tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42660627824024022342024-03-13T22:29:19.518-07:00Gonks Gaming BlogA place for me to share my thoughts on all things gaming. I reserve the right to rant, if my mood so takes me!Gonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-39188441849534318212015-11-22T12:34:00.000-08:002015-11-22T12:34:22.515-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I got some painting finished off today and have completed my Jacob Lynch, Dark debts Malifaux crew. I am now moving onto finishing off two Beckoners, and both Mr Graves and Mr Tannen.<br /><br />Hmmm, what next after that?<br /><br />Probably some more humans for Terminator Genisys, as I have some of the resin ones to build and paint up.<br />
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Exciting times. I have just been made the UK demo team coordinator, and have a group of like minded enthusiasts of this game across the UK who will be getting out into shops, clubs and events to showcase this excellent game.<br /></div>
The desperate mission to protect Sarah Connor may be well documented, but the War against the Machines has it’s own heroes. Tell their tales with the Terminator Genisys Miniatures game!<br /><br />Lead a resistance force of Humanity’s last and most stubborn rebels or a cadre of remorseless killing machines to vie for control of the world!<br /><br />Use special characters like John Connor or ‘Pops’, the reprogrammed Guardian T-800, as your ace in the hole, and if all goes wrong make a gambit with time travel technology to prevent it ever happening!<br /><br />The best way to start your campaign is with the 32 figure War against the Machines set. Containing a 128 page full colour rulebook, 13 colour coded dice, Quick start rules and quick reference sheets, a full colour double sided game mat, a custom fate die and metal Kyle Reese miniature! Everything you need to immediately start playing the Terminator Genisys Miniatures game with easily assembled models. Gonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-27327358182121919872015-09-23T11:28:00.002-07:002015-09-23T11:28:23.680-07:00So, it's been four years since I posted anything on here. I may just have top start again.Gonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-82315515363006556172011-06-09T23:36:00.000-07:002011-06-09T23:36:52.575-07:00More changeHi all, well, what a week. Last Sunday I was up at Comicon in Wrexham for my last outing as a <a href="http://www.gcnm.org.uk/">GCN</a> rep. The day was good, with plenty of interest in the games we ran, especially the Lord of The Rings.<br />
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In life sometimes we find that you have lots of spare time and at other periods you have none. I am currently in a no spare time section of my life. I have therefore had to step down as a rep for the GCN. I do this with a heavy heart, but I feel that I have made change in Cornwall. I just feel that I could not comit to the travelling any longer, and to become a static rep was something I never would become. I believe that anyone who is a rep should be a real driving force, so trying to do this from behind a computer screen goes against my personal view of being a representative of an organisation like the GCN.<br />
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I shall continue to work within the GCN, but very much behind the scenes. My first role will be completing the Reps guide which I have started to write. I would like to thank all of the GCN, for making my 2 years a very happy time.<br />
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So there you go, a short post today, but a sad one. <br />
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There is however, things that I am working on, and hopefully good news to come.<br />
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Lucky diceGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-89312998369963231922011-05-20T01:04:00.000-07:002011-05-20T01:04:26.371-07:00Change is coming!At the end of a week that has brought us yet more strange decisions by Games Workshop I feel that the time has come to step up and be heard.<br />
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Generally speaking I believe that GW's current announcements will in some part be good for the gaming community (certainly within the UK). They are effectively making people choose what to buy in these tight financial times, and this can only increase the sales of other better priced and more economically savvy products. The likes of Privateer Press and Mantic Games, for instance, will gain on the back of their decisions. Over the course of the last 18 months I have seen a marked change in army composition within my club and other clubs in Cornwall, with people mixing in more and more non GW figures. I think people will continue to play their rules but we'll see a lot more converted models and/or models from other manufacturers on the tabletop.<br />
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I must say that I cannot remember the last time I made a direct purchase from a GW store, and in over 20 years of gaming I have only ever bought three times directly from them. I do however own nearly 7,000 points of Dark Eldar, and several necromunda gangs and bloodbowl teams. I also have 3,000 points of sisters of battle which do get used on and off.<br />
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The biggest concern I have is that yet another price hike and a move to a cheaper material, which it has to be said should improve detailing, will mean that newcomers to the hobby will have a misconception that this is the cost of war gaming. So it falls to us seasoned hands to pass the news that there are other fish in the sea, other games, other manufactures and many of them are also within the UK.<br />
