Christmas 2021

 Well what a busy few months! Sorry the blogs been quiet. The run up to Christmas has been a bit crazy and the wife working from home has limited my gaming space that I used for solo games. I have been playing bloodbowl I need to write that up.

Still painting my birthday Fallout and rumbleslam stuff, I tend to flit between wanting to paint lots and then not feeling it at all. Well Christmas has been and gone I hope you had a good one! No super big ideas for me this year as I'm having a severe and boring adult look at the space I have and what miniatures I can probably get rid of but I still got very lucky through friends and family.

I got the Victory at Sea full rules and Star grave rule book. 

My good friend Dave got me some subs and MTBs for my IJN fleet so more torpedoy goodness. The green box is a Cargo ship free with Vas rules. Last an Armoured car added some more punch  to my Brits 

Another friend got me some Commandos so a new force is on the horizon me thinks! 

My sister in law got me this so will be interesting to learn how to use it! Be a bit different to the glass ramikin I use at moment. 

My aunt got me this swanky dice holder. I'm thinking blood bowl and Dnd dice in here. 

Non gaming item of excitement is a Churrio maker!!

Have a good new year period and here's to gaming in 2022!

RCBBL Season 3 Week 5 and 6

Here we go 2 weeks worth of action for you.

Death  Spectres vs Eaglettes

Some elf on elf action! The dark elves chose the physical side of the game and took it to the Elven Union side. Taking the win 3 - 1

Glade Runners vs Gnoblar Gobblers 

The wood elves used their speed and agility to mostly avoid the ogres. Mostly because the tree took a hell of beating but survived but a linemen was killed by an ogre. The Runners win the game 4 - 1

Fury Cutters vs Osiris Scales 

Due to coach illness this game was conceded so Fury Cutters took a 2 - 0 win.

That wraps up week 5, the Eaglettes loss to the Death Spectres has broken the 3 way tie at the top. Now only 2 teams on equal standing the Death Spectres and Glade Runners and guess who play each other next?

Week 6

Glade Runners vs Death Spectres 

Meeting of the two top teams in blizzard conditions (not at all ideal for my Wood elves) . The Glade Runners pulled an early touchdown out of the bag but then struggled on defence. The Wardancer failed a crucial leap, the wizard did not earn his gold at all when his fireball hit 7 players and managed to knock down......... 1. The Death Spectres march on to the top of the table winning 1-3

Eaglettes vs Osiris Scales 

The liazrdmen ls strength proved to much for the Elven Union and they won 1 - 2

Fury Cutters vs Gnoblar Gobblers 

This was a close match the humans favouring their one catcher to do the scoring, helped massively by the thrower being on form today. The Ogres sent Gnoblar after Gnoblar into the human half scoring twice. But the Fury Cutter humans took the win 3 - 2

OK so that's another 2 weeks done. A couple of matches have changed the league and we now have a single team in the lead. Bit unhappy my woodies couldn't take the W against the Death Spectres the weather made my thrower and catchers redundent for 90% and my war dancer will one day make a leap. 

RCBBL Week 4!!

 

Here we go!!  OK ok I forgot to post this last week when we had played.  I got distracted anyway here are the scores on the doors.

Gnoblar Gobblers vs Death Spectres 

In a brutal match punch up of a match the elves took the win 3 - 0

Eaglettes vs Fury Cutters 

A tight match but the elves agility won the day 2 - 1

Glade Runners vs Osiris Scales

The lizardmen started off strong and pummelled the wood elves but a lucky kick and blitz plus the new tree men stepped up and laid out 3 of the 4 skinks drastically reducing the ball carrying ability got the woodies back into the match where their speed started to give them the edge. Glade Runners win 4 - 2

Right now the league is poised, 3 teams on equal points for the top!! These next few matches are crucial 

RCGC Event 1 Death Race!

