Weekender XLBS: The Tabletop Cold War?
November 24, 2019 by crew
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Greetings CoG Brothers and Sisters! ——–It’s the XLBS SHow!——– **********Happy Weekend************ Who’s ready for the Star Wars Weekend in December? I can’t wait, but I’m far from ready. So many things that I’d like to have ready. Tables to be planned out, terrain to build, and models to be finished painted. Earlier this weekend there was talk on the Discord channel about ‘Black Friday Deals’ already showing up online. I have to report that I have already made three purchases tied to this shopping Holliday. There goes part of my cash stash! With regard to one of the topics in… Read more »
I’m so ready for that weekend… but I still am waiting for @warzan sending me the plane tickets… or the notification that the transporter is working 😉
Gerry likes nicknaming people? Then I challenge him to nickname everyone who comments on this vid and post said nickname as a reply to their comment.
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Regarding Warren’s comment that GW should’ve kept WHFB ‘in a holding pattern’ while introducing AoS and letting AoS go off and do it’s own thing while WHFB chugs along in the background, something I’ve always maintained is that AoS would have had a far less controversial launch if it had come out as an additional system rather than as a replacement to WHFB; by nuking Fantasy it tainted the well so to speak, and the emotions it generated prevented many from giving AoS a fair chance. There were other issues at launch, but I think that was one of the… Read more »
Don’t think printing books for other mini manifacturors will be a move they’d be willing to make. They seem to pretend other manufacturors don’t exist as much as possible and this would alert some costumers that they do.
They used to do exactly this. Warhammer Historical was a division of Games Workshop that produced just the rules and they were based on the same stat line of Weapon Skill, Ballistic Skill, Strength, Toughness, etc.
They had books for World War One, English Civil War and even a Napoleonic age of sail (Trafalgar).
But current GW would not go down this road again.
The personalities that are currently at GW don’t have the sway that the old ones did.
On the comment about the old ogres scrubbing up nicely; I think the same can be said of a lot of old sculpts. You look at old photos of them today and think ‘those are bad minis’ but it’s actually because the paint job wasn’t that great and the quality of the photography wasn’t stellar (remember these would have been photos taken on film not with high def digital cameras).
And then there’s always the scourge that was the goblin green base. ;p
@warzan – for ideas for the shroom forest, look up vids/images of the Glimwood Tangle from the new Pokemon games; it’d fit in with your fluorescent idea (in the games there’s this dark creepy forest with all these glowing giant shrooms and you can go up to the shrooms and tap them to get them to light up even more, and when you do there’s a chance a goblin/imp Pokemon will jump out and attack you).
Happy Sunday folks!!
You’ll have your bases in a few hours @warzan
Happy Sunday!
It’s my opinion that this “cold war” has always been there. I’ve spent fair;y significant time in all three of these camps (maybe some others as well), and while we’re all gamers, there tends to be a subtle undercurrent of “attitude” … or at least a in each about the others. Might add RPGs and video games to this, although I don’t know if they would count as “tabletop.” Not really a “bad” thing, just a reflection of the games / types of hobby that people in each camp tend to pick. Whether it’s “heating up” or what effect it… Read more »
If you want to see a whole bunch of different types of Mushrooms we on Discord are more than happy to help 🙂 Division Warren 50th Division. I wouldn’t seal them into the boats but maybe stick them on clear bases so they work everywhere? Then again I’m a huge fan of multi use minis. That pic was actually of the 50th Division just the Commando’s attached to them so yes and no that’s both 50th Division and not 50th Division. Schrodinger’s Division? If we want to get very technical the Japanese shot first back in 37 with the USS… Read more »
Same as WW1 where the first shots fired by British Empire troops was in Melbourne
Yep it was some Aussies at a Port firing at a German Cargo Ship.
Maybe GW will just bring 9th age under its umbrella. Be cheap and easy for them I think
Happy Sunday!
Happy Sunday folks, have great one..
