The Weekender XLBS: Warmachine Tactics, DUST & Old School D&D!
July 13, 2014 by warzan
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Hi Guys, video gets to 14:38 and stops – coming up with a network error message. Any thoughts?
happened to me, I just hit F5 and skipped back to that point and it was fine
Seems to be working now.
Another nice relaxing trip down memory lane for me. Thanks for the Books warren, did enjoy seeing things from my teenage years. Myself and a friend laughed so hard when you and Lloyd spoke about the miniatures collection needed for RPG’s, as we first started collecting to play D&D, then moved to Wargamming and now Back to D&D. Our collection has truly gone out of control, but we always intended to have a retirement plan, and ours is now to finish painting the collection. I think I will be busier in retirement and do more “work” than when I am… Read more »
Happy Sunday!!!!
No better way to start a chilled Sunday morning.
Original D&D figures, I had a few and loved my Elf Ranger. We only play 1st or 2nd Edition rules. In waiting to get 5th edition to see if they took our import during play testing.
Lloyd, I can’t speak for other females but I’m all about the strategy and thrill of out manoeuvering and getting the move that wins it. My emotions are only for a game well played whether I win our loose. I can’t wait for my Dust Kickstarter to arrive.
@warzan have a great holiday.
Justin you need to be very careful mate. If those figures are 1st gen then they contain proper lead and the oxidation could be lead rot. Which is highly toxic.
I’m not saying it definitely is but do some research and double check. And to be honest you should be extra careful with minis this old anyway.
@warzan enjoy Wicklow, they should have better weather for you as they’re closer to the equator then we are =D
Love the D&D figs, I never bothered with them when I started roleplaying, but my cousin did and now I’m wondering what happened to that collection, I may have to give him a bell.
Now that i’ve had a chance to watch all of it I have to say. I used to have those books. What a walk down memory lane. No idea what happened to them but they were great for inspiration. For the emotional aspect of gaming you have to develop an attachment to the figures. I don’t think you can do that in a standard wargame. You need a campaign where the loss of figures had an impact over time. This is why I love games like the old Necromunda and Bloodbowl. You upgraded the characters as you went along. Which… Read more »
haha ….my profile pic already tells you that i loved this episode.
BTW i have the actual citadel minis of those orcs and dwarves paintings. Almost identical poses.
1985????? oh nooo…….it was only last week, surely.
Just turning Saturday here so I suppose it will be ok to watch without my computer self destructing. Thanks gang for another outstanding video. Watched weekender and can’t believe Warren made it through without a mention of Waterloo. Are you slipping brother?
Thanks all for your hard work and dedication to we scraggly bunch, it is appreciated. Have a great vacation, oops, holiday, Warren and family.
Welcome to the great world of “oldhammer” Warren 😉
Have a good holiday Warren. I really want to know what picture made Justin scream like that tho…
The contents of the book are easily available online. We could have a competition to guess which one it was lol.
What a nice week of gaming you 3 had, again a really cool show! To find such treasures – miniatures and books wise – is quite rare.
Speaking of treasures: Cosmic Encounter is one of my all time favorite board games. I believe it was the game Richard Garfield once said in an interview, inspired him to invent Magic 😉 If you happen to get hold of an exemplar, play it.
Best way to start a Saturday and Sunday. Thank you
Fantasy Flight sell a repackaged version of it now.
That should have been a reply to @tuskar about Cosmic Encounter 🙂
Jeah, thanks – after I posted here I searched the web for some information. I will ask a good friend who owns a Comic & Games store (support my local dealer :)), if he can get me one.
It was Bryan Ansell’s policy back in the 80s to brand as many products as possible as rpgs, even when they weren’t. Dark Future is a great example. 1986 was still firmly in the rpg boom though WFB was into its 2nd ed by then and the 3rd ed and Rogue Trader were the following year.
Great show guys. Enjoy you holiday Warren.
WARMACHINE: Tactics – Digital Deluxe Edition… Early adopter (i.e. alpha/beta) £49 on steam !?!?!
As for emotion… “Character” is the word you’re looking for. I know plenty of female players of D&D and MMO who can get into that side. Some of the smaller skirmish games that are more character based might be able to do that for them – especially if there’s a Black Beauty or Rampant Rabbit character 😉
its cheaper now its like £38
No way, I used to have those sheets of dungeon tiles! Purchased at a time where video gaming, roleplaying and wargaming were so niche you could sell all three out of a store the size of my living room 😀
Glory to the eighties!
Happy Sunday,
My hobby week has saw me build and start painting my second Blood Angels Drop Pod (for my Death Company Dreadnaught). And my very first full game of Blood Bowl, i was playing Skaven vs Norse (played by the Manager of the GW store) and I won 2-1 despite some pretty atrocious dice rolling from me.
I’ve also finally built the Rat Ogre for my Skaven team ready for the League Ive joined that starts in 2 weeks time.
That book was a bit of a memory jump start! I got into the hobby a hand full of years after that but used to love digging around for older stuff… and surprise surprise i’m not a fan of the art direction GW went in the following years. I have tonnes of old GW orcs when they had character and didn’t look like something out of a cartoon
Great show as usual guys. I liked the retro items especially.
Oddly enough I’ve just started painting some Otherworld miniatures with a view to play some classic DnD – with the 40th anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons and the launch of 5th edition will you be doing any coverage of Dungeons and Dragons?
Top nostalgia with the D&D minis. That’s how I started buying lead figures, then finding White Dwarf, minis games and the rest is history (which I’ll spare you all).