Wow, this blogging thing does not come easy to me.
So whats happening in my life.
1) Got my new machine last week Thursday so now I am able to play WaR @ full graphics....wow everything is so pretty and I have to relearn how to play now tat my machine doesn't jerk anymore.... :-)
2)Looks like the 3+ guys will be having a tourney at the end of august I have 2 lists I want to try.
i)Coleman 4 WM
Coleman
Squire
Lancer
Ironclad
JNR
Hunter
3x Stormsmiths
8x Longgunners
ii)Hayley 4 Hordes
Hayley
Squire
Lancer
Defender
JNR
Hunter
Stormblades
Prof. Victor Pendrake
3) I will be going to MEAD (South African LARP) in September. Going to be a warrior fighting for House Gloom Cliff.....If you want to know what it involves watch Rolemodels (the movie, 2008).
4) SA Nationals is coming up in September and I have decided to dust off my Tomb Kings and give it a bash. Not looking to win, just looking to get "high" and have fun.
5) Going to attend a wedding, my wife's best friend. So that means no Kids for the weekend......."Jager"-bombs here I come....
Other than that nothing else, I will update once I have something to report on or something good to say.
Until next time...
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Everything I've been up to in the last week.
Ok so lets start with last week......
Thursday I got my Maelstrom order, can I get a whoop whoop! So i pulled out what Ive got and made a 500pt list and played against a 500pt Thag list.....wow units are not the same as Warjacks....No boosting to hit or Damage. I got my "Rear" handed to me but it was fine I learnt my lesson, I'n this game everything needs to work together otherwise you die ....and quickly.
Saturday I went to ICON (South African Convention)....Got there a bit late (10am which normally would be on time) so did not register for the RPG modules. I went and watched the MEAD (LARP) people beating each other up outside the Gaming hall while gluing my new models together. Was pretty fun watching them beat each other with taped up pool noodles. Will have to give it a try some time.
I also spent most of my day helping out at the Warmachine demo stand that was run by one of the other groups here in Johannesburg (3+ Gamers). We had a nice bit of interest shown by the people walking around and had demo games running all day. Once everything had calmed down I decided to play a 500pt game against a more experience Menoth Player.....I held out for most of the game and if it wasn't for Death Sentence each turn and the avatars free focus I might have been able to pull off something good. In the end Coleman was on his ace staring at some agro'ed Knights and a Avatar......
I spent my night LARP'ing I was a German Indiana Jones who had discovered a mysterious metal and was attending a unavailing of some Egyptian artifacts at a hotel in Cairo....to cut a long story sort, I was eaten by a Chinese Dragon who's metal I had stolen and the metal was turned into a A-Bomb that blew up all the other characters in the end....good fun.
On Sunday I partook in a demo game of Vampire: the eternal struggle (TCG). It looks very good and I have also roped my wife into trying it out. I had a deck from 2001 that I never got to use so I am using that and my wife is using the free deck I got from the demo game.
So that was my weekend. Nothing special but was fun anyways.
Now on to the exciting news. A fellow player and myself might be starting up a shop so that we can sell Warmachine/Hordes at a much better price. We worked out that the local shops are putting the prices up by at least 60% this could mean the life or death of this hobby. If people could get starter boxes for R400 ( $40) instead of the current R675 ($75) that the local retailer sells them for, I think this hobby would fly.
So tonight after our Thursday night game at my house we will talk business and work on a way to get us from 3rd world gamers to 1st world.
Until next time.....
Thursday I got my Maelstrom order, can I get a whoop whoop! So i pulled out what Ive got and made a 500pt list and played against a 500pt Thag list.....wow units are not the same as Warjacks....No boosting to hit or Damage. I got my "Rear" handed to me but it was fine I learnt my lesson, I'n this game everything needs to work together otherwise you die ....and quickly.
Saturday I went to ICON (South African Convention)....Got there a bit late (10am which normally would be on time) so did not register for the RPG modules. I went and watched the MEAD (LARP) people beating each other up outside the Gaming hall while gluing my new models together. Was pretty fun watching them beat each other with taped up pool noodles. Will have to give it a try some time.
I also spent most of my day helping out at the Warmachine demo stand that was run by one of the other groups here in Johannesburg (3+ Gamers). We had a nice bit of interest shown by the people walking around and had demo games running all day. Once everything had calmed down I decided to play a 500pt game against a more experience Menoth Player.....I held out for most of the game and if it wasn't for Death Sentence each turn and the avatars free focus I might have been able to pull off something good. In the end Coleman was on his ace staring at some agro'ed Knights and a Avatar......
I spent my night LARP'ing I was a German Indiana Jones who had discovered a mysterious metal and was attending a unavailing of some Egyptian artifacts at a hotel in Cairo....to cut a long story sort, I was eaten by a Chinese Dragon who's metal I had stolen and the metal was turned into a A-Bomb that blew up all the other characters in the end....good fun.
On Sunday I partook in a demo game of Vampire: the eternal struggle (TCG). It looks very good and I have also roped my wife into trying it out. I had a deck from 2001 that I never got to use so I am using that and my wife is using the free deck I got from the demo game.
So that was my weekend. Nothing special but was fun anyways.
Now on to the exciting news. A fellow player and myself might be starting up a shop so that we can sell Warmachine/Hordes at a much better price. We worked out that the local shops are putting the prices up by at least 60% this could mean the life or death of this hobby. If people could get starter boxes for R400 ( $40) instead of the current R675 ($75) that the local retailer sells them for, I think this hobby would fly.
So tonight after our Thursday night game at my house we will talk business and work on a way to get us from 3rd world gamers to 1st world.
Until next time.....
Saturday, July 4, 2009
SA Comp And BCBSA.
Warmachine Breast Cancer Brawl SA.This is something I am really looking forward to. Not only will it be my first Warmachine tournament but it will also be something that I can really be proud of myself for if it runs smoothly and raises a lot of money.
I will be running the Tournament at my local Scout Hall on the 10th of October 2009. I have drafted up the ruleset and will put it up on our local forum. I have already got a couple of people interested in playing and might have a sponsor in the pipelines for pizes.
I am hoping to get my Pressganger-ship by October so that I can get some PP prize support. I just need to get moving on my Cygnar....I promise I will start in the next week.
South Africans and Comp for Warhammer.
This is one of the touchiest subjects that you can post about on our local forum. The guys from the Liberal Cape have no issues in trying to fix the game system that GW themselves do not see as broken. But the people from the North (i.e. Johannesburg) are a little less open to the suggestion. We have been having a debate about implementing a Comp into our local Warhammer scene for the last year. Next month is the South African National's and if nothing is done to balance out the silly "Power Tiers" that seem to be present in the game I do not see myself having a good time. It looks like one of our locals has done his homework and decided to post a "SAComp" on the local site. So far it has had many praises and of course the normal criticism, but hopefully we will see some direction very soon.
I do not have the money to start a new army every 6months when GW release a new army book. I have sold my Beasts of Chaos and put my Tomb Kings away so that I can focus on what I see is a more balanced games system, Warmachine.
Warmachine might be the game of the cheeses but at least we know that there is a equal level of cheese for each faction. Warhammer seems to be the game of "Who ever got released last and was really loved by the mentally challenged play testers" has the advantage.
On a side note:
I am taking part in a study between the link of MMO gamers and their Avatars/Characters. It is being run by a friend of mine who will be doing his honours in Social Antropology. I will let you all know what his findings are and how messed up us MMOG's are.
Also I will be attending the South African ICON 2009 next week. I will take some pics and let you guys know how it went. I will be roleplaying and helping out at the Warmachine stand trying to get more converts to the cause.
Until next time....
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