Battle of Two Armies (Dwarves)

AH Hahaha, He has to paint all of us!

Real Quick, I have been AFK with some real life stuff (Which caused me to miss Historicon 2015), but am back in action, and have even started my EW ? MW British for Flames of War.    But this has NOTHING to do with that, no with Games Workshop on the way back burner, I was able to pick up a Dwarf army for extremely cheap.   SO with some talk about how boned the new edition of WHFB might become and to maybe run Kings of War, I decided to bust out the Dwarves and see what I have.  I have enough for two armies.   Which means I will give one to someone has always disdained everything GW.   Here you go Matt:

20 GreatAxe guys, 20 HW & Shield guys, 2 cannons (there is a third if he wants), a catapult, named character Thorek Ironbrow, 2 units of Riflemen, unit of 20 Miners with 2H Pickaxes.

Our House (....in the middle of our street)

Table layout plays an important part of any game. Whether you are playing an old school game of Monopoly where the bank has to be laid out just right, or Flames of War, it all comes down to planning. Preparing a table layout with very little terrain isn't much fun and the same goes for having too much. How can you move around the board and find the enemy or have any fun? The answer is simple, balance. It's a fine line you need to learn, whether you are having friends over for a weekend gaming session, or you are setting up tournament tables, balancing terrain over a 6'x4' surface takes time.

Open sides with a little bit of everything in the center makes for a balanced table where there is something in every table quarter for either player. It also helps focus the action, as both commanders will be vying for territory. The biggest issue with setting up a gaming table is terrain, the simple fact is whether or not you have enough to make up a full table or even two without spending a lot of money. You may have a ton of buildings, but no roads, mountains/hills or any type of trees. What then? Being creative in your setup with a few buildings can make for an excellent table.

X-Wing picture dump (Pew Pew Lasers)

Test game of X Wing.. I was running Imps

Daa daa daa da da daa da da daa

Imperials take turn one with 3 wins, Rebels get 1 win and Scum get 0

Turn one of the campaign has come to a close thought i'd post up here for anyone who comes to this page and not the forums and are interested to follow the campaign, we'll be posting here pics of our games as well. Full details can be found here each turn http://dicedevils.canadian-forum.com/t943-x-wing-campaign-map


The teams are
Imperials: Lothlann, Wildcard, Pripyat, SirRandMcNally
Rebels: Diragi, Joyous Oblivion, Twinlinked, PhantomRescue
Scum and Villainy: Ca$h, Matt Varnish

Mid-War Tourney @ Perkins (1710)

It's been awhile all, but the Dice Devils are back in action! 4 of the Dice Devils made the trek north to attend a 1710 point mid war tourney hosted by Gary Perkins of Perkins Hobby in Petawawa Ontario. 

It was a great tourney and a bunch of wonderful looking armies on display. 

 

Same Time, Same...Space?

With so much going on the last few months, it's been near impossible to get any gaming done and the other major contributor to the DD blog has been busy getting ready to move house! Needless to say, sometimes life really does make it tough to play some games. In my case, I've been busy with a new boat, a new tree fort and generally being busy at work!

It's the 6th of June today, so with this update. We remember D-Day, the day in history where those brave men hit various beaches in France to put an end to the madness that enveloped the world.

We're Still Here!!

There has not been a lot of gaming news to report over the last few weeks. We've missed the month of April and I am personally working on a few things to brighten up the front page with some new and exciting content!

There will be an upcoming article on what's new for Mid-War and where the rest of the new Flames of War rulesets are headed. The weather is getting nice out, but I'm sure there will be a few rainy days to dust off the armies and paintbrushes. I've got a ton of Vietnam stuff to go through and will be unboxing the Panzer IV box I have lying around very shortly!! Thanks for your continued support and look forward to a new podcast in the coming weeks!