In this Episode Matt Flips Through the small rule book for Bolt Action from Warlord Games. Bolt Action is a historical miniatures game by Cavatore and Priestly that is published by Warlord Games and Osprey Publishing. This book is just full of color pictures and high quality images.
I have never really dove into a historical game but I think i’m getting ready to.
The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design Announces 40th Annual Origins Awards Winners
COLUMBUS, OH (June 14, 2014) The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design is proud to announce the winners for the 40th Annual Origins Awards.
The Origins Awards are presented annually by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design to recognize outstanding achievement in design and production of games and game-related products.
The winners were voted on by the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design. The Fan Favorite Awards were voted on by attendees at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH on June 11-15th. The winners were announced and the coveted Calliope statues were presented at the Origins Awards Ceremony on the evening of Saturday, June 14th.
The Academy would like to extend its heartfelt thanks to the jury members, GAMA staff, and everyone who submitted a product to the 40th annual Origins Awards.
Best Role Playing Game
Numenera – Monte Cook Games, designed by: Monte Cook
Fan Favorite: Shadowrun: Core Rulebook – Catalyst Game Labs, designed by: Jason Hardy, Aaron Pavao, Adam Large, Mark Dynna, Steven “Bull” Ratkovich, Peter M. Andrew Jr., Michael Wich
Best Role Playing Supplement
Night’s Watch – Green Ronin Publishing, designed by: Joseph Carriker, Lee Hammock, Brett Rebischke-Smith, Ian Ireland, Michelle Lyons, John Hay
Fan Favorite: DC Adventures Universe – Green Ronin Publishing, designed by: Darren Bulmer, Seth Johnson, Steve Kenson, Jon Leitheusser, John Polojac, Aaron Sullivan
Best Board Game
Trains- Alderac Entertainment Group, designed by: Hisashi Hayashi
Fan Favorite: Trains – Alderac Entertainment Group, designed by: Hisashi Hayashi
Best Traditional Card Game
Love Letter– AEG, designed by: Seiji Kanai
Fan Favorite: DC Comics – Cryptozoic Entertainment, designed by: Matt Hyra, Ben Stoll
Best Family, Party, or Children’s Game
Three Little Pigs – Iello, designed by: Laurent Pouchain
Fan Favorite: Walk the Plank – Mayday Games, designed by: Shane Steely, Jared Tinney
Best Miniatures Figure or Line
Malifaux: The Guild’s Judgement – Wyrd Miniatures, designed by: Wyrd Miniatures
Fan Favorite: HeroClix Wolverine and the X-men – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Best Miniatures Rules or Expansion
Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Vs X-men Starters – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Fan Favorite: Marvel HeroClix: Avengers Vs X-men Starters – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Best Collectable Card Game or Expansion
Pokemon Black & White Legendary Treasures The Pokemon Company, Intl., designed by: The Pokemon Company
Fan Favorite: Pokemon Black & White Legendary Treasures – The Pokemon Company, Intl., designed by: The Pokemon Company
Best Game Accessory
Space Gaming Mat – HC+D Supplies, designed by: Andre Garcia
Fan Favorite: Pathfinder Battles: Skull and Shackles – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Best Game-Related Publication
TableTop – Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day
Fan Favorite: Tabletop – Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day
Best Historical Board Game
1775:Rebellion – Academy Games, designed by: Beau Beckett, Jeph Stahl
Fan Favorite: 1775:Rebellion – Academy Games, designed by: Beau Beckett, Jeph Stahl
Best Historical Miniatures Rules or Expansion
Fields of Fire – Proving Ground Games, designed by: Larry Yeager, Chris Brutsche, Mark Brown
Fan Favorite: Fire and Sword – Wargamer, designed by: Konrad Sosinski, Rafal
Best Historical Miniatures Figure or Line
Malifaux: The Guild’s Judgement – Wyrd Miniatures, designed by: Wyrd Miniatures
Fan Favorite: HeroClix Wolverine and the X-men – WizKids Games, designed by: WizKids Games
Congratulations to all of the winners!
