Rune Warrior

The latest addtion to the rogue warrior range is a fantasy book called rune warriors the ususal high standard and already has lots of free down loads on the web site , a chance to use all my frostgrave and rangers figures

Ogres

Finished a couple of Ogres I have had in my to do pile for a couple of years at least both I think are from Heresey ,a great little company who have lots of great fantasy and sci fi models ,Really nicely detailed and a bit naughty as you can see from the rear shot .. Both will be used for rangers of Shadow Deep and frostgrave

A few odd bits

Finished a couple of bits that have been on my desk for months now .A couple of whizz kids pieces a giant snake and a giant scorpion and a pulp type rocket powered car suitable for my pulp heroes to dash around in ,no idea of the manufacturer but it was very cheap .`all posed with a 28mm pulp figure for scale ,the 2 crratures are suitable for a few fantasy and sci fi gamesas well as pulp

The Rangers of Shadow Deep -Delux Edition

With doing so much solo gaming ,I thought I would take the opportunity to get the Rangers of Shadow Deep a solo or cooperative gaming system ,I bought the delux edition which is not only wonderfully presented book with a feux leather embossed cover and top quality paper ,but also contains all the updates introduced since the game first appeared 2 years ago and the first scenario book released is also include.dhe game is by Joseph A.McCullough the author of the Frostgrave game and is very similier ,if you have played Frostgrave you will know the basics in this game .There are some nice new ideas in this and you dont need many figures plus nearly all the bad guys are from the frostgrave universe so againif you play that you are almost set up for Rangers . The game can be played cooperative or solo and all the included scenarios and missions can be upgraded so you can play them again and again with them becoming more difficult as your heroes become more advanced

some of the official figures fromNorthstar .

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They mostly come at night=a Frostgrave solo scenario

Played this second solo scenario fromthe wizards conclave supplement .This time my group are fast asleep except the wizard when  a large group of night creatures attack them ,a mixed group of skeletons ,ghouls ,zombies ,ice spiders and a snow troll .Having to roll awill roll each turn to wake up my awful die rolls made sure most of my adventurers were sound asleep when the baddies arrived , dreadful encounter I took the better part of valour and teleportedmy wizard away and his followers ran in avery disorderly fashion all taking various wounds to make the next game even harder ,luckily my treasure rolls were quite good and ive got some spare cash to buy a couple of new guys.

sleeping soundly

oops slightly outnumbered

the bad guys advance

from all sides they creep up

end of turn 1 no one except the wizard awake

at last afew wake up

last stand 

My wizard shouts the inspiring words ..RUN SAVE YOURSELVES IM OFF

Old Scores -A frostgrave solo scenario

Another Solo game this time using a solo scenario from the wizards conclave supplement in the Frostgrave setting. Frostgrave has many solo and co-op scenarios in this and the perilous dark books and the spell caster magazines I mentioned in an earlier post . The adventure didnt go as planned lots of bad dice rolling gave the rule generated bad guys the upper hand for most of the game ,but I managed to get away with some treasure and completing the two main objectives ,killing the snow leopard and getting away with the armour of redwar ,although I left my apprentice and 2 soldiers dead in the snow .Great fun as always . Figures mainly Northstar with a few odd ones and treasure from northstar and mantic ,mat  by Urban matz.

The gang enter the table

the armour of Redwar

Things start to get messy

The snow leopard enters the fray

ooh treasure

oh actually a skeleton ...

The wizard Shaka kills a wraith

Rotha and friend kill the snow leopard 

Spell caster Magazine .

Im a bit of a late comer to this magazine , A independent publication by Joseph A McCullough the author of the Frostgrave rule set .Spellcaster is avialable through Drive through on line publishers .it comes as a download , or print on demand  you can hac=ve a free download with the printed copy if you wish .I buy the print on demand copies ,it takes between a few days and a coupe of weeks for the maagzines to arrive and I take the free download as well these are great for printing off bits for game use . Each issue contains scenarios and new rules for Frostgrave and Ghost archiepeligo ,plus other bits and pieces associated with the Frostgrave universe , really great art work and articles ,a must for any frostgrave player .

Lockdown wargaming

Well we are well into the lockdown ,I am working from home which I enjoyed for the first couple of weeks ,but now the kettle and microwave have started talking back to me Im feeling I need to get back to a normal routine. When this first started my first thoughts were what I would miss most ,contact with family and friends , getting out and long walks and my wargaming ,family and friends have kept in touch with phones ,skype and many other things I didnt know existed ,walking around battlefields, musuems and such like has stopped .Wargaming on the other hand has been quite productive ,lots of building and painting but actual gaminag as well ,without breaking the social distancing rules . First  off some of the guys from Sheffield wargames society set up some great matrix games ,these covered the ww2 and ACW nd were great fun ,these have progressed to actual miniature games were the umpire move the toys for people and perform the dice rolls ,these have covered ww2 and playtest of a gladiator game .The other way I have been wargaming is by playing with my self ,sollo wargaming that is .A couple of my favourite rule sets  already include solo rules ,the men who would be kings by osprey have a really cracking solo system aimed at the colonial period but I am sure they could easily suit other periods I ahve used this system when firt learning the rules and will be using them alot more ,Frostgrave by Osprey and Northstar have solo supplements available and again I have tried these and found them very enjoyable . Last Days on Earth the zombie game again by osprey have a supplement that covers solo play and I must admit i find the solo rules better than the normal ones just because you see more zombie action a game that only sees a maximum of 6 zombies is pretty poor really you do get more zombies for your money with the solo game. Staying with the Zombie genre both Specter Operations and 7TV by crooked dice  have released free zombie rules supplements for their rules,Ive tried the Specter ones and they played well but I have not tried the 7tv as yet but look good ,both are free downloads from the web stores of both companies. Oathsworn have risen to the challenge and released a free set of solo play rules for tgheir Burrows and Badgers rule set and I must admit they are excellent and they have even updated them with more rules and 3 scenarios . I am sure there are alot more solo games or supplements allowing sol play which Ive not played yet ,but overall a very hectic wargaming lockdown but cant wait to get back to the club and some real gaming .

Frostgrave -1st campaign game

A few pics of our game of Frostgrave at Sheffield Wargames Society ,we palyed the mausoleum scenario from the main rule book a fast and furious game ,great fun and easily picked up ,looking forward to the next installment

Frostgrave scenario scenic items

Frostgrave needs to be scenery heavy but in some scenarios certain items are required so done few scenario specific things .most can be used as general clutter as well ,the book cases are home made as are the scrolls ,the books are from fenris The small cthulu type alter is fenris the rest are from the ulterior motives 2 set from Northstar

need alot more of these ...

Frostgrave Beasts

Finished a few Frosty things for Frostgrave .

A Frost Giant -ReaperBones Boerrgg Blackrime 

SnowTrolls -Reaper Bones Yetis

Snow Leopards -Northstar Jungle range cheetas

Frost Wraiths -one official frostgrave  the other Northstar Ghost

Ice Spiders -Again Reaper Bones

A group shot with a frostgrave plastic zombie for scale