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  here as of late I really have not done any painting or even gaming for several weeks now. my work schedule drains me of any energy i have to do anything. it does suck and when i do have any time like on my days off i relax and don't do much. i have several projects lined up but i just don't have the inspiration or aspiration to get any of it done and completed for the game table. but when time comes around to play Dungeons and Dragons i find time and energy to create some fun adventures and continue our epic story. the party fights off a giant sewer alligator zombie, only to be saved by the one person they were sent out to find. gave the player characters some downtime before an adventure, and of course they get into a barroom brawl with some necromancer cultists. i am hoping when i go on vacation in a few weeks i will get some quality time in and get several things done and also go to Historicon 2025 this year. and maybe get in a game or two. i will have nine days to get stu...

back when i bought the Silver Bayonet book i was anxious and excited to dive into it. and then bought a few plastic sets of British and French infantry. after some time the realization is set in painting military uniforms and such, i got kind of overwhelmed and somewhat lost interest in it. but recently i joined the official Silver Bayonet facebook page, i was getting an itch back in myself of giving it another go. then i read a post someone wrote about instead of using napoleonic miniatures would it be ok to use pirate figures instead. after many people were saying that's an idea i thought about it myself. and thought that would be  a great idea. i figured it would be different and easier to paint. and like usual this puts more on the list of things to paint and get done, in addition to the MotU figures to paint, the wild west Perilous Tales plus terrain, and now what ever comes out of this pirate project.    first i got myself the two player starter box set. mainly for ...

Rita and i managed to squeeze in a game of Fistful of Lead late one night this past week, nothing special just a fun game thrown together. it was more a spur of a moment decision being it was like two in the morning when we played. Rita used the group i have been using for Perilous Tales and i pulled out my bandits, so might as well do a bank robbery scenario. the bandits needed to escape the far table edge with their loot. each bandit has a gold token with them, if they are killed the token is left on the table. i rushed my bandits up through the middle as quickly as i could.   for the most part both teams were equipped with the same weapons. one shotgun, one rifle, one model has duel pistols and rest with single pistols. Rita moved her models up cautiously and as both of us we were rolling like crap. either missing to-hit rolls or to-wound rolls it wasn't looking good for the both of us. at this moment of the game Rita was able to take out one of my bandits. as i was standing my ...

  a few days ago I got another game of Perilous Tales in this past weekend and this time the main villain was the ghast, which is under the same name in the rulebook. the back story for this game is the group has heard rumors of certain treasures in an old abandoned settlement that was a scene of complete horror.  this episode has reoccurring spawns of spirits once you kill them and that is a pain in the butt when you are trying to clear a way to the objectives. the objectives are: Stop the Ritual, Recover Equipment, and Set the Explosives. the perils in the game are: Disaster Strikes, Driven Back, and The Horde. which all were randomly generated. Mr. Dennis gets a surprise while searching for artifacts in the abandoned settlement. finding the mysterious idol that is planted beside a building, few of the group begins heading towards it. Puckett tests his luck against a few spirits who see him as a threat. the ghast spawns on top of a building and descends down and attacks its ...

i had so much fun few days ago playing Perilous Tales i swapped out terrain pieces and  set up a new game. i also updated the roster sheet with new experience points, traits, and skill points for a new game eager to play. love how it only takes one good idea to invigorate the interest of playing solo games again with little time i have to spare with work and all. the episode is the cursed Ozomatli. ( the Mummy from the rulebook. ) the group has come across some ruins of some sort of temple or point of worship of a bygone civilization and is rumored to have some precious artifacts to be had. the objectives are: Kill the Master, Destroy the Idol, and Get Evidence.  the perils in the game are: Unsteady Underfoot, Utterly Horrible, Earthquake,  which all were randomly generated. the group spreads out and gets a visual of what is what. like usual using William Loomis' Eagle Eye trait to take a peek at some threat markers. knowing what threat markers are i starting to reve...

awhile back i had an idea of playing Perilous Tales but instead of 1930's pulp, play the game in a western setting. taking the villain scenarios and reverting them to a wild west feel was the fun part, like instead of the mad scientist and his monster i thought of a crazed undertaker and his undead. with this scenario instead of remaking scenes from the movie The Thing, i took the same idea but just placed it in a western. but with this great idea of doing Perilous Tales in the wild west setting, i figured i'll run a campaign serial out of it all.  the Dennis family (Mrs. and Mr. Dennis, and Rita Lynn), Abraham Puckett, and William Loomis. the episode is the Thing in the town. ( the Thing in the Ice from the rulebook. ) some strange things have taken place in town recently, and Mr. Jenkins from the hardware store has been acting pretty weird also. the objectives are: Leave No Stone Unturned, Recover Equipment, and Set the Explosives. the perils in the game are: Disaster Strikes...

after getting the Snake Men finished i been contemplating on getting another copy of the CMON Clash of Eternia kickstarter sets to make more characters i do not have or create new ones with different painting schemes. going over pages and pages of listings on eBay i found a decent set for a decent price. i took some time and went over the contents of each box set mapping out what figures i want to either convert into new characters and which ones i would use for pieces and such. i look at this as a passion project but also a cheap excuse to delay getting the She-Ra and the Great Rebellion figures painted. haha. the package arrived when i was at work, and once i got home i pulled out the figures i knew right away i wanted to begin to work on. a few i have to wait for because i need additional supplies like green stuff putty and some paint, and of course some nice weather. since finishing the Snake Men i want to create some more characters from this faction. i want to use the Fang-Or bod...