Hi, I’m Quack (James). I haven't said anything for {{ bloglastposted }}. I play games and write about them. I mainly play miniatures games, but I will...
It is hot and dry in England, has been for a while, will be for a while. On a positive note, I have been painting more. Moving my hobby space to a small bureau in the hall and an airbrush set up in the garage has actually made me want to get painting. It helps that both spaces are relatively clear and clutter free, so there are no distractions. Over the past couple of weeks, I have painted a Space…
Oh dear oh dear! Another game of 40k, another defeat. This time it was my Black Templars vs Orks. I conceded end of round 2. Whilst it was a humiliating defeat 1 , I again can see areas to improve. Do not charge into Orks during their Waaagh! Yep, that was silly. I wanted to chop up some Orks and get the centre objective, but instead I just gave the Orks another round of combat with Waaaagh energy…
Ever since I saw James Zhan use some simple CSS to make keyboard style boxes for displaying shortcuts, I wanted to do the same but for Bananagram tiles. So, to avoid actual real life responsibilities, I made some minor tweaks to his code. P R O C R A S T I N A T I O N And here is the code to achieve such wondrous amazement. Just add this code somewhere in your theme CSS, and use (or whatever you…
I finally saw The Odyssey today, at my small local cinema. Probably not the way Nolan intended his film to be seen, and some scenes were slightly dampened by the chatterbox sat next to me. There seems to be a higher proportion of people that think it is cool to talk through a film at this cinema than normal... It feels like everyone has given their thoughts about this film, both positive and…
On Monday I played my first game of Core Space . Three of us took our crews of traders out into the wreckage to salvage what we could find, whilst managing the actions of finicky civilians and avoiding the impending doom of the Purge . Core Space is a skirmish game, in which 1 to 4 (maybe more?) players control crews of traders, who are out to make some money in a harsh galaxy. They explore broken…
The Aardvarks and Dragons Blood Bowl League is over for another season. We had the end of season stunty sevens tournament and cheers to Nuffle yesterday, which are always a nice community touch at the end of the season. A good chance to see everyone, catch up, play some stress-free Blood Bowl, have a few drinks, and say thank you to everyone who keeps the cogs whirring in this excellent league.…
I came into this new edition with the full intent to play more 40k. But did that happen? Nah! I blame Blood Bowl (I always blame Blood Bowl when it comes to playing other games... I love Blood Bowl but leagues are a commitment that takes up a weekly slot of game time!). I also blame the release of a new set of Star Wars Unlimited cards... But anyway, I went to a friend's house and played 40k last…
++ HIVE HADES - ARMAGEDDON SECUNDUS - ARMAGEDDON ++ 0I/AR/VL: -0354 Imperial reports of ork infighting within Hive Hades have been confirmed by a Black Templar scouting party. Clans are vying for territory in the Ork controlled hive, competing to control the factories necessary to fuel their war machine. Warboss Blizgob has been sighted using looted imperial weapons and vehicles. A large scale…
At the beginning of the year, I bought an airbrush. I’d wanted one for a while, so I decided to spend my Christmas bonus on a compressor, airbrush, and all the accessories needed for cleaning and painting. The plan was to set this up in the garage, as I didn’t want to mess up the spare bedroom where my hobby desk was. Nothing like aerated paint getting in the carpet. Unfortunately, it took me…
I didn’t mean to do JulyReply , but here we are with reply number two, I guess. When I read this post by Puppy , about how getting (back) into Magic the Gathering led to it leaving the house more, meeting a new group of friends, and spending more time socialising irl, it made me think about how I have met all my recent friends through games. When I moved to the town I now live in, I didn’t know…