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Caves of Myrddin update

Posted by Unknown Friday, December 30, 2011 0 comments

Harold the Adequate, Farley the Dwarf, Courtney the Loser and the Brothers Hoyle and Cadfael explored below the West Tower. They all returned alive, but Courtney was missing most of the flesh on his face (green slime cured by fire). A cure light wounds turned much of the poor bastard's face into scar tissue rather than blackened skull, but either way he's now Courtney the Hideous. And Brother Cadfael picked a fight with the crows near the end of the session. He comes back covered from head to toe with tiny wounds from pecking beaks.

The group explored under the west tower, in places west and northwest of the Goblin Village. They eventually stumbled upon a Temple dedicated to Satan in his form of the Tempting Serpent and looted a bunch of gold religious implements. This stuff was worth quite a bit to certain anonymous locals, resulting in massive carousing that got a bit out of hand. The party spilled out of the Abbey and into the countryside and somehow the nearby village of Camelton caught fire. The good news is that the witch and her hut were in the part of the village that didn't burn. The bad news is that, in wake of the disaster, local prices for certain goods have gone up. Check the latest version of the chargen doc for the new prices. (Hint: stuff made out of wood is more expensive now.)

One of the players convinced me to try enhancing play with Twiddla.com, a group drawing program. Below is the map we made. Although the map was very helpful, I disliked flipping back and forth between it and the G+ Hangout screen. Google+ Hangouts works for me as an online gaming venue because I can see the participants react in real time, so I'm not sure if I will try Twiddla again.

question for 25mm enthusiasts

Posted by Unknown Thursday, December 29, 2011 0 comments

What minis manufacturer, currently in production or long gone, makes the shortest halflings? I got some 1:72 plastic fantasy figures (as mentioned here many moons ago) for Christmas. The makers of these figures also offer packs of elves and dwarves, but no hobbity types. My attempts to google up 20mm halflings have failed. So now I'm looking for particularly small 25mm halflings, if anyone can recommend such. Metal or plastic is fine, but absolutely no footwear, please.

my new favorite boardgame

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I beat my brothers-in-law and nephews at 7 Wonders twice today. These are all smart dudes and I usually struggle to not come in last. So now I will insist we play this game at every family gathering. More seriously, this is a fun little card-laying game of civilization building that involves passing cards to the player next to you and not being able to use all the good ones, so you get the double frustration of giving good cards to one player and getting crap from another. Good times.

Another game we played was Egizia, which has a cute little ancient Egyptian monument-building theme. The two frustrations in this one are the player before you swiping your action, and not being able to pick the option you want without screwing yourself out of future actions. The latter is represented by little landing boats along the Nile; you can only go downriver, so if you pass something you can't go back and get it. Another fun one.

Wizardly Wednesday

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, December 28, 2011 0 comments

Here's the wizard from Regular Show.

Here's the wizard from Regular Show peeing in a bush

while he leaves his reality-altering magic keyboard

sitting on a bench in a public park.

Hijinks ensue.

two more minis

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, December 27, 2011 0 comments

These aren't really part of the group I showed earlier, but I found them during my search and thought they needed to be shared.

Hobby Products (later Mega Miniatures), Metal Magic line

C1019 Villagers and Townspeople

C1019e, "Rat-Catcher"

Sadly, a small but vicious dog is not included.

Heritage/Elan Merchandising, Lord of the Rings Diorama Sets

1701 Bilbo's Birthday Party

1701e, "Gandalf with Fireworks"

A picture of a wizard with an armful of primitive rockets is enough to get any DM's brain going. Now imagine a variant MU class where Gandalf is the sole exemplar. At some level you gain the ability to create fireworks!

serious dungeon adventurers in 25mm

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You know what's missing from most miniature representations of dungeon adventurers? Backpacks, sacks, and friggin' light sources. On a lark I combed through the Lost Minis Wiki to see what I could dig up in the way of minis that looked like they were properly equipped for dungeoneering. Below is every photo I found.

Adiken Miniatures, Nin-Gonost line,

AF-040, "Eric, Squire with Lantern"

Asgard Miniatures, Dungeon Adventurers

DA-33, "Human Magic-User"

Is that a coil of rope maybe? That would be cool.

As I recall a fair number of other Asgard figures came with backpacks and other equipment.

Grenadier and later EM-4 Miniatures, Fantasy Warriors Blister Packs
906, "Fighters and Companions"

Heritage/Game Figures Inc., Dungeon Dwellers Figure Sets
1215, "Henchmen"
They also appear in Heritage's Dungeon Dwellers box 3501 Adventuring Characters.

Grenadier, Small Boxed Set
2004, "Hirelings" (also Dragon Lords 2004, "Hireling Crew")

These guys are awesome. James Maliszewski talked about them here. Hireling H is pounding in an iron spike. Isn't that great? I have yet to see another guy like that. Several figures here also appear in the Grenadier large box 5001 Dungeon Explorers.

Dude with torch about to throw a flask! Sweet!
"Magsman w/ oil"

from Grenadier Small Boxed Set 2008, "Thieves"

Unidentified figure with a great array of equipment.

I like the substantive backpack on this guy,

Ral Partha, Fantasy Adventurers

03-081 or 61-050 or FA06 (appeared in 3 different production runs)
"Thief with Longsword in Ambush"

How do you get the bard to stop playing his damn lute?
Make him hold the torch!

Ral Partha, Fantasy Adventurers

61-006, "Bard with Sword/Lute"

Ral Partha, Fantasy Adventurers

FA37, "Questing Ranger with Torch and Sword "

Ral Partha, Fantasy Tribes Fighters

Boxed Set FTF300 Defenders of Law

FTF55, unnamed
I don't know what all this guy is carrying,
but here sure has a lot of it!

Ral Partha, Larry Elmore Collector Series

02-802 "Journey to the Gathering"

The sacks these two are carrying aren't much,
but the little weird dude also has great pouches.
This duo are based upon the classic Elmore piece below.

Ral Partha, Larry Elmore Collector Series
Boxed Set 10-310 Silver and Steel
"Female Warrior with Sword & Torch"

Ral Partha, Weird Fantasy line

WF-03 "The Complete Adventurer"

Probably the most realistic D&D mini ever made.

Reaper
02572, "Overladen Henchman"

Reaper
02638, "Adventuring Accessories"
Add some useful equipment to other figures!

There are a few more properly figures out there. The HackMaster mini line features a few hirelings carrying substantive gear. I think I've seen a Grenadier figure with a 10' pole at some point. I'm pretty sure the Iron Wind Metals store (who now sell a bunch of Ral Partha's old designs) carries at least one fighter with a torch not in the Lost Minis Wiki. The D&D type comic Nodwick got a figure line at one point and the Nodwick mini is hauling a bunch of stuff on his back. The Rafm Custom Character line is woefully under documented on the internet, but several figures in that line came with all sorts of great equipment. Back in the day my buddy Dave had one Custom Character that had a big ol' wineskin. We loved that. Many CC figs also came with backpacks. And I haven't really sifted through the complete Reaper line yet. I love Reaper's sculpts, but the fact that torch or lantern aren't even options in their awesome Figure Finder is not a good sign.