Vomkrieg: Warmachine 40000 – Could you play 40k with WM rules? Part two
Part two – Guns and swordsTwo things to look at today, one is how melee weapons work and the other is worked out ranged combat. We have developed some basic statlines for models from our previous post,...
View ArticleVomkrieg: We’re Back! – Talathen battle sector report
Well, its been a while since we updated for numerous reasons. A few people have been away on business trips or personal holidays, and our one of our players is also a new dad since the last update! So...
View ArticleVomkrieg: I’m making a choice – A Talathen Sector battle report
Some games are good, some games are bad. And rarely, you play an amazing session where everything works and people will talk about it for years to come.This battle was one of those sessions, a genuine...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Talathen Sector – End phase round 4
Personal UpdateWell, this last month or so has been an unpleasant one for my group and I.My sister lost her battle with cancer just after New Years, one of my other players has had to deal with a major...
View ArticleVomkrieg: My top 10 games that defined modern boardgaming
Like most top 10 lists, this is entirely subjective, your list won’t match my list, but that’s ok.Going back 40 years, most boardgames were “Roll and move”, like Parchisi, monopoly, Game of Life....
View ArticleVomkrieg: The Kriegy Awards – end of 2015
Yeah I know this is late, the start to my year was pretty awful and I lost track of doing my yearly awards. Personally, it was not a fun year, I lost a sister and a friend to illness and work has been...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Games workshop employs an erotic fiction writer?
Someone writing product descriptions for Games Workshop seems to have graduated from the Mills and Boon school of erotic fiction writing. (thanks to Rob for sharing this)Bellowing forth a mighty,...
View ArticleVomkrieg: The Battle of Nimbala – Talathen Sector – Planning round 5
Alright, new style for doing these updates. Instead of spoonfeeding them as we are done, I will write up the whole "game round" over a week or so to help me recap the story to myself and plan for the...
View ArticleVomkrieg: The first battle of Luxon – Talathen Sector battle report
Luxon is under attack, and the rebels responded with a series of two missions.Luxon ground operations First up, The luxon Militia need help taking control of a series of underground junctions, and to...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Nimbala free? A Talathen Sector report
BackgroundAt the end of the last round, the Rebel leadership met with The Red Queen of Nimbala. She is a freed slave who married a Czerka executive, poisoned him to keep him weak, and set about using...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Warmachine Mk3 – What’s changing and some thoughts
So, a lot to take in on the future of Warmachine. A lot of this stuff is from some early release videos and what not. So here are the first changes mentioned.Ill add comments in italics text. What has...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Radgrave – Post apocalyptic miniatures gaming
So, I ended up playing Frostgrave for the first time this weekend and I really enjoyed playing a skirmish wargame again.I loved necromunda and really feel that scale, and style of campaign is excellent...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Warmachine MK3 – Even more changes and more thoughts on it
Cheers to Sean for compiling these notes for our local wargaming scene. Here are some more updates on MK3 and what to look forward to. The more I see of it, the better it looks. No skill checks at all...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Radlandz – A new miniatures game by me
Less than a month ago I decided to make my own skirmish game, using a post apocalyptic setting. I set out to keep model count low, action high, cover important, and have huge variety in units and...
View ArticleVomkrieg: 9 Games that inspired me when making a game.
As part of the Radlandz introduction, I want to talk about the game systems that inspired aspects of the rules. I've played a lot of games, and no game system comes from isolation. Its all part of the...
View ArticleVomkrieg: The core dice system – Radlandz developer diary.
Well, lets start talking about the core game systems and how they make Radlandz the most awesome little skirmish game out there.Here are the core concepts behind the dice systemRadlandz uses several...
View ArticleVomkrieg: Games Workshop and Fantasy Flight Games split
It's official, GW and FFG will no longer be doing business. Considering that FFG/Asmodee have blasted past GW in terms of total turnover in the last few years and the decision of GW to bring back...
View ArticleVomkrieg: The Wrath of Cahn – Part 1 – A Talathen Sector story
The wrath of Cahn (Part one)Well, it seems like forever since I’ve done an update for Talathen Sector. The campaign is ongoing, but life has gotten in the way so we have missed a fair few sessions this...
View ArticleVomkrieg: The Wrath of Cahn – Part 2 – A Talathen Sector story continued
Ok, after the last write up I realized I was about 1/4 of the way through the story. It was a long long tale, so lets summarize the action in as quick a style as possible. So here are the...
View ArticleVomkrieg: I think I might start painting again – What to do?
I paint in fits and starts, I can paint a colossal number of figures in a short amount of time and produce way more painted figures than most painting sweatshops..... for a time.Then I get seriously...
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