Weekender: Gaming At Different Scales & Are You The WWX Big Winner?
February 28, 2015 by lloyd
Wow, that was a big week. Not only did we have a lot of things going on behind the scenes with filming but we also had one packed with Wild West Exodus, just in case you hadn't noticed!
We'll be announcing the winner of the Town Marshal Pledge for the Wild West Exodus Kickstarter beginning on Monday AND you can still comment to win two more $30 Vouchers for their webstore over the weekend.
As well as that goodness we're talking about Bolt Action and the upcoming Boot Camp while also taking a look at another cool plastic kit from Warlord with their Tiger Boxed Set.
We're also talking about gaming at different scales, using Flames of War as a gateway, and also talking about Vesper-On's new game, Room Raiders.
Have a great weekend of gaming!
I was wondering why it was running late. Thanks for getting it out anyway, mates! I love the Weekender.
Wayhay. I got a shout out. Lol And… Noooooooooo… Now we have to much choice. I don’t like it. ( I kid, I kid. No please don’t hurt me. Arghhhhhhh! ) Lol I would like to point out though. I was only playing Devil’s advocate with trying to point out a possible flaw in your Fury plan. :p As for going to the boot camp. Honestly I’d bloody love to. Not 100% sure I can get the time off due to other people being off for medical reasons (which is what stopped me from signing up for the Dropzone one… Read more »
Welcome aboard John 🙂
Fun fact, grain imports from the Ukraine were very important to Athens two and a half millennia ago.
That does not surprise me at all… That whole 45th parallel thing I believe
Good fact!
warren you should have had a slight droning noise going on in the background making it look like you were in your battle bunker?
Some air-raid sirens in the distant background might also help. 🙂
Congratulations John
You won’t see the great gaming tables at GenCon that you get on the UK wargaming show circuit. There were some great display tables set up in the trade hall by vendors to show off their games, but no club presence. Just on Lloyd’s impression of GenCon, the stall are collected in the trade hall, which is big and crammed with vendors, but the rest of con is much bigger and is filled with participation games. It isn’t like Salute with some gaming going on. It’s a huge gaming event with a trade hall in it. Just on that, I… Read more »
Okay. Having watched the episode, to answer your question, my first foray into different scale is Robotech RPG Tactics. It is 6mm scale but of course, you are dealing with both giant mecha and giant races. So it tends to play quite like a 28mm to 32mm scale. Also, I want my Room Raiders army now! Really looking forward to this Kickstarter. I think it would be quite cool to actually leave the miniatures in the rooms their faction dominates. They’d just be on a bookshelf or in the bathroom medicine cabinet or perhaps on top of the refrigerator just… Read more »
that room raiders sounds amazing, perfect game for parents and kids
Happy Weekend!!! Such a romantic start :p
Congrats John! And congrats to the Beasts of War crew for making such a great additon to the team.
lol 2 shout outs…:-)
my 6mm crusade goes on..mwahaha
I will have to bring over some pieces to the DZC bootcamp to convince @Lloyd about terrain. .lol
So will we be seeing some games of Micro Armour? I think you guys would be more likely to see club play at Adepticon than GenCon.
Trying a different scale?…I guess one day I will have to try 28mm
Lloyd have a look round the internet for 2,3 and 6mm blogs there is some amazing stuff out there in both modelling and figures
Whee! Congratulations on the indentured servitude, John!
More tanks, weathering powder, unboxing videos and AT-ATs from the best dressed BoW team member 🙂
First Congratulations John! Now GenCon from my one visit doesn’t have “clubs presence” because of the nature of it I would assume, the attendance is much more widespread and the costs of carrying big tables in contrast with Salute were most of the participants are local, that been said I have seen many great participation games from individuals, not that grandiose, but equally well build and loved by their creators, my particular highlight was a grandfather who set up a game for his grandchild which simulated ants fighting over for the dominance of a picnic, including the cloth, food basket… Read more »
Rom Raiders has such an awesome concept. I’ll definitely be checking that out – I’ve a nephew who might just be introduced to gaming through it… Also, for anyone interested in 6mm, I cannot recommend Epic enough. It’s the game 40k wishes it could be. While GW may have abandoned it, many companies have stepped in to fill the void (Onslaught Minis and Dark Realm Minis spring to mind) and the community itself has pushed the game further than GW ever did. It’s well worth checking out. Finally, here’s hoping that this comment is the one to get me some… Read more »
Im hoping for a Room Raider Boot-camp week where we can pick up the Kickstarter pledge at BoW, learn to play the game by the creator in every room of the studio!
If you do that, I’ll start saving up for the flight ticket (which is what has kept me from actually getting a ticket for Dropzone commander boot-camp). I agree with you Warren, Room raiders is going to be a great concept for playing with your kids. I’ll be aiming for that too.
Thanks for a good show guys!
Another great weekender thanks guys
Great cap to a great week! An episode just like being stuck out on the frontier of the old west. The Wild West even.
Watch out fer the Carpathian’s cronies!
…I’m totally not procrastinating from work to watch it…
Get DBA 3.0, its such a simple game and allows you to play at 6, 10, 15mm it is an awesome game that people don’t consider. it might look like very simple but it allows you to put any army against any army, Romans vs Normans to Alexander vs native Americans. such an under appreciated. you don’t need loads of stuff, a complete army will cost about £20-30. it is one of the best gateway to historical and other scales. I’ve been playing it since i was 11 and 10 years later im still hooked.
These arent mine but are from the 2mm yahoo group gallery showing some terrain
Looking at the pictures the buildings and walls look like there from the Irregular miniatures range
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/2mm/photos/photostream/lightbox/1107383732?orderBy=mtime&sortOrder=desc&photoFilter=ALL#
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/2mm/photos/photostream/lightbox/1107383732?orderBy=mtime&sortOrder=desc&photoFilter=ALL#
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/2mm/photos/photostream/lightbox/1107383732?orderBy=mtime&sortOrder=desc&photoFilter=ALL#
Morning chaps
Great to see John on board, have you guys got a tinterweb link or any other info on the room raiders?
Scale brings us back to the levels of wargames – that we seen in the past .
54mm for a real Mano a mano game? Or even knight models 75mm Batman?
I like both my 1:1200 and my 28-35 mm (normally just called 28mm)
Room Raiders – the perfect excuse for not cleaning up. I need it for my game; )
Not sure I can sell it to herself, but our 7 year old will be on board, with not clearing the mess;)
Congrats John!
On scaling, I’ve never scaled down, aside from Battlefleet Gothic, if that counts. I wouldn’t mind scaling up though. If a skirmish game came out with larger models, that might be fun. A bit like GW’s Inquisitor back in the day.
Room Raiders sounds amazing! I had the image of the models battling over the kitchen table after a finished game of Pictionary or Trivial Pursuit.
Involving my 5 year old daughters toys over the carpet might be fun. The Battle of My Little Pony Canyon, past the Forest of Kinder Surprise toys.