ADLG-R battle of Nordling
2 years ago
Sunday, February 28, 2016
More robo-painting
Got up a bit early this Saturday morning and enjoyed a quiet hour of painting. Still working on the figures for RoboRally.
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Friday night Munchkin
26 February 2016
Friday night gaming, and we decided to go with Munchkin! It's been a while since we last played, but all the fun of dealing and backstabbing was there - Kn doing a good job of running interference as L demonstrated how its done with buying levels and picking good fights. I had built up a strong 20+ level munchkin, but the dark horse of the day was Kr, who snuck up from behind and came through to win in a close finish.
Friday night gaming, and we decided to go with Munchkin! It's been a while since we last played, but all the fun of dealing and backstabbing was there - Kn doing a good job of running interference as L demonstrated how its done with buying levels and picking good fights. I had built up a strong 20+ level munchkin, but the dark horse of the day was Kr, who snuck up from behind and came through to win in a close finish.
The stone tower
21 February 2016
I have been eyeing off this fish-tank decoration for months as a cool piece for my planned sci-fi desert table I'm slowly working on - but it was just a bit more expensive than I was keen to pay. Not unreasonable, just not at my trigger point.
Until I found it in their half-price bin!
WooHooo!
I have been eyeing off this fish-tank decoration for months as a cool piece for my planned sci-fi desert table I'm slowly working on - but it was just a bit more expensive than I was keen to pay. Not unreasonable, just not at my trigger point.
Until I found it in their half-price bin!
WooHooo!
X-Wing 2 : The kid kicks butt
19 February 2016
Kn and I are getting into X-Wing more. So we lined up for a second Friday night in a row for another game. The gamer itch had needed a scratch, so we had a new A-Wing to try out as well - Kn opted to take the Rebels this time.
We worked out our small squadrons using the free download of Army Builder which only allows three ships per squadron when trialling it - but that is fine for our purposes right now. We agreed that 74 points gave us enough points for a reasonable match-up.
The rebels had a named pilot for the A-Wing, and two unnamed pilots for the X-Wing and Y-Wing. I took the Imperials with a named pilots for all the TIE advanced and two TIE fighters. I was also keen to try the Swarm Tactics ability as well.
One turn to close and then the next we were into the turning fight and Kn started showing that he has picked up the rules and some of the subtlties of the game pretty fast! One of my TIE fighters went down quite quickly - killing my idea of using Swarm Tactics. Another couple of turns and I managed to damage the X-Wing and take the shields of all the other fighters, but also got damaged in the process. Unable to turn quickly, Kn demonstrated still more understanding of the game, manouvering his ships to set-up an effective kill-box for my crippled ships, and providing some smack along with it. Somehow, my TIE Advanced survived long enough to make a pass and take out the X-Wing, but was soon cleaned up after that. A comprehensive win to Kn but the empire will be back!
Kn and I are getting into X-Wing more. So we lined up for a second Friday night in a row for another game. The gamer itch had needed a scratch, so we had a new A-Wing to try out as well - Kn opted to take the Rebels this time.
We worked out our small squadrons using the free download of Army Builder which only allows three ships per squadron when trialling it - but that is fine for our purposes right now. We agreed that 74 points gave us enough points for a reasonable match-up.
The rebels had a named pilot for the A-Wing, and two unnamed pilots for the X-Wing and Y-Wing. I took the Imperials with a named pilots for all the TIE advanced and two TIE fighters. I was also keen to try the Swarm Tactics ability as well.
One turn to close and then the next we were into the turning fight and Kn started showing that he has picked up the rules and some of the subtlties of the game pretty fast! One of my TIE fighters went down quite quickly - killing my idea of using Swarm Tactics. Another couple of turns and I managed to damage the X-Wing and take the shields of all the other fighters, but also got damaged in the process. Unable to turn quickly, Kn demonstrated still more understanding of the game, manouvering his ships to set-up an effective kill-box for my crippled ships, and providing some smack along with it. Somehow, my TIE Advanced survived long enough to make a pass and take out the X-Wing, but was soon cleaned up after that. A comprehensive win to Kn but the empire will be back!
Monday, February 15, 2016
X Wing!
Friday, 12 Feb
After a short practice solo game, a barely started test game and a no-show game, we finally got a full game of X Wing on the table for a family effort.
L and Kn took the Imperials, bringing out Darth Vader, Mauler, and an academy pilot to take on Kr with Luke Skywalker (X Wing) and myself with Dutch in a Y Wing.
For a game where most of us were learning on the job, it went pretty well. I can see how the game would shine when all players know how to finesse the balance of their ships and various add-ons, and play the actions to their best advantage.
Kr was unfortunate enough to get mobbed quite quickly by all three Imperials while I was having trouble bringing the slower Y Wing to bear on the enemy, which left me not lasting long as the TIE fighters then all pounced.
Kn and I are still energized enough by this taste to try again soon, and the new A Wing that I bought to add an option for the Rebels will be seeing action quite soon I feel.
After a short practice solo game, a barely started test game and a no-show game, we finally got a full game of X Wing on the table for a family effort.
L and Kn took the Imperials, bringing out Darth Vader, Mauler, and an academy pilot to take on Kr with Luke Skywalker (X Wing) and myself with Dutch in a Y Wing.
For a game where most of us were learning on the job, it went pretty well. I can see how the game would shine when all players know how to finesse the balance of their ships and various add-ons, and play the actions to their best advantage.
Kr was unfortunate enough to get mobbed quite quickly by all three Imperials while I was having trouble bringing the slower Y Wing to bear on the enemy, which left me not lasting long as the TIE fighters then all pounced.
Kn and I are still energized enough by this taste to try again soon, and the new A Wing that I bought to add an option for the Rebels will be seeing action quite soon I feel.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Paint + figure = Amazeballs!!!
26 January 2016
Shock - horror!
I actually managed to sit down and get some painting done!
Actually, not such an accident - just me promising myself it was time to enjoy some painting.
So this is 'Smash-bot' from 'RoboRally'. After the cool big game we had last weekend, I've had the motivation ramp up to go over the basic inked silver they come with out of the box.
Each will be a distinct colour scheme as well, to help players remember which one is theirs.
So satisfying to pick up a brush again. It's been way too long.
Shock - horror!
I actually managed to sit down and get some painting done!
Actually, not such an accident - just me promising myself it was time to enjoy some painting.
So this is 'Smash-bot' from 'RoboRally'. After the cool big game we had last weekend, I've had the motivation ramp up to go over the basic inked silver they come with out of the box.
Each will be a distinct colour scheme as well, to help players remember which one is theirs.
So satisfying to pick up a brush again. It's been way too long.