 "Here we go!  I'm Troy Turbo Tomkins and here we are at the first RCGC Event and it's my favourite where I was made..... The Death Race!!!. The purest form of car combat surely? Well Channel 668 bring you this awesome season of action. We got three teams, 9 drivers all ready to compete for your votes and some hard earned cans and for the season champion a certain one way all expenses paid trip to.......... Mars!! Yes you heard me right! OK let's meet the teams! "

" We have the teams, we have the racetrack. Let's do this! "

" Phew what a race, plenty of carnage!!! So in case you missed it here are the race results.

1st place goes to Hawk!

2nd place goes to Shepard 

3rd place  goes to Trinity Tailgate

4th Place goes to the Dark Knight

5th place goes to the Spectre.

The rest got wrecked and did not finish but good news filtering up from the pits I suppose is that all the drivers have survived and will be back again for our next event. The race to Mars has begun!"

*Going to change the font I use next time. I find it hard to read the txt in the pictures. 

The Birthday Post!

 

Well it's that time in my life I've reached level 40! In Fallout or Skyrim that's good in real life I'm not so convinced! Alas we cannot fight the ever moving forward sands of time. Being a "big" (according to my friends and family) birthday I was really spoiled with presents. I got from the wife and kids, Assassins Creed valhalla so expect a sudden Viking addiction in the next few months (still have origins to finish yet). Also some undercoat spray, paints and brushes (they went for 40 things because I'm 40 so there was also jaffa cakes and packets of discos). My good friend Dave went all out and got me Blood Red Skies Airstrike, this is not quite a starter set but a bundle that comes with rules, airplanes and tokens......... So a lot like a starter set I guess.  I've been watching this game from afar and Dave got into it and like any good Wargame buddy got his mate into it as well!

So looking forward to taking the battle to the skies!

My sister got me some Fallout goodies, more Brotherhood of steel!

I now have a decent BoS force for Fallout Wasteland Warfare. On that subject my long time gaming buddy and best friend Alex (his blog is regularly mentioned in here) got me various bits of Fallout inspired scenary 

These will add so much terrain wise to my Fallout games. Can't wait to play again.

The mother in law got me the Rumbleslam expansion Tables Ladders and Chests!

Now I have official rules for chairs and ladders instead of making my own up!

I was also bought by my brother in law a new blood bowl team!!! The last team I really fancied out of all the official ones so most likely no more teams need buying now........... Probably

Loved the chaos team on Blood bowl 2 so now I have them for the tabletop. Just need a minotair now for utter carnage!!

I have to say thank you to everyone that got me gift and putting up with my "strange" requests leading members of my family to websites they had never seen before. Now my painting queue is huge and I have to get cracking with some games for you guys!! 

Family Dnd Session 21

 The party took a bit of time to recover and headed for the village of Puddlesworth. They arrived at night and headed to the tavern. Inside were 4 gruff looking men who told Downhead and Azorak to go away. The barmen a tall dragon born was very nervous when speaking to the party. They eventually got out of him that "they" ran the village and were in control. A female and a male had arrived but soon disappeared after asking questions. The party head to bed resolves to investigate the village in the  morning.  During the night the party wake up to the smell of burning...... The tavern is on fire, after they burst out their rooms they spot a female tied up in the middle of the tavern. Downhead cuts the ropes and discovers Yolanda. The agent they are looking for  outside are 16 cultists chanting. Azorak doves out of t he window followed by Downhead both with bows drawn. Ragnum smashes the door down and ready his axe. Ianthe wold shapes into an Ape and swings out of the tavern. Battle erupts! The party is victorious and Yolanda reveals Crisxus was taken away in a black carriage and is dead. Everyone heads back to Queens Watch where the king awaits. He rewards the heroes with special rings that summon mounts. No more walking for these guys. Ianthe has a giant elk, Azorak a Boar, Downhead a large greyhound (we have a greyhound d and my 6 year old loves him so much so had to put him in) Ragnum gets a T Rex (because its cool and I'm the DM dammit). With them is the wizard they rescued from Cyrus's Estate. The wizard one of the original heroes holds the chalice and says he will go to Dragons Teeth castle to live out his remaining days. He pulls out a blue stone and it opens a portal. The party goes through and adds the chalice to the basin with the other 2 items in. After a relaxing evening in Iron Jaws Bane back at the Hairy Shack. The party notice an owl following them. Ianthe calls it down and finds a note tied to its leg. The note reads

Ianthe, Downhead our home has bee struck by some sickness and we need your help please come to the Misty Wood! 

