Spooky Season Gaming

 

While I wait for my Deluxe version of Escape from Projekt Riese to arrive (next week, juuust missed Halloween) I thought I would throw together a quick list of horror themed games we have played recently.

The new kid on the block. The first game in Rayobx's WW2 zombie games, it is a compact and fast playing solo/co-op zombie killer. 

Fourth(!) in the Horrified series, we have only given it a couple of plays, but it is quite good, and you can add in the monsters from Horrified Greek Monsters (which our current favorite of the lot).

Great for a group of like minded folk, it's silly and fast paced culty fun!

While mostly being long over playing Munchkin, I do like to drag out the Cthulhu set for the Halloween party.

A very fun game, and very thematic, it does a good job of making the player feel hunted. It is a solo only experience, but a very good one. Huge amounts of replayability, and I have a few expansions I've yet to try out.

Still my favorite of the Zombicides, fast and fun, great with 1-4 players. Now if I could just get around to painting the minis...

My new Number One horror game! It's kind of a tower defense style game, but you are trying to get the hell out of there. I will do a review of it soon-ish. 

There are a few classics I didn't mention because they did not hit the table in the last few months. Maybe next year!

Go Roll Some Dice

In Costume!

Dorn On Deck

My Rogal Dorn Heavy Tank has finally reached completion. It had been sitting around waiting for a little bit of touch-ups and decals. 

The main hold up was that my stock of Imperial Guard decals had been consolidated and moved to a safe location. 

Like, really, really safe. So safe I had been mindwiped of where that was. At least that is the story I'm going with.

Eventually, while I was looking for Space Wolf decals I discovered the Guard decals. Such is the way.

Overall I'm very happy with how it turned out. It is a beast on the tabletop, and now looks to match.

Go Finish Something

If you Can Find It.

 

Imperial Walkers on the North Ridge

 

I just had to paint the minis from the Battle of Hoth boardgame. They are really good sculpts with nice lined detail. Which means they should really take a wash well. And that they did!

Task Force Blizzard in all its glory. They look great on the map.

Echo Base Defenders hold the line, in winter style. 

Yes, one of the Snowspeeders has grey stripes. That is Rogue Leader (Luke). I watched the battle scene far too many times to try and pick out details like that. Mostly, I found a bunch of continuity errors. Making movies is hard. But painting these minis was easy! I'm still amazed at the details on these small minis. 

 Now to print up some 3D terrain...

Go Paint Something

And Increase the Immersion    

Visit Scenic Hoth, and Battle for it!

 

Battle of Hoth (Days of Wonder) was just released following a far amount of hype. This new Star Wars wargame joins the many fine games that use the "Command & Colors" system. Memoir '44 being the most popular, but I do love me some Battelore 2nd edition.  

BoH easily deserves the hype. Take one of the most iconic sci-fi ground battles, marry it with one of the best wargame systems, and add really great minis=instant classic. 

It features a slightly smaller map area compared to Memoir '44, but this just gets the action moving quicker. The art on the Command Cards is very good, and the card holders work well.

We've played about six games at this point and have loved it. Fast play time means more games! I've always liked games that you finish a battle, and then say "That was great! Now let's switch sides." 

The game has 17 scenarios plus an Epic battle that uses two sets. Plus a couple of campaigns that add new cards to both sides. 

Each side has three different kind of units. Represented by very well done minis. Nice sculpts and good detail. Yes, they are getting paint next week, how could you not? I may be looking at some 3D printed terrain as well. 

Very highly recommended. 

Go Play in the Snow

Wampas Not Included.