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A very important thing that needs to be said is that people may think that these decisions are bizzare and arbitrarily brought in by greedy suited folks sat in their Nottingham ivory tower. That is nonsense; at some time a group of said suited folks, who earn very large salaries, have talked at great length about their marketing strategies. These decisions are thought about, they're planned, and are never done on a whim just to drive people away. Whatever their reasoning and whether it works or not is irrelevant, the decision has been made.<br />
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So let's not get caught up on burning GW for their decisions; let's rejoice in all that is good within the UK gaming scene. Games Workshop have never been anything other than very supportive of the community with the great work they do on the schools league and the support they've shown the GCN over the years cannot be faulted. I do fear tho, that the line between doing good in one area and negatively impacting on that from decisions elsewhere is becoming increasingly blurred.<br />
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So, let's not burn, but inform. Spread the word; change is coming.<br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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GonksGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-86073985780318692032011-05-15T06:20:00.000-07:002011-05-15T06:21:11.266-07:00Girls in PrimerWell, as part of the new project for Cutlass by Black Scorpion Miniatures, I have been assembling my crew of female pirates. I have used all but one Black scorpion model in my starting crew. After swapping out some weapons and changing a few poses I have now sprayed them in primer ready for painting.<br />
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As per a Facebook (Ben) request here are some pics so far:<br />
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And a final picture of what happens when someone takes the terrain away and folks really want to play Cutlass.<br />
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GonksGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-62106069582639720642011-05-11T23:54:00.000-07:002011-05-13T13:34:53.024-07:00Cutlass by Black ScorpionHi all, well in order to keep my sanity at reasonably normal levels I decided to do a quick review of these new rules.<br />
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I picked up a copy of Cutlass at Legionary in Exeter at the weekend and I can say that on first inspection the book looks very nice with a good mix of colour photographs and artwork. The book is pleasing to the eye and at just over 100 pages it's a good investment for £20. The cover art is exceptional (and yes you can get "Her" as a figure) even though she is currently sold out......Bugga! Written by Gav Thorpe and Adam Clarke, it instils good expectations from the cover.<br />
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The game is a land based fantasy pirate skirmish game, a bit like Necromunda mixed with a turn system similar to bloodbowl. The players start a gang with between 5 and 8 models, so it's good as a break in game and for those who can just never seem to get an army painted. The models from black scorpion are also very nice, but the game allows for a very custom approach to your gang and weapons and equipment can be tailored to meet individual likes or dislikes. <br />
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Play is not by the normal my turn then your turn structure. Players roll their leaders Authority at the beginning of the game and this total is the amount of action points that player has. Players then nominate actions for their models to do, which could be move, shoot or combat. There are also several special actions such as reloading or hide, which can be undertaken by other models in the gang whilst some move for instance. A player spends one action point to make the number of actions equal to the current action point total. So for instance, a player rolls and gets 6 action points, he spends his first and 6 models can perform the nominated action, or a special action. The player can then spend his second point but this time on 5 can perform actions and so on until he/she decides to pass active status to the other player or they run out of action points. Some of the reports I have read have remarked that this system is to reliant on a good roll at the start, and situations when one player gets say 8 and the other gets 1 would lead to a bad game. Having played a few games now I can say that this very rarely happens, and when it does, you just have to say "it's a game, and next turn it might be the other way around".<br />
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According to Newton's third law of motion, for every action there is a an equal and opposite reaction. this is very much the case with Cutlass. As players perform action your opponent has a chance, within certain guidelines to react to the actions of their opponents models. This is a great part of the game and makes the active player think hard about the order in which they conduct their actions. Should your opponent react, not only do they get to perform an action with the reacting model but they also steal the activation. This is very similar to a "turnover" in bloodbowl, hence the reference earlier.<br />
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The combat and shooting actions are well thought out and work quickly, once you remember your stats.<br />
