Weekly Chronicle 2020 #48 (Black Friday Weekend)

First lets start with how the week went for Modeling/Gaming.  I did not think I was actually going to paint anything this past week, and it turns out on Thanksgiving day I did sit down at my painting table and knocked out a model.  My 'Primaris Lieutenant Indomitus' was completed for my Imperial...

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Battle Report: Blood Bowl 11/28/2020 (Humans vs Wood Elves)

Our pre-order for Blood Bowl Second Season Edition was picked up by my son on Friday from our LGS, and yesterday was our first adventure in the game (my first Blood Bowl game in 15 years).My son was playing a new Wood Elves team that he recently purchased and assembled, and I went ahead and quickly...

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W40K: Imperial Fists 'Primaris Lieutenant Indomitus'

On Thanksgiving day playing on TV was The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies and I thought to myself this would be a perfect time to watch the movie an get some painting done (along with getting the turkey ready).  Next thing I know that by the time the movie was over, my model was just about completed...

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Blood Bowl: Mats by Mars Green Meadow Fantasy Football 7's Pitch

Last week when the urge to get into Blood Bowl for the first time in 15 years, I was also looking into the NAF website on alternative ways to play the game that may speed it up a bit.  The NAF site does have a page that does exactly this and I came across a version called 7's.Blood Bowl 7's is...

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Weekly Chronicle 2020 #47 (Wisconsin Dells Recap)

I know I am a few days late with my weekly post, but Monday we were traveling back from Wisconsin Dells and yesterday I got busy catching up with real work.My son and I spent an extended weekend (Thursday-Sunday) at our timeshare up in Wisconsin Dells just relaxing and getting in some games. ...

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W40K: Tablewar New Size Gaming Mats

 Well it took FedEx forever to deliver my packages (over  a week), but yesterday afternoon my new Warhammer 40,000 gaming mats from Tablewar arrived.Tablewar is having a 15% off sale for the month of November and existing customers can take take an additional 10% off, so with 25% off, I thought...

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Weekly Chronicle 2020 #46 (X-Wing/Blitz Bowl Recap)

I am pretty happy with how week #46 turned out.  I was able to get one model completed for my Warhammer 40,000 Imperial Fists army with a 'Primaris Lieutenant in Phobos Armour' and my son and I got in quite a few games over the weekend.On Saturday we started the day off with a game of X-Wing where...

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Blood Bowl: Pre-Ordered Season 2

Well I actually bit the bullet yesterday and ordered a copy of Blood Bowl Season 2 from our local gaming store down in South Bend, IN.I kept going back and forth, "should I or shouldn't I" and made the "yes" decision.  By the time I made this decision a few of the other items I wanted they were...

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Blitz Bowl: Welcome to the Pitch...Again

For the last few years whenever I referred to "Pitch", I usually meant for a game of Guild Ball.  This past year Steamforged Games dropped the product that started it all for them, our Guild Ball.  There are some die-hard fans that are going to keep it going and we shall see how it goes (it...

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W40K: Imperial Armour Compendium (Forge World)

The new Imperial Armour Compendium from Forge World was released this past Friday and my copy just arrived in the mail today.My son and I do not own many Forge World models, just a 'Relic Leviathan Dreadnought' each and I also own a 'Malanthrope' for my Tyranids army, but legally if we use these...

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W40K: Imperial Fists 'Primaris Lieutenant in Phobos Armour'

Awhile ago I purchased the Space Marines Vanguard box set so I could have a Unit of 'Suppressors', inside that box also came a 'Primaris Lieutenant in Phobos Armour'.Now with the release of the new Space Marines Codex, you can only run one "Captain" per Detachment, so the need for a "Lieutenant" is...

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Weekly Chronicle 2020 #45

The last two weeks have not been too bad, the hobbying has picked up a bit for me and last week I was able to complete two 'Eradicator Squads' 1 & 2 for 6 models completed.On Saturday my son and I played 1000 points of Warhammer 40,000 and I went with a list a bit different than usual.  I...

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W40K: Imperial Fists 'Eradicator Squad II'

As I mentioned in yesterdays post, I decided to work on all 6 of my 'Eradicators' at the same time, 2 Units of 3 are how I have them officially marked for myself, but they can be played as 1 Unit of 6.Yesterdays models also put me over 200 Painting Points for the year.  Not as good as the previous...

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W40K: Imperial Fists 'Eradicator Squad I'

It has been a long time that I had models completed two weeks in a row.  It seems that late Fall through Spring is usually when I pick up the pace of my painting.  Most of the time it is with the announcement of AdeptiCon that kicks me into high gear to get models completed, but for 2021...

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Weekly Chronicle 2020 #44

Well week #44 was much better that it has been for awhile.  First off for painting, I was able to finish a model for my Imperial Fists army with the 'Judiciar', then this past weekend we got in a Matched Play game at 1500 points.My Imperial Fists had one hell of a First Turn and did not leave...

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