About two years ago I had the opportunity to sit down with Tom Meier at Origins Game Fair. In that interview I had my first chance to take a look at the game Freeblades. You can learn just about everything you need to know about the company and the game in this video. The most important and appealing information for me is the fact that their system has the same rules base from role playing to skirmish to a large scale squad based game.
We had the chance to talk with the MERCS Miniatures team at Origins Game Fair 2013. They share some more information about MERCS and Myth. Plus the give us an inside scoop on the MERCS roleplaying Game, their boardgame, and the MERCS dice game.
You can visit MERCS to learn more about MERCS Miniature, Myth and their upcoming IP’s.
Later this week we will have our testimonies on the Myth experience.
I have already done a review of Force on Force based off of the demonstration game I played at Origins Game Fair. This will be a little more in depth than that review. You can read that here.
Most of you probably already know that Force on Force is a modern warfare skirmish game published by Osprey Publishing for Ambush Alley Games. It is an independent miniatures game without a miniatures line. The book has several recommendations where you can purchase models . I originally thought that not having a minis line would be detrimental, but the rules are set up so you can freely play any modern forces from 1960 to present. The other unique part about not having a line of minis is there is no set scale. You get to determine the size of your battlefield based off of what you own.
Copyright secured by Digiprove © 2012 Force on Force is a modern day skirmish game that has no standard line for its models. In other words it is just a set of rules. I had tha opportunity to play a quick game at Origins Game fair and I thought I would share what I learned before I do the book review. This is not in any way a complete game review and it is important you know that because you can only get so much out of a demo.
I was a little leery of the fact that there is not a miniatures line to go with the game. After playing the game I am really starting to like the fact that you can proxy your models for your force. It does two thing for me. It saves money, and it makes it easy to play any force I want. Those are important to me.
Force on Force is a simple game to pick up that allows you to apply tactics. Which is a seemingly unique quality in a skirmish game in our current trending. It was nice to play a game that wasn’t dependent on simple tricks and gimmicks to win a battle, or a game that requires the player to go first in order to win. that isn’t the feel I received from playing the demo at all.
The rules are a little different though, well the dice mechanic is. The system is set up so that different levels of units use different dice. For example, using a popular motif for labeling units, core troop would use a d6 for their skill rolls while elite troops would be assigned a d8. The basic concept is the bigger the die the better the troop. On the flipside though the smaller the die the more likely you are to roll any given number. For example, you have a 25% chance of rolling a 1,2,3, or a 4 on a d4. The dice and type of unit are cross referenced on charts to determine effects. The other thing that I thought was cool wounded models have a chance of standing back up on their next turn.
If I was to base my opinion of Force on Force entirely on the demo it is certainly worth trying. I did pick up a copy of the rules to review. I hope to have it read by the end of next week and a book review written shortly after.
Mage Wars®: The Customizable Card-Driven Tactical Board Game of Dueling Mages!
This is an Interview with the creative director and writer from Arcane Wonders. They discuss some background information on Mage Wars and explain what has been going on for the last two years. Then we move to a Mage Wars box review.
We should have have demo filmed of the first couple of turns for you in a couple of days. I hope you enjoyed thathese guys tooks some time out of their very busy schedule for you. Check them out on Facebook here.
Mage Wars is expected to release in August of 2012, from Arcane Wonders.
Thanks again. Look forward to seeing you again at Gen Con.
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In this Interview Jason talks about his field guide projects, why he likes the Heavy Gear Setting, and what we can expect with the rules in the future. He mentions that the South will be getting some new toys and speaks briefly about the convicts and the Phoenixes. Filmed at Origins Game Fair as part of Heavy Gear Week.
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I wanted to put some cool images up in the background of this video for all of you to enjoy. The lighting just wasn’t as good as it needs to be for that. I am still going to go ahead and do it at a slightly later date; I fidgeted with the images for 10 hours yesterday and I was just not happy.
I wanted to thank every one for watching our videos and reading our articles during Heavy Gear week . We are not done yet we still have material for you to go up this week. Something about not having power in the game hall made that difficult.
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Through Gamer Goggles announces Heavy Gear week May 27th – June 3rd. The week will have videos and tournaments at Origins Game Fair along with Pod Squad members.
The Week will be media rich including articles, videos and Battle reports.
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