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Museum of Dungeons & Dragons | Indiegogo. UPDATE: Can you remember the D&D Museum on Indiegogo? Well, it was quite an ambitious plan to preserve the early stuff from the days of Gygax and co, in a purpose built centre. They were asking for a whopping $150,00 for the project, which did seem quite steep… Continue reading Museum of Dungeons & Dragons Indiegogo, Crowdfunding no show?
Bug Hunt Corridors by Fantasy Arc — Kickstarter. I would sell my grandma for a set of these! Seriously, these are way cool scenics being offered on KS at the moment. The point is I really would have to sell my Granny, or an organ to afford enough to get a full enough set! They… Continue reading Bug Hunt Corridors by Fantasy Arc Kickstarter
Slayers of the Great Serpent: A Fantasy Campaign in 5 Parts by David Caffee — Kickstarter. I just want to make you lot aware of a new kickstarter campaign for an epic RPG campaign for the Pathfinder system. Its called Slayers of the Great serpent and it spans 5 parts, takes characters through 20 levels… Continue reading Slayers of the Great Serpent Pathfinder RPG kickstarter
These days the humble 15mm miniature has seen something of a revival within the gaming world, I myself have always been a fan since I was a kid (My dad bought me my first mini at about the age of 7 or so) What stopped me from getting the 15mm bug full on, was the… Continue reading Ten 15mm miniature ranges nobody makes! (Possibly with good reason)
Well folks, you might have remembered my 15mm green sculpt of the Criat Mercenary I sent off for the SHM range at 15mm.co.uk. As you can see, he's been cast up in shiny white metal now, and from this pic of the master cast, he's looking fine and pretty much an identical match for the… Continue reading First Look: 15mm Criat Mercenary master cast!
THE GRINNING SKULL WARGAMES RESOURCES PAGE The Grinning skull now has a page dedicated to all the best free stuff available on the net, it is hoped that over time and with the help of fellow gaming enthusiasts we can build a great selection of wonderful freebies for everyone to use, but I would please… Continue reading New Wargaming Resources section now available on the Grinning Skull!!
The thing that had attracted me to Hawk Wargames “Dropship Commander” in the first place were the excellent looking buildings, but it seems the resin scenics crazy prices are another step too far for sensible wargamers. I think I’ll pass….
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If you listened to episode 97 of the podcast, you will have heard Mike & I giving Dropzone Commander a reasonably positive review – the rules are pretty good, but I have some reservations on figure pricing.
And indeed, it’s about pricing that I wanted to write about in this post.
After the initial product launch, there has not been a great deal of new material released from Hawk Wargames until a few weeks ago, when they finally released the resin buildings that they had been promising for several months. I first heard about this on the Shell Case blog when they posted a new item on the new buildings.
I read it and was flabbergasted. I went to the Hawk Wargames website and was doubly flabbergasted.
The prices of Hawk’s resin buildings almost defy belief. They start at £35 for the cheapest building, which is a 95 piece kit, and this…
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Turn to 400 - The Fighting Fantasy documentary film by Sean Riley — Kickstarter. Well, it's a shame this great documentary didn't make the grade. Like a lot of good ideas, sometimes crowdfunding fails to deliver the goods in terms of getting the cash one needs to make something a reality. I would have really… Continue reading Turn to 400 Kickstarter fails to get funded.
Museum of Dungeons & Dragons | Indiegogo. Dungeons and Dragons is probably one of the most famous RPGs, mainly due to it being the ancestor of most modern role playing games and it having introduced countless waves of people to the hobby. Its influences have been manifold in pop culture, films, TV, books, comics and… Continue reading Indiegogo: Do you want to help build a D&D museum?
I promised Hank Woon from the Game SmithsLLC I would blog about their new releases, so it's a little late (Blame my internet access!) I thought of you dear readers when taking a look at some of the great stuff they have on offer! I really like the new Sinbad setting, I'm a big sinbad… Continue reading News on RPG releases from Game Smiths LLC
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