Are GW Returning To Their Old Games?

A poster popped up this morning around the web and on forums introducing a new Specialist Design Studio from Games Workshop. This Studio will be specialising in GW's older game systems such As Blood Bowl, Mordheim, Battle Fleet Gothic and even handling The Lord Of The Rings.

With Total War Hammer and Mordheim games coming out soon on PC and the fact that this has taken GW a long time to support these games is it a little to late or will the legions of fans still playing these games be rejoicing?

There's a lots of games already out there at the moment that have the flavour and style of these older GW games. So the question is are GW trying to make a quick buck on these old IP's or will they fully support theses systems?  This will be one of the big sticking points for gamers as well as the price point as the market is getting cheaper.

Also what happens to the living rule books for games such as Blood Bowl will these become obsolete as GW rewrites the rules of their games to feel more up to date? Will these be limited addition games?

Time will tell what GW will do with this new studio as well as how they carry on with Lord Of The Rings. If GW can pull this off right this could be a very successful move.

What do you think?

Charity Shops The Secret Resource for Wargaming

I love charity shops. You walk in and you never know what you will find kind of like Forest Gump and his box of chocolates..

I've been lucky of late as they have become a great resource for my wargaming habit and I have found some absolute bargains.

I found this complete D and D game the other day.

Even had theses two fellas in the box too! Ones a world eater from 92 and not sure but the marine must be in the same era.

I also found in one shop a tin which had tons of Khorne Berzerkers.

It also contained Lord of the Rings figures everyone from the Mines of Moria set minus Frodo and LOTR scenery which came up pretty well after after a bit of paint

I've even added to my library and grabbed these Warhammer army books and even some Black Library books.

 

As you can see you can find some gems in charity shops. So the next time you pass a charity shop or see a car boot sale take a look around as you never know you could be surprise with some war gaming goodies.

What Are Rainy Days For...

Well yesterdays weather was awful. I had to pop out and got completely soaked. When I got back in I put on a cup of tea and cracked open my KR cases to see if there were any unfinished models (which there are a few) or something quick I could paint. As I looked at the pile of metal and undercoated minis and set my eyes on these fellas.

These old GW models are great. They are full of character.

I took some pictures of these a few weeks ago before I started work on them. It didn't take me long to get these fellas painted the other day as I tried to keep it simple using minimal amount of colours. I just did a few touch ups here and there today to finish them off.

I don't know what game I can use them for yet but I am sure so thing will come up down the line where I can crack these out. I really did enjoyed painting these.

Next up was finishing my Iron Fang kovnik, I tried just using Army Painter Dragon Red undercoat on this first as I usually start off with a black undercoat then spray the Dragon Red after. It was a bit of a bright red at first but after adding some washes and just selecting a few colours and keeping the colour pallet simple it turned out to be something I am happy with. I will be sticking to using just the Dragon Red and the colours used on this model from now on and use it on with my Iron Fang unit.

I have a few Warmachine models to crack on with but on my to do list are these Skipknot Dwarf Clowns, I first saw them when Riot Ville Link Here posted them on his blog for his post apocalyptic circus and I just had to have them. I am thinking they would make great henchman.

Thanks Mr2Key For These Boys!

I am just thinking about a colour scheme, I may go for red boiler suits to match Slipknots first album cover..

Well it was nice to have a rummage around and take stock of what minis I have and which ones are needing attention as if you are like me I have found things that are half finished, did not know I had and some I have not even started yet. So days like this are good to get things finished off and make a a rather large to do list. Now wheres my brush...

We Are Legion Part 2

After my second game I took a stroll around the club and had a chat with a few of the members and had a look at all the games being played tonight.

Macca gets ready to take down the Imperium..

Croc's are on the loose

Germanicus explains the befits of praying to the dice gods when playing Warmachine.

Some fine examples of 40K armies on show

So it was now time to get back to some gaming. My third game was against Ben who was running Cryx and Deneghra.

Cryx run forward.. dun dun da.

My jacks move up and are shocked by the shear pace of the Cryx jacks. Then Ben rubs salt in the wounds for my poor movement ability and casts crippling grasp now putting one of my Jacks movement down to a mighty 2 inch move..

