One year ends and another begins

One year ends and another begins

The year 2013 has begun and i am going to review what i wanted from last year as regards to my Gaming hopes for 2012 and my goals for 2013

You can see most of my completed goals here

The goals i never managed to completed out of the list of my gaming hopes were only:

Malifaux:

Make each of these forces to 35SS (Scrap level)

Liliths Neverborn (19/35)

Viktorias Outcasts (26/35)

Dreadfleet: (painting)

My Gaming:

Urban War
Syntha - W0/L0/D0
Triads - W1/L0/D0
V.A.S.A- W0/L2/D0Koralon- W3/L1/D0

Warhammer 40'000
Orks - W1/L3/D0

                                                           Imperial guard - W1/L1/D0

Warhammer fantasy battle

Skaven - W0/L2/D2

Malifaux

Lilith - W1/L2/D0

 Viktoria - W0/L1/D1

Rasputina - W0/L1/D0

Warmachine

 Menoth - W0/L0/D0

Warmaster Ancients

mperial rome - W0/L0/D0

Norman - W0/L1/D1

Lord of the rings SBG

Minas Tirith - W1/L0/D0

Mordor Orcs - W0/L2/D0

Uruk hai - W0/L0/D0

Numenoreans - W0/L0/D0

High Elves - W0/L0/D1

Bushido -

Prefecture of Ryu - W1/L0/D0

Cult of Yurei - W0/L0/D0

Savage Wave - W0/L0/D0

As you can see i had a few good games with my Koralon. My Vasa not fairing quite so well.

there should be more games of Urban war in 2013

Warhammer 40k was interesting as the Ork games were played using fifth edition and i used my imperial guard in sixth edition.

Warhammer fantasy battles  games were used in preparation for the blood in the badlands campaign which i feel is placed on hold at the moment. 

Malifaux has had a good gaming run this years as i have been building up my three forces. I'm enjoying Victorias and Rasputina the most even though not the most successful.

I can hardly believe it has been a year since i have played Warmachine. Its not that its a bad game i just have been playing other games more.

Followers of my blog will notice i have a thing for painting up Warmaster forces and the ancient variety is no different, the gaming is slightly harder to come by with only a few players in my local area, i really like the game system and i wish i could play it more regularly.

Lord of the rings was a good change with the updated force structure. my elf list i wrote up was too outnumbered to be much use in mission while the Minas tirith fare a lot better.

Bushido i spent more time painting and had no time to play at the moment. 

2013

My 2013 wargaming hopes

Malifaux:

Make each of these forces to 35SS (Scrap level)

Liliths Neverborn (19/35)

Viktorias Outcasts (26/35)

Dreadfleet: (painting)

Bushido:

Savage wave

Cult of yurei

Warhammer 40'000

Chaos space marines (Death guard) 1000 points

Urban war

Neo-iskandrians - 300pts

No doubt i will have more projects added to this list as the year progresses.

With Malifaux i should get my Outcast done quite quickly as i only need to pick up and paint two more miniatures.  Maybe even pick up a few more for some variety.

Outcasts Crew type 1 - 35 - Scrap 

Viktoria -- 0 Pool

Bishop [10ss]

Ronin [5ss] - need to purchase

Ronin [5ss] - need to purchase

Sue [7ss] - needs painting

Taelor [8ss] 

Or

Outcasts Crew - 35 - Scrap

Viktoria -- 1 Pool

Bishop [10ss]

Convict Gunslinger [5ss]

Renegade Steamfitter Johan [6ss]

Ronin [5ss] - need to purchase

Taelor [8ss]

Lilith's Neverborn will take longer as i need to repair my cherub as it has broken off the base and will need pinned in place. i also need to buy a lot more miniatures for the Terror tots to grow into young Nephilim and onto mature Nephilim. What to add beyond that i am open to suggestions.

Warhammer 40'000

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With my purchase of the Dark vengeance set last year i will make a small death guard force from the chaos space marines from the box and a few extras from my collections. i had to build myself a chaos sorcerer as i really like the new 40k psychic power system.

I am not sure what to do with the dark angels from the set. I will keep the characters as they are nice miniatures.

Well that's all for now.

November update 2012

November Update

Quite a few things on the plate this month.

so First up is....

Rasputina's  35SS crew:

Rasputina
Ice golem

3 x Ice Gamins
3 x Molemen

December acolyte

The Crew is now fully painted along with some ice pillars. The one game i have used them against the Ortegas i found Rasputina and her crew to be quite slow movement-wise. The Molemen are quite endurable and good for reaching objective while burrowing. The next game i am looking forward to getting to use the December acolyte.

