One of the things that I love about miniature wargaming is that you get to paint your minis. Not all people feel that way though, and any method to make painting more fun or rewarding is a good thing in my book. Which is why I’m sucha big fan of the Journeyman League. Giving people an excuse to paint is great, and well making a points based league revolve around BOTH painting and playing is a great incentive to get people to off their butts and painting. And as even more incentive, I’ll be keeeping a log of what all the players have submitted for their painting points!
In this case though I’ve tweaked the league system into more of a series of mini-tournaments, leading up to the grand-daddy of throwdowns during Sporecon. That way hopefully more people will have stuff painted and be able to join. Also, great tournament/steamroller practice! The first tournament will be a 15 point slugfest without scenarios, mainly to get new players used to the mechanics inherent in Warmachine and Hordes. Subsequent tournaments will have higher pointage levels and bring in the Steamroller rules.
But enough talking! You’re here to see some pictures!
The great dragon Everblight is definitely seeing a horde of new recruits as Jon gets his Rhyas and team painted up.
As mentioned in a previous post, Invasion! Toys & Collectibles had their grand opening on the 6th and 7th of Jan. Pete and I were there to take a quick look a the proceedings on Friday night.
If you’re only into comics from the big 2 you might not have heard the name Kurtis Wiebe – he’s just done an X-Men story in the Marvel Holiday Special 2011. Other than that, he’s most well-known for his work with Image – especially Green Wake – and now he’s come up with a new title that’s set to release in February: Peter Panzerfaust, a seemingly straightforward comic set during World War II. A title like that definitely catches the eye, but is the title worth you getting your pre-orders down for it? Thanks to Wiebe, we’ve got an early look to find out!
Peter Panzerfaust. What’s one to make of that title? If you don’t want to head into spoiler territory here and enjoy the tale uninformed like me, you should stop here and I’ll just very quickly say that the tale is definitely worth checking out even though the cover price is on the higher side of comic prices. Thanks for reading!
The first weekly shipment for 2012 saw some real gems and I can safely say that this is going to be an AMAZING year for comics. And yah, that’s a reference to ol’ webhead’s 50th anniversary this year, am pretty sure we’ll have something here for fans later. But right now, a quick look at couple of last week’s titles.
Fatale #1. Whoa, first favorite title for the year and it ain’t one from the Big Two? I honestly didn’t see that coming. It’s Image’s Fatale by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips, the same team behind last year’s acclaimed noir mini-series Criminal: Last of the Innocent.
You might not know what it is if I referred to it as the Real Escape Game, but some of you might have played some variant of it before.
Run by, it seems, the very same folk who run it in Japan, Vivid Creations and SCRAP, Real Escape Game will run at CHIJMES from Jan 27 to 29 at various timings each day, and you can get your tickets here, starting at S$20 for the early bird special. Continue reading A Real Escape Game … In Singapore?
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