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Cutlass can be played as a one off game and so far that is all we have done, but it's true potential is in it's campaign system. Gangs will progress as they go through encounters and gain wealth, new members, skills and will either become more famous or infamous. I will be running a campaign throughout the summer down here, and will post updates here.<br />
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My only gripe is that between the different sections of the book, there are 2 pages of repeated filler artwork, which tends to just serve to get in the way, whilst flicking through to check rulings. This is a minor thing but worth mentioning.<br />
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So, all in all Cutlass from <a href="http://blackscorpionminiatures.com/">black scorpion miniatures</a> is a worthy addition to any pirate lovers shelf and I would recommend checking it out.<br />
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Cheers for now<br />
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GonkGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-51043569334498386992011-05-11T00:56:00.000-07:002011-05-11T00:56:04.896-07:00Wow, how time flies!<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Just realised that it's been a while since my last post. Have been super busy with sorting out the first half of operation 'Carboot Courtyard', which is to be West Cornwall games Club's big summer game. The idea came from Martin, the bastard, I didn't know they could do that, Smith, after he decided that in order to properly satisfy his inner nerd we should reduce down 63 miles of Operation Market Garden ( Holland - September 1944) into a 16 foot by 8 foot table for his birthday at the end of July.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Build the board! Aaarrrggghhhhh!!!!!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I must say that at this point I decided that I needed help (fellow builders, NOT Psychological). I recruited Big Al and Smiffee to assist. So over Easter weekend we started with 16 linear feet of hedges and a few old woods that needed some repairs.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Amazingly, we managed this over the long Easter weekend. Fuelled by wine and pizza we pulled 14 hour days, but what a result.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">We have taken the board to Swmee (Shepton Mallet) and to Legionary (Exeter) and at both shows it has been well received.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Oh, forgot to mention the 2 platoons of Waffen SS (52 figures) that I had to build in a day, then get painted in 2 days for the shows.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">That "Smiffee" What a bastard!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">So that's half the board, next up is Nijmegen and Arnham, both with rivers and bigger bridges.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A final massive thankyou has to go to Big Al for scratch building Veghel bridge the same weekend, that man is a P-card dynamo.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">It would be great if other games c</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">lubs and/or individuals would follow this and do similar.</span></span><br />
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Huge thanks have to go to Richard for being head honcho on this one and to my other fellow (dis) organisers, Dan and Dave. A gooid laugh had by all, and without doubt one of the best campaigns by far.<br />
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Finally, it has to be said that the quote of the weekend must go to Smiffee when he uttered this brilliance " I didn't know they could do that" shortly after getting his caster ass kicked for the 2nd time. He later went on to win the award for most caster deaths.<br />
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Well, enjoy the video.<br />
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ67WQtFHqA <br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-67438678689392906032011-02-09T09:47:00.000-08:002011-02-09T09:47:14.885-08:00FerryheadHi all, well as some may know I am attending the upcoming Warmachine campaign weekend at Triple helix wargames, which is being run by the legion of snake eyes. Having been talked into becoming a member (curse my inability to say 'NO') of said club, I have also taken on the task of building a themed board for the event.<br />
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It all started with an idea to make a dock / harbour for my club, so that we could use it for warmachine and various other games. I just so happened to mention this to my fellow Legion member Dan, and he suggested that I build the board. So that was about 2 weeks ago, and so far I am just under half way through this mamoth task.<br />
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To drive my enthusiasm a bit further I thought I'd post up some pics of the board so far:<br />
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First building on the first harbour pier, the flooring is all cast from a custom mold that I made.<br />
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Top down view of the water section, showing recessed steps at the back and the side of the slipway.<br />
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View accross the harbour towards the first building<br />
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I still have a lot to do, and I will work on the detailing of these parts also, like bollards and rope along the edge of the piers, well we wouldn't want any Jacks falling the 6 1/2 inches into the murky depths below (or would we?).<br />
