Fatigue in the System

Once again I have been struck down with the RPG bug. I caught it after reading Chris Perkin's extensive episode guide for his Iomandra campaign. If you're a DM/GM in any way one of these guides (either one) are definitely worth a read, they're a fascinating way to see how someone else (who is a much better DM than me) constructs their stories in a campaign. I don't recommend reading both the Monday and Wednesday guides as there is significant story overlap and you'll end up reading a great deal of the same thing with different character names.

What intrigues me the most is the amount of resources Chris Perkins must have at WotC HQ - or even at his personal disposal. He's got to have miniatures for everything D&D - granted they're not exactly wowing me with miniature sculpts but you're not after fantastic miniatures when you're plonking down 20 random skeletons/zombies. A small part of me is very jealous.

Which moves us once again into the realm of the Iron Kingdoms RPG. I have now ordered myself a 1.5" squared battle mat - that's about 37mm for the unenlightened (and 40mm in plumbing terms for some reason), so I should be able to crowd in a decent number of medium based models (see: trollkin) without too much hassle. I just need to come up with a suitable system to use - I'd prefer 4e at the moment as it's relatively simple and supports the use of miniatures. I have also discovered I do my best writing when exhausted. My reporter's notepad is now filled with neat little handwriting that defies the fatigue I powered through at 3am this morning. And it's bloody amazing stuff that makes sense. I just need lots of pirates.

New Hordes MKii Update

The final update before we see Hordes MKii in book and card format has appeared on Privateer Press' website here: http://privateerpress.com/hordes-mkii-model-update

I haven't had time to go through the changes yet, but many of you will be overjoyed to find out Mulg has lost Overtake. You may not be so overjoyed to learn that Mulg has a raft of new abilities instead. Does this mean I'm going to have to restart my list of people who got Mulg'ed?

Compiled List of Changes:
Trollbloods - aka, Sevwall has a grammar fail.
Circle of Orboros
Skorne
Legion of Everblight

Blackjack and Hookers

There's a big guffaw about the European Hordes & Warmachine Team Challenge around the Warmachine and Hordes forums. Do not confuse this event with the Warmachine/Hordes Open European Team Championship in Austria. That would be foolish.

So yeah, Maelstrom are running a big team tournament type thing. And it costs £30 just to get a single ticket, 4 people to a team... for 5 games? Their tables better be flocked with real gold leaf and the goody bags stuffed with ornaments made from pure nerdy joy. In other words, thank you but we'll pass; as much fun as it would be to swoop down south and ninja loot to my shrivelled black heart's content. I wouldn't mind stopping down that way to help run the event but the price is definitely off-putting as a player.

Mulg has impacted into my painting queue, but the gelatinous state of my Bleached Bone is thwarting my efforts to make significant headway. That and my plumbing exams in Livingston, those are a bummer too.