Only watched the first hour so far but I will say to anyone, give Kings of War a go. The rules will be free sometime in the new year, you’ll be able to use “Easy Army” in the new year to build forces. You don’t even need models if you want to try out the game mechanics, just cut the unit footprints out of paper and card and give it a go. Simple rules but hard to master. If you want to just charge forward and roll loads of dice, it is the game for you. If you want to… Read more »
I think @warzan might be right when he says GW hinted the Battlefleet Gothic was coming back and then it just disappeared into the ether, or maybe it’s a Mandela effect memroy.
Playing on a chess clock: The concept of not activating every unit/model was the biggest thing that challenged my thinking when learning infinity. The concept of focusing your activity during a turn on those models and orders that will have an effect rather than everything goes at least once would probably be good practice for the time pressure play style that comes from a chess clock.
@warzan KoW rounds: Honestly Warren I wouldn’t worry about model density. Just create rectangular SABOT bases of the right dimension. If you only get 6 dwarves in a regiment just fluff it by saying they are super elite killer dwarves.
Happy Sunday.
5 minutes 25 seconds in and I am howling at Ryan’s editing again. It was the 29 and a half that got me
Happy Sunday… Not watched everything yet… It certainly was a father Ted house I am sure we are going to use it again in the future for other RPGs… @warzan certainly I think getting 13 people in into the house is stretching things a bit … It would mean everyone sharing the double beds as well…? I am sure I was drinking vodka all night not just coke ?? glad you had a blast.
Right on with watching the rest of the show.
So @dignity is not there and @warzan takes of his Fez? Coincidence? XD
The Last Starfighter 2? I NEED SOURCES!!! NOW!! @lloyd
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/07/19/the-last-starfighter/?fbclid=IwAR0BGkyTGthaf0-jb7EnNp-y14EOz9YWI7nPvgL-2kSWhRD5Y1Ix9_FQQyo
thanks lloyd 😉
Really enjoyed that show. Thank you, Gerry, Lloyd, Warren and Ryan! That drawing of the house by Ryan aged 29.5 is going up on my fridge lol
A priceless piece of art…
The Americans shot first now? Can George Lucas please leave well enough alone?
George isn’t involved anymore, don’t know what fuckwit at Disney felt the urge to do that
From the sources I follow on film and Star Wars it was George that played with them last, before the sale took place.
George was going to re-release all 6 films in 3D, I think one or two may have come out, so he was tinkering again….
Disney haven’t played with them as far as those pundits were concerned and they suppose that there is a clause in the sale contract that hey can only show the films in the state George sold them in…. So they can go back to the original versions of the first trilogy (ie Eps 4-6).
Mclunky.
Oops, that should have been:
So they can’t go back to the original versions of the first trilogy (ie Eps 4-6).
On pervitin I quote the German wiki: it was knows as „Panzerschokolade“, „Stuka-Tabletten“, „Hermann-Göring-Pillen“ And „Fliegermarzipan“ (tank chocolate, Stuka pills, Herman Göring pills and Airmen marzipan) That’s one for @warzan 😉
I fuckin’ love marzipan
Like all good and honest people do. Marzipan is the best!
Happy Cult. I am surprised that nobody has built bases for Kings of War with a clear top box, either of acetate, polystyrene or acrylic. This could introduce box dioramas with counter or wheels on top for moral. Very handy for transportation.
Happy Sunday Everyone!!!
I’m off to our last session of Dragon Heist! Were finishing the campaign today and then hopefully I’ll be able to watch later tonight in and around all the requirements of the evening. 🙂
Lloyd has fun with flags and now Warzan has fun with fungus. Lol
I’ve now got a vision of @Lloyd presenting the show “Fun With Flags” with Sheldon Cooper on “The Big Bang Theory”.
Lol
Listening to this painting GW goblins to use in KoW 3rd edition. The printable scenery shrooms would be great for Kings of War, getting a Goblin themed table is now added to my to do list. Why is Warren not wearing his hat? Has he forced everybody else to wear them then decided against it for himself 😮