Printer Working Hard

 

Longer better, posts next month. Probably. Continuing the short posts for a short month theme: Some Pics of a 3D print!

These are some very nice 28mm sci-fi city buildings. I plan to use them for Cyberpunk and Sci-Fi skirmish games. I have a bunch of street scatter terrain to print up next. It should be very cool.

Go Print Something

Not Everything has to be Grimdark.

  

Tyranid Attack

 

It's been a very busy month. So here is a short form post of pics from a Guard Vs. Tyranid battle from last month.

A fun battle that saw the first use of my newly painted Tyranid terrain. The Guard put up a valiant fight, but it went so wrong, so fast, that by turn three I only had a handful of troopers left. Time for a rematch.

Go Roll Some Dice

Just Shoot Straight For Once

Everyone Loves Hot Mechs (Pt.II)

I had picked up the 35th anniversary started box, mainly because the Unseen were back with really great new minis. I was going to paint up a new Black Widow Company to replace my long lost metal figs just for fun. Then the came the Clans Kickstarter, and hoo-boy the flood gates of awesome mech sculpts were opened. 

Battletech had always had an art problem. I'll not go into it here, as there are many entertaining videos about the '80s and '90s BattleTech art on YouTube. But wow, there was some seriously bad art and mech designs. Add that to the weirdly anemic metal mech miniatures and new players stayed away in droves. 

But now: super clean art, great "realistic" mech designs with well done plastic minis. Home Run.

The kicker for me was Alpha Strike. BattleTech Total Warfare is a wargame, Alpha Strike is a miniatures game. Subtle, but important difference. I enjoy the scale of Alpha Strike more, not to mention the much smoother, faster gameplay. So it's back to the 31st/32nd century for me.

As far as the "everybody is leaving 40K for BattleTech now!" goes, simple answer is no, of course not.

Did some? Sure. I don't know anyone who completely gave up 40K because of BattleTech. (Some of our group gave up 40K for different reasons) 

I still play 40K, I just started playing Battletech again. I love both franchises. Both games (and parent companies) have problems with rules and business issues. Both give me different, good, sci-fi gaming experiences. Battletech is slightly easier to get into, but still has this kinda obtuse wall of Lore that can dissuade new players. Alpha Strike is by far the more teachable rules set, and the box set is a fantastic starting point. 

I'm very pleased to see BattleTech make a comeback on the tabletop. I hope they can sustain it.
 

Go Roll Some Dice

Enjoy the Mech Renaissance

New Year, New-ish Content

 

Happy new year. Let's see how this one goes. In blog plans, I will cover a wider range of games. More Indy (although I'm not quite sure what that means anymore) and small press titles.

Specifically I am going to try Galactic Heroes, Stargrave, and Five Parsecs from Home to start with.

Galactic Heroes primarily because I have a bunch of nicely painted Star Wars Imperial Assault minis just gathering dust. Plus they do make a not-40k expansion as well.

Trying new things will be the focus of this year. Because why not?

Go Roll Some Dice

Maybe With More (Or Less) Than Six Sides