My Fantasy World.

Well I have all was wanted to create a world of fantasy that would work for every one. What I mean is this, with all the different systems out there you could never have a great campaign using these systems. I feel we should be able to. So many years ago GW (yuck) had an online campaign running and it was really cool. That is what got me thinking. Could this not be played by any one? I think yes. I feel if there is a base setup, a group from one area of the world playing HoTT could, and a group from another part could play WHFB, while yet another could play SoBH. With them all adding to the campaign. So how to make this work? I spent hours thinking of the world, and map, ending up with the current world called Earth. There are more then enough maps of the world out there on Google to use. This would allow groups to be placed on the map close to ware they are in the real world. Next a story line that would support this. Now I have come up with this but petered out. The Long Dawn here you can read what I have done. Now I am no writer, but the concept is a comet hits the Earth and causes a shift in the aliment of space and time. Portals open to all kinds of worlds allowing any fantasy race, or creature to come to Earth. But during this time of darkness, say a few hundred years, the history of the Earth is forgotten to some point. Now as the world come out of darkness the campaign starts. Armies now fight for territory and control over a piece of Earth.

Here is the map I like

I was thinking this could be done on large scale such as full scale battles, all the way down to skirmishes in Cities, using games like WHFB, Mordheim, HoTT, Fantasy Rules 3, SoBH,  USE ME 002, Mighty Armies, Warmaster, or any other rules set I have missed. The beauty of this is you use the rules you have  to play in a global Fantasy campaign. The campaign system would be very small.

This could be don a a blog, with battle reports sent in and a map updated on a web page.

Well any way I went so far with it and would be willing to go further, but I ran out of steam with the story line.

Noel

SBH SOLO Game With Battle Chronicler

I ran a solo games using the software Battle Chronicler. This was a fun project, and it dose take allot of time to set it up for the first time. Then there is the learning of the software, and how to use it. I was not able to use the failed activation roll, switch side turns with this but I adhered to the fail, and no go part.

So here is the forces.
******EDIT******
I am adding the after action changes in red.
Ratz
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General: Gloom'Rot
Personilaty:
  (Gloom) Leader, Gloom'Rot [60 points]
      - Q3, C3 Leader, Sword, Shild
1exp
  Warorier:
  (Patch) Champ, Patchmuck [35 points]
      - Q4, C4 Two Handed Weapon, Gregarious
DEAD
  (Sick) Warrior, Sickmaw [27 points]
      - Q4, C3 Sword, Shild , Gregarious
1exp
  (Rot) Warrior, Rotfur [27 points]
      - Q4, C3 Sword, Shild , Gregarious
1exp, Miss the next battle.
  (Stan1) Warrior, Stankas [27 points]
      - Q4, C3 Sword, Shild , Gregarious
DEAD
  (Stan2) Slinger, Twocrawler [30 points]
      - Q4, C2 Sling, Shooter (Long) , Gregarious
1exp
  (Clawl) Slinger, Clawsles [30 points]
      - Q4, C2 Sling, Shooter (Long) , Gregarious
1exp
  (One) Slinger, Onepad [30 points]
      - Q4, C2 Sling, Shooter (Long) , Gregarious
1exp
  (Kok) Slinger, Kokfur [30 points]
      - Q4, C2 Sling, Shooter (Long) , Gregarious
1exp
Gold income 50
Exploration found magic well, but did not pay for it.
Spent Campaign point for Craftsmen advancement.
  Total: 296 points
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Vikings
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General: Cedrick
  Personilaty:
  (Ced) Leader, Cedrick [68 points]
      - Leader, shoter (med)
1exp, Gained Hatred to Rats +1 in HtH.
  Warorier:
  (Bram) Barbarian, Bram [36 points]
      - Sword, Shild
1exp
  (Eilif) Warrior, Eilif [30 points]
      - Sword, Shild
DEAD
  (Finn) Warrior, Finn [30 points]
      - Sword, Shild
1exp, Miss next battle.
  (Frodi) Warrior, Frodi [30 points]
      - Sword, Shild
1exp
  (Gaut) Archer, Gaut [44 points]
      - Long Bow, shooter (long)
1exp
  (Stag) Archer, Stag [28 point]
      - Bow, Shooter (med)
1exp, -1Q for 1 battle.
  (Gorm) Archer, Gorm [28 point]
      - Bow, Shooter (med)
1exp.
Gold income 25
Exploration forgotten treasure, missed the open roll.
  Total: 296 points


Deployment, Ratz in blue, Vikings in red.

Ratz turn one.

Vikings turn one.

Ratz turn two. Twocraeler takes a shot at Stag, and misses.

Viking turn two. Stag takes a shot at Rotfur, and scores a kill. Cedrick takes a shot Clawles, for a miss. s

Ratz turn three. Stankas attacks Frodi for a push back. Stickmaw attacks Bram for a knock down, then a tie. Twocrawler shoots Stag at -2 and gets a tie. Clawles shoots two shots at Cedrick for a knock back and a tie.


Vikings turn three. Only one move but some fighting. Bram takes one action to get up and two attacks on Stanks. One tie and a kill. Stag shoots Twocrawler for a miss, and a push back. Cedrick attacks Patchmuck and is kill by Patchmuck with a Gruesome kill. All Morale is passed. Eilif attacks Patch for a push back. Finn attacks Kokfur for a push back.

