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lrn2play: Deth Wizards

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i watched a video on Youtube maybe over a year ago and it was about playing as a necromancer and controlling a band of the undead. and i thought that was kind of interesting but i never acted on it or what-not. until like a few days ago i was on Wargames Vault.com and remembered the necromancer game and went to re-watch a few more videos to see if it would be something i would like to get into. i bought the pdf and accidentally the pdf file of game cards, but i'll make use of them. took a day or two and read over the basic rules and created a band of undead minions. once i got my warband created, i went back to YouTube and watched some more game play videos to get a good grasp on the rules, which is how i learn better than reading a book cover to cover. i watched quite a bit of videos from the channel The Tabletop Engineer Plays and he goes through a nice campaign of his own for solo play, which i basically got this game for. the main thing about this game i truly like is that i ge...
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operation MotU: miscellaneous characters VI

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awhile back i got a few 3D prints made of some characters for my MotU collection. unfortunately the shop i got my first sets of prints from, ModestMiniStudio must have gone under or just pulled out because they are not on Etsy anymore. which i was kind of sad, they had great figures. i went on Etsy and found a nice shop called NaHminiatures. click here to visit. i really like how these prints i am finding on Etsy are scaling nicely with the CMON miniatures i have been acquiring for some time.   this time around i got Sk-Klone and Dragstor made. Sy-Klone. i wasn't a fan of him having his shield on top of his wrist like that but what can you do? i was happy that this print had the red fan decor on his back. i've seen a few Sy-Klones with and without it and in my opinion it looks cool with it. Dragstor. when i got this character printed the Etsy shop also had another pose to offer and i could not pass it up because it would be nice to look on the table-top. i just wish he had a be...
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the Whateleys: perilous (western) tales

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after getting away from the giant frog monster, Puckett and company continued cautiously towards the Whateley's homestead. William Loomis told the others the stories he has heard about the Whateley family, and most of it was not good to hear. stories ranging from the many "miscarriages" the poor daughter had to a deformed son that was eventually born and is rarely seen during the day. other stories were told about the countless dead cattle littered across their pasture and how most of the help around the farm is "unfortunate." the episode is the Whateley's. (this scenario is from the rulebook.) the objectives are: Kill the Master, Get Evidence, and Tell Us What You Know. the perils in the game are: Creeping Horror, Putrid Stench, and the Horde. which all were randomly generated. i tried to arrange the terrain to make it seem like the party was approaching the farm house closer than the last game. starting the game with the threat level at a four i rethought ...
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...the hills have eldritch eyes..

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several months ago i purchased a few wild west gaming items and when i got this idea to create a western theme Perilous Tales campaign i needed something that would resemble the Whateley family from the lore of H.P. Lovecraft. i was not sure where to find such an obscure collection of figures, especially for a western theme but i looked high and low. i looked at other game systems and found that Dracula's America had a great selection of horror themed miniatures that i wasn't even aware of. so i got the box set of the Church of Dagon miniatures, which basically screams Lovecraft in the name. after looking over what the set had i knew this was perfect for what i needed for Perilous Tales. the old father, the mysterious daughter, the deformed son, and even some not so well looking fellows. all i needed was the "Dunwich Horror" but i had a spare alien figure from my discarded Zombicide Invaders board game. several of the followers of Old Whateley. Old Whateley and Lavini...
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Paint What You Got challenge 2025/26

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once again the Paint What You Got challenge has been thrown out and since i had fun doing it last year i figured i would join up and do it again. Dave over at Wargames Terrain Workshop has issued the next challenge once again . the challenge runs from December 26th, 2025 to February 26, 2026 and basically you paint whatever you have. and since i always have stuff to paint i use the challenge to paint specific miniatures that i have been dragging my feet on for some time now. last year i used this challenge to get the majority of my western figures completed, because i was just anxious to get them on to the table-top and play with them. and by the time i joined the challenge the area i live in was getting hit by horrible cold weather and just couldn't get outside to spray anything. so basically i was coming down to the wire and getting what i wanted done for the challenge completed. this time around for the PWYG challenge I figured I would up the ante and get two major projects don...
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operation MotU: here, there, Skeletors everywhere

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when i bought my first set of CMON Clash of Eternia board game in the bonus box there were mini He-Man and Skeletor figures. these were about half the size of the actual figures with two poses each. and at the time i really didn't have a use for them so i chucked them out, not knowing what i could do with them in the future.  with my second set i bought back in April i went and saved all the miniatures just in case i needed something or even parts for conversions. it wasn't until recently i began binge watching MotU episodes on Youtube and came across an episode (s2, ep51) where Man-At-Arms was testing out a duplication device and later on Skeletor got his hands on it. more into the episode Skeletor uses it and creates little duplicates of himself. and as i am watching i remembered i had those mini He-Man and Skeletor figures in a box. took them and gave them 25mm thin bases and a quick paint job. re-watching the episode i thought up a scenario for Space Weirdos, eventually i w...
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little space, big imagination

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 recently my D&D group was able to squeeze in a session on thanksgiving weekend and this past weekend. and through all the action and mischief that was taking place, i noticed one thing that has been a occurrence for sometime now and it's how much little i need to create an encounter for them to enjoy themselves. over time especially this year with our group we have been more role-playing than playing the game with large table set-ups.  with all the papers, books, and the DM area there isn't much room on the table to create an elaborate table display to game on. certainly if an encounter is created randomly out of the blue. like several weeks ago a group was sent to take down a raised skeletal dragon. and i wasn't even sure if we were going to get to that particular fight so i didn't make room for it, but somehow we got to it so i just put the essentials down on the table for that encounter, which was a crashed sky-boat, the adventure party, and a dragon.  and in th...
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