Author: George
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Game Four – Troll Horde
It was time for my fourth game of The Old World, and I thought I’d bring out one of my other armies! At some point in 8th edition, I got an outrageously good deal on a bunch of second-hand, assembled but unpainted Skaven – $300 for 60 Clan Rats, 20 Night Runners, 40 Stormvermin, 20…
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Three Games In; Thoughts on the High Elven Realms
So after my first three games with the High Elves and having used a handful of units, I thought I’d write my thoughts on them as an army. This is basically going to be a list of un-connected observations and notes, and I might try to tie it all in at the end. Army Special…
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Game Three – Dwarfen Mountain Holds
Continuing the theme from last time of playing against old friends, this game I played against my cousin who I’ve known for literally his entire life! We live in different states and I only recently discovered he was into tabletop wargaming. When travelling interstate recently, I jumped at the opportunity for us to have a…
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Game Two – Orc & Goblin Tribes
For my second game I was traveling interstate and played against a friend who I actually met at an 8th edition tournament all the way back in 2013! As for many players, the wind has been slightly removed from his sails with his Ogres considered a “Legacy” army, and he’s picked up Orcs & Goblins.…
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Game One – Kingdom of Bretonnia
I’m three games in to The Old World now, and I’m really enjoying it. It’s just so good to get the square bases out again and even if there are things I preferred about 8th edition, overall it’s feeling great. There’s a lot to cover here and so I’ll split it across a few posts.…
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The first of my “finished” units for The Old World
I wrote the other day about not being good at finishing things and how “most” of my army was “most” of the way done. As of today “some” of my army is “finished”. I’m really happy with how they turned out. It’s a bit jarring to me to look really closely and see the differences…
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Preparing for The Old World
Like every other 40-ish wargamer out there, I’m beyond excited for Warhammer: The Old World. The games I played in the Gobbocon 2015 Tournament were probably the last games I ever played of Warhammer Fantasy Battles. I’ve dabbled in Age of Sigmar since, and enjoyed the games I’ve had, but it never hooked me quite…
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Memoirs of a Dead General – A Ninth Age Battle Report
I promised a rundown of my last game. Now I didn’t take notes so I won’t be able to give a full breakdown of every interaction but I did take a couple of photos so I can cover the broad strokes and the lessons I learnt. Speaking of the photos – apologies also for the…
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The Phoenix Rises – The Ninth Age
It’s been a long time. Over a year and a half since I last posted here. Those astute readers will notice that the time I stopped lines up almost perfectly with Games Workshop’s release of Age of Sigmar. I’m not going to hate on Age of Sigmar here. It’s not the place. Suffice it to say,…
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Gobbocon 2015
The Tournament So it’s been far too long since I last wrote a post. I had intended to do a post-tournament wrap up of Cancon but frankly I was exhausted, couldn’t remember the details of all 8 games and didn’t do or play particularly well in many of my games. Luckily, the same can’t be…