Monthly Archives: January 2008

Storage of 3D terrain between floor joists

People usually end up taking up significant amounts of space as they build up their inventory of terrain pieces for different games and settings (for me: 25/28mm fantasy and 15mm WWII). That is unless you find a few tricks for efficient storage! I decided to make use of my basement ceiling joists. I made a [...]

Combat Commander: Europe (GMT)

I played Combat Commander: Europe for the first time this weekend. I will definitely buy this game and its expansions! You can read a nice review on BoardGameGeek that covers most of what I think about the game after one try. http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/183436 In short: Well-organized rulebook Nice, thick counters Battlefield chaos is awesome: do what [...]

Ptolus Campaign underway

The campaign is reaching its 4th IRL night and its one week of IG time. The players are now hooked on Ptolus! It’s easy as it is the more detailed city setting I have ever played with. Kudos to Monte Cook! I also want to mention the incredible job done by Skeleton Key Games‘ maps [...]

Mini painting for Ptolus campaign (litorian & half-elf)

Wow! Almost one month since last post. I started my Ptolus Campaign using D&D 3.5 rules on December 23rd 2007. I will paint one miniature for each player character involved (4 so far, 1 more joining soon). I was not able to find a miniature for Scar, the litorian (lion men). I ended up using [...]