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Today to something completely different. About many hours in I think I can finally give a verdict about the new Paradox title Imperator: Rome. Is the game cool? Well, sort of. Will I play it again? If I'd still be a gamer then the answer would be: maybe But I reeeeallly would have loved for this game to be great! As to my background. I played maany paradox games since HOI 1. I like the company despite their (former) partially horrible DLC policy. I dig their games. I think they enriched the gaming industry. But actually sort of I quit playing computer games a few years ago. Why did I make an exception for I.R.? And why make the exception now? Two main reasons. For one: I ALWAYS wanted to be able to play carthage. ALWAYS: When I was FOUR years old I got a Teddy Bear that I named Hannibal. Named him after the great carthagian general, nemesis of rome. Yup, I was four. Go figure. Granted, I was probably mostly impressed that he crossed the alps with elephants and ...

Do you know the german company Schleich? They are a toy producer and I notice them getting bigger each year. They have some really good looking toys... horses, but also knigths and monsters. I already had some Schleich toys a few times in my hand and wondered if they were suitable to be used for my fantasy tabletop games. In my opinion, those prepainted toys look very good, but the problem is, they are a too big for normal 28mm fantasy use so I never saw the opportunity. However, this week I came across another Schleich miniature by accident when shopping for groceries. To be specific (now, having done a bit of research): It was their stone monster  of their new Eldrador line. Owning enough models to field a not-too shabby Forces of Nature army , I thought if it would make a good Greater Earth Elemental . I really love the Mantic model and had already thought about buying one after seeing one all painted up in full beauty. But because of the painting required, the price of ab...

At the Tactica in Hamburg I finally got my hands on the new rulebook and supplement book for my favorite tabletop system, Kings of War. Who knows... maybe the second mass battle of the A corner of Mantica campaign we are currently running might already be with the vanilla rules for 3rd edition. After reading through both books I have to say, I really dig what Mantic did with the world. I love the layout, I love the stories and the quality of the book. I am not a big fan of the rule changes however, I think the system lost some of its simplistic elegance. If that is true or not, I will only be able to see after I get my first games under my belly.

After attending the Tactica this year in Hambung and NOT being able to get my hands on Mig Alley by Warlord Games  (they apparently had run out already), I decided to get in when it was now on a bit of a sale in the only store of my FLGS. They are hit hard by Corona probably anyway, so why not order from them I thought. Plus I figured it might be fun to paint something different from Fantasy models... Here are the results I am pretty pleased. It was the first time ever I used decals and boy they do need some time to get used to. I ruined quite many of them, and was on my last yellow stripe for the sabres. I thought, painting will not be a big of a deal. Priming with Army Painter Metal, then some dark washes, then the canopy with 2 different blue and then the decals. Well, it took me surprisingly long, but now I would be able to run a game with them. If you get Mig Alley AND the Air Strike rulebook as PDF or in Print, you are already able to start to play! I hope I will ge...

Finally... after 2 Vanguard skirmishes, we were ready for the big thing. We both hadn't played the normal KoW for quite some time, so we first did a test match which ended in a draw.  This weekend, we met to fight the real battle using the Vanilla 2nd Edition Rules! My list consisted of: 2x Horde of Sharpsticks (one with Blessing of the Gods 25 pts) 1x Horde of Spitters (with Heart Seeking Chant 30 pts) 1x Horde of Trolls (with Chant of Hate 25 pts) 1x Regiment Mawbeast pack 1x Regiment of Fleabag Rides (with Helm of Confidence 20 pts) [and they were definetely led by Biggit Crunchem !] 1x Sharpstick Thrower 1x King on Chariot with the item gaining: no minus modifier when moving costing 30 pts [ Warchief Dakkadak ] 1x Flaggit (with Diadem of Dragon Kind 30 pts) 1x Wiz with Inspiring Talisman and Bane Chant 1x Troll Bruiser with Darklords Onyx Ring ~20 Pts) [ I believe this is my Vanguard Troll, being an alone hero here! ] 2x Giants totalling 1870 pts. Base game w...

On thursday the second battle took place. I was the defender with only 175 pts and needed to decide on a smaller list. i also knew i was going up against Blaine and knew I could not out-kill my enemy. I knew I would have to out-last him and hold the objective. Finally I decided on: 4x Luggits on foot (or 3) 2x Luggits Mounted 1x Rabble 1x Wiz 1x Biggit (with Heavy Weapon) (Biggit Crunchem) 1x Troll (with Heavy Weapon) The elves, lead by Blaine came with: 2x Kindred Archers, 1x Kindred Tallspear 1x Citizen Levy 1x Battle Mage 1x Forest Shambler 1x Blaine We then decided we would go for the "Kings of War Hook" from the book instead of the hook provided in the campaign for the winner. We put up the terrain and I found out that I once again had forgotten something crucial... to put a hill into my backpack! The mission objective should be placed on a height 2 hill!  But we were able to improvise quite well as you will see on the pictures... ...

Yesterday saw the first mission of our "A Corner of Mantica" campaign. And it was a glorious battle with a suprising outcome! Captain Erundas and his men faced the Vanguard of Biggit Crunchem for the first time, and it was a battle to be remembered! Let me repost the prequel to the first mission from the campaign which you can find here to get you up to speed: Vanguard Game 1: Supply Grab (Vanguard Scenario 1) Erundas and his Vanguard have landed and scatter to begin to scout the area. As luck would have it, Biggit Crunchem’s troops are currently roaming the lands in search for valuables the elves might have hidden. By chance 2 small detachments crash together just as the Goblins have finally found some valuables to loot! Biggit Crunchems guts WERE right! Indeed those tricky elves had hidden some of their belongings! And now they even had the audacity to try to defend their belongings! On the elven side Erundas is surprised to make contact with the Goblins ...