Weekender: 2018’s Best Terrain? OMG!
January 12, 2019 by lloyd
We've got a packed show for you today, the first one back after the holiday season. So, we're going to give right in and see what kind of goodies we can unpack from a few weeks in the tabletop gaming world.
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Make sure to comment down below on anything from today's show as we love hearing your feedback.
Updates
We've got lots in the works content-wise over the coming year starting with more articles and focused video content like...
- Community Submissions - An awesome solo wargaming article series started this week!
- Retro Recall - The team looks back at some of their favourite games
- What's In The Box - A new written format alongside video content to look at more games
- Roll For Insight - Editorials looking at wider issues around tabletop gaming which we want to shine a light on
...and all of this is coming alongside new hobby-based shows and more. If you missed Indie Thursday then you'll want to go and check that out for sure.
Calling Bolt Action Players!
Ireland needs you! OnTableTop is looking to bring together an Irish team for us to send to the World Team Tournament this year. If you're interested make sure to let Sam know and check out this post HERE for more details.
News
It's time to dive into the news!
- Core Space - Pre-orders are now live for the Starter Set and more
- Gloomspite Gitz - A new wave of revamped Grots are making their way into Age Of Sigmar
- New Year Reveals - Games Workshop revealed loads for Warhammer 40,000, Age Of Sigmar AND Middle-earth
- Kings Of War RPG - A new role-playing game is in the works from Red Scar Publishing
- Suburbia XL - A new Collector's Edition of Suburbia is coming to Kickstarter from Bezier Games
What caught your eye from the news this week?
Wyrdscape Terrain
We got to put together some of the new plastic terrain from Wyrd which is usable in Malifaux (coming up on its Third Edition) and many other games too.
The modularity of these pieces is awesome and we can't wait to see some painted up, ready for the battlefield.
Kickstarter - Most Haunted!
Just one Kickstarter this week as we're looking at AvGhost: Paranormal Investigation from Mystical Games which has you playing in the dark, looking to solve spooky mysteries and stop terrible ghouls!
Competitions - Win Gloomspite Gitz Goodies!
We're going to be giving away a copy of the new Battletome for the Gloomspite Gitz PLUS a leader for your fledgeling force, Skragrott The Loonking. All you have to do is Comment To Win.
There's also the winner from last show where someone could win themselves two Getting Started Sets from either Warhammer 40,000 or Age Of Sigmar. You can find your name HERE where you can also Claim Your Prize.
Have a great weekend of gaming!
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Hurray for the Weekender!
It’s back and it’s glorious!
All is right with the world once again.
So many good things have been on the site lately.
Agreed!
Nice to have this back and the Gloomspite stuff looks awesome!
@lloyd the rules for the Kroot kill team are in the January White Dwarf.
Class, I’d heard there was but couldn’t put my finger on where to get them 🙂
its amazing how much longer a week feels without a weekender. Im glad its back!
To be fair, it has been at least two weeks without one, so that’ll be why!
Goblin army name, Shroom Lords!
I’d call my goblin army the Illunimated Toadstooly Brethren of Dah Sky-Spida King
Nice to see the boys are back and continuing with a good show!!
Nice mug @warzan.
Topic for XLBS…… Why can’t I use XXX mini’s from XX game in YYY game. Does this annoy people, or does it give you a more…. “diverse” gaming experiance ??
you can, I allow you.
You can print that out and show it to anyone attempting to stop you 🙂
I was going to reply but I thought the answer was kinda obvious so I didn’t. Well I have now but you know what I mean
I do, I thought so also, but some people out there will always ask to see where it’s written in the rules.
Happy 2019, glad to see you guys again on the Weekender.
my wife and i watch the lord of the rings trilogy every christmas
Hooray! The Weekender! Love that terrain!
How about the Mushie Monsters for the Goblins?
Or The Shiitakers
That sir,is genius.