Outcast 35SS crew
Viktorias
Bishop
Taelor
Sue
Ronin
Convict gunslinger

This was my original crew i worked out , it wasn't until after i had bought Sue that i found out about his Man in black rule which means he can't be in a crew with someone with either the Ruthless or Wicked abilities. which means my Convict gunslinger and Sue can't be in the same force.

As a replacement i am thinking either an additional Ronin with two spare soulstones or an Orain. 

This months sees me playing a lot of new card games, the first one being Warhammer invasion. As a long time player of all things Games-workshop this game clearly got my attention. So i took the plunge and bought the core set and two of the deluxe expansions ( Assault on Ulthuan and March of the Damned) and a battle pack (The fall of Karak Grimaz).

This gives me the option to play with eight of the races from Warhammer. They are separated into two categories.  Forces of Order and the Forces of Destruction

Forces of Order:
High Elves
Empire
Dwarves
Lizardmen (Neutral faction)

Forces of Destruction:
Dark Elves
Chaos
Orcs
Vampire counts (Neutral faction)

Each faction have a distinct way of playing that keeps well with Warhammer lore. So far in the games i have played i have really enjoyed the games and I'm sure it has potential to be played multi-player.

The other card game that i have started to play with other people in the same level of playing experience is Magic the gathering. I have always had some cards i had picked up in eighth edition but no-one i knew really played it on a regular basis so i kinda stopped playing. But with the opening of the new Dundee gaming store Major Arcana in October, Magic the Gathering (Mtg) has taken off in a big way. 

The Current set we are playing with is as the title says Return to Ravnica.  It focuses on the guild system and multi-colour cards.

The returning guilds will be featured in the Return to Ravnica block, with five guilds — the Azorius Senate (blue /white), Golgari Swarm (Green/black), Izzet League (blue/red), Cult of Rakdos (red/black), and Selesnya Conclave (green/white) 

 Ravnica, a plane comprising a singular megalopolis in which a vast and diverse variety of inhabitants co-exist.

The Guild i have chosen to play in Standard is a Selesnya View my tapped out deck here  and in the last booster draft i played using a Rakdos deck.

Major Arcana is a new Gaming store in Dundee city centre,

Available at Major Arcana:
- Graphic novels and manga.

- Games:
           loads of Board games, (Horus heresy, Settlers of Catan)
           Card games (Magic the gathering, Pokemon)
           Role playing games (Savage worlds, Dark heresy)
          Tabletop war games (Urban war, Malifaux, Hordes and Warmachine)                                     
- T-Shirts and Artwork

All this in an environment that is friendly, bright, and clean! Round it out with some sofas and coffee tables, so you can sit and read, or play some games with your pals.


Visit the Facebook page Here

Battle of Helion - Urban war league

The Helion sector deep within the giant war -torn city continent of Iskandria has erupted with conflict, all of the factions have descended upon it. The robotic Syntha have unleashed their elite combat cells. The native Triads are retaking their homes one block at a time. The swelling ranks of the Junkers swarm in to enslave the Iskandrian population. Alien Koralon cause terror, hiding in the depths and striking out with lightning raids.. The Gladiators have been causing havoc in the urban streets, ravaging the populace with their warbeasts. The Viridians in the form of the Iskandrian Defence Force (IDF) take to the warzones to quell the conflict with unflinching brute force. On the streets Patrols of the V.A.S.A fight furiously to crush the rebellion and restore Iskandrian peace in the sector. Each faction needs help to conquer the sector, which will you choose?

175 points starting force (the same points as a starter box set)

Starting Feb 2013, Those interested sign up in Major arcana store with their chosen faction (don't worry you can change it before the league starts)

If you need anymore information contact me at marc.s@urbanwarthegame.com

SKELP 2012

SKELP 2012

 The Angus Wargames Club ran a

A Miniature Wargames Exhibition known as 

SKELP 2012 on the 

Saturday 20th October

I went there to run intro games of Urban mammoth's sci-fi skirmish game Urban war. I left in the morning with a stonking sore head, but i left anyway hoping that i would feel better as the day progressed as i would be there on my own.

Here are a few pictures of some of the games and gaming tables on display.

Space crusade ran by Edinburgh league of gamers

A band of brothers game by RAF leuchars

Aberdeen Wargames club ran a game using the Dux Bellorum rules

I'm not sure who ran this table (below) or what rules they used but it was a very nice table with some great looking miniatures on display

Empire of the Dead ran by the Glasgow Games Group

Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson Versus Jack the Ripper

The next table was ran by the Inverness roleplaying and wargaming club

Battletech

South east Scotland wargames club

7TV Demo table by Crooked dice

My Urban war demo table

Four starter teams of Junkers, Syntha, Viridians and the V.A.S.A wage war in the industrial zone of Iskandria.

