Author: Alex Lucard

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #88 (Warhammer 40,000/Tau KV1287 Stormsurge

    White Dwarf, Issue #88 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $2.99 (Digital)/$3.99 (Physical) Page Count: 32 Release Date: 10/3/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (or your local Games Workshop retailers) So this is an interesting issue. Not only is it the sixteenth straight issue of White Dwarf that I have covered, but it is the first…

  • Audio Drama Review: The Realmgate Wars: The Prisoner of the Black Sun (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar)

    The Realmgate Wars: The Prisoner of the Black Sun (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $14.99 (MP3)/$17.50 (CD) Runtime: 67 Minutes Release Date: 09/26/2015 Get it Here:The Black Library I’ve only ever picked up a Warhammer audio drama once before, and that was Assassinorum: The Emperor’s Judgement, which had some hokey voice acting…

  • Unboxing: The Bushwackers Box Set (Mah Tucket/Malifaux)

    The Bushwackers Boxed Set Publisher: Wyrd Games Cost: $45 Release Date: 11/20/2015 Gte it Here: Wyrd Games So I’ve done two other Malifaux unboxings recently and I’ve come to one big conclusion – the models for this game look quite nice, but putting them together is annoying, stressful and at times, rage inducing. With Lucky…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #87 (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar/Warhammer 40,000)

    White Dwarf, Issue #86 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost $2.99 (Digital)/$3.99 (Physical) Page Count: 32 Release Date: 09/26/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or Your Local Games Workshop Retailer) Man, I sure hope you like the Daemon Skarbrand, because that is all this issue is about. That’s right, a single model gets 95% of the…

  • Unboxing: Explosive Solutions – Wong Box Set (Malifaux)

    Explosive Solutions – Wong Box Set Publisher: Wyrd Games Cost: $45 Release Date: 10/23/2015 Get it Here: WYrd Games I put together my first ever Malifaux miniatures earlier this month in a transparent Malifaux Child and the LUcky Effigy. I can’t say I enjoyed putting either one together, but I have for boxed sets here,…

  • Tabletop Review: Arkham Knight Red Hood (Batman Miniature Game)

    Arkham Knight Red Hood Publisher: Knight Models Cost: 14.88€ (approximately $16.59 USD) Release Date: 09/11/2015 Get it Here: Knight Models So, I know a lot of you still have a bad taste in your mouth regarding the video game Batman: Arkham Knight especially if you hate driving video games or purchased the PC version. However…

  • Tabletop Review: Cryptworld: Monsters Macabre

    Cryptworld: Monsters Macabre Publisher: Goblinoid Games/Pacesetter Cost: $5 (PDF)/TBD (Physical Copies) Page Count: 66 Release Date: 09/19/2015 (Kickstarter Backers)/TBD (Everyone Else) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Monsters Macabre is the first supplement for Cryptworld, the spiritual successor to the first and second editions of Chill. This is not to be confused with the actual Chill, Third…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #86 (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40,000)

    White Dwarf, Issue #86 Publisher: Games Workshop Page Count: 32 Cost: $2.99 Release Date: 09/19/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop retailer) Another week, another White Dwarf. This week the focus is on Khorne’s forces in Age of Sigmar.I keep hoping they’ll release 40K stats for some of Chaos’ Age…

  • Tabletop Review: Hugo Strange (Batman Miniature Game)

    Hugo Strange Cost: 29.74€ (Approximately $33.58 USD) Release Date: 09/11/2015 Get it Here: Knight Models Everyone has their favorite Batman adversary. Usually it’s the Joker, but there’s also the Riddler, Hush, Killer Croc, Two-Face, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Mr. Freeze, the Ventroloquist, Professor Pyg, Calendar Man, Gentleman Ghost, the Court of Owls and so…

  • Tabletop Review: Abyssal Dwarf Greater Obsidian Golem (Kings of War, Second Edition)

    Tabletop Review: Abyssal Dwarf Greater Obsidian Golem (Kings of War, Second Edition)

