Weekender XLBS: Lloyd Joins The Furries & Games Changing Hands
March 17, 2019 by lloyd
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Happy Sunday!!!
I always see your avatar as a 2nd Edition 40k, mono-pose Gretchin with pikelhaube & bolter… lol, happy sunday!
Thoughts ~30secs in – yay Sam’s ba-…why does Gerry have a pipe? O_o
Ireland has mountains? Since when? I thought you only had hills and mounds. ?
Numerous mentions of Japan and hobbits by Sam – anyone playing the OTT Drinking Game is going to need a new liver by the end of this episode aren’t they?
Gerry’s tiny Saga – note to self, check out that project log; something I fancy doing myself some day…
When Lloyd said he was getting in on the furry action, I thought that meant Ben and Sam had lured him to the Burrows&Badgers side, instead he’s talking about actual fur…kinda a let down. ?
I think Gerrys tiny SAGA is actually Gerry’s middle sized SAGA
We do have mountains just not very big ones They used to be big millions of years ago when the Himalayas were just a glint in Mother Earth’s eye
So you’re saying it’s only ‘tiny’ relative to him?
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Maybe but 15mm is still pretty big
Next to Sam it might be, next to Gerry even 1:2 scale looks small. ?
That being said there didn’t look like there was much height difference between Sam and Gerry, either Sam was sitting on a lot of cushions, or Gerry was sitting on the floor. ?
he had a high chair and a booster seat stolen from Mcdonalds
Did he at least get a Happy Meal with it?
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he did but @warzan stole the toy
Is that what our backstage passes really fund – Warren’s toy kleptomania?
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you should see his Beanie Baby collection, I’m just saying.
Pipes are great for pointing and keeping my hands busy
Kind of put me in mind of Bill Bailey when he appears on QI; is that the real reason – you’re trying to become the Irish Bill Bailey?
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I’m a lot more like Bill’s partner in Black Books, Dylan Moran, bitter, sarcastic and drunk 😉
Yeah but he never had a pipe. ?
he did smoke like a train mind you ^^
I nearly bought an electronic pipe (same as e-cig) but the missus saidxshed divorce me if I did. Bit disappointing as I already had matching elbow patches picked out
Face in Lloyd’s blankie – for me it looked like it was facing the opposite direction to the one you guys photoshopped in. :s Thoughts on blanket colours – with just the Skellie Bone it looked fairly desert-like to me; could be useful for Gerry’s tiny Saga Crusade project. ?. Anyone else think that with the yellow half (and later one yelllw corner) it kinda looked like it was a field on the edge of a corn/wheat field? 😉 I agree with Gerry regarding roads; it’d be better having them as bits you lay down on the mat rather than… Read more »
Happy Sunday Backstagers!!!
For the record, I think Gerry’s idea of OTT creating a ‘Terrain Database’ is fantastic. Inviting all OTTers to take pictures of their landscapes, grasses, hills, mountains, rivers, mud, dirt, and waterfalls. Also general pictures of towns, villages, and burgs. I’d even be up for a ‘Train Database’ as well. I’m headed out soon for a ‘research driving trip’ around Kansas to gather pictures of old small town railroad stations. My ‘Dead Man’s Hand’ boards now have the 4Ground train but no small train station. The station that 4Ground now makes is for a very large Western town. The town… Read more »
have fun on your research trip.
If the OTTer database couldn’t be a feature on the site I would at least be happy to start a project and people could send photos to me and then I could build it in there. not sure how searchable the individual things within a project are mind you.
Happy Sunday indeed! Up with the baby at 5.30am at least there is something to watch!
Wait ….wait … wait …. grass is green????? Really ???? All the grass for 100 km around me is brown ….. Green grass hey ?….. *shakes head * Live and learn
…..Wait … wait … wait … there is ground that doesn’t have cracks in it? Cracks in the ground isn’t normal …. *shakes head* … what a brave new world you lads live in
We are trailblazers on the edge of a pre-apocalyptic country marred by lush vegetation, green as far as the eye can see and an over abundance of water. The irish film Mad Mick didn’t work as well as Mel’s breakout role
😀 … Thanks @Gerry … Genuine “Laugh out loud” at that
Mel’s breakout role? I didn’t know TheTerrainTutor was a film star.
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The Constant Gardener was based on his burma board build
Happy Sunday
happy Sunday
Happy Sunday!
Still waiting to see if Myth is going to go anywhere since MegaCon shifted it to Ulisses. Got such a pile of it wasting space. Ulisses have taken a while but appear to finally be starting to make good on completing some the Journeyman KS. What happens next is anyone’s guess. Rumours of a new Myth KS this year – like that’s going to work!
In our hobby~industry, most companies are founded by people with a passion, and providing they don’t get too ambitious, can either make a living or supplement their ‘real jobs’. Passion will only get you so far before the reality of running a business requires some business skills and discipline: – business and product strategy – driven by customer and market research – underpinned by financial discipline – not forgetting marketing, customer support and customer experience The brown stuff often hits the fan for small companies when something like a successful KS or a sudden surge in interest and demand due… Read more »
Happy Sunday folks!
Nice to see Howlin’ Wolf Lloyd on the show today
I think from memory Corvus Belli just announced one day that they were stopping their 15mm ranges to concentrate on Infinity . The 15mm stuff was still very popular especially the DBA starter boxes they did.
There now produced by http://totentanz-miniatures.com though interestingly still called Corvus Belli 15mm.