My throbbing sore head that i hoped would disappear did the opposite making me feel quite nauseous.

The show i felt was a lot quieter than previous years but saying that i felt that the Angus wargames club did a fantastic job at making everyone feel welcome and organising the event. A huge thank you to them.

Slight delays but still here.

 Laptop and camera issues.

 As the title says i am still here i have just been having a little delays, my laptop and digital camera have both been playing up. So as soon as they are fixed I will be able to post on a more frequent basis. 

Upcoming posts:

The new and improved Bushido rules have been released under the guise of Bushido: New Dawn on the 16th of September this year.

Bushido New Dawn here

I have had a quick look at the rules and I'm looking forward to having a game with them. The rules seem a lot more streamline and the close combat is a much more deadly affair.

I hope to post up a battle report with the new rules soon, i have already begun work on painting up my Cult of Yurei force.

On the 40k front i have finally finished my imperial guard cityfight army to 1500pts which i plan to get more pictures of. 

Three Imperial guard servitors

Now that my Guard are finished i am now going to take a dive into the realm of 40k chaos with a Death guard army. At this point i dont have the new Chaos space marine codex, so i haven't yet started on writing my army list but i dare say with will include most of the dark vengeance set.

The first squad of Chaos space marine from the Death Guard legion that i did a few years ago when i started the project.

upcoming events:
        The Angus Wargames Club

A Miniature Wargames Exhibition

SKELP 2012

Saturday 20th October

The skelp event is here on Facebook

There will be a Urban war  Team tourney on the 25th of November this year which i will be taking part in using my Koralon. Me and my team mate haven't worked out our 250pt lists yet, but you can be sure its going to be brutal. This event is the first urban war event that i have actually played in, as the other events i organised but never had the chance to play.

June update

June update

This month I started back to painting up

 my 1500 point cityfight Imperial guard army

Platoon command squad

I now have only 31 miniatures left to paint, so with that in mind i feel that i will have them completed shortly. although with the 6th edition of Warhammer 40'000 just around the corner i think i may have to change the army list. to best fit with the new rules set.

Over the past few weeks i have been having a few practice games with my three possible army lists for the Blood in the badlands campaign due to begin in the next few weeks. The games have been fun and it amused me that my generals army can produce eight out of a possible fourteen spells. I've mentioned before that i haven't played much of this current edition and some of the finer rules elude me, but as far as army selection is concerned i have tried out a few horde units (namely plague monks and skavenslaves).
The armies i came up against were High elves at 2400 points and Warriors of chaos at 2000 points. Both of those armies worked in very different ways and it good to see how the skaven held up against them.

I have been quite busy with Urban war. On the 4th June i ran a Urban war headhunter tournament held at Highlander games Dundee.

Also this month i finished my Koralon force at 300 points that a few of my fellow gamers are both scared and eager to get their claws into combat against them. .
As far as painting another faction i am eagerly awaiting for the Neo Iskandrians to become available.
Urban mammoth have released some sweet artwork by Wayne England for them.

Companion with Xyston

Cover sketch by Wayne England

Work on Malifaux has been slower than the other projects.

I added an extra 2ss points bringing my Neverborn to 21ss points out of 35ss to make it up to scrap level.

Cherub for liliths neverborn

I've completed a Convict gunslinger to put my outcasts to 29ss points

any suggestions on what i should get next with the remaining 6 points would be great.

Convict Gunslinger

Projects completed:

Warhammer fantasy battle:

Skaven 2000pts

Warhammer 40'000 :

Orks 1000pts

Featured in the battle report here

Urban War:

Koralon 300 points

Warmaster ancients :

Norman force 1000pts

Warmachine:

Menoth-  25pts

Projects still to finish:

Warhammer 40'000 :

1500 point cityfight Imperial guard army

Malifaux:

Make each of these forces to 35SS (Scrap level)

Liliths Neverborn (21/35)

Viktorias Outcasts (29/35)

Rasputinas Arcanists (9/35)

This month i have been playing lots of the Space hulk card game Death Angel

Space Hulk: Death Angel - The Card Game from fantasy flight games is a cooperative card game set in the grim darkness of Warhammer 40,000. Players must work together as an alien menace threatens to devour their hopes of survival. If all Space Marines perish, the players collectively lose. Likewise, if at least one of the surviving Space Marines completes the objective, the players all win!

The add-on packs to game give it a new dimension, the add on pack so far are:

Mission Packs and Space Marine Packs; along with larger packs: Tyranid Enemy Pack  and the Deathwing Space Marine Pack