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PART 3: The Base Board. As promised, here's the next part of the dungeon build. This time we are going to be talking about making dungeon floors, more specifically a flagstone floor base board like the one in my own modular dungeon system. First off your going to need a large board as the base… Continue reading Grim’s Dungeons of Doom: Starting at the bottom, Dungeon Floors.
PART 2: The skirmish engine. Before I get into the tutorial mode for the basic dungeon construction, I want to go into a bit about what system I'll be using to run the games with (which will factor greatly on how the build goes and which monsters to use etc) Since I intend to run… Continue reading Grim’s Dungeons of Doom: Kicking it old skool, Fighting Fantasy…
Just checking the last post, only to find the post lost back on the 20th of the month!! (For what reason, I really don't know, since I wrote this today!) So if you'd like to read the first and latest installment of Dungeons of Doom, click the link and take a look! Grim's Dungeons of… Continue reading Grim’s Dungeons of Doom: Errata??!!
Just a quick post (or shameless plug if you prefer!) to also tell you that the latest releases are also available as a set, currently at £31.05 (usual price £34.50) so if you'd like to take advantage of this great offer from Alternative Armies and grab yourself the latest collection, get over to their website… Continue reading Grinning Skull Miniatures, Set 2 avilable from Alternative Armies!
So, I thought I would start a little set of articles detailing my attempt to create a modular 28mm fantasy dungeon on a budget. This has been in the works since having the idea many moons ago, I just hadn't decided a way to execute the project in the way I needed it. Sure I… Continue reading Grim’s Dungeons of Doom: The beginning…
There have been lots of new and interesting Crowdfunders on the net in the time I've been distracted. Now I'm back in the groove I've got one for you LARPers and RPGers. This time is a great collection of fantasy coins for your games by Never stop tops & coins. Now, I've featured fantasy coins… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Metal Gaming Coins by Never Stop Tops & Coins Kickstarter
I wanted to highlight this great and innovative kickstarter campaign for some really useful and unique looking paper terrain. As you know, I do like paper kits, especially for wargaming purposes, its an easy and cheap way of getting plenty of scenery ready for wargaming and RPGs as and when you need it, although… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Pop-Up Miniature Terrain Paper Kits by Stonehaven Miniatures Kickstarter
While I have the time off from sculpting and modelmaking tonight, I thought I'd catch up on doing some posts, this time a crowdfunding spotlight article featuring some rather nice coinage from Fantasy coin LLC. These lovely looking tokens are intended for use with everything from RPGs, Live Roleplaying games, board games and possibly even… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Fantasy Coins from Fantasy Coin on Kickstarter
As you know, I'm into zombie wargames, so this caught my eye, its called Zed or alive from Dust devil games and they currently have a kickstarter campaign to fund its creation. Yes, I know, there are quite a few zombie skirmish rulesets coming onto the market at the moment, but there's always room for… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Zed or Alive: Zombie skirmish ruleset by Rust Devil Games Kickstarter
Next in on Crowdfunding Spotlight, is Mote, a virtual tabletop, brought to you lucky people by Idle Ideas Inc. Now, I'm quite old school when it comes to my gaming, but I do appreciate new ideas that might come to revolutionise wargaming in future years. I'm not saying that I totally get it, nor would… Continue reading Crowdfunding Spotlight: Mote – Virtual Tabletop Kickstarter
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