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With the first true game session, we kicked off the new campaign with a scramble for control in a life and death battle against bandits. Protecting Oleg’s Trading Post from bandits, the group made their mark on the unsettled lands. The fight was rather touch and go at times (I had increased the number of bandits due to our overly large group size), but the group did end up winning the fight. However, the most impressive feat of the game was that each and every player had their own custom painted miniature for the game. It was exciting seeing each…
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As promised (threatened), I have uploaded the latest Zombicide: Black Plague play thru to YouTube. Two hours of excitement and enjoyment of the group against the oncoming Zombie hordes. No doubt we made a few rules errors in the game, but it was all fun, so no big deal to us. If you spot any errors, please let me know though, so we can improve our next game. Of course, if you enjoy the video, please click the like, and consider subscribing for future content. Zombicide: Black Plague – https://amzn.to/2OrWTjb
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Running some further experiments with 3d printed Miniatures for gaming. There are a number of online sites (most notable HeroForge), where custom minis can be designed thru a website. At the end, you can choose to have the figure professionally printed, or you can download the STL file for self-printing. However, since a home printer is likely not at the level of a production level printer, the quality varies. Is it possible to tune the prints enough to be acceptable?
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With our Zombicide game, I have jumped back into video documentation, with a bit of experimenting in preparation for our future Pathfinder game. Utilizing my bare bones gear (a camcorder, cell phone, and audio recorder), I managed to actually record some decent footage and a couple of angles. Audio ended up better than I expected, and I can actually hear all the players. Of course the additional camera adds complexity with the editing, so I had to dive into learning about Premiere Pro’s multi-cam editing options. It was not that intuitive (or I am a slow learner), but I think…
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Managed to fit in another game of Zombicide: Black Plague, as we ever so slowly work our way thru the starter set missions. This time it was Quest 8 – The Evil Temple, and our first “Hard” mission. The first attempt went badly, the group split up and then encountered nothing but misses on their attacks. By round three, the zombies had overwhelmed half the group and were closing in on the rest. The second attempt was far better – dice behaved for the most part, the group stuck together, and the card draws were decent. Most notably, they managed…
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Its been a while now since I have published any podcast or video productions at all, let alone related to our gaming activities, and the itch is starting to return. Our current Kingmaker campaign would be an option, but realistically it is just too short of a series to make it worth while. Instead, my thought is to resume with what we are planning for as Season 3 – the start of the 2nd edition of Pathfinder and the recently announced Age of Ashes campaign. This would have several advantages – most notably a bit of timeliness in that the…
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Starting preparations for our annual Thanksgiving Magic: The Gathering tournament, which admittedly isn’t until late November. However, there is a bit of preparation I need to do, not the least of which is prepare, build, and paint the trophy for this year. I expect I will use the same model, obviously updating the year, but it was a lengthy process last year. For the format, I am considering mixing it up a little bit, and potentially going with a sealed-deck format. This would require an entrance fee (I would be hard pressed to purchase that many starter decks), but would…
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Had a scheduling challenge this last weekend, so we ended up not playing our Kingmaker campaign. Several players were unavailable due to prior plans, and illness struck in our area. I also had an issue with pain in my feet, which made it very difficult to walk. As a result, we delayed game 2 of the campaign until March 30. In the meantime, we are going to try to fill in this next weekend with a potential return to Zombicide, and try to finish off another mission. We are just about to complete all of the core game missions, which…
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