Category Archives: Miniatures

Gaming in January 2012

Inspired by Mike, I thought I’d write up a little summary of my gaming related activities for the month. On the boardgames front: January is OxCon month and all of my boardgaming too place there. I gave Civ a try … Continue reading

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Dwarf King’s Hold

Wargames conventions are dangerous places, and my bank balance took some hits when I went to Salute this year. One of my acquisitions was a copy of Dwarf King’s Hold. This is a fun little game with fairly simple mechanics, … Continue reading

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The genetics of animal coats

Mike has been writing some interesting stuff about the genetics of horses (with a focus on what colour schemes are sensible to paint onto calvary). On a related note, Irregular Webcomic has something similar about Siamese cats which I found … Continue reading

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The scenic route

I went on a bit of a figure buying spree at the tail end of last year (Offers! VAT rises! Etc.), so this year I’m trying to be a little bit better about keeping the pledge. So far I’ve nearly … Continue reading

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A miniature coincidence

A few months ago I mentioned that I had started pulling together some figures for a game of Fantasy Craft (and excellent system that has just had its first batch of errata). As usual, other projects got in the way, … Continue reading

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