RCBBL Week 2 and 3

 

We are back!!! Sorry its been a while real life keeps getting in the way of my gaming updates. We are a couple of couple of more  weeks in so let's get cracking

Week 2

Osiris Scales vs Death Spectres

A tough match for the Dark Elves taking on the liazards. I heard it was a bit of a punch up and the Osiris Scales took the win 1 - 0.

Fury Cutters vs Glade Runners

Father vs son for this match my Wood elves taking on my boys human team. The humans punched the hell out of the woodies. The journeymen I took for the match were all casualties by the end of the first half.  A close match ended 3 - 2 to the Glade Runners!

Gnoblar Gobblers vs Eaglettes

Husband vs wife in this match up! The ogres it seemed couldn't catch the elves (as an elf coach now I can't moan about elf tactics mwha ha ha), they did manage some quality runt punting but they were beaten 3 - 4

Week 3

On to the next week!!!

Death Spectres vs Fury Cutters 

The dark elves and most experienced team took on the humans. A battle was fought but in the end the Death Spectres took the win 4 - 0.

Osiris Scales vs Gnoblar Gobblers 

A close match but the ogres throwing and kicking of runts took the win 2 - 1

Glade Runners vs Eaglettes 

Elf vs elf action! Nuffle took a dislike to the Elven Union team and hampered their dice rolls. One elf catcher managed 5 dodges only to fall on a Rush for the end zone! The Glade Runners took the win 4 - 1.

That's another few weeks done. Starting to like the woodies. They are super brittle but their speed is impressive and my war dancer with strip ball is turning into an opponent annoying player 

RCBBL Season 3 week 1

 

Here we go!! Season 3, new teams, old teams, new players and old players! The ogres are staying, the Dark Elves are staying but now we have Elven Union, a human team, a lizard team and a wood elf team! We welcome a couple of new players also! Here we go for week 1

Osiris Scales (Lizard) vs Eaglettes (Elven Union)  

2 of the new teams faced off against each other. The Eaglettes rookie coach lines up against last year's championship winning coach though minus his rats this year. The game ended 4 - 0 to the Eaglettes! The elves put on a display of speed and dodging. 

Gnoblar Gobblers (Ogre) vs Fury Cutters (Human) 

Another rookie coach (proud parent moment my 8 year old has joined the league) faces a veteran coach. In a thrilling game where my sons distinct lack of regard for any kind of looking at the odds and deciding on a sensible course of action ment crazy actions were attempted. The Fury Cutters took the win 4-2!

Death Spectres (Dark Elf) vs Glade runners (Wood Elf)

2 veteran RCBBL coaches face each other one with the highest TV team of the league. The other a brand new team who play a totally different style than the coach is used to (yeah that's me). A hard fought tactical match happened where my brain still hurts from working out tackle zones. The rookie woodies took the veteran Dark elves to 2-2 despite losing their thrower and 2 other players early on (one lineman dead already) but the Dark Elves scored on the last turn to take the win 3-2.

A good week but I'm still not sold on wood elves

Family Dnd Session 18, 19 20

 The party head further into the mine, they meet more cultists but also find traces of a recent battle. Dwarf and cultist bodies are strewn around. They locate cultists trying to break into the dwatf hold. They defeat the cultists and the dwarfs let them in to the hold. After speaking with the leader they know a demon stalks the halls between them and the surface. The adventurers agree to slay the demon and head off into the abandoned bits of the hold. Here they find a Glabrezus. A cracking fight occurred Ragnum the barbarian spent a lot of time being grappled and punched. Eventually the demon was slain and t he dwarves formed up and charged out into the cultist camp blocking the entrance. The cultists were defeated and the dwarves on suggestion of the party abandoned the  hold and headed towards dragons teeth castle. The party headed back to Queens Watch.