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Well, watch this space for updates on this project and with a bit of luck I'll get it finished on time.<br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-57518811710328046372011-02-08T00:52:00.000-08:002011-02-08T00:52:08.080-08:00PAW 2011 - Show reportHi all, well what a weekend. Two drives to Plymouth and back at 87 miles each way, phew i'm knackered. <br />
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The show was very well attended with slightly more visitors on the saturday than the Sunday, but generally there was a constant stream of enthusiasts throughout both days.<br />
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The show hosted several tournaments including 40k and Flames of War, which all seamed very active. The main hall was full of demo games, with trade stands around the sides. The traders all reported a good return on there investments of time and energy, and I certainly noticed plenty of trade occuring.<br />
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I was there in my capacity as a GCN rep, and we had the GCN stand with us, which helps to draw folks closer to see what we're up to. This year we were demoing the Relics system by Tor Gaming, and I must say that it was very well received. Most folks liked its quirky design and figures. We ran over 20 demo's throughout the two days, ranging from short games for a couple of 6 year olds right up to 3 way games for the veterans. I must thank Smiffee for all his help in running the table whilst I was off networking and securing support for The Cornwall Gaming Expo, in October this year (more on this soon).<br />
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I managed to sign up another new club for the GCN and a potential disabled wargames club in Plymouth, which I have offered my assistance with. I also completed the paper work for Cornwall Miniature Wargames Association, who joined the ranks of the GCN late last year.<br />
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So all in all, the show was a great success, and here is some pics to prove it:<br />
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Mid way through a demo game of Relics, with some Varriers lurking in the undergrowth.<br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-42281878774706250732011-01-30T08:54:00.000-08:002011-01-30T08:54:36.141-08:00Relics demo boardThought I would post up some pictures of my latest project. As you will be aware by now the GCN has a play test and demonstration agreement with Tor Gaming Ltd for their new game Relics.<br />
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As I have my first show demo coming up next week at Plymouth, I have needed to get my 2x2 demo board ready, so here it is:<br />
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We played warmahordes, with myself(Cryx), Dan using his Retribution, and Adam played his Legion of everblight.<br />
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We used the scenario Moshpit, as it can be a 3 way game, we rolled off to take corners on the board and laid out a large hill centrally to act as the pit. Dan won the toss and promptly ran like stink towards the hill, using his jacks abilities to gain additional speed. I responded likewise by running everything except Skarlock, who walked up behind my stitchthralls and murdered one for ritual sacrifice. It then fell to Adam who did similar.<br />
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Round 2 found Dan getting two jacks into the moshpit, this was not going to be easy. I then ran one of my deathrippers up onto the hill also, so at least the moshpit would be contested. I activated Skarre and arced backlash onto one of his jacks, followed by blood rain, which missed and scattered by 1" onto the intended target plus the neighbouring jack - Bonus! No damage as it was half strength, but at least they were both now covered in a nice layer of acid. The rest of my turn was just moving through some woods to ready the advance up the hill with my troops. Adam also advanced, ready to strike.<br />
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Round 3 came as a bit of a suprise. Dan decided wisely, not to try to slam my deathripper off the hill, which, if succesful would of won him the game. This was wise move because he was 1/4 inch out of range. He did however charge the ripper and do considerable damage, including crippling the arcnode. Dan moved his other jack out of the moshpit, and into a retaliative position, so he could exploit Adams army, as it advanced past him. Dan then put covering fire right in front of my advance.<br />
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I activated Skarre, having rolled up an additional 6 focus thanks to another round of ritual sacrifice. She popped her feat for five wounds, cast dark guidance. My second ripper ran up onto the hill. I then walked my bane thralls into combat with his jack, with one of them falling prey to the covering fire, five attacked and four hit, but with weapon master P+S 16(skarre's feat) things would not go well for that jack, even though I forgot to include the dark shroud modifier, they still pummelled the Jack to pieces. That left the hill to me and the game came to an end.<br />
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We played on as we did not have enough time to start another game, and in the end me and Adam pretty much slaughtered Dans Retribution army, with the final blow coming from a deathripper slammed his caster into a wall.<br />
