Analog Games

Huh.  I wasn't expecting a fleet battle game as the first thing out of the gate for Spartan Games.  The two sides were just so asymmetrically matched in space.  From what I remember it the UNSC needed a 5:1 ratio to really win space battles against the Covenant.  Now this could be set post-War were there is more of a balance to things but that is unlikely with them showing Marathon class ships. What could be neat is if that asymmetrical nature is captured somehow in scenario play, or scenario play with the Covenant trying to glass human planets. From the sounds of it, the ground battle games are going to be 15mm as well.  Its a scale I really like  for sci-fi games but I wanted a 28mm Master Chief to paint.

Curiosity piqued.

While I am ditching games, there are some games I am going to keep around despite the lack of play on their part.  At the very least there should be more swap meets later down the road... What I don't have is a good group that moves between games.  Really missing the MNI in that regards, as during the golden period it had a great schedule between mini gaming and board gaming.  Knowing I have a group like that would help ease some of the issues here, but CA gamers seem to be more single game focused. I haven't played a board game since moving to CA.  Thankfully I honestly miss playing board games and have been invited to play with a more established board game group(if only I could stop being busy randomly Monday evenings).  These were also dramatically thinned down so I can't think of a board game I own now that I wouldn't want to play.  Hopefully I will get a game in soon... Turret-Wing is another game I haven't played since moving here.  ...

So one of my local stores,  Game Kastle , is having a swap meet.  As I'm on my fourth month in CA I've had plenty of time to see what I actually play.  Moving has helped focus this as well, I had far too many games that I just wasn't playing even if I enjoyed them and space is at far more of a premium here. What I'm thinking of selling: 40k is easily on the table.  I haven't really played this game in years, nor do I think I would enjoy it if I did.  On top of that it's incredibly expensive.  GW is the sick man of Europe and it seems best to dump this while I can.  I'm somewhat curious what my Chaos Dwarves models would bring me too. Why should I keep it? I really do love how Tau look and I think I would enjoy painting them.  Sadly HG scratches this same itch. Malifaux is on the table as well.  I enjoyed playing it in Dallas, but that was largely due to the community that played it there.  The 2nd edition, while excellen...

Thanks to the rain I haven't wanted to risk priming models so I've knocked out some random terrain projects I've been meaning to do forever.  The first is making some 3'x3' gaming mats for random space game.  I started with some black felt and lightly dusted them with white spray paint.  I think splattered some paint on them to finish that star look. Before/after spray: After stars added: I kinda want to try this for both Warmachine and Malifaux.  The 3'x3' would be especially great for Malifaux.  Spray painting helps the felt not look a flat boring color like it normally does and also helps matte it down some so its not as bad to play on. I also assembled and painted some Warsenal terrain: I love the computer terminals and communications array.