Oops, lost the Civil War... my bad

Bruce hauled out The Price of Freedom last night. This is a card-driven board game that addresses the American Civil War. This is not my favourite gaming genre but I like the mechanics and the level of play.

I played the north and didn't keep my eye on the various victory conditions so found myself in the second last year of the war needing to prevent a southern political victory. Thus I ran a lightening southern campaign (capturing the Mississippi and the Gulf Coast in rapid succession) and almost bagged Atlanta (rolled a 1 at the wrong time!) but did not pull it off.

That said, I did have a lucky first half of the war, including shooting Lee out of the saddle at Richmond (Bruce took that better than expected). We also played the reinforcement phase incorrectly but that likely affected us equally. All told, an interesting game. I think we've played four times and this was the first southern victory.

Up next: I have a bucketload of 10mm AWI guys who will be getting cleaned up and primered today. I also have a few bases of 1/72 WW1 British artillery to finish up.

More 28mm superheroes rebased

I spent a few minutes this weekend rebasing some of the superheroes I did this summer onto more urban bases in anticipation of (1) me building some urban terrain in 2012 and (2) Ganesha games releasing Power Legions sometime thereafter.

First up with Batman and Robin. These are repaints of heroclix.

I also rebased a bunch of Teen Titans, including Speedy and Wonder Girl.

I also did some Justice League of America figures and a bunch of nemeses for Batman. There are a few more generic bad guys to be rebased and then I'll turn my attention to some more figures.

Up next: I have a game scheduled with Bruce this evening. And a large package just arrived (10mm AWI?) that I will sort through at lunch.

Remainder of the Macedonians

I completed the remainder of the 1/72 Macedonians DBA army I was working on this weekend. Painting over a white primer means the army is brighter overall, but it took a lot longer to finish up all of the painting.

First up are three bases of pike, from Zvezda.

I also did two bases of cavalry. I was fairly happy with these guys and they had quite a bit of detail.

There is one base of light horse. I'm not sure of the manufacturer. Maybe Revell or Italeri? And there is an elephant below.

I believe I have enough pieces here to morph this into three armies (Alexandrian Macedonian, Imperial Macedonian and all of the Successor armies). This army will go up for sale later this week with all of the proceeds going to help out wth some repairs at the venue for our club.

Up next: I built the remainder of my 1/72 WW1 British HiTT army last night and will prime them today. I also rebased a bunch of 28mm superheroes last night. I'm expecting a large 10mm AWI commission to arrive shortly.

I love it when the children write home...

I received this picture from Brent. These are some 6mm ancients that I painted and sold to him awhile back (summer?). They are being used here to play Command and Colours Ancients at Southern Front. Neat to see these in use!

Up next: I'm finishing the basing on a 1/72 Macedonian DBA army and awaiting a pair of commissions to arrive. Finishing up the autumn garden work and getting the Xmas lights up is occupying much of my free time but I may get ambitious tonight and build two or three guns for a WW1 British HiTT army I'm working on.

More 1/72 Macedonians

I'm back to painting some 1/72 Macedonians for a DBA army. I finished three bases of pike and the artillery piece last night.

These pike at Zvezda. Pretty figures with lots of depths but a fair but of assembly and the pikes are too long to game with. I chopped about half off these pikes to make them workable.

That said, the figures are nice enough looking. I have three more bases to do--one more with pikes down and two with pikes up to facilitate ranking them.

I also finished a HaT Greek artillery piece I bought a long time ago. This was a nice sculpt.

Up next: I have the rest of this army, including an elephant (thanks Mark), three bases of cavalry and the remaining pike built, primed and underway so I'm hopeful to post the finished results during the weekend. These fellows will be contribution to the EWG/Warrior of Time auction. I'm not sure what is after that--perhaps the remainder of a WW1 British army? Then back to the renaissance.

EWG night FUBAR and Saga

We had 10 guys out last night at the club with two games running.

Bruce hosted Chen, Jonathan, Craig and me in a game of 15mm sci-fi FUBAR. He will be putting on a version of this game at Fallcon in a few weeks and we playtested the scenario.

After a slow, slow start, the attackers managed to get down the table only to have their large tank roasted by these spindly walkers. But vengeance was swift and eventually the defenders were the victims of some hot rolling. I'm always surprised by how quickly FUBAR plays and how easy the mechanics are to internalize. The unit cards Bruce uses make sit easy to keep track of who does what.

Dave, Kevin, Scott, Mark and Terry played a four-player game of Saga.

I believe Dave won a narrow victory and everyone seemed to have a good time (except Scott, seen above cursing the Gods).

Up next: I have some 1/72 Macedonians that I am basing on and will be doing the cavalry and elephant next. I hope to have this wrapped up over the weekend. We'll also be running an EWG auction to help out with repairs at the Warriors of Time venue in (perhaps) late November. I believe my Macedonians will be part of that auction.

HoTT Mech Army 1 For Sale

This is the first of two HoTT (Hordes of the Things) Mech armies I have for sale. It is roughly 6mm in scale and is based on 40mm frontages. There are, I think, 22 units in the army and the AP value depends on how you classify each base.

First up are two large mechs. You could play them both as behemoths, but I think the guy on the right might well be more of an artillery piece or a hero.

These three walkers I would play as blades.

There as multiples of the units in the picture below. On the left we have a flyer (x2). The middle (x3) and right (x3) bases I would play as riders.

I would use these tanks as knights.

There are also seven infantry bases. Quantities (working left to right are one, three, two and one.

I'm asking $100 OBO for this army plus $15 shipping in Canada or the US. I would, however, prefer to sell these as a matched set so, if you buy both, I'll cover the shipping and I'll throw in a 2x2' GW gaming mat (the new fabric kind) that matches the flocking on the bases. Offers to bob.barnetson@shaw.ca.