Ratz turn four. Sickmaw attacks Bram and is killed him self.Twocrawler shoots at Bram for a kill. Clawles moves in and kills Eilif.



Vikings turn four. Frodi attacks and is killed. Stag and Grom pass morale, Gaunt, and fin get moved back. Finn attacks only to be killed.



Ratz turn five. Twocrawler takes an aimed shot at Stag for a kill. Grom backs out two moves, and Gaunt only one move with failed morale rolls.



Viking turn five. Both remaining vikings shoot and miss.

Ratz turn six.Last turn. All ratz move in for the kill. Onnpad make a G kill on Grom. Gunt fails one roll in moves back.

Vikings turn six. Guant make his last stand and scores a G kill on Patchmuck.

Fun game, and I will work this up as a SDG game. I will make up two more rosters and add them to the campaign.

Noel

SBH game today with my daughter

Well we had an ICE day here in the New Jersey, so I wanted to play wit the new dice tower. My little girl and I play a small SBH game. It was vikings VS ratmen. We only got to turn 3 before we had to stop but it was fun.

I broke out my terrain and setup the table. I was the rats, and she was the vikings.
These two photos are the setup. I was on the more open side, but that was OK she needed the advantage. She needs to learn about tactics, as she lumped all he men in to a pile behind the center wall section. I tried to point ok she should run her bow men to the high ground. That did not work. I split my group in to three groups. I had slingers, and a rat warrior on the left. Boss and 3 rats in the middle, and 4 rat n the right.

My girl got the first go, and moved behind the wall on the left of the photo. While I opted to go right, with the group move action. I have never used it and it worked out great. We both went for the bridge.

At the end of turn three she had taken out 2 of my rats, and I failed every attack roll. Over all we had fun. The die tower worked great. SBH is a very kid friendly system.

Noel

Die Tower Second Post

Well I have completed this my first die tower. I took some of the suggestions for the comments and worked them into this tower. Thanks for you comments:-) I may take the same template in the future and make a SciFi version of it, but for now this will do. I did have a bit of an issue wit the dice going over the wall at the end. I put a lip to help and it did, but the problem seem to be the dice act as a ramp for other dice. the hit the dice and bounce right out of the courtyard. Well at any rate the will keep my son from scattering the dice all over the room.

Both my kids helped in making this, and are having fun using it for math. They love to roll the dice then add up the total. Also we have played a game the higher die wins. Over all a great project, lots of fun with my kids, and my wife was even impressed by it.

Now for the photos.

Noel.

Die Tower!

Well I have all ways wanted to make one, but never really need to till now. Playing with my son (game of SBH) he kept throwing the dice all over the place. So I pulled out a TEMPLATE I got some years back. It called for thick card to be used, but I have opted for foam core. Now it is not finished yet but it is a work in progress. Also note that I used stained glass windows on this tower. I know it is hard to see but they are there. The tray at the bottom I whipped up as there was not one in the template.

Noel

Update.

Here is the stainglass image I use. Just print on overhead sheets, cut and use.

Order from 15mmUK cross posted from my Scifi page.

Well I placed and order with 15mm UK around Dec 12 of 2010, and I just got it the other day. This sucked!!! I waited over a month for this order. Well I have this to say, I was in contact with Alex from 15mm UK sales and what a guy. I know there was very bad weather there, and with the holidays, then bad weather here in the north eastern US. So with all this I am still a very happy customer of 15mm UK, and will continue to order products from them.

What did I get? Well I got 10 men from the Laser burn adventurer range, and there new USE ME high fantasy rules. I will be working on a review of the rules, as well as slapping some paint on the mini this weekend, but chances are I will not get ether one done. Life interrupted:-(

The minis I got were the closest ones I could find to the Warzone Trenchers with out going to the WWI ranges of minis out there. There are all the same pose but I will try and change this up a bit. Any way they will fit in with my Praetorian, as special units.

For the rules I have been using ChipCo's Fantasy rules 2,3,TCE for years, and was also hoping for the new mass combat rules form Ganesha Games. I think they are stuck on one type of unit, and that is holding them up. So in waiting I have found USE ME SciFi and love them, why not have a go at the USE ME high fantasy. There is only one draw back at this time, and that is basing of the units. All mine are base for FR!3 on 40x40, or 40x20mm bases, and there rules are for single unit basing. So I have to read through, and come up with a way to play with my current basing. I have have been given ideas form both Alex (from 15mm UK), and the Yhaoo group on this conversion, so I am confident this can and will be done. If time allows for it!!!

Well look for the Minis to be posted, and the review of the USE ME high fantasy soon, and on both my blogs.

Noel

Here come the Tua'ri Tanks!!!!

Some years back I picked up 6 of the alien tanks for Old Crow miniatures, they have been in a box for years. This pass weekend I decided to put them together, and make basses for them. I have 3 Tanks, and 3 APC.

The Tanks.

Now the APCs.

Tank next to some Tau'ri.

I know they look the same, but they are not. The tanks have 4 guns (wing tips and cockpit), and the back of the tank tapers off. The APCs have the cockpit guns, and the back is taller, with a hatch for the troops to enter, and exit. But they do use the same wings, and cockpit section. Over all I love them, and they are easy to put together. All that is needed is some light sanding of the body, ware the cockpit connects. I did not need to pin any thing, and use the new gorilla glue (there super glue).

Noel