Weekender: Prepare For The Resurrection Of Confrontation & The Best Dr Who?
April 7, 2018 by brennon
We've got a packed show for you this week and importantly the announcement of a MASSIVE prize alongside Sans-Detour for Confrontation Classic which should make you rather excited!
Weekender Podcast Download
Watch out for more on that in the show but make sure to share all your thoughts and comments below on everything we discuss here today.
Updates
We have a Live Q&A on Monday 12pm BST for all you folks interested in the Historical side of things. Our Historical Editor Oriskany will be joining us to talk about his Americans In Tunisia article series which finished up this week.
If you have any questions get them ready and we'll pose them to him during the livestream.
Also, there will be NO WEEKENDER next weekend as Sam, Justin, Lance and Ben are going to be heading off to London for Salute 2018. If you're coming along make sure to pop on over and say hi as we dash around!
Warlord Games Talk Doctor Who!
Sam sits down as our resident Whovian with the folks from Warlord Games (he clearly teleported in from his wizarding adventures) to talk about some of the models they've been making for their Doctor Who range.
Namely, this discussion focuses in on the Dominators & Quarks!
News Time
We also dive into some awesome news from the week...
- Starship Samurai - Plaid Hat Games announce their new board game.
- Gloomhaven Expansion - Forgotten Circles adds even more awesome to this mammoth game.
- Cryxian Pirates - See what else Privateer Press has been adding to the mix for your themed forces.
- Twilight - Delve into a world full of original and interesting creatures with this Fantasy skirmish game.
What caught your eye from the news this week?
Confrontation Classic & Resurrection!
We have a quick chat with Sans-Detour about their plans for not only Confrontation Classic but also Resurrection as they look to bring this amazing Fantasy world back to the tabletop this year.
Considering so many of us missed out on the models first time it's nice to see them bringing back such an expansive range of beautiful sculpts.
Kickstarters
Make sure to check out these Kickstarter projects...
- Armoured Digital - A rather awesome game of Sci-Fi combat using ace 15mm tanks with some nice mechanical tweaks too.
- Arena: The Contest - Part PvP game, part PvE experience. This looks like it could be a great Fantasy epic for the tabletop.
- Unbroken - Fancy diving into a solo game? This one looks tough and welcomes a repeat play-through!
Will you be backing any of these projects?
Competitions - WIN Doctor Who & Confrontation Classic Models!
We have some awesome competitions for you to get stuck into this week. To begin with, we're going to be giving away the awesome 11th Doctor & Companion Set from Warlord Games.
Additionally, with the Kickstarter just around the corner on April 17th Sans-Detour have also put forth an awesome prize. You could win...
Confrontation Kickstarter Core Box Pledge containing 178 Models from all 16 factions + every miniature unlocked during the campaign!
...so stay tuned to the show to find out how you win those models for yourself. The winner will be announced at Salute next week!
We also have some winners who need to Claim Their Prizes. So, if you entered to win...
- Sohei Warrior Monks, DreadBall Week Launch Bundles, AdeptiCon Prizes
...make sure to drop your claim in if you hear your name. Do a favour for a friend and let them know if they've won too!
Have a great weekend!
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happy weekend and the best dr who will always be Tom Baker anyone who says different does not a real Whovian:-)
have not watched so am answering the question on the title 🙂
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The one and only.
Ok so now I have watched the show, I shall expand on my reasons that the Forth Doctor aka Tom Baker is by far the best. 1. He was the first Doctor I remember 2. He brought something that no other doctor before or since has brought to the doctor and that is range of different personalities. 3 Jelly Babies 4. K9 5. Romana a female Timelord that provided an great counter point to the Doctor. 6. The Stories whilst the special effects were limited the stories were really great and you did not notice them. State of Decay was… Read more »
Happy Weekend!
TGIW and happy weekend everyone
Put the date in my diary for Confrontation.
Like Rob have not watched yet but did like Tom Baker as he was the Dr when I was a kid. I thought McCoy was good as well and could have been great if he had been given a decent run at it
I did like McCoy and he seemed especially comfortable playing him for the McGann movie even though he wasn’t in it for long. Also my favourite story arc came from Sly’s run, viking vampires in world war 2 you say…. sign me up
It’s the Weekend!!
Showing my age, but John Pertwee (#3) defined the role for me…#4 was a bit too relaxed.