On arriving at Queens Watch paladin Dance met then and said the King wants to see them the next day. They party went shopping, avoided being mugged and stocked up in some potions.  The next day they made their way to the Palace. Ragnum got pickpocketed but the other members stopped the children before they could steal. Azorak punched a 6 year old child pick pocket. They met the King who informed them the wizard had landed at Queens Watch and came to the Palace spoke with the Kings uncles family but then disappeared. The king requested they investigate his uncles country estate. His uncle is only seen at night travelling in a black carriage. The king wants his name kept out of the investigation as his uncle has powerful friends at court and doesent want a civil war. The party agree. Before they leave Danse requests they also look at the village of  Puddlesworth. He sent to agents to investigate the cult there and they have disappeared.  The party agree and choose to head to the Kings uncles Country estate.

As they arrive Ianthe notices the gardeners all look a bit zombie like, slow shambling and a bit dumb. The house is a country house with all the windows covered up. They ask to speak to Cyrus (the Kings uncle) and are led inside. They meet Cyrus, a pale thin man as he talks Azorak, Downhead and Ragnum all feel sleepy and pass  out. Ianthe is struck from behind and is knocked out.

They awake in seperate cells with no equipment. Azorak tries to smash the door to no effect, Ianthe wild shapes into a lady bug and flies through the cell door window. She investigates ahead and finds a guard asleep. She heads back and returns to human form and let's the party out. They try and  sneak past the guard but Ragnum stubs his toe and wakes the guard up but with quick thinking dices over the table and knocks the guard out. They come to another room where 3 guards are on break. Azorak Ragnum and Downhead rush forward. Ianthe hangs back and flings fire but mostly misses. A brawl eruots and eventually the party overcome the guards. They discover a room with all their equipment but no gold. They eventually find a secret room packed with some nice treasure. Ianthe realises they are dealing with a vampire, they locate his coffin and open it carefully but it's empty. Ianthe instructs them to pour water into the coffin (Dnd vampire killing). They then move to a room emitting a blue glow. In it they find the ancient wizard cradling the chalice (One of the 4 artifacts the party need) and holding his staff out to create a force field. Also in the room is Cyrus gloating to the wizard about how no one in his family had the commitment to wait the wizard out but only he had chosen to be a vampire. He attacked the party, Ian the hit him with a moon beam and Azorak made the ground thorny around him but he still charged and took huge chunks out of Ragnum. When the battle started to swing the parties way the vampire stared intently at Downhead and convinced him to be on the vampires side. Ragnum ran and leapt at Donhead before the vampire could use him as food. The vampire was defeated and laughed as he turned to mist not realising the fate awaiting him at the coffin. The wizards shield fell and the party convinced him that they mean well and have a safe place for the chalice. They all head out of the estate where Paladin Danse arrives with a small army. Thankfully Dobbie had snuck away to get help. The party inform Paladin Danse of what's happened. Their path now leads them to Puddlesworth...... Ragnum might need a bit of a rest though! 

RCBBL Season 2 Week 9 and kinda 10

 

Week 9 

The penultimate week of action!

The Dog and Bones took on the mighty Rat Bastards! And in a shock result they won 2-1!! The Rat Bastards run of victories is brought crashing down!

The Gnoblar Gobblers defeated the Orcicidal Maniacs 2-0

The Puddings took on the Death Spectres with second place in the league on the line. The halflings struggled from terrible luck and failed to do most of the usual crazy halfling things and were dominated by t he dark elevs. This resulted in a 3 - 0 defeat. 

Week 10

Due to the league being mathematically set we all chose to concede our next games and cracking on season 3!!! Here is the final standings 

Season 3 will be starting soon. The Puddings, Dog and Bone, Orcidiak Maniacs and Rat Bastards are all retiring and new teams are arriving.  So keep an eye out!! 

CONGRATULATIONS to Dean and the Rat Bastards on the RCBBL title win!