In this episode Matt Paints the Orbs for the Celestial Fulcrum Battle engine. The Celestial Fulcrum Battle Engine is for Hordes from Privateer Press. The Celestial Fulcrum Battle engine is one of Privateer’s new Big Figs.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2012 In case you missed it, Wizards of the Coast is working on a 5th – that’s right, Fifth – edition of Dungeons & Dragons. You can read the announcement articles from the NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/arts/video-games/dungeons-dragons-remake-uses-players-input.html?pagewanted=all and Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2012/01/09/wizards-announce-new-dungeons-and-dragons-an-inside-look-at-the-game/, as well as the press-release from lead designer Mike Mearls http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4ll/20120109.
We here at Through Gamer Goggles, however, would like to share our initial reactions and thoughts to this news, and gather your input as well. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? for D&D? for WotC? for the RPG industry in general? Would you buy the 5th edition?
No matter your answer to those questions, I believe that the BIGGEST QUESTION is this: Will a new edition unite the players, or will it divide them even further? Continue reading »
Paizo.com Launches THREE-FOR-ALL Sale to Celebrate!
January 9, 2012 (Redmond, WA) – Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder Tales novel Death’s Heretic, by James L. Sutter, has been named the #3 best fantasy release of 2011 by Barnes & Noble’s SciFi and Fantasy Blog, and paizo.com is celebrating by offering a THREE-FOR-ALL sale on all Pathfinder Tales novels, ebooks, and short fiction! From now until the end of January, paizo.com customers who purchase two Pathfinder Tales novels will receive a third FREE novel! This offer also extends to electronic novels and short fiction, with the purchase of any two earning a third Pathfinder Tales product of the same format. Just add them to your cart, and Paizo will discount the lowest-priced qualifying item at checkout.
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From the Wizards of the Coast Press room…
It seems that D&D 5th edition will be given a special premiere at Gen Con 2012…
Until then Wizards of the Coast plans on lending us their ear.
From the Press Release:
“We have begun obtaining feedback from a limited Friends & Family playtest consisting of internal employees and their gaming groups and soon we will be expanding that group to consist of members from our existing body of playtesters. Then at the D&D Experience convention in late January, Wizards of the Coast will conduct a special playtest of ideas currently in development.”
With Lions of the Rock, players gain the means to defend House Lannister’s claim once and for all! Lions of the Rock focuses on the ambitious House Lannister, their vast resources, and love of intrigue. It features cards that include new versions of Lannister characters, each representing a different approach to victory around which entire decks could be built.The sixth deluxe expansion for A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, Lions of the Rock features 165 cards new to the LCG card pool (three copies each of 55 unique cards) that add deck-building opportunities and strategic depth to your game.
Read more at FFG.
Drums in the Deep! It has been many years since the Dwarves last heard from Balin and his fledgling colony. Reports have ceased to flow of the great works they began. Now the heroes of Middle-earth must search for signs of them among the mines of Moria.
The first deluxe expansion for The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, Khazad-dum transports players to the mines of Moria where the heroes of Middle-earth must search for Balin and his fledgling colony of Dwarves years after anyone last heard from them. With 165 new cards, Khazad-dum provides players two new Dwarf heroes, and new allies, attachments, and events, plus features the first step in the game’s ongoing narrative with nine new encounter sets that, combined, introduces three new, thrilling scenarios in Khazad-dum and lays the groundwork for the scenarios from the upcoming Dwarrowdelf Cycle of Adventure Packs.
Gather your brother Space Marines and meet the alien threat! Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, Space Hulk: Death Angel is a cooperative card game where players take on the roles of Blood Angel Space Marines who must enter an infested Space Hulk and terminate the Genestealer infestation.
The Death Angel Tyranid Enemy Pack is a “Print on Demand” expansion for Space Hulk: Death Angel – The Card Game. This expansion pack includes two additions for Death Angel: a new Tyranid deck containing a variety of enemies to challenge even the most seasoned Space Marines, and Hive Lord Location cards that introduce the Tyranid’s epic and deadly overlords! The Space Hulk: Tyranid Enemy Pack Expansion comes complete with (32) Tyranid Cards, four Hive Lord Cards, and a Deathleaper Card.
Bursting with action, the Avengers Movie HeroClix Starter brings all of the fast-paced excitement of the Avengers movie to your HeroClix games! Battle evil as the Avengers or split the starter into two teams and play with a friend! Featuring six figures with new dial designs not found anywhere else, the Avengers Movie HeroClix Starter also includes two maps, the HeroClix rules book, the Powers and Abilities card, dice, and tokens, and an exclusive code to unlock content for HeroClix Online!
Sugested Retail is 24.99
A fantastic new edition of the classic 1980’s board game of space traders and alien riches, Merchant of Venus takes players on a race through the galaxy in a wild dash for cash, locating and establishing vital trade lines to transport goods from the planets where they’re common, to the planets where they can sell for maximum profit. The trader with the most wealth wins!
Merchant of Venus is to scheduled to ship in March of 2012 with a MSRP of 59.95
This is a simple Basing Video using materials from around the house and some Army Painter tufts.
There is The Skarrd Warband Based. Basing is something I avoided for a long time because I though it would be a pain. Now I find it a relaxing end to painting a mini.
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