    Abyssal Dwarf Greater Obsidian Golem Cost: $39.99 Release Date: September 2015 Get it here: Mantic Games This weekend, my first Kings of War army arrived. Here is a link to the unboxing/ Seventy-six Abyssal dwarves in a bunch of plastic bags. So I’ve started putting them together. As there is only one new release in…

  • Unboxing: Kings of War Abyssal Dwarf Mega Army

    I always wanted an army of Chaos Dwarves for Warhammer Fantasy. Of course, neither a regular line of Chaos Dwarves or Warhammer Fantasy exists anymore. Sure, you can play older editions of Warhammer (5th Edition forever!) or buy the very expensive Forge World releases (which have Age of Sigmar Warscrolls), but Mantic has its own…

  • Unboxing: Lucky Effigy (Malifaux Gremlins)

    Lucky Effigy Cost: $11 Release Date: August 2015 (GenCon goers)/November 2015 (everyone Else) Get it Here: Wyrd’s Online Store (Eventually) I ordered the Lucky Effigy in August along with the Wong and Mah Tucket boxed sets when Wyrd was doing an early release during GenCon. It arrived a few weeks later, and I decided that…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #85 (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar/Warhammer: 40,000)

    White Dwarf, Issue #85 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 (Physical)/$2.99 Digital Page Count: 32 Release Date: 09/12/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop Retailer) Every time you think the Summer of Sigmar has ended, Games Workshops surprises you. This week we have two more releases for the Stormcast Eternals –…

  • Learning MDF With Tectonic Craft Studios at NOVA Open

    So I’ve been painting miniatures for a while and I feel I’ve gotten decent at it. Not great, mind you (or even good), but decent enough to where I’m not horribly embarrassed to show my final paint jobs in Facebook communities or when I do miniature reviews here at Diehard GameFAN. There’s one aspect of…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #84 (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar/ Warhammer: The End Times/ Warhammer 40,000)

    White Dwarf, Issue #84 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 (Physical)/$2.99 (Digital) Page Count: 32 Release Date: 09/05/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop dealer) It’s Labour Day Weekend and yet, the Summer of Sigmar continues. Until the leaked information about the Prosecutors and the flying Knights came out, I was…

  • Tabletop Review: Rage of Demons: Out of the Abyss (Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition/D&D 5e)

    Rage of Demons: Out of the Abyss(Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition/D&D 5e) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $49.95 Page Count: 255 Release Date: 09/04/2015 (Select Retailers)/09/15/2015 (General Release) Get it Here: Amazon.com Out of the Abyss marks the first physical release for Dungeons & Dragons since Princes of the Apocalypse back in April. It’s…

  • Tabletop Review: Crossroads Seven Story Encounter(Malifaux/Through the Breach)

    Crossroads Seven Story Encounter(Malifaux/Through the Breach) Publisher: Wyrd Games Cost: $60 Page Count: 41 (and seven models) Release Date: 07/30/2015 (GenCon attendees)/TBD (Everyone Else) Get it Here: Wyrd Games’ Store (Eventually) I’m relatively new to Malifaux and Through the Breach have just started to pick up odds and ends this Easter with the War Wabbits.…

  • A Prelude to NOVA Open 2015

    From Thursday September 3rd through Sunday September 6th, the annual NOVA Open convention will be here in Diehard GameFAN’s own backyard. Although this will be my first time attending the convention, it has been running since 2009 in Northern Virginia (which is where the NOVA in the title comes from). It’s a nice sized convention…

  • 48 Hour Warning: The Marmoreal Tomb Campaign Starter Kickstarter is Ending

    On Wednesday, September 2nd, GP Adventures’ Kickstarter for The Marmoreal Tomb Campaign Starter will end. This date is doubly important because it is also the birthday of one of its creators – Ernest Gary Gygax Jr. If you don’t know at least PART of that name, you’re probably very new to tabletop gaming. Which is…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #83 (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40,000)

    White Dwarf, Issue #83 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 (Physical)/$2.99 (Digital) Page Count: 32 Release Date: 08/29/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop retailer) Another week, another issue of White Dwarf. It sounds like the Summer of Sigmar is finally winding down with this issue and that we will be…