Delays in getting this going, but this too shall pass...ouch

Sorry for the tease about a campaign, my recent bout of health issues have slowed me down a bit.
I thought I was done with passing, but based on today's events I may not be out of the woods yet, and I really do not know why. At any rate hopefully I will have a better understanding after a doctors appointment on Monday.

On to the game.
I now have two ideas for a campaign, the original fantasy campaign, vs or also, a space campaign.
The space campaign might be easier to run, but it would certainly be a very combat oriented campaign.

For the fantasy game, I will set up a Mighty Empire game. I would use the original booklet that came with the game, and any and all White Dwarf supplements that I have, which should be all of them.
I can supply a copy of these rules to those who do not have the rules.

Armies will be based on the old 3rd ed Warhammer Fantasy Battle system. Again, I can supply a copy to those who require a copy.

Battles will be resolved with a somewhat abstract resolution system.
I have three choices:

1. The system presented in Mighty Empires, modified somewhat by an old C&S strategic system
2. A modified version of the 2 Hour Wargames reaction system.
3. A modified version of the mass combat system from Birthright, an old AD&D campaign system.

Each resolution system is more complex than the preceding system adding more player interaction with the battle which may or my not be wanted.

New game plans...

Floating out an idea, to allow us to play games, and yet keep us seperated!

I am, once I have shaken off some of the impact of today's event (see Rants & Ramblings blog for details) planning to try a campaign game, maybe Mighty Empires or some other game. The idea would be to run a Play by Email (PBEM) game, with me as the GM, or even as a player.

The rules are readily available and given that we will not get together to play out battles the entire thing could just be played with any forces as we will not be limited by our miniature collections.

Certainly other games could be used, and other styles of play could be attempted, we will have to see what we all want to do.

More later, oh and for the time being, I do not plan to host any in person games...

Next game day, March 28th maybe...stay tuned for updates

Hello

Sorry for having to reschedule...illness and all.
Looking forward to digging out my old Warhammer figs for a game or two on March 28th.
May well play a full WH game (3rd or 6th) or may do a warband game.

Also looking at testing out another Pulp/Western skirmish game, or even Dragon Rampant.

FYI, new AAR posted for our first All Quiet on the Martian Front game has now been posted on the Rants and Ramblings... blog!

Picture from our latest game, AAR to follow (pic courtesy of The Ronin)

If it's not ants it's something else that will ruin a picnic!

Our second test run  of AQMF, and another victory for the humans (boo, hiss)
On the plus side a lot of humans were captured or vaporized, but more managed to escape.
So 10 of the 24 deployed, newly painted civilians were removed from the game 1/2 way through the first turn, thankfully the human player let the rest of them stay on the table a bit longer, makes the effort of painting them not feel so wasted.

Next game day tentatively set for February 29th. Games to be played to be determined...

February 1st game day

Thank you to all who attended!

We had two sessions on Saturday. In the afternoon the 2-6pm group tested out

 All Quiet on the Martian Front. 

 The evening 7 until whenever session saw us playing one of my favorite games 

Eclipse.

Both games went well, and offered up a lot of fun and some challenges for the members who played.

The jury is still out on AQMF, but we all liked the dynamics of Eclipse.

I will be posting an AAR for the AQMF game on my "Menelduir' blog.

Next game day is most likely to be Saturday February 15th. While the games to be played have not yet been selected, I am hoping that one of them will be Fist Full of Lead!

 A proper invite will be sent this week.

Some games that Menelduir is prepping

All quiet on the Martian Front

Super Mission Force, also Fist Full of Lead

A sneek peak at 2/3 gaming tables set up and ready for some action.
Oddly three test games!
All Quiet on the Martian Front is a basic wargame, us vs the Martians. I have had the game for some time, long over due to test it out.

Since the other two games re skirmish games, I have used one set up to try out two different game rules.

Super Mission Force is a fast play super hero game. I get to use all the re-based Hero Clix figures, and some Old Glory figures that I have. It is a make your own hero game, not pre-generated characters.

Fist Full of Lead, is a quick, easy play set of rules, that have supplements that cover a lot of genres. This game will be a pulp games, but I could have set up for Sci-fi, Zombies, or Wild West, it was just more expedient to use one table for two games.

I should also mention that one does not need to have miniatures to play in these games, as some of the members have enough spare to go around. For instance, not that likely that too many people have a lot of AQMF stuff, but I do have enough to share.

What do we do here?

A casual visitor may be forgiven, if they wonder what this group does. Rest assured we have played many games over the last few years, and we continue to play games. The issue is that we do not post on this site nearly enough. The challenge is that both Menelduir and the Western Keep, run their own blogs, and tend to keep their respective sites up to date. Sadly, this site tends to be forgotten.

The plan was to use this site to communicate with our members, to provide a forum for our members, to show off our group games, and to inspire others to join us. Well, admittedly, that last part is kind of difficult when updates occur only a few times a year. I mean, who would seek us out when we show no sign of life.

But alive we are! Check out the activities on The Western Keep blog or Menelduir's site. Ronin has recently been added, so not much posted yet, but stay tuned. We are actively looking for new players!
We play a wide variety of games, both miniature table top and board games, I am certain we play something that you would find interesting. There is a contact link on the right side of this page, or feel free to comment on any of the games that we have highlighted in our individual posts.

Cangames is only a few months away (hurry up spring!). The League will be there, walk up to us strike up a conversation, we won't bite.

Another year starts which means another reminder about fees!

Hello all

Just a reminder that it is time to renew your membership, see me at the next gameday to get your new card (and pay your dues)

Thank you