SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Not bad. Half way through the week. Archery tonight so still no spare time to continue my scenery building as I was out last night at work's Christmas meal. And I wasted Monday night reading the Dreadball manual. How're you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I'm good. Tired right now. Annoyed at how much time is left in the day with so little to do. Looking forward eagerly to the weekend. Hoping to see the Dropzone Commander rulebook show up in the mail today, but oh well. Right now, watching some Babylon 5 as work is progressing. Elle's been very much a fan of the show, lol. Great show, with a lot of politics and intrigue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Dropzone Commander looks interesting. But I'm not going to get into another system just yet. Next month is expensive enough with Kingdom Death: Monster and Through the Breach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Heh, yeah. DzC is something that I'm only going to give any serious investment after playing it, and after Through the Breach has been paid for. Kingdom Death is pretty, but I have no interest in the game personally. ---------- Post added at 05:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:03 AM ---------- How's the building going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Not made any progress since the weekend due to dreadball and social Christmas things. The counters and piers are finished but I've still work to do on the swamp tiles and tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 What do you think of Dreadball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Not played a game yet but the rules look nice and simple which should lead to faster games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Think it'll be a competitor for Blood Bowl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I reckon so, but Blood Bowl has quiet a strong community following (needed it to survive the GW neglect) and you know how people like to split into factions to argue about anything. So rather than playing both you could have people choosing one and sticking to it without even trying the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 True. How're the teams? Model wise, I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Pros: Nice detailed plastic Cons: Identical poses for all the models of the same position I'm not sure if they have plans for multi part or special team models later or if it's kept simple to tell which position each player is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyPath Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I think Dreadball has some strengths and weaknesses. The game itself is good, the rules are very fluid and the game is easy to pick up and play. The biggest down side is the model range, about 80% of the models look awful which is a shame. mantic are pretty renown for their lopsided sculpting skills though. They will release a race that is sculpted superbly, then follow it up with 3 or 4 that looks pathetic. I know a guy that is like the Henchman/Pressganger for Mantic and he himself thinks that many of the sculpts are poor at best I am interested in the female team though, I may be picking those up. Anyone seen any of the Relic Knights plastics? I must say that those look stupendous so far! Cannot wait to get my hands on the game. Also had my Yule present to myself today, Zara Croft and Alice from Guild of Harmony. I only ordered them last Thursday, lol. How is it that companies in Australia can get things to me faster than Amazon.co.uk can? Also, had part 2 of my All Flesh game yesterday and a unfortunate encounter wit ha Fresh Zombie (think the zombies from the Dawn of the Dead remake on steroids) has left a character with a broken leg, oops. Still, at least I fixed it so it is only a hairline fracture and not the compound fracture I had originally rolled up. This puts their main fighter on the injury list for the next month or 2. They do have a new party member (Martha, who is a lot like Velma from Scooby-Doo if you ask me) but she's another nerdy type leaving all the fighting to Ifan in the immediate future. Presently they are looking through a hospital for medicines and amazingly not encountered any more zombies yet. Of course, whether or not the entire hospital is safe is another matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Amazon is too busy burying its tax money to send things. When the Bones and Relic Knights stuff shows up I might as well wave goodbye to a few weeks of spare time while I clean up models. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyPath Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 LOL at the Amazon comment, it is very true though! Yeah, I cannot wait for my Bones stuff either. Damn that's gonna be a lot of minis when it arrives. I did opt in for the Sophie though and upgraded to the nude version, I just want to paint it up and maybe give it as a gift to a guy I know that likes his sexy female miniatures, heheh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I think I traded my Sophie option for some big beastie. Can't remember which. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Im in on that for Bigthulhu, Zombie and Clockwork Dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfndrate Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I kept sophie, but also added some cash for the same things Shine did, who would let those models pass them by?! O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LonelyPath Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I added the zombie and skeleton dragons, plus some other odds and ends, like extra marines, etc. The Cthulhu was a must also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I had to save some money after spending so much on gaming already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 mwahaha, it was like 30 bucks for three huge models! I only spent a dollar on the actual kickstarter XD In other news, I cleared off a small shelf and a large shelf so I can have a Malifaux cabinet, an Infinity Cabinet and a large shelf for Kingdom Death/Reaper/Expensive Terrain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamHammer Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Yeah but it was three huge models I'd probably never find a use for. I'm not good enough at painting that I'd want them just for display. So that money was spent elsewhere. Admittedly, I didn't have the willpower to say no to the whole Bones kickstarter. As I'll probably have a hard time finding uses for most of the models in that. But I'll take the small victory in not spending more on extras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edonil Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 Well...good news, Dropzone Commander rules showed up. Beautiful Scourge in there, Mako! Bad news? I got four and a half hours of sleep and I'm now wide awake. Ugh. Oh well. Guess I'll be reading rules... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliver Chocobo Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 *hanging from a rope in middle of thread dressed as a fairy in a pink dress* Turn out the showgirls were more than a match for Batchocobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Shine Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I think your opponent lied to you when they said they could cast mannequin replacement act on players as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osoi Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 As promised heres what I picked up for my table I will be starting a build thread elsewhere on here but I think that there is a lot of potential to make this board look pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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