Ben pops feat. Now my Destroyer is basically crippled as it's previous -2 is stacked on top of another -2 to all my stats except my mat and rat.. Luckily Sorscha was not in feat range.

Ben's heavy jack decides to go for the kill and destroys my Destroyer...

Sorscha is put into a corner and uses her move then wind rush to move closer to Deneghra but she can't get close enough to take a whack at her so she casts razor wind but with no luck. Then look who pops up behind....by by Sorscha...

Ben played really well and used all the tricks he had in his battle box to his advantage. Note to self don't play against Cryx!

So 3 losses but I was more then happy to make sure my opponents had fun and got to grips with the main elements of Warmachine. The battle box games were fun and a good opportunity to run out Sorscha and her jacks as it has been a long time since she has seen the table top.

Prizes were handed out on the night to the winners of best painted, most wins and wooden spoon (no it was not me)

As it neared the end of the night I was invited to enter my name into one of the clubs chapters.

Guess which one I went for..

I enjoyed my time at the Essex Legion it was good to meet new gamers and to see a lot of game systems that I enjoy being played.
There's lots of plans for 40k campaigns as well as a Christmas X Wing campaign and a Warmachine journey man league in the new year.

I am defiantly going to try and get down to The Essex Legion when I can. It's not the easiest of clubs to get to for me but with the welcoming atmosphere and sheer number of games being played I am going to do my best..

If your free on a Sunday between 5-10pm and can get to the Hornchurch area check out Essex Legion.

Essex Legion Web Site

We Are Legion... Part 1

On Sunday I finally managed to get down to the Essex Legion. After taking a bus then a train and a another bus I finally got there for 5pm. Let's just say I live a bit out of the way..

On arriving I knew I was in the right place with the club t shirts and mugs proudly shown around the hall.

Do I spy a 40k campaign?

You can feel the buzz with 40k, magic the gathering, x wing, and today's order of business is intro battle box games of warmachine.

The first game of the night is against Menoth and the Kreoss battle box.
I was tasked with helping Mike through his first game of warmachine. After showing Mike the basics we get down to the game.

Sorscha ready for battle.

Mike moves quickly up field.

The Repentor moves up and sets the Juggernaut on fire and misses Sorscha.

All the jacks move to the middle of the battle field for a clash of metal. Mike casts defenders ward.

Mike quickly got the hang of casting defenders ward and the usefulness of Kreoss feat and knocks down my jacks.

Sorscha try's to take the flank but the Repenter spots her and sets her ablaze and sets up a Menoth victory.

Mike did very well and started to get the hang of his battle box very quickly and after a quick chat about the game and future additions it was on to game 2.


My next game is a bit déjà vu as it's against Menoth battle box again but this time against a familiar face Mr2key.

We all move into position for the battle of fire and ice..

The Juggernaut charges in.

Devastator has a shot at Kreoss and takes 3 point of health from the caster.

The Repentor takes a free strike from the Juggernaut with no damage taken.

While Kreoss moves up with his heavy jack and Sorscha swiftly moves away from the danger of the flames from the Repentor.

My jack gets pushed back 1 inch freeing Kreoss from my jacks grasp.

Kreoss moves to the right flank away from the fight. Sorscha moves then uses wind rush and pops her feat freezing Kreoss where he stands.


The Juggernaut walks up to Kreoss with full focus hits him until he needs only one more hit with the ice axe. I just need to roll anything other than double ones and victory is mine....

Then this happened.... khador dice rolls strike!

Sorscha is now open to the flames of Menoth and the inevitable happens she is set on fire...

 This girl is on fire.....

A very close game and Mr2key thought it was all over when Sorscha popped her feat and so did I but that's why we play these games as you never know what can happen.

I think it was time for a little break and have a look around at the other games being played at the club...

Welcome to the blog!

Welcome to Shaggy Wargaming!

I will be you resident blogger Shaggy (see what I did with the blog name there) guiding you through my adventures and misfortunes in wargaming with hopefully a few friends which you will get to know along the way.

The systems I mainly play are Warmachine using the mighty Khador (real men have beards) X wing, 40k using Papa Nurgles finest as well as some Space Wolves (which I have not run out yet but that's another story) and board games and beyond such as AvP.

So sit back and hope I don't throw any double ones!