGuffin
A 5150 Encounter Are your characters turning into murder hobos? Do they need motivation for an adventure? Need some suspense in your encounters? Well, my friend, you need a MacGuffin. What is a MacGuffin, you may ask? A MacGuffin is something the characters and their antagonists are extremely interested in for varying reasons. It’s a…
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The Iron Queen’s War – Taking Ryyne, Part 1
The large Asterian village of Ryyne is a large, growing, bustling village on the banks of the Planetkore River. The main reasons for its size and continued growth are the docks and repair facilities for rivercraft. The village also lies in the path of Nycenae’s 2nd Army on its march to the major port city…
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Slapchop? Painting Stargrave with Cuttlefish Colors
There is an old saying, “Everything old is new again.” It has been a year since the “slapchop” painting technique has taken the hobby by storm. Slapchop is an update of a technique called “grisaille” which appeared as early as 1300 C.E. Grisaille is an underpainting technique using shades of grey to discover the shadows…
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The Iron Queen’s War – Battle of the Planetkore Delta
The predawn hours of December 23rd are marked by heavy rain and rough seas. Already two days behind schedule, Admiral Leto decides to put the Nycenaean 1st Fleet to sea along with the transports carrying 6th Army. Hugging the coastline, the going is slow, great care is made not to lose any of the transports.…
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Squirrel Tooth Alice
Believe it or not, this infamous legend of the old west was still alive when I was an infant. Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Haley Thompson was born in 1855 and passed away at age 98 in 1953. Her professional name was “Alice” and kept prairie dogs as pets. A drunken cowboy thought they were squirrels and…
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The Iron Queen’s War, Part 2
After discovering the intentions of Nycenae to invade Asteria during the Winter solstice when all of its armies had been disbanded for the season, Asterian rangers operating in the wilds of Nycenae made their way to the Planetkore River, the border. There, opposite the keep of Demeter, the ranger Maeonia was chosen to swim the…
Atomic Floozy Adventures 