Thinking Outside the Box

Another batch of figures finished (building) for Deadzone  from Mantic Games . This time I was working on the assorted mercenaries. I haven't put any basing materials on these or primed them yet. I'll do that when I finish building the last few Marauders I'll do them all together. I'll start with two figures that I'm not that enthralled with: Doctor Simmonds and Freya . Although very easy to put together, neither of these sculpts are really standouts to me. The poses are mediocre to boring, and I'm not all that interested in the characters themselves. Perhaps my opinion will improve after I paint them and give them a try in-game. I did notice in my picture that Freya still has some flash I need to remove... Next up are some middle-of-the-road figures: Nastanza the Twilight Huntress and Project Oberon. Project Oberon is a pretty interesting idea for a character, but I think I might give his upper body a slight twist to get his pointing arm o...

"The Dominion War" has concluded and people are ramping up for "The Collective." In the meantime there are still battles to be fought. The current OP event is a one-off based on the original series episode "The Tholian Web." I've already played through the scenario once and had a good idea of what to expect. We were supposed to play our scenario a few days ago at Trilogy Games  but were unable to get the event kit. I had wanted to use my new Bajoran scout ships and Federation fighters in an event, which led me to the following list: Bajoran/Federation (100pts): - Akorem w/ Kira Nerys & Blockade, Day Kannu and Li Nalas (30pts) - Bajoran Scout Ship w/ Tahna Los & I Am Kohn-Ma and secret  (25pts) - Defiant class w/ Clark Terell and Positron Beam (25pts) - Federation Attack Fighters (20pts) I didn't expect this list to accomplish a lot, except buzzing around my opponents like insects. With Terell and Kira I'd have t...

Had a busy weekend with family stuff to do, events to attend and the like. However I was able to round up a few folks for some games late Sunday afternoon. First up was William's new copy of Dungeon Dice . Lots of plastic cubes in assorted colours with non-standard symbols on them, drawn from differently coloured felt bags. I gave William a hard time about this game because it's the third (or maybe fourth?) game he's supported that has a dungeon theme and custom dice in. Of those games, I think this one was the most fun. The biggest trouble I have with custom dice is that I need a card or cheat sheet to know what each one means. With a good one of those, this game could be good fun. On the (possible) down-side, it can very much turn into a solitaire-with-friends kind of game if you don't promote the trading and help-me-out-against-this-monster mechanics. Second up was a game (my first) of Spartacus: A Game of Blood & Treachery . I've had this one for sever...

Yup more stuff from Mantic Games . I might as well be on their payroll for the amount that I talk about their stuff here on my blog. Heck I sorta wish I was. Maybe at least I'd get a discount or they could pay me instead of the other way around. Ah well, I digress. I'm not much of a fantasy gamer, but with all those Reaper Bones figures sitting around from their first campaign, I felt like I needed to do something with them. The only rules I have for fantasy gaming is  Song of Blades and Heroes , but I wanted something a little more structured, mainly because otherwise I'd take months just figuring out what figures to use in my war bands! With that in mind I was browsing over on Beasts of War  and I found a game play video of Dwarf King's Hold: Dead Rising . Sadly for me the game seemed to be out of print only year or so after it's release. The second core game,  Dwarf King's Hold:  Green Menace , is still available from Mantic but I wanted to start at the ...