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Our second group is one of the families that are part of our group – the parents and their son. Carter is playing Aliah No, the Half-Orc Monk (thus the green skin). He painted the figure himself, and I believe this was his first figure, which turned out pretty good. In the previous campaign, Carter played the groups Monk Bard, who was frequently getting caught up in trouble, and having to creatively talk himself back out, so it has been a bit of a learning curve to understand the basics of combat (not sure he ever really used a melee…
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The first of our new adventuring group are my sons, each playing their respective characters (who have no in-game relationship). The first is George, who is playing Durgham Tess, an Elven Warpriest of Erastil. His figure was painted entirely by himself, this is his second figure, but the quality is very decent. He has been considering altering the mace to his actually equipped warhammer, and even potentially sculpting it as a custom edition. The other son Ben is playing Pokey Darkstrike, a formidable Dwarven Fighter. He wields a dwarven waraxe, but his claim to fame is his spiked shield, covered…
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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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