The only upshot to being off sick has been being able to get through the Extended LOTR Trilogy. Should probably hit up The Hobbit Extended Editions next…..
Hope you are on the mend now mate. Take care
oh yes yes – how i have missed the weekender – would call them ‘GloomDivers’ after back in the day i remember the goblin skydivers
Well it’s good to see the gang again. Happy 2019!!!
I have a Northern Irish Great Grandma and Grandpa however location in Australia precludes the BoW team using my special skills* on your team, sorry . Good Luck anyway
* These are probably skills you could do without.
you could be our cuddly mascot
Well the the Wallabies always put a toy wallaby on the side of the pitch when they play . You just need to find a stuffed Bearded Dragon to put on the side of the table
I would call them… “The Shroom Marauders”
17th!!
I agree with the sentiments that goblins are cool. I once made a grot army for 40k just because I could. It was quite expensive and only had about 650 points in it but it was so very funny, made some of my own rules for it and pointed up special characters like a mech who just loved explosives that was sitting on a UXB and would randomly detonate it because he was tinkering too much. had a war boss in some knockoff mini-mega armour with ridiculous weapons on it which might work, but then again, might not. after those… Read more »
I would call my gitz army ( not that I’ll ever buy one) The Terrible Teasmades
On solo games, +1 for Mr Babbage in The Men Who Would be Kings. It’s a very good set of solo rules; not just “attack the nearest unit”, there are nice touches like “pick off weaker units if possible” and suchlike.
I’ve not played it yet (100-odd minis to paint before I get the pleasure – and yes that’s this year’s big project) but I look at these systems with a programmer’s eye. I really appreciated the amount of detail squeezed into a simple instruction set.
Unrelated: Shoblin Gits or maybe a nod to the shroom theme: Champignons League
My goblin horde would be known as: Pokey sparks and the sqiugoths
Someday a Troll of a man will walk into your store, swinging a huge baseball bat grunting “I’m looking for @warzan…. I want to DING” *smashes table* “his DONG!” *smashes another table* @avernos instantly falls in love, @dracs drops dead scared to hell, @dignity and @johnlyons make a run for it while @brennon watches it all on stream. @warzan enters the room, baffled and speechless. The Troll walks up to him, looks down and reaches into his pocket revealing a small bell and making it go “bing”. Troll leaves office through the hole in the wall @dignity and @johnlyons left… Read more »
That Intro…. one time there will be a man the size of a troll entering the shop with a baseball bat in his hand. “I’m looking for @warzan I want to DING” *smashes a table* “his DONG” *smashes another table. @avernos instantly falls in love, @dracs drops dead with a heart attack while @dignity and @johnlyons make a run for it. @brennon watches it all live on stream while the Troll walks up to @warzan looks down on him an reaches into his pocket pulling out a little bell and make it go “ding”. The Troll then leaves through the… Read more »
huzzah we got to see it now
Both versions…. let’s have a poll which one is better 😉
I like this one, I think the Warren going “meep” wins it. Like Beaker from the Muppets
Is this thing on?
Edit: it is. strange.
probably an issue your end, have you tried turning it off…and just leaving it off 😉
No, my last comment got an “awaiting moderation” notice :S (See techforum). The comment system doesn’t like multiple mentions of users it seems.
If you don’t already know, there’s Kroot Kill Team rules in this month’s White Dwarf. I’m glad to see the gobbos getting some treatment for AoS. Greenskins were a faction I always liked in Warhammer but never collected. I quite fancy AoS but haven’t tried it yet, maybe this will give me that push.
If I were to get into the Gloomspite Gitz my army would be called Anghor’s Knee Whackers.
Wow! What a way to start 2019. Those goblins look blooming awesome, and didn’t think anything could top that……but that terrain. I doff my cap to the wyrd team for that.
Terrain is the “third army” on the table top and manufacturers seem to be realising it’s an integral part to creating the “feel” of their worlds.
PS: my goblin army would be named Centri-fungal force. I too love a spinning fanatic.