Weekender: Tabletop Tactics In The Digital World?
February 4, 2017 by warzan
Welcome to The Weekender where we're delving into some awesomeness from this week and getting stuck into a number of video game-related topics too.
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Before all that begins though some updates!
Army Painter Hobby Weekend Tickets Still Available
Tickets for the event are still available for you to pick up (hopefully!) to join us on the Hobby Weekend featuring RuneWars and The Army Painter joining forces.
Grab Your Tickets Here
It will be a relaxed event where we build armies, learn to play and share our techniques while enjoying food good and good drink.
Competitions Still Running
We are still running two competitions...
- Wrath Of Kings Themed Week Competition
- Mythic Battles: Pantheon Atlas Titan & Mystery Miniatures Competition
...and full details of each are mentioned in the show and throughout the posts on them. Don't forget that if you were a previous winner you need to Claim Your Prize.
Tabletop Tactics In The Digital Realm?
We talk with Sam, of MrStainless001 Youtube fame, to talk about projects we have lined up when it comes to video gaming and how the tactics we learn from each are able to transfer.
Warren will be taking on Total War: Warhammer. Will his tactics be enough to keep him alive on the battlefield?
News Time
What's been happening in the news?
- Expansions For RuneWars - New expansions will upgrade your Fantasy armies.
- Infinity's Manga Coming Soon - Will you be picking up this new comic from Infinity?
- Japanese Walker Hits For Konflikt '47 - What do you make of this awesome looking walker?
- Luxumbra's Infinity Artistry On The Way - Keep an eye out for their Kickstarter soon.
What caught your eye?
Kickstarter Time
Take a look at some projects on Kickstarter right now.
- Judgement - A 54mm MOBA inspired board game/miniatures game.
- SUPERHOT - Inspired by the excellent first-person shooter, check out this card game.
Will you be taking the leap with these?
Have a great weekend!
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Happy Weekend!!
So if you go to the Hobby Weekend you will get a load of GUF, gourmet Ulster food.
There is an ample supply of GUF at Riverhorse every day 😉
We spread it via the Weekenders lol
And there is fruit 🙂
Musnt forget the bards bollocks
Buenos días from sunny Spain 🙂
What about ye! From the rainy northwest of Ulster 😉
Great show as always!! @warzan you should challenge Sam with a tabletop campaign so we can see how a video gamer adapts to the table top.
I have to say Ben’s face was priceless! Great job at holding laughter in lol
Have a great weekend!
That’s a cracking idea! I may just challenge him to runewars!
I would love to watch you both playing Runewars!
Both @Darkiss and I play video games as well. We end up getting loads of great terrain ideas from video games. We end up with loads of screenshots to use as reference. We have a few pieces that we created from video game inspiration 🙂
It’s the Weekend!! Arewecsure about that?
Aaaargh – hurry up with that edit comments feature!
Happy weekender chaps Just a suggestion for the ultra sonic cleaner I use a 50/50 mix of non ammonia window cleaner in OZ its windex but what ever is the cheapest is what I go for. Also if you leave paint in it for long enough I always go for the good rinse thru with the lacquer thinners to loosen it up then go with the ultra sonic cleaner. The best bet is to always disassemble your airbrush at the end of the day / painting session and put it in the cleaner. Then it is always clean for your… Read more »
The hobby weekend is sounding more and more epic! Airbrushes! 3d printing! I can’t wait 🙂
Happy Weekend , Made me chuckle about the drinking game Warren. You think your paranoid now just wait until after the FoW Boot Camp.
I think one of the White ScarS must have heard your idea for the mat and decided that the Eldar can keep the artefact, as was heading back home.
The cleaning conversation was only missing some purple paint on the tip and poor Bens head may have exploded hehe.
Exactly what I was going to say about the White Scar. What a coward!
He forgot to turn the stove off is all 🙂
8 month year old daughter strangely fascinated by Warren meets mat.
Good show guys.
How Warren kept a straight face talking about lubes and points I don’t know
I also have a small ultrasonic cleaner, which was originally purchased for the purpose of speeding up the paint stripping process. Even with dettol I would usually need to do 20-30 5 minute cycles over a couple of days to loosen the paint (and I still had to attack it with an old toothbrush) but the final results were satisfactory. Of couse, it is possible I would have gotten the same result if I soaked it in dettol without the ultrasonic cleaner… ..never the less, I have heard that IPA is the best solution to put into the ultrasonic cleaner… Read more »
My Missus says this is a waste of beer !!!
DOH
Jeebus a Weekender drinking game? Every time Warren makes a thinly-veiled innuendo, take a shot! We’d die!
Good job it’s morning. I’ll have a gulp of tea instead.
That mat is epic
I know what you mean about video games. I used to play shooters but with not having a lot of time playing you see the other players just kicking your ass. Now I almost only play strategy games or shooters in campaign mode.
I agree Total War: Warhammer is harder than the others but I find it better because every race plays and feels different.
Thanks guys for the sonic cleaner info, great tips.
+1 on the Sonic cleaner info!
@Warren — In regards to video games, there are slower tactical games like XCOM which are turn based versus real-time. You can still be a tabletop general via turn based games and there are tons of turn based games. I would recommend XCOM and Battletech which will be released in May 2017
What happen to the freshwater challange? did i miss it and what the next ?
We’re working on it, don’t worry we haven’t forgotten.
This is my favorite time of the week…well, honestly XLBS weekender is…okay then, this is my second favorite time of the week. So much entertainment and good stuff. And I always walk away having learned something new, I really didn’t know I needed to know :p
Great show again – i can`t wait for tomorrow
If you really want to get into Total War Warhammer – this month at the humble bundle monthly its only 12 Dollars for it. You allways can cancel your subscription after getting the key for steam.
https://www.humblebundle.com/monthly
Happy Weekend!
The hobby bootcamp sounds great, my mates and I used to do similar in our misguided youth. Usually with an anime on in the background, working together on individual projects.
an other cracking show. see you tomorrow at the XL BS