Category: Tabletop Gaming
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Tabletop Review: No Quarter #36
No Quarter Magazine #36 Publisher: Privateer Press Release Date: 10/10/2011 Page Count: 96 Price: $7.50 Print, $5.99 PDF Get It Here: DriveThru Games Privateer Press has been like the Smiths, for me. I discovered the Cure first, at a young and impressionable age, and they monopolized my music budget for years and years. As a…
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Tabletop Review: Kaissa
Kaissa Publisher: Port Kar Industries Get it Here: Kaissa’s official home page First a little about me. I have been a scholastic chess coach for 11 years. My teams have won state titles at both the junior high and high school levels, and have placed in national competitions. I have no fewer than four chess…
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Life During War Games 11-11-2011
I have questionable taste in movies. While I have an appreciation for the classics, it is the cult classics that inspire me. I thought this week would be a good time to share the movies that inspire me to paint, convert, and play with miniatures. Some are good, some are great, and at least one…
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Tabletop Review: Ashen Stars: Dead Rock Seven
Dead Rock Seven Publisher: Pelgrane Press PELGA02 Release Date: 10/6/2011 Page Count: 144 Price: $24.95 softcover/$14.95 pdf Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com WHAT IS IT? Set of four substantial adventures for the Ashen Stars RPG. OVERVIEW Released at the same time as Ashen Stars, Dead Rock Seven gives GMs a diverse set of adventures. These sci-fi…
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Tabletop Review: Ashen Stars
Ashen Stars Publisher: Pelgrane Press PELGA01 Release Date: 10/06/2011 Page Count: 298 Price: $44.95 hardcover/$24.95 pdf Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com WHAT IS IT? A complete sci-fi rpg where players solve problems in the Bleed, the dangerous frontier of colonized space. AMONG THE ASHEN STARS Ashen Stars is unabashedly space opera, but also borrows from nearly…
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Tabletop Review: Lux In Tenebras: A Light in the Darkness (Call of Cthulhu)
Lux In Tenebras: A Light in the Darkness Publisher: Miskatonic River Press Release Date: 10/19/2011 Page Count: 81 Price: $14.95 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Lux In Tenebras is a supplement for Chaosium’s Cthulhu Invictus setting. Both books place players smack dab in the middle of the Roman Empire with the Cthulhu Mythos thrown in for…
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Life During War Games 11-04-2011
While I have already covered paint, there a couple other tools and supplies a nascent hobbyist should have in their toolkit. I am going to focus on a couple of items I use pretty heavily but this is by no means a definitive list. As usual, this is based on my own personal experience and…
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Life During War Games October 28th, 2011
The first edition of Life During War Games was two weeks ago, but there are a few loose ends I want to tie up. I have received some feedback that needs to be addressed and there was one particular type of paint I failed to mention because it needs more space than I had. So,…
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Tabletop Review: Hollowpoint
Hollowpoint VSCA100 Publisher: VCSA Publishing Page Count: 110 Release Date: 08/10/2011 Cost: $22.95 softcover; $11.95 PDF Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com “No one in this game is innocent.” WHAT IS IT? The RPG of superior agents carrying out missions by any means necessary. INTRODUCTION Hollowpoint is a complete and mechanically simple game intended for pick-up or…
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Halo 10th Anniversary Heroclix – Actual Play Session
So I’ve unboxed a brick of Halo 10th Anniversary Heroclix and reviewed the set. Now the fun part – actually playing with the figures. I built a team and took it to Yottaquest in Mount Healthy, Ohio to play in a 600 point golden age tournament. I’ll walk you through my team building process and…
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Tabletop Interview: Matthew Alleman of Astro Miniatures
I recently had a chance to have a conversation with Matthew Alleman of Astro Miniatures. Charles Platt: I like to start with a bit of background. How did you end up in the wargaming hobby? Matthew Alleman: It may have started when my mom bought me Star Fleet Battles through the Sears Wish Book. My…
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Tabletop Interview: Joshua Qualtieri of Zombiesmith
I recently had a chance to chat with Joshua Qualtieri of Zombiesmith. Chuck Platt: I like to start with a bit of background. How did you end up in the wargaming hobby? Joshua Qualtieri: My father was a hex and counter wargamer before I was born. When I was old enough to understand the concept…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game
Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt Board Game Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Release Date: 10/18/2011 Cost: $64.99 Get it Here: Amazon.com Two weeks ago we did an interview with WotC’s Peter lee about The Legend of Drizzt. As I’ve been a big fan of the previous two “D&D Adventure System Cooperative Games (Yes,…
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Tabletop Interview: Steve Stodden of Mad Robot Miniatures
I recently had a conversation with Steve Stodden of Mad Robot Miniatures. They are a pretty new company, but they already have one of my favorite 15mm sci-fi units, the Tachyon Mercenary Corps, and more cool stuff to come. Chuck Platt: I like to start with a bit of background. How did you end up…
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Tabletop Review: The Kerberos Club: FATE Edition
The Kerberos Club: FATE Edition ARC5001 Publisher: Arc Dream Publishing Page Count: 376 Release Date: 08/31/2011 Cost: $39.99 softcover; $19.99 pdf Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com WHAT IS IT? A complete setting and rules system for playing out Victorian-era supers in an alternate history. OVERVIEW Kerberos Club: Fate Edition is the latest version of this unique…
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Tabletop Review: Dice and Glory
Dice & Glory Publisher: Ranger Games Page Count: 208 Release Date: 04/13/2010 Cost: $3 (PDF)/$16 (paperback) Get it Here: RPGnow.com A psychic storm erupts from your, until recently conscious, friend’s head ,throwing fireballs and lightning bolts all around the area. Thankfully, your ju-jitsu training starts to pay off when you start dodging the hellfire falling…
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Life During War Games October 21, 2011
Utility is as important as price when it comes to saving money. If something is cheap, but has limited use, then it is not saving you money. Changing scales, from 28mm to 15mm, gives me the chance to start my miniatures collection from scratch. There are a few things I am hoping to accomplish. First…
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Life During War Games: October 14, 2011
There are a few things about me that I tend to keep close to the vest. One is that I am an enthusiastic, if not particularly accomplished, war gamer. I enjoy the whole of the war gaming hobby: modeling, painting, gaming, and reading history books. The other is that I am a skinflint. I don’t…
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Interview With Peter Lee of Wizards of the Coast About the Legend of Drizzt Board Game
Although it might sound odd to think of Dungeons & Dragons as a board game instead of a pen & paper role-playing game, the truth is that there have been board game variants of the franchise almost from day one. As a young child I remember playing Dungeon! with my cousins on family get-togethers. I’ve…
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Tabletop Review: Tomorrow’s War
Tomorrow’s War Publisher: Ambush Alley Games Page Count: 260 Release Date: 10/18/2011 Cost: $34.95 hardcover Get it Here: Amazon It should have been a massacre. Thirty Formicidae were more than enough to take out ten filthy humans, that was the prevailing wisdom. The Formicidae were giant, six-limbed aliens with advanced technology. How could they lose…