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Hardcore Cryx After-Action Report!

That sounds even less like something you’d actually want to read.  Perhaps the secret to my lack of success has been discovered…

So, the peanut gallery spoke and I took Mortenebra down to Chimera in Brierley Hill for a bash around.  Before we start, can I just say that Chimera’s rather ... 

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Warmahordes: It’s Been A While

What with actually running the Dark Ages Vampire game (it’s going well, thanks, although there’s no interesting meta as yet and so I’m observing the First Rule of RPG Club), painting up Lizardmen and trying out Lord of the Rings, I haven’t been talking much about Warmahordes – or playing that much either, as tight ... 

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Fun, Quick & Dirty II – Event Report Thing

Rather than take up the blog with game reports for a week, I’ll just direct you here for the blow-by-blow report, and I’ll do the list build review here, when I have time.

Bloody good event, though.

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Goblins! Session I: Lock, Stock, and One Smoking Earhole

Dramatarse Personie:

  • Ofi (Gobber Gun Mage 1, played by Jess)
  • Snarf (Gobber Arcane Mechanic 1, played by Dave)
  • Nikkit (Gobber Rogue 1, played by Ben)
  • Rami (Bogrin Bodger 1, played by Squirrel, then Hark)
  • Fran (Bogrin Fighter 1, played by Si)

After discovering that their civilian occupations were a bit held up by the complete lack of visitors to their part ... 

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After the Action: Live And Let Fly, Games III and IV

Game III – MENOTHS!  MUST KILL MENOTHS!

Evidently the Darklords were beginning to conglomerate – or even congeal – around the middle tables at this juncture, as I drew my second clubmate in a row – John Stanford.  I had no idea that Mr. Stanford would be running the Protectorate (they’re not even his Menoths!), but ... 

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After the Action: Live And Let Fly, Game II

Game two saw me drawn against Tim ‘Flash’ Martin, who I know from the Dudley Darklords but who I had yet to have the pleasure of facing. He was rolling with Circle, so I was naturally eager to see what sort of stuff made my Hordes faction of choice tick at 25 points (since I’m ... 

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After the Action: Live And Let Fly, Game I

So, with that bout of the emoes over: on to the nerdy stuff!

My first game was against Alun Davies, a Welshman who fears not the unknown, nor the unholy, nor the after-effects of overusing the word “cracking”.  Alun fielded Grand Exemplar Kreoss (okay, I have lots of experience blowing him up) with a lot of ... 

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Meta Gaming: Emotional Maturity and the Tournament – UPDATED

Today – technically it’s ‘yesterday’ but I haven’t been to sleep properly yet so it still feels like ‘today’ – I went to a charity Warmahordes tournament run by the Dice and Decks lads for the Air Ambulance.  A shade over £1000 was raised, £350-odd of which came from the charity auction at which I ... 

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Circle Orboros vs. Mercenaries (25 points, learning games)

My bogtrotting Druids hit the boards last night for their first outing among The Dudley Darklords. Stu, a familiar face from my rare ventures onto the tournament circuit, was good enough to line up his Highborn Covenant and deliver the first in what I expect to be a ... 

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Warmahordes: Epic Skarre Close Range List: A Nice Change?

Army: eSkarre Hitty Type: Skirmish (1 caster, 25pts) Points: 25 Skarre, Queen of the Broken Coast (*6pts) * Reaper (7pts) * Skarlock Thrall (2pts) Revenant Crew (Leader and 9 Grunts) (9pts) Satyxis Raiders (Leader and 9 Grunts) (8pts) * Satyxis Raider Sea Witch (2pts) Necrotech & 1 Scrap Thrall (1pts) Satyxis Raider Captain (2pts) This one's a bit silly and not, in the technical sense of ... 

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