Jon Pertwee was a comedy actor who wanted to play the Doctor in a serious way, but compared to his predecessors he also wanted the Dr to have more personal interactions with his companions. The template for a Dr who cared about the individuals around him was born.
Fun show
The best doctor. Tom Baker. He was the doctor I grew up with and he has been in the most series of all the doctors. How can you not like Pyramids of Mars. I’ll give Tenant 2nd place. I would be surprised if anyone over 35-40 didn’t choose Tom Baker.
Thanks for the show Team – have been getting smashed at work of late so the mental de-stress provided by this weeks Weekender was greatly appreciated 🙂 I don’t usually jump in on competition posts, but because it’s Confrontation… Favourite Confrontation faction would have to be the Kelts, no question. Was at a con and just had my Empire WHFB army smashed to bits in the opening game due to failed leadership rolls… Had a bye next round so went to do some retail therapy and stumbled across a few of the Confrontation minis, which were just going out of… Read more »
My favourite Confrontation force is Lions of Alahan. It;s always great to be on the good side.
Though my lead pile is slowly getting out of control, I would love to tip it over the edge with the Confrontation prize. My favourite faction has always been the dwarves of mid noir, how can anyone not love Frankenstien cthulhu dwarves, such imaginative and original sculpts.
I just did a search on those models and.. holy crap, they are amazing! So torn between the living dead and them now!
My favorite doctor is Doctor Kevorkian! 😀 (am not a Dr. Who fan)
For my Confrontation faction choice: The Living Dead of Acheron. Being an evil, undead loving git, they are definitely my pick. The models are amazing as well. Dwarf zombie? Hell yes
I have to agree with elysium64 it’s the dwarves of mid noir
I never knew of confrontation the first time round but I was immediately taken by the wolfen when I first saw cmon doing something similar. Seeing those classics now, some of the dwarves are getting me but all of those wolfen of yllia are stunning.
I partly agree with @warzan Christopher Eccelstone was great, he had a real edge that I don’t think any previous Doctor had. I but for me Tom Baker really was my favoutire, I still recall the horror I felt in the episode from Meglos where he turned into that human cactus thing, in fact I shudder now thinking about it.
Favourite confrontation faction has to be alchemists of dirz. I mean come on! Fleshcrafting biomechanical cyberknights!
I have the Abberation Prime still in his plastic tray, there is just so much on it that I’ve never wanted to actually glue him together, first use of restic I’d ever seen. Scorpions are beautiful and some day will become my kings of war sons of korgan
Confrontation all in pledge ? That price is truly amazing !
Wow, after 21 years of active LARPing, no one explained better how to play a character in LARP then Warren did here…
Agree with Warren, Ecclestone saved Dr.Who but my favourites have to be David Tennant as he was simply brilliant, and the Girl in the Fireplace is my all time favourite episode of any made, but I also loved Jon Pertwee as he was my Dr. growing up.
As for confrontation, it’s werewolves all the way for me from the old game.
Great show guys, see you at Salute.
It’s always hard to pick a favourite doctor out of the bunch. Pushed to it though it’d have to be Tom Baker, as he was the doctor I saw the most growing up and just seems to be the quintessential Doctor. For me out of the new ones Peter Capaldi and David Tennant are the two I’d pick.
As for the Confrontation I’d have to settle on the Dwarves of Mid-Nor, I love the Cthonian larvae and the Cyclops of Mid-nor. Such great sculpts.
Super super awesome, 🙂
Best Dr Who for keeping in character was Silvester McCoy, his regeneration had gone wrong and his mind was scrambled, but in each episode he became a little more coherent as his body repaired the damage.
Favourite faction in Confrontation is The Lions of Alahan just love the use of bone, blues and reds in their colour scheme.
You are correct Warren, Tom Baker is the Doctor, he had that booming voice that had real gravitas but also the wild hair (and eyes) really added to his quirky madness. Also so many great stories with a lot of Cthulhu based stories, and proper stories with arcs over time, not the current monster of the week shite. Confrontation, wow that’s an unfair question, it’s like asking someone to pick their favourite child. I own quite a lot of minis from across the factions because they were sooo good how could you not. The Griffins had a lovely witch hunter… Read more »
I loved the orcs of bran o Kor from the old rackham minis range for confrontation. They just looked like orcs as I saw them in my own head as a kid.