Weekender XLBS: The First Steps Are Critical
January 31, 2016 by dignity
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Happy Sunday!!
Hooray for a Weekender this weekend. W00t!
Good morning Gentlemen l.
Another XLBS, another great Sunday morning!!
Normal service resumes, we missed you yesterday!
Any chance of getting Mike from Terranscapes on to discuss those boards and terrain making?
@yogiebear and others;
In case you haven’t seen these, there’s a good 5-6 hours of content on Mike’s (Terranscapes) YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMh1ABIMT0RAUiuXzJvqYWHnyr6Ru4Nk1
Interesting to see you guys mention Yogscast. I have several mates who work there here in Bristol, mostly behind the scenes. I’ve not watched much of their stuff as it’s mostly been about computer games, which don’t interest me hugely (I’m not good enough at them any more).
I know they’ve done a few roleplaying games before but this one looks more ‘normal’… slightly less costumes. I may have to tune in a little more often, after checking BOW of course.
Like you I’m not interested in computer games, but I really enjoyed when they did the old Fighting Fantasy book Forest of Doom. Great nostalgia for those of us of a certain age, and so damned funny. It’s well worth a look.
Warren. Stop everything…. and watch Vikings. It’s absolutely awesome, and a must before playing Saga. Just a warning though…you won’t be able to stop watching… Especially Lagatha!!
I think those candles are a great way to added to the gaming environment adding more the role-play really gets people invested, we always have dinner with my gaming group, and a lot of the time when they start out before they go off somewhere and they are at the tavern we sometimes have them eating what the characters would be eating, very small things add a lot.
But totally adding an extra input may not seem like a lot, but it drastically changes investment in your game. Good idea guys.
No “First” this week, I almost forgot about the weekender.
You could use the caustics light on your Loch Death board and have it as some kind of chaos or lizardman portal in AoS
Oh ffs 5 seconds later and you already mention it.
Why not make the big robot the actual moonshine still which comes alive when an alarm is set off
Ohh I really like this idea @dignity
You have to repeatedly drain the still and on a roll of a one or two it wakes up lol
@warzan Warren, check out the Malifaux Gremlin Whiskey Golem =) http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0825/4481/products/WYR20603-WhiskeyGolem_1024x1024.jpg?v=1431632250
Great to have you back – I have to wait as the video on a hotel WiFi is a bit stop motion
Ref GW’s toy-store kits: It’s not old-style art, it IS old art, just like the kits are older, simpler kits. Not necessarily a bad idea, and putting everything you need to build & paint into one kit harks back to the old Heroquest & Space Crusade Paint Sets that helped get me into the hobby back in the day. And they’ll certainly standout next to the sorts of kits you’d nomrally find on the shelves.
For gaming in the gaps, perhaps take idea from pop culture and bring them into the games. For example, play Team Yankee with the Winnebago and crew from the 1981 movie Stripes. Watch the movie then play the game, introducing the rules as needed. No, wait. That’s a terrible idea.
@warzan….. Yes the elevated landing platform raises up and down. I do some volunteer work with 4ground and got a sneak preview. The landing pad is awesome. An absolute must for anyone collecting this series
First XLBS and it felt a bit like walking into a conversation already started in the later part. One thing that has tends to slow down my integration into new games is the gamer lingo that is made up and almost instantly agreed upon by the community. So as teachers we need to remember that these terms are not always intuitive.
Regarding the LED- and mood-light stuff. We got us one of these for our gaming room. Last time during our RPG group, we had sound and light effects via this lamp….that really put the whole game into a new level 🙂
http://www.amazon.com/EVTECH-LED-bluetooth-speaker-bulb/dp/B00RQ084YQ
‘Go to Blue Alert!’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa_gZ_7sdZg
I got to get that for x-wing…
Can’t wait for the Wolsung content to come out. The halfling mobsters were the reason for me to back the kickstarter.
GW Toys, A slight issue though would be do packs have glue in them and the last stores we had we could not put the glues is a place where they could be handled and sold to younger children. The Ork truck we would have to order a minimum of between 8 to 12 a week as a low cost entry model. Cannot wait and see if they do bring it back because it used to convert so amazingly well. Your correct on the range and more importantly the shelf space any particular supplier required, it was often more a… Read more »
Okay (let me apologise in advance for the length of the post ) This is what got my mate Jacko back into gaming. Jacko and I were originally D&D role players back in the days of the red box set (1980 we were both 12). We eventually bought Dragon and White Dwarf Magazines and discovered minatures. Mid 80’s we wanted to get into Warhammer, but as you had to be and adult to buy minatures (Because every non-adult will of course shove lead minatures in their mouth) we were sort of restricted. Eventually we turned 18 had our small units… Read more »
Awesome baked beans! I’ve been wondering if my old school mate I’ve got back in touch with would want get into gaming again, as he saw my old Space Hulk set and 40K and Warhammer stuff (recently got the BaC game) and he said he used to paint the models too (somehow I didn’t know this even though we’d been friends since primary school! Geek shame perhaps lol) and thought the games on the shelf were awesome. So I might try harder to get some minis painted and see if he wants a game too.
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday!
so this one would be for gamers of a certain age.
Battletech
my faction was from a planet (Islington) in the periphery of the the inner sphere.
they had managed to keep the old tech but were cut off from any new finds.
the new leader of the planet (me) wanted to expand the planets influence and started raiding missions for supplies.
This manages to grow the strength of my army form lance size to company size to battalion size from then it was then noticed by the great houses and became a house merc unit.
@warzan I would guess they are blast shields, so that when a craft is taking off/landing their downward thrust is contained, there seems to be grills in the bottom so instead of blowing nearby equipment and bystanders the thrust goes through the grills. The massive table looks epic would love to have a gaming room a quarter that size.
Happy Sunday! What a great show and so many interesting topics. First of all, this Fantasy gaming table left me almost speechless. I happen to stumbled over the YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bULM6BxvxwU so here you can see, Ryan’s complete basement is dedicated to his hobby. Now I want a harbor town with ships for my own gaming table. Creating atmosphere can also be done by special food and drinks 🙂 For example I cooked the “Stewed Rabbit” from the Game of Thrones cookbook for our last RPG session and served it with dark, unfiltered beer of a small brewery near by.… Read more »