Episode 45: Games and More

Episode 45

Our intrepid hosts have been playing games, working on models and having a great time with Warhammer lately and sit down to talk about their experiences. Our hosts are joined by newcomer to the Madison Warhammer scene, but long time Warhammer veteran Davy Calkins.

On top of game discussion, Davy has been playing the new dwarfs so we have some thoughts on things that he has tried so far and how he has been enjoying them as well as input from our hosts about the army.

Finally, don’t miss our Awesome Models You Might have Missed where we discuss Mierce Miniatures – Proteanc, Fickle Lord of Uroboros

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Gaming Spotlight: Battlestar Galactica, The Board Game

Folks, you may have heard of this game, or if your not a frakkin’ toaster, then you have at least seen the show. Battlestar Galactica is a cooperative game where the players assume the roles of the most recent series Battlestar Galactica to try to survive with what is the last people in the human race. With one warship and a fleet of civilian ships to protect, limited resources and no time to lose, the players have to try to work together to overcome the game.

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But, there is a twist…..

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Gaming Spotlight: Dominant Species: The Card Game

Dominant Species – The Card Game

All right, Jason from episode 5.5 and 26.5 picked this game up not too long ago and I have gotten a few plays of it. I have to say, the game is pretty great. The game I think scales fine with more players, even becoming a bit more interesting without too much downtime between turns. It’s been great and it was so good, I had to pick up a copy for myself.

The game is limited to 10 rounds, in which players draw cards that are either an event or an animal. Animal cards go towards your dominance score in the round as well as producing resources such as grubs, meat and grass. Events play towards giving you a key advantage during the round, such as being able to produce more or force opponents to have their animals suppressed! Great game, not too complicated mechanic. It really comes down to getting a feel for when you need to hold your cards and when you need to push.

It is a great game and a great filler game for in between other larger games. It is especially great for evening game nights where you might want to play 3 or 4 shorter and faster games.

Conesy’s Skaven Basing

The Concept

One of the things I find most useful when deciding on basing is to think a lot about what environment your army is supposed to be from and doing battle in. A lot of basing is being consistent with your technique throughout an army and matching your basing to something that can fool the eye into thinking that could actually exist in the real world.

When I picked up my Skaven army last fall, I thought quite a bit about how I wanted the basing and army display board to come together and help tie a story and theme together with this army. I thought a lot about where the Skaven live and what their primary enemies are and came up with the idea that this army will have recently struck down a dwarf hold and that the basing would represent the ruined landscape of halls that have been under battle with bits of the battle and the structure of the mines strewn about.

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To Warsphinx or Not to Warsphinx

Ok, so folks have asked around a bit for solid Tomb King tips. Can the army be made to work? Is it as bad as people say it is. Well, here’s some tips for playing Tomb Kings.

First, let me start that I haven’t started moving down the road of special characters. I think there are a couple of them in the book that can really boost the army where it needs boosting, but I am not the kind of guy that puts them on the table. Especially when I am learning the army. If I can’t make an army work without them, then I am probably not going to get over the hump when I add special characters.

Tomb Kings for Conesy has been the first time I have ever put an army that didn’t have psychology, that didn’t take normal break tests, and didn’t have troops that had the ability to flee. It is really different and took a little bit to get used to. It really is a different approach to playing Warhammer and very full filling. I find myself enjoying my games more, even when I am getting tabled and getting even more excited when my troops are throuncing my foe, running down units, and generally watching my casket bounce from unit to unit of the foes causing immense destruction.

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Conesy’s Guide to Painting Reds

As you can see above, the scorpions I painted for my Tomb King army have a unique effect on the maroonish reds and this is what I want to talk about.

So there are a couple of techniques I like to apply to reds to get a really unique look to them. I always start with a more maroon red then what a lot of folks do. For me, that depth in a maroon is a great base for whatever I am working up. Currently I am using either a Reaper Master Series, which I apologize but I don’t know the exact color as it’s one of their sample bottles but it is pretty much spot on the old Games-Workshop Foundation Mechrite Red.

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Episode 44: A Paca in the Waaagh

Episode 44

High off of Waaaghpaca, the gang discusses their participation at Waaaghpaca. On top of this, Triumph and Treachery is given a bit of a review and some in game experiences are discussed.

On top of that, special guest Kenny from the Combat Phase Podcast joins as well as old host Paul Wagner to add to the in studio chaos.

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Episode 43: A Mayhem Most Merry

Episode 43

This, bit delayed episode, is our year end wrap up show for 2013 as we discuss our plans for Waaaghpaca and some of our favorite games and moments from the year.

On top of that, special guest Kenny from the Combat Phase Podcast joins us via Skype to help us discuss our Merry Mayhem impressions and games.

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Episode 42: Mega Battles

Episode 42

Coming off 3 weeks of hot hobby and gaming craziness, the hosts are able to get together and talk about one of the events they were at recently, Game Hole Con. Game Hole Con is a new gaming convention located here in Madison WI and the hosts discuss their experiences and highlights from the event.

On top of that, special guest Kenny from the Combat Phase Podcast and Dustin are in studio and help the hosts elaborate on not only Game Hole Con but also dig into the mechanics and structure of mega battles.

Listen to find out all about mega-battles, the convention and the big game that occurred at Game Hole Con.

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Rock-Con 2013 Final Results

Name Paint Battle Total Army Opponents
John McCarthy (W) 1 2 3 Dark Elves Ben Richardson
Ben Cone (W – Ringer) 1 0 1 Dark Elves Chad Lathrop
Jim Maslanka 0 8 8 Ogre Kingdoms Brian Kuehni, James Nelson, Patrick Tyne
Patrick Tyne 0 0 0 Vampire Counts Kenny Lull, Shad Staples, Jim Maslanka
Shad Staples 3 8 11 Skaven Mark Vittone, Patrick Tyne, Chad Lathrop
Chad Lathrop 0 6 6 Orcs and Goblins Ben Cone, Kenny Lull, Shad Staples
Brian Kuehni 0 4 4 Vampire Counts Jim Maslanka, Mark Vittone, James Nelson
James Nelson 3 4 7 Dwarfs Trevor Richardson, Jim Maslanka, Brian Kuehni
Kenny Lull 3 6 9 Dwarfs Patrick Tyne, Chad Lathrop, Ben Richardson
Ben Richardson 3 8 11 Ogre Kingdoms John McCarthy, Trevor Richardson, Kenny Lull
Mark Vittone 3 8 11 Daemons of Chaos Shad Staples, Brian Kuehni, Trevor Richardson
Trevor Richardson 0 10 10 Beastmen James Nelson, Ben Richardson, Mark Vittone