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All in all and very fun game, and I look forward to the next time.<br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-53995336472913739702011-01-05T14:39:00.000-08:002011-01-05T14:39:13.084-08:00Tor Gaming Relics - Britanan TroopersHi all, well, to conclude my flurry of blogging today I thought I would get these troopers on here for you all to see. The Britanan troopers form the backbone of the Britanan force and are great little sculpts. <br />
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As I said in a previous post, the GCN are now working with <a href="http://www.torgaming.co.uk/rd/">Tor Gaming Limited</a> to develop this system, so expect to see a few of these new models creeping into posts on my blog. <br />
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So here we go:<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-72828974452044861702011-01-05T03:25:00.000-08:002011-01-05T03:25:16.152-08:00Bane Lord Tartarus and Necro surgeonHi guys, <br />
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Here we have a couple more finished models for my warmachine force.<br />
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Bane lord tartarus:<br />
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And then my finished Necrosurgeon<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-37850177051370404662011-01-05T03:14:00.000-08:002011-01-05T03:14:22.670-08:00Cryx Objective markersHi all, well as promised here are those pics of my new objective markers.<br />
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WARNING, those of a nervous disposition look away now!<br />
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First up is a 40mm based dissection table:<br />
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Then we have a full autopsy table complete with severed body parts:<br />
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Hope you like them?<br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-43114534518191715052010-12-27T05:30:00.000-08:002010-12-27T05:30:54.652-08:00Blimey, I have lapsed!Sorry all, thought it was about time that I posted again. I have been really busy with loads of stuff, as one can expect at this time of year. Melanie has also been rather unwell, so I have been looking after her.<br />
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Well, what have I been up to on the modelling front? Well, I can now report that the GCN has a working relationship with <a href="http://www.torgaming.co.uk/rd/">Tor Gaming limited</a> and are working closely with them to develop their new system Relics. I am in the process of painting up some models from the range and will get them on here asap.<br />
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Santa brought me a lovely new Battlefoam Warmachine bag, which has had me busy deciding where to put all my Cryx figures. I have also been building and painting 2 Cryx objective markers for the upcoming campaign weekend at <a href="http://www.triplehelixwargames.co.uk/">Triple Helix Wargames</a> in Wiltshire, which is the inaugural event by <a href="http://legionofsnakeeyes.wordpress.com/">LOSE</a>.<br />
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I shall have some more posts within the next couple of days, but in case I am delayed I will wish you all a very happy new year.<br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-22285246873646664002010-11-23T14:36:00.000-08:002010-11-23T14:37:31.360-08:00Because I need to say this!Hi all, well, for those who have been following my blog from the start you'll remember that I started with a history of my gaming. This post included a mention of our son Tom who is a key member of West Cornwall Games Club as he really was the reason behind it.<br />
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Right, well I got into rather deep water over that, and having thought about my actions in a clear and precise manner I can now officially apologise to Daisy our daughter for missing her out of that post. Daisy is the best daughter in the world, as she is a hard working, kind, affectionate young lady. she is always willing to listen to her friends problems and give sound advise. She is a credit to herself and her family. She is a very talented artist and photographer, and I often get her to take pictures of my models.<br />
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Daisy is also a member of WCGC, and often comes along to play Gemma's complex board games or join in with psychiatrist or mafia. When she has a spare moment she often makes tea for the busy men playing with their toy soldiers.<br />
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I am sure that my gaming life would be a lot harder without such a great kid.<br />
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Love you darling<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-28441743290707519002010-11-18T03:04:00.000-08:002010-11-18T03:04:11.601-08:00Finished a bit of paintingHi all, I thought I'd share with you my latest completed model. This time it's for Aeronautica Imperialis from forgeworld. I am currently painting up a Tau fleet for this fast paced game. We have a couple more guys at West Cornwall Games Club who are putting together Imperial and Ork's.<br />
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Hope you enjoy?<br />
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After running through the basics of play we kicked off with Cyrx first turn, nothing much happened other than to advance. Skarlock used his ability to cast one of Skarre's spells and successfully killed of one of the necrosurgeon's stitch thralls for extra focus next turn. The Khador also advanced in there first turn and the widowmakers took up a good position in woods to the side of the main advance. The 2 heavy Khador jacks shielded warcaster Sorcha from sight really well.<br />
