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last month our D&D group played for the first time since november of last year. and since then we had few members leave but regain new members in a short amount of time thereafter. with new members we decided to create new characters and a brand new story and along with that a new campaign. i kept the basic background settings and some of our favorite npc's but created a new storyline for our new group members. here are just a few pics from our first few sessions we had already had. the adventure party begins their journey going to a crypt of a long dead general of a forgotten war. Mah'cho, the aarakocra monk, investigates what seems to be a collection of books and scrolls, almost like a library. the ghost of the dead general attacks the party, while admiring the statue of him in the underground crypt. the ghost possessed the curious monk while being attacked by the others. a warlock that the party has comes across gives a hand in their search for an item of interest. they ...

here are the rest of the wild west miniatures finished for the Paint What You Got challenge. i wish i had these done earlier in the month but with the weather not being cooperating and then trying to get over a chest cold all aspirations of painting are withering away. a day before i'm writing this post i got what i wanted done. with a total of 30 miniatures from 3 box sets, there were four i didn't use because they were in a crouching position, four more i held off on, for a special project i am in the processing of kind of doing for Perilous Tales, so that leaves 22 in total wild west figures completed and done for the Paint What You Got challenge. i made a small band of bandits and criminals all with masks and face coverings. these were fun to put together and with the female set released not long ago these are better than the wild west Zombicide figures i had in the past that i was going to use for western games. some females brandishing some fine hardware. and still i will...

wanted to start the Paint What You Got painting challenge for a while now but weather was not helping me at all and preventing me from going out to spray some miniatures. i did happen to get a few western gunfighters done. but then things started to unfold. first of my wild west gunfighters that i set to do for the Paint What You Got challenge. i have about 21 more to go before Feb. 28th. out of all of them i made a dedicated sheriff with a painted gold star, and i plan to do a few deputies with silver stars. just like the Zombicide wild west figures i had a year or so ago, i painted up a set of figures for Rita and her parents. i asked her what kind of weapons they should have and the color scheme of their clothes. she was pleased with how they came out. i still have a way to go but i'm not sure if i will make the original plan of getting my wild west figures completed in the time of February 28th. we managed to regroup our D&D group with Rita inviting some of her friends and ...

i don't really do hobby challenges as often as most of my peers do. but when i come across one that seems either really fun or even beneficial i'll give it a go. the only themed challenge i've done is the Orctober, where you either paint units or single figures that are orcs/orks. this time around i came across a new challenge where there's a deadline for painting miniatures. i'm going to participate in the Paint What You Got challenge by Dave Stone over at Wargames Terrain Workshop . i learned about this challenge on the The Periodic Painting Table blog where a fellow hobbyist MisterC also is joining in. the challenge is to finish something between December 26th (or now) and February 28th. it could be something that has already started or is completely new, it just has to be completed in the time frame given. i figured this would be a great time to get a good start on my wild west miniatures that i just recently bought a few weeks back. i got two plastic sets of G...

 a few weeks back, a complete and published version of Perilous Tales and i was so excited and couldn't wait to play it. for an idea i thought since i am half way through redoing the bases of my pulp figures i took out some of my WW2 germans from Bob Murch and created a group for the game. i've been reading quite a bit of pulp stories that are influenced by the Ahnenerbe. and what better game to play out such adventures than Perilous Tale! i had the canvas out from back when i played Sword Weirdos and just never cleaned it up so i added a few more pieces of ruins. layout of the table. being on the 2'x3' canvas, only 2'x2' was the actual playing area. the investigating squad led by Scharführer Ludwig. the episode was the Ghast. within the ruins is a wretched ghast, several spirits and a crazed fellow soldier. the objectives are: Kill the Master, Hunt the Fiends, and Leave No Stone Unturned the perils in the game are: Mired, Tempted Forever, and The Captain advanc...

 recently i have been checking out some small skirmish games and came across one called Sword Weirdos. i watched a few videos of it on YouTube and i figured it only cost $5 so i gave it a go. i really like the fact i can make warbands with my assorted D&D miniatures. and along with it's unusual rules of movement and combat i'm really taking a liking into. since Rita is unfortunately working this christmas eve, i went and built myself a small battlefield using the 2'x3' canvas and throwing some ruins and trees all around.  layout of the gaming area. i used the optional solo rules to learn the rules. i did have to rethink some of the rules because the actual game rules kind of contradicted the solo rules in a way, but it all worked out in the end. i created a group of heroic adventurers using the figures of the characters from our D&D group. Sindarus the Shadowpaw, Breena, Emily Scarlett, Roshakuna and Nanna. the followers of the evil Nathaniel Marris, the necroma...