WWII Project

 

After Obsessing with what Rules I’d be using for my 6mm WWII minis I have finally chosen: Blitzkrieg Commander II

http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/default.aspx

you can buy PDF rules from here:

http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/Content/Purchase/default.aspx

Or follow the link on the above page to Lulu and buy a printed book from them.

I wanted to play my games set around the Late War Eastern Front.
So with that major choice behind me, I now had to decide on what bases to use for BKC II. I was thinking that this task would be alot easier then my first one task [which rules to use] I was so wrong. As BKC II is used for 15mm, 10mm and 6mm scales, the base size varies alot. Even between those players in the 6mm scale there is not standard size for bases.

So after much research, chats on the forums, I have decided on the following sizes:

Co: 50mm round base
HQ: 40mm round base
FAO: 30mm round base
FAC: 30mm round base
Snipers: 20mm round base
Tanks: 20mm x 40mm bases
Transport: 20mm x 40mm bases
Infantry: 40mm x 20mm bases
Infantry Support: 20mm x40mm bases
Infantry Conscripts: 40mm x 30mm bases
Artillery:  30mm x 40mm bases
Recce: 30mm x 30mm rounded corners
Recce Transport: 20mm x 40mm rounded corners

The other thing I have done for my infantry is the following:
SMG units: 3 figs per stand
Vet units: 4 figs per stand
Regular units: 5 figs per stand
Conscript units: 6 figs per stand
HMG units: 2 HMG per stand

The other cool thing is with your Co and HQ stands you can make mini dioramas, mine have mostly armour with some troops on them.

I’ll post pics as I go if I can remember to do so. One more thing the real main reasons I chose BKC II over all of the other rules were for the following reasons:

* Solo play: I can play by myself which is a must as there is no gaming community where I am.
* Point system: I prefer having a points system its what I know and comfortable using.
* Rules: the rules are not over whelming and will slow down game play. not to many charts for me to have to flick through just to shoot one stand of tanks.
* further options: Not only is there Blitzkrieg Commander II which covers WWII, they also do Cold War Commander and Future War Commander which will let me do alternate games [Eg WWIII,] and also use old Epic40k minis in some Future war battles.

So over all a fantastic game and one that can be used in any scale. So if you haven’t looked at this rule set go do it now. Pete is on their forums he is the man behind BKC, BKC II, CWC, and FWC.

Cheers
Lord GreyWolf

ARRRGGHHH So many things To DO!!!

Well the title says it all. I have been really busy with Work, family and other real life stuff I haven’t had much time to update this blog.

My gaming work load is huge I seem to be collecting more then actually painting and gluing up stuff. So far I have the following on the cards , in prep-stage, undercoated, in transit, on pre-order of part of Kickstarter project.

Warmachine:

Cyganr: Added more jacks, still got to order my 2 Avengers, Also have pre-ordered my Colossal and 3Nemo, Haven’t done much in the way of painting. on the painting shelf:
2x Minuteman war jacks
1x pStryker
1x eStryker
1x pCaine
1x Katherine Laddermore  Mounted
1x Katherine Laddermore Dismounted
1x Hunter Warjack
3x Stromlancers
1x Master gunner
1x Gun Mage Adept [In Transit]

Mercs: Got alot of stuff to paint up with these:1x McBaine
1x Rocinante Warjack
1x Alexia
17x Risen
3x Thrall
1x Master Holt
1x Lady Aiyana
12x Steelhead Halberdiers

On top of those painting projects been busy painting up a Prisoner exchange at the Death Squad site:
http://www.deathsquadsgame.com/f40-prisoner-exchange-2012

great site for those who want to play WH40k in a skirmish setting.

Tutatis:
From Greebo is my other busy project with the Rule book finally coming out in English I have been working through it to make sure it makes sense. The game is based [and loosely based] on Gaelic football. It is very fast and very quick to learn [145 pages in the Rule book and of those only 15 pages are actual rules. The rest is fluff]
Currently been playing against my 6 year old Daughter and she is picking up the rules pretty quick. Just want to know how she rolls those 10’s, 11’s and 12’s when she needs to roll high or 1 to 5 when she needs to roll low.
The great thing about this game there is NO special dice, NO special ruler,
and GREAT game support from the manufacturer.
I have so far bought the Orc team, Necro team, and have the Dwarf and Poffy teams on order. plus some Mercs as well will post pics soon.
Check them out on: http://www.greebo.it/public/oscommerce2/catalog/index.php?cPath=33&osCsid=n7n2hi5rlv56tl3949mcfrklp7

WWII Rule set quest:
This has been a long process for me trying to find a rule set that I could use for my 6mm German and Soviet lists. Alot of the guys from the 6mm-Yahoo mailing list have helped me with this dilemma. But after reading through many types of rules sets:

