Stargrave Star Trek Conversions I have been a fan of 28mm Sci-Fi gaming for well over four decades now. Over the years I have played Star Trek, Albedo, Stargrave even a bit of Warhammer 40K back in the old days. One of the things that I have always struggled to find...
Sally 4th
The War to save Yule – The Elves
The War to save Yule as the latest development for the Wars of Ozz Mass Fantasy Battle System. Wars of Ozz is set inspired by (but not confined by) the many works of L. Franks Baums. The War to save Yule introduces to brand new factions to Ozz, the armies of the Ice...
Legends of Robin Hood – Foiled at the Bay
28mm Robin Hood Miniatures game using Thus & Blunder rules
Viking Saga, 28mm Viking Buildings, Ships and more
My hobby blog about building a 28mm scale Viking Settlement using models from Iain Lovecraft’s Viking Saga.
War of Orcs and Dwarves: River Crossing
Last Wednesday Mike and I got together to play War of Orcs and Dwarves. Wars of Orcs and Dwarves is a mass Fantasy Battle Game. What we mean by this is that it is a game where unit represent several hundred troops and are represented by multiple bases (normally 4-6)...
Star Trek Miniatures Gaming – The Bridge of the USS Cousteau
Over the weekend I finished painting the bridge of the USS Cousteau, (this is the ship that the player characters serve on in our Star Trek Adventures RPG). It seems to have taken a long time to get to the painted and crewed stage. I was lucky to be one of the first...
Star Trek Miniatures Gaming – USS Cousteau
I have been a huge fan of Star Trek for as long as I can remember with fond childhood memories of watching the original series on TV, and then the excitement when the crew were brought back for Star Trek The Movie (which I was a bit disappointed with) but was followed...
Wars of Orcs and Dwarves: Of Leaders, command and activation
This is the second article in my series looking at aspects of how Wars of Orcs and Dwarves: The Mass Fantasy Battle game works. Today I'm looking at the role of leaders and other characters and how they interact with the command of the army. Wars of Orcs and Dwarves...
Wars of Orcs and Dwarves – Of Armies, units and bases
Wars of Orcs and Dwarves cover image Wars of Orcs and Dwarves is a mass Fantasy Battle Miniatures game, designed by John 'Buck' Surdu that can be played with any miniatures of any scale. It's designed for solo, 2 player & team play and features a balanced Magic...
Wars of Ozz – The War to save Yule
Mike deploys the Forces of the Ice Queen Yesterday, Mike and I got together to play Wars of Ozz. Wars of Ozz is a Blackpowder Mass Fantasy Battle game inspired by L. Frank Baum's world of Oz. Units are represented by five bases of figures, Brigades typically comprise...
Last voyage of The Beagle, Star Trek inspired Pulp Alley
Captains Log Incidental Stardate 2042.3UCP 1-36 Beagle Crashed Landed, Planet Sorrel in Betelgeuse SystemDispatched to investigate a temporal anomaly in the Betelgeuse system The Beagle suffered catastrophic damage from a serpent like plume of tachyon radiation...
Legends of Sherwood, 28mm Robin Hood Miniatures
This weekend I painted some 28mm Robin Hood miniatures from the Legends of Sherwood range.
Six to beam down Speedpaint test on Star Trek Miniatures
The Crew of the USS Cousteau muster by divisions to hear the Captains address. Six to beam down (in 60 minutes time), an evening of painting some star trek miniatures Ann was out last night, so after dinner I was looking for a quick project that I could get completed...
Gangs of the Undercity – First Game
Last week Mike and I got together for a first game of Gangs of the Undercity. This is a game / concept that we have been talking about and then developing for several months. We have both been huge fans of Gangs of Rome for a long time, and it was during one of our...
Boarded by the Borg
This morning Mike and I got together to play a little 'Inspired by Star Trek 7TV' As you probably know the Star Trek Franchise has been going from strength to strength over the last 50 years or so with multiple shows on screen at the moment. Mike has managed to notch...