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The Weekender XLBS: Building the BoW City of Gold!
July 6, 2014 by dignity
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Trying to explain the dice thing from a scientific point of view. I’m a pharmacist and i’ve looked into the this whole dice rolling thing, and personally i know someone who can throw what ever number they want in 80% of their dice roll with muscle memory and a bit of calculation, (gaming is 0% fun with him) and yes he is a “professional” dealer. Although you might not feel it, a person’s emotion affects a lot of their behaviour on a subconscious level, it might even affect the muscle behaviour when you throwing your dice. However we also done… Read more »
Advantage of staying up way too late on a Saturday night in the US . . . you get your XLBS on Saturday “night.” 🙂
Awesome table – really like the square idea. Do you plan on making a written tutorial?
I never use camo on my wargaminig minis (Walkers, tanks etc.) simply because there is no point.
Happy gaming summer :-).
Warren,
Some science on our species’ tendency to see hot streaks and patterns where there are none. It’s a great listen.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/91687-seeking-patterns/
We all do it, gamblers see what you were describing a lot.
There’s another pattern commonly found in gambling called the tilt. It’s when a player gets frustrated by their “bad luck” and starts making reckless or bad decisions. A lot of gamers end up tilting when the game starts to turn against them. They have one bad turn, and they start making bad tactical decisions to try and put the broken pieces of their plan back in place rather than reformulate their strategies and adapt to the changing landscape. Many of these gamers then blame their “string” of bad luck on the dice, but the truth is they put themselves in… Read more »
Regarding the fortuitous dice rolls- Perhaps it is less metaphysical and more psychological.- Something like gamblers only remembering their big wins and forgetting all of their losses.
Also, the old saying “fortune favours the brave” is another psychological element regarding much of your hypothesis that is more related to tactics rather than the dices rolls themselves (taking risks is required to take decisive action). I think that it appears that the dice are with/against you because that is the way our minds are wired rather than actually being able to influence the dice results.
On the subject of dice rolls you may be on to some thing. One of our role playing group is famous for his “mood dice”. His ability to hit, make that skill roll or save when it maters is uncanny
Happy Sunday! I Have seen several cool camo patterns where the painters just enlarged the areas so that the pattern was still there but did not break it up to the point of hiding the details of the mini. I like the camo look, but I buy minis for the cool factor a lot and want to see them on the board. I don’t want my work hidden. I tend to do the larger patterns now myself. As far as taking a few extra minutes to enhancing a board, why not? Most people do it in some way anyway. If… Read more »
Happy Sunday! camo on models… i cannot recall the amount of hours i have spent looking for all of my imperial guard on a gaming table after a game due to their camouflage. I started collecting guard in my early teens and decided to paint them in ‘true’ DPM, which not only displaced the outline of the miniature but actually hid them from sight, saying that, camo does stop your enemy shooting them, as they forget they are there, problem normally is, I forget them too 🙂 Back when the plastic cadians were released (2004?) there was a comment made… Read more »
good show
if you are doing WWX I think plastcraft do wild west terrain, but it might be a tiny bit too small as WWX is 32mm (i think)
nice table, and yes sometimes the dice can be like that
The way Sundays are meant to be
The heavy flank tactic was innovated by the great Theban general, Epaminondas. He used it to great effect to destroy Spartan hegemony over Greece.
I knew I could rely on you mate, to give me the low down on where the tactic came from 🙂
What do you think about an article series looking at ‘key’ military tactics and how they relate to the tabletop these days?
We could even pull in a couple of ‘Sun Tzu’ into the mix 😉
I shall ponder and see if I can come up with enough to round out a series.
I was wondering how many gamers who have moved on to historical games have taken what they have learned back to the games they used to play.
Love that Dremmel tool. I have a battery and mains powered Dremmel and they are some of my favourite tools. Might have to grab one of those as well. 🙂
Hobby lab weekender XLBS this week, really instructive (all but that couple of minutes where Warren starts talking about luck and dice) 😉 I don’t know about using sand directly on the table (my other half would kill me if she found sand around the house), I would rather have it glued even if it looks a little more fake.
“all but that couple of minutes where Warren starts talking about luck and dice”
LOL – probably why it wasn’t on the running order 🙂
Just keep those Hooby Labs coming! All your tips on terrainmaking is helping me a lot. Last week I got what I needed to start doing trees. Now you guys are going to get me to do a sandstone table. I’ve been looking at Plastcraft terrain for a while now, and seeing your table just makes me want to get cracking with it.
Gents what you’ve got there is a fabulous Dust Tactics table that has the aspect of a Dust Battlefield table. While playing you will tend to only notice the grid for movement , but a desert when you step back.Operation Babylon is going to look cool on it.
Love the cactus idea for wwx. Ive been looking for them on ebay but they are either wrong scale or look…toyish.
Might get myself some clay and have a go.
@Warzan I think you mean a refused flank, a tactic that I tend to use so much that my friends and regular opponents take the piss out of my set up. Still doesn’t stop me doing it if the game needs it though 😉 @Lloyd about the red on the walker I wouldn’t worry about that. I have a few books that show german armour with red primed pieces on them, also some of the larger AFVs like the jagdtiger had their barrels painted in a heat resistant grey primer and they were just left that colour. If you want… Read more »
Really cool looking board. It is amazing what you can make out of some basic materials.
My dad rolls dice like a beast. He says something cocky, blows on the dice then throws them with a flourish. He always gets far too many 5’s and 6’s.
And I believe your attitude towards life definitely impacts what happens to you in your life.
I also believe luck is a train and you have to jump in front of it to get any of it – you won’t get “lucky” by just sitting on the sidelines.
Bring on the Dust coverage. Cannot wait 🙂
Another excellent XLBS team. Yes very, very kean on a tactics series. Always interested to see different ideas on winning strategies. Especially interested if there are different tactics for different levels..squad, versus company etc. I’m sure there would be with the huge amount of variables that make our hobby so cool, but I’m sure there also must be some common basics no matter what game, level, or experience. Bring it on please BOW.
Great Video. Also great to see a company making terrain out of PVC.
I have been using this material for over decade and have written some articles on how you can use this excellent material. You can view them here.
http://www.beastsofwar.com/groups/the-burgomeisters-mansion/forum/topic/plasticard-alternative/
and
http://www.beastsofwar.com/groups/the-burgomeisters-mansion/forum/topic/empire-architecture/
Normal plastic glue will not glue PVC, superglue all the way.
@Bishmeister Thanks for that article, I just read it and I am wondering if it could be used to build some of my prop pieces. I basicly need thick A4 sheets (I guess 3mm would be perfect) to cut detailed and sharp shapes from, which would be glued to a similar sized brick and recast in dental plaster (basicly imagine a 3D space hulk but a lot bigger). I struggled doing this sort of thing with plasticard and wondering this material would be suitable and easier to cut for something like that?
Warren, I also experience what you described. When I have a better mood or feel when playing a game, I tend to have better rolls. I’m not exactly sure why though, but I believe it happens..i
Do love the weekenders. As someone who rolls dice badly 90% of the time I found the dice segment quite funny. I either need to be more positive or just get my spawny missus to roll the dice for me.