Command decision
Battlefront WWII
Flames of War
I Ain’t Been Shot Mum!
Pz8
Rapid Fire!
Blitzkrieg Commander II

After all that research I have decided to use Blitzkrieg commander II as this has the feel I want, can be played Solo, and uses a points system which I prefer. I want a war game not a simulator. My Brother inlaw will also use these rules and play his Germans and Brits. Will post updates as this comes along awaiting a large order of Germans and some Soviet stuff to arrive from Heroic and Ros. Will also do a review on them when they arrive.
you can find info about BKC here:
http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/default.aspx

you can also play:

Cold War Commander: http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/default.aspx?Area=CWC

Future War Commander:http://www.blitzkrieg-commander.com/default.aspx?Area=FWC

I am looking at getting two 3,000 points FWC to play a campaign set on Ahdra IV the Loyalist Protus forces are trying to quell a rebellion from the Workers guilds. Friends, families, comrades are now facing each other across the battle field. It will become civil war, Lord Kendros has sent his Industrial soldiers into the effected zones with orders to use what ever force is required to get it under control. It was these very orders that caused a third of these troops to defect to the rebellions cause….. more to come.,

I am getting my FWC from  Dark Realm Miniatures a great range and you can use then with FWC inf act there are alot of different companies miniatures that can be used with FWC.
http://www.darkrealmminiatures.co.uk/

Kickstarter:

Zombicide:
I have also been investing time and $$$ into a couple of Kickstarter projects the First one was Zombicide which was a huge success. a Zombie board game with a handful of Survivors its the last one standing, most kills, heaps of scenarios. with future expansion I am excitedly waiting for my copy to arrive hoping its going to be around September.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/zombicide

Impact City Roller Derby:
Tom from Impact Miniatures has created this new and exciting game. Play as on of the girls on a Flat track Roller Derby team. its fast, hard hitting and loads of fun check out the KS site:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/springboard/impact-city-roller-derby

Well that’s it for now got to go have a game of Tutatis against the Lil Miss wish me luck she is a devil with the dice.

Cheers
Lord GreyWolf

Site Update

Had a bit of a change around with the Blog moving away from a personal gaming site to an attempt at trying to get an online business up and running.

So hence why the change to Greywolf Games. why this name its been my handle/nick/ident online for a number of years on some forum boards I am simply GreyWolf or in some cases Lord Greywolf. I have been doing gaming well table top gaming since I was 14, [basically the last 22 years]

I have played WH40k [3rd edition, 4th edition then STOPPED], WHFB played that for a bit longer but also dropped it due to the cost. Flames of War got me hooked played that [Germans mainly was planning on getting into a Soviet list but the $$$ or lack of it got it derailed] on top of those i’ve dabbled in Blood Bowl, Epic 40k, Magic the Gathering, Warmaster, DBA, DBAWWII, Space hulk, Death Squads [WH40k fan based skirmish game], and recently Warmachine, Micro-Fow [Flames of war using 6mm figs],  and maybe soon Dystopian wars and Puppet wars….

I have a number of contacts with in the game industry and can order in a large selection of goodies to tempt you. Over the coming months I will be trying to save up $$ to buy stock and set up an online shop.

But for now its going to be “customer orders” only. The supplier I mainly deal with is good he has decent amounts of stock and if he is out of stock he tries to replenish as soon as the manufacturers allow. Postage isn’t horrendous from him and he usually sends it to me with in a week and half or 2 weeks max from time of order to my door.

So if your after Warmachine/Hordes, Dust tactics, Puppet wars, Battle field accessories, uncharted seas, Firestorm armada, and Dysytopian wars plus plenty more then let me know and see what I can do for you.

Cheers
Greywolf

TUTATIS A Game from Greebo!!!! Part II

here are some more concept drawings:
I love the Goblin type dude with wings he rocks. The other two are cool... but I want the middle guy.



The Bottom Middle guy is a Hero for the Orc team [eg the Napoleonic hat Goblin on a squig type mount] not sure what team the rest are from.


If they can do a team a month [27 teams in total] then you'd be still waiting for the full roster by January 2014
also add in 50 mercs that can be hired as well seems they got the bases covered, with range of models. Just need to see if the rules stack up or if they have holes you could drive a Imperial Star cruiser through...
Concept art work for the lizards.




Not to bad I do like the big guy....
I am looking at this as an alternative for the kids as the scale is 10mm, the field is smaller 11x16 30mm squares.
the Rules are only 15pages long so I don't think you would need to be a rocket scientist to pick and play with.
I'll know more once I get my copy of the rules, and how they play.
As for the cost if you buy from Greebo they are $24.99EUR [$31.00AUD] for a 11 man Orc team and that includes one big guy [30mm from toes to eyes.] same cost are the Dwarfs, the Evil plushies are $15.99EUR [$19.80AUD] for 9 man team.
With the Poffy out soon and it looks like Lizards are next after them they are adding alot of flavour.
Not sure how the teams will work in a season or campaign and what diversity is available its hard when they only just got it translated and we are waiting on it to be printed now.