Battletech or Battledroids additional was first called was never really meant to be as big as it got as it as always just a stop gap game until the Renegade
Legions games series were ready to release
cheers mate, I knew they were still around but couldn’t remember where for the life of me
Sadly they have still only released the Romans and Celts. The company though does to some nice undead Thirty Years War in 15mm
Happy Sund one and all AND a very Happy St/ Patrick’s day to all 😀
go on ya good ting ya.
don’t forget to wet the shamrock, I’ll be drowning mine 😀
The Genius is chilling in the fridge as we speak. Saving it for this evening’s stream mind. Nice quiet day of painting n the like first 😉
@dracs if you don’t want your Warhammer Fantasy Role Play, I could take one for the team and take it off you 😉
god I wouldn’t it’s beyond shite, the only good thing is that you can set fire to it in a nuclear winter.
Lol, you forget that I have several gaming hobbies, one of witch is collecting games I will never actually play 🙂
I don’t think it counts as a game, a form of punishment perhaps, but nothing about that suggests a game anywhere in it’s heritage except the name.
Happy Sunday..thanks for the mention Gerry.
my pleasure they’re lovely books I’m looking forward to getting a game in
Just finished watching the first episode about Hornby. Excellent show
Happy Sunday all!
Games changing hands – give 40k back to Rick & Alessio 🙂
Now off to the iPlayer…
I wish CMON would sell the Wrath of Kings and Dark-Age games as they obviously don’t care for them themselves. Both great games that are dying from a lack of attention.
Happy Sunday to all!
Come on @dracs, lets see some Uruk Hai! I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!
Great show guys.
Gerry – loved the references that you snuck in.
Thanks for the laugh guys, it’s been a tough couple of days in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Salam (Arabic for peace) and Aroha (Maori for love) to you all.
You are not alone – feel free to PM me (NB: NZ is currently GMT+13, so please bear that in mind when waiting for a response.)
shite time there matey, thankfully it looks like the country is pulling together and supporting each other. Take it easy and look after yourself.
Cool show guys. I have to disagree with @Lloyd in regard to only the older generation enjoying Model Trains. I did think the same thing myself but where I work, we held a Model Railway Show only last weekend and I was amazed by the mix the show attracted. Many of the layouts were aimed at children. There was an interactive “Flintstone” style, some that allowed kids to operate the trains, Lego setups and even ride on trains and miniature traction engine. Not to mention other attractions such as face painting, model making, Lego station, toy and sweet stalls. Now… Read more »
I think they have to do that just to stop the idea that it *is* only old men, also it brings new blood into the hobby. Which is nice
I had a train set before I got into models and Warhammer. Must watch those documentaries. One thing I have noticed is the price of locomotives and rolling stock these days. A 0-6-0 tank engine is like £90 and a coach on its own is nearly £50. You’d want at least 6 coaches for a train. Also watching the same train isn’t fun, you need lots of different ones… The other thing is as Lloyd mentioned is the time involved in a train set. Myself and my dad basically spent 2 months just building the base boards for a train… Read more »
Wow, what an episode and very interesting on the business background of games companies.
I am in the middle of an order that is taking a week and half of continuous production for my stuff and have no time at all to concentrate on marketing, new stuff, well anything else in fact. For a small design/manufacture setup it’s not easy to get everything done!
Great episode. Thanks for covering the fur based gaming surfaces. I saw some on the interwebs a couple of months ago and was wondering when @lloyd would have a go. Not for me yet but perhaps if Lloyd can come up with a similar “quick” solution to that of the foam rocks we could have a joined up system for epic terrain making in super-quick timescales. As to game lines changing hands I’ve been impressed with what TTCombat have done with Carnevale. There is a natural psychological negative where any form of change is involved. What they have done by… Read more »
I doubt any of the warhammer historical books will reappear they started as a sop to the authors and are all based on GW’s property.
It was one thing to publish them while the authors still worked there, now they’ve all been moved on they have no reason.
Despite having talked about the historical games in the front stage I never even considered them for resurrection it’s a great shout. Especially the old west
Not all were based on GW game mechanics.
Trafalgar and Kampfgruppe Normandy were original designs.
Catalyst is a publishing company and not a game company. BattleTech the game needs a real game company to take over the IP. Sure, then went back 30yrs and that is it, it is stagnant. Many who play BattleTech play the video game. The video game itself did the right thing not only from a technical point view but from a game point view, it modernized the rules and threw many of them away. What Catalyst has give BattleTech is 30yrs of Errata to give you a reason to purchase the same exact book again with corrections over the last… Read more »
One idea for stopping the “gaming rug” from slipping is to get some of those anti-slip mats you use to stop your rugs and matts slipping on wooden floors/tiles in the house. You’ll get them in the pound shop, and are fairly cheap.
good idea, somthing like this maybe https://www.argos.co.uk/product/9264775?cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59157|acid:480-316-7430|cid:969859635|agid:65754317687|tid:aud-484139255901:pla-293946777986|crid:311829729297|nw:g|rnd:5266514744482160336|dvc:m|adp:1o24|mt:|loc:1007276&gclid=CjwKCAjw4LfkBRBDEiwAc2DSlN7HzUUdCb2A_LeDvP_iT0qhp-LRtc_TXVdoV06OORLh2fu6DrI92xoCeSYQAvD_BwE
That is fairly expensive compared to what I have at home, which I got from Ikea.
https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/textiles-rugs/rugs/stopp-anti-slip-underlay-art-80227877/
It is like a very light plastic mesh and very effective.
cool will get some of that. it looks like the stuff people use on dashboards for phones.
Look under the sink in the office lloydie I think there’s a couple of meters of it there
Watched the hornby show, used to be into airfix when i was a child in the 70s the 1/72nd scale tanks and soldiers. problem with them is there still the same spues today has they were in the 60s so if you saved yours theres no differance so pointless buying and some are dated in pose and detail