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Round two found Skarre rolling up an additional 1 focus and placing that immediately on one of her deathrippers on the left flank, she put another focus onto the other Deathripper on the right flank. The right Deathripper ran up onto a hill, which gave it LOS to the Khador jacks. The other ripper also ran forward. Six Mechanithralls ran forwards and got into position to take on the Khador jacks when they advanced next. The unit of bane thralls came around from the right to make headway against the Khador jacks advance and possibly take on the widowmakers. Skarlock used the same spell to kill of another stitch thrall. The Skarre moved up and using the arcnode in the right hand ripper she put backlash onto the khador juggernaut.<br />
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In the Khador turn the Destroyer unleashed its bombard onto the Mechanithralls removing 2 of them. Meanwhile the Juggernaut charged the right hand ripper on the hill and did what Khador jacks do best. The widow makers walked up to the edge of the woods and opened fire on the Bane's on the right, to which one fell.<br />
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Round three saw Skarre rolling an additional 2 focus, then upkeeping the backlash on the Juggernaut before moving forward. Then she cast dark guidance. The Mechanithralls charged the rear of the Juggernaut on the hill to her right, and with the aid of dark guidance they steam fisted their way through the thick armour of the jack, crippling both arms and damaging its movement. The bane's also charged the Juggernaut and quickly reduced it to rubble with the aid of dark guidance. So with one dead jack a piece the action was heating up. Skarlock moved up and killed off the last stitch thrall for more focus next turn.<br />
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The Khador turn found the destroyer bombarding the Bane's on the hill with good effect and 3 fell. The the widow makers cleaned up one more with their hunting rifles. The tide of war had swung in favour of the Khador. Sorcha then stepped out of her cover behind the Destroyer, before popping her feat and freezing pretty much all of the Cryx.<br />
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Round four was a short round for the Cryx as most of them were frozen by Sorcha's Icy gaze. All that the Cryx could do was generate focus, so on top of Skarre's normal six she rolled another six due to ritual sacrifice. That meant that Skarre had an armour value of 27 for this round.......Phew! Skarlock was outside of Sorcha's icy gaze so was able to kill off the necrosurgeon for another round of extra focus.<br />
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The Khador turn found the destroyer bombarding Skarre and Skarlock, killing Skarlock in the process. Then one of the widow makers cleaned up the last Banethrall with his hunting rifle, then the remaining three widow makers fired at the mechanithralls, which finished them off. It was not looking good for the Cryx. Sorcha nicely moved back into cover behind the Destroyer.<br />
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In round 5 Skarre rolled up an extra 3 focus and cast dark guidance, popped her feat, and then charged the Destroyer. Using her great rack she knocked the destroyer over and having boosted the damage roll she caused some damage. Skarre then used her primary weapon to cause even more boosted damage, destroying the right arm of the jack in the process, another boosted attack with her sacrificial dagger hurt the jack even more.<br />
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All that the Khador could do was shake the Destroyer and attempt to hit Skarre, but with both arm systems crippled it was never going to be easy, suffice to say that failed. The Sorcha walked around into melee with Skarre, but was unable to inflict more than 3 damage due to Skarre's feat still helping her out with +5 armour.<br />
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In the Final round of the game, Skarre used great rack to knock Sorcha over and do 3 damage, then she cleaved her with takkaryx ending the game.<br />
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What a great introduction it was, and more importantly, we're now getting two more players at the club.<br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-8343941244194862612010-11-10T15:27:00.000-08:002010-11-10T15:27:08.599-08:00More painting tonight!Hi all, well tonight has found me once again at the painting desk slaving over some Warmachine. I have 90% finished a unit of 6 Mechanithralls for my Cryx army.<br />
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Once they're finished tommorow(ish) I will post up a picture of them, but in the meantime I will post some pictures of some completed Cryx figures. This is for my benefit as well as yours, as it gives me strength to carry on!<br />
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Why do us gamers continue to buy figures when we already have loads of stuff to make and paint?<br />
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I started gaming at the age of 10 when I was introduced by a school friend to Dungeons and Dragons; we played through many great adventures. I found D&D a fun system to play, and within its loose framework of rules we designed many good stories and characters. A few years later we moved onto the much more tightly ruled AD&D, which also proved fun. We began using figures to represent our characters in both D&D and AD&D and this in turn led to a need for a game system that used figures.<br />