Well here is even more stuff:

Scale:
Dwarf:


Dwarf Big guy


Evil puppets/plushies Concept drawings:


Necro Team:


The teams: Evil Puppets/Necro/Dwarfs/Orcs

Pitch and Team set up:

The momentum for this game is starting to gather I have had a lot of interest from the Guys at Ausbowl and City Guard and for me I can’t wait till its released in English.
Will post more details, pics and any other info I can regarding this game.

Cheers
Alan

TUTATIS A game from Greebo.

 

One of the guys off the Ausbowl site showed us this new and interesting game from Greebo here is a quote from them regarding it:

This is a Gaelic Football sport. I mean that rules are from Gaelic football, but story and background is more fun and interesting. Manual is 164 pages, but only 15 are rules, other are story about all realms and relative races 15 simple pages in A5 format, really easy, newbie can learn all in 20 minutes and at the end of this time can teach to other! Only 2d6 , not special dices, no rulers.
Field 11x16 all in scale 10mm, so very very portable and no expansive costs.
7 vs 7 in field,you can pass only forward or lateral (like in Gaelic football), you have to use your race to make a goal inside a Gaelic door where goalkeeper can ward. Only 7 player, so all move will be very strategic. All races have 3 different team leader whit great special skill. One example:
Tactician Goblin This leader can move 3d3, have a skill called "Voracious" and can try to eat one player ( not remove from game, only in stomach and every turn try to escape, can eat one per time.) Also if tactician receive or go on ball, he eat it! So restart whit new kick start! Now i cant explain in specify all rules about this creature, but it is very tactician, because if you are in vantage you can try to eat ball and end first time early!
Every Leader have special skills, and they can change sort of battle in field!
Classic date for creature, Movement, Strength , Agility, Constitution, Play Ball ( new stat used to pass, kick, pick up and all thing about ball), player can do tackles, similar to BB, but dont have special dices, lucky is reduced by new system Do not be fooled, can remember fantasy football, but its different. Yena, European champion of BB, have play a Demo and lost in 6 turns because think that play like BB.
All game is think to play fast game in 20 / 40 minutes for people that have to work, family, wife or girlfriend, or simple no time. Also in this scale you can play in very small spice, all portable but still detailed!
Every month we product new team, we have a forum dedicate to this new game where people can vote about new team download updated pdf about roster, talk about new rules and propose, fix and bug,
Also we add mercenary that team can buy , 50 in total for all.
http://www.greebo.it/forum/viewforum.php?f=39
Here you can find races available pictures

This game looks really interesting. It plays on a smaller pitch then Bloodbowl and it uses only 2d6 to determine the out come of skills,passing etc.

in the same email they mentioned that they are alot closer to getting the English version of the box ready and will post a review of it once I get my copy for now here are some pics of what minis look like. Remember they are 10mm in scale and use 20mm bases even the big guys are on 20mm bases. 

Orcs 

Dwarfs

and the next race to come out the POFFY:

over all with 27 races [basically 1 race per month] and a smaller table and time requirements this game is certainly got my interest. Will keep you posted one what I learn and how it plays.

My Cygnar Army

Thought I better up date my painting log. Here is what I have finished so far still got alot more to paint up:

Cygnar:
Stormclad
Hammersmith
Ol Rowdy
Hunter
eCaine
eStryker
Captain Jeremiah Kraye
Captain Arlan Strangeways
Stormblade unit
Stormblade Officer+Standard Bearer
Stormblade weapon Attachment

Mercenaries: 
Greygore and Co
Anastasia Di Bray
Reinholdt
Piper of Ord

So still got alot to work on and hopefully the wife will get her Cryx painted soon so we can game.

The Army

Arcane Gun Mages

Black 13th Gun Mage Strike Team

Epic Haley

Sentinel Light Warjacks

Charger and Lancer Light Warjacks

My unpainted stuff. Only got the other Warjacks a few days ago will post pics once I have them done.

OUR NEW HOBBY: WARMACHINE PART II

Stage Two:

Undercoating:
With my wife’s Cryx she wanted a black undercoat. I tried to get a matt finish but ended up with satin. If it gets to be a issue I'll get a de-shine agent and give them a coat.
With mine I usually coat them either white or black. this time I am trying out the a base coat of the main colour. Which for me is Blue.

In this pic you may or may not see I have given the Squire, 1x gun mage and eHaley an ink bath. The blue was ummm well to bright for my liking....
I have given all the figs an ink wash and decided to start on the gun mages first then will go onto the jacks. My Wife has started to paint the Necro Surgen will post pics once she and I are ready for you to see.

Just another quick update beenreally busy with work, and other xmas related stuff will put more stuff later.