The Irony...

It's been many years since I've posted anything, or even touched a miniature. I think the last time I played a miniature game on a table with dice and everything was about fall of 2015.

My miniatures languished in the basement untouched and unloved for many years, until Halloween night of 2019 they decided they'd had enough, and wanted to enjoy one last flaming hurrah.

Bits and hobby materials

During a windy cold rain storm, a tree broke the neutral wire from the power pole to our house. This caused an electrical "event" that set my miniatures on fire. They burnt mightily, as the forced of Chaos should.

This used to be my tournament Daemon army...

The whole family managed to get out of the house. It was a near thing. My daughter and I lost some eyelashes and bangs singed off from the extreme heat just running by basement door.

Bastion and Rhino meld

Things to remember in a house fire: grab your cell phone which is probably right on your night stand. I had to pound on neighbors doors until someone woke up to call 911 for me. Then I got to stand in the road in a windy cold rain storm up to my ankles in cold water in my underwear watching smoke come out of my house waiting for the fire department.

Ancient Gauls don't do well in the heat

The miniatures are a total loss, along with the rest of the house. Insurance is treating us well, but it sure is a tough time.

Beloved Slaanesh Soul Grinder

And of course, now that all my paints and brushes and EVERYTHING we all have mountains of to paint and assemble and modify our models, not to mention models themselves, are all gone, I have an itch to start painting!

I looked around for game systems, and have decided I want to do Kings of War. Big units of ranked up fantasy dudes lined up across from each other has always been my prime love. I have some local friends that play. There are tournaments regionally I can attend.

Dwarfs and Lizards!

So, I'm build a Dwarf army! I don't know how good it is, but I'm more interested in painting and assembly big pretty units than tournament crushtastic gameplay.

So hopefully I can start blogging again and get an army painted up and regale you with my stories of tabletop conflicts, failures, bad dice, and me being stupid once again.

Miss you all, be safe!

-Bob

Seamus' Belle of the Ball: Malifaux at Connecticon 2015!

No, I'm not dead. My gaming adventures are limited to getting kicked around by my friend Brendan at Monday Night Malifaux, and getting kicked around by my son Bobby on Conquest night...but I finally made it to a Tournament...my first since Nova last year, I think? Is it bad if I can't even remember?

Monday Malifaux... and more!

Actually, this isn't even a Monday Malifaux...but the last few Sundays and some Vassal short-stories thrown in!

I'm still using Dreamer and a little Jacob thrown in. I've gotten two games in with each in the last week and a half, read on to learn how they went!

Malifaux Monday - Football Practice?!

Yeah, sadly, no Malifaux Monday for me...I coach little kid football: 5-7 year old kids. It's like herding cats!

I did get a few games in with Jacob Lynch, but I took no pictures or notes. So, business as usual for me, right? :)

Malifaux - Vassal game: Jacob vs. Marcus

A really short mini-batrep from a Vassal game against Brendan last night! He wanted to try out the Molemen, I wanted to try out Jacob some more, so we hooked up on Vassal and Skype and went at it!

Malifaux Monday! The Dreamer faces Marcus and the beasts!

Another Malifaux Monday, and this time I got to play Brendan and his freshly painted Marcus-led crew! This was also my first time using my almost-but-not-quite-completely-done Nightmares, with creepy-fog effect!

Creepy Fog or snow?

More Malifaux!

Yes, I'm still hooked on Malifaux!

I've dropped from the 40k GT at NOVA this year and signed up for all the Malifaux events (though I'm desperately seeking a Doubles Partner...either Neverborn or Guild!)

Malifaux Monday! Dreamer vs Mei Feng

I sure do love Malifaux Monday! We had a great turnout at Gamer's Gambit as more and more folks are recognizing what a great game Malifaux is. We had six people playing Malifaux, two guys playing 40k but only because the Malifaux stuff they'd ordered isn't in yet, and two Malifaux players doing Relic Knights because it's the new shiny. A great crowd and fun times!

Malitastic Weekend!

I did literally nothing besides simple domestic chores and modeling for Malifaux all weekend...and I have pics to prove it!

Malifaux...experiences with Dreamer

I'm certainly no Malifaux expert...if you stumbled on this post hoping to find a winning strategy, know that I've played about a dozen games total in 3 weeks of being a Malifaux player...please view anything read here thru that lens!

That being said, though, I've pondered the use of the Dreamer quite a bit, and have some thoughts and experiences that I want to share...more for my own benefit than anything else!