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Our prayers were answered with the la<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">u</span>nch of Adeptus Titanicus by Games Workshop. This system revolved around battles between rival titans. I remember reading the rules so quickly that my first games really didn't do the rules any justice whatsoever. After the initial rush had subsided, I read the rules and got some good games in. The next logical step was to follow up with the purchase of Space Marines which, when combined with Adeptus Titanicus, formed the basis of the now ever popular Epic Armageddon. The Epic scale models really gave a depth to the game, with huge battles being played out on friends' relatively small dining tables.<br />
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After a while, I craved more complexity and deeper rules so I went in search of a new game to play. This came in the form of FASA's Battletech. This system was to be my staple right through until the mid 1990's. Battletech was a similar scale to Epic, but the complexity of the rules allowed a lot of different games. I wrote many scenarios for my group of gaming buddies. <br />
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At this time I attended a club in Luton, Bedfordshire and it was here that I found a very complex rule set in the shape of Challenger 2000 Ultra Modern Combat, by Bruce Ree Taylor & Bob Conner. I still have this game today and still love it. I have to admit though that I very rarely play it, due to a lack of willing opponents. One very memorable campaign found us re-enacting the first Gulf War. I also started playing Warhammer 40k whilst at the Luton club.<br />
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Shortly after I moved home and started to go along Finchley Games Club in north London. This was a great club which was not only well supported by its membership, but which was also looked after by the local store, Leisure Games, which was owned by the president of the club. It was at Finchley that I first discovered Call of Cthulhu as a tabletop role playing game, and wow, I was blown away. I started as a player but soon wrote my first story, the tale of Arthur Didcot. A few of us started to explore the possibility of running Cthulhu as a Live Action Roleplay (LARP). Our endeavours however were quickly halted by the release of the Cthulhu Live rules by Chaosium in 1997. Having quickly got hold of a copy of the first edition rules we successfully ran several events over the next 4 year period. I became more and more involved in larp and started attending most of the big UK events on a regular basis.<br />
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During this time I was still playing Battletech, Warhammer, Epic and a few home brew rules which varied from Celts/Vikings to sci fi. Most of these home brew systems were written by members of the club, and it was good fun play testing and making them playable. I gained a lot from my time at Finchley, and I thank all the members at that time for their time and sometimes patience.<br />
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So the early noughties found me moving to Cornwall and setting up a business, so most of my gaming was restricted to very few moments. I met my now wife Melanie in 2002 at a mutual friend's party, and after a while I was introduced to her kids. I hit it off with Tom straight away as we had a joint interest in wargaming. Tom and I went to the local GW and bought Warhammer 40,000 third edition. It was soon decided that Tom would assemble and paint the marines as space wolves and that left me the Dark Eldar. I have always like being the bad guys, so this didn't bother me. Having played a few games, he introduced a few of his school friends to the game, and few of them started to collect and play. I became a bit of a mentor, teaching all I knew about building, painting and playing. Things grew in size and Tom started the first official school club at Cape Cornwall School, which is still going strong and indeed now enter GW's schools league. Having left school and gone onto college, it was decided that we needed an out of school club, so we formed West Cornwall Games Club in the winter of 2006. We had our official launch night on the 28th February 2007. The club has grown steadily since that point and continues to provide a good environment to game in. I was determined right from the start to join the <a href="http://www.gcnm.org.uk/">Gaming Club Network</a>, although they represented the core beliefs that we had formed the club around. Soon after we were the second gaming club to become a GCN club in Cornwall.<br />
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Last year I took on the role of area representative for the GCN, and so far have managed to get a third club fully approved into the network, and a further 2 clubs are stage 1 approved. I chair regular meetings for these clubs, and amongst other things we are planning a Cornish games expo for late 2011.<br />
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So that's it in a nutshell really, 25 years of gaming so far.<br />
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In future blog articles I will be exploring the systems I still play today and those that have fallen by the wayside. <br />
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Lucky dice<br />
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NeilGonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4266062782402402234.post-21408977771976692022010-11-09T06:14:00.000-08:002010-11-09T06:14:05.924-08:00Gonks has a blogHello all, well here is my first blog post!Gonkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613998436943463365noreply@blogger.com2