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Ive decided to switch from regular but often low-content posts to less often but more meaty newsletter like posts gary gygax death There are several reasons why I have chosen to make the switch, which Ill get to later. But for now, on with the show.

What Ive been wargaming in gary gygax dead about one-third of the way gary gygax death the Reaver Princes Warhammer campaign that my local gaming club is doing. At present, Im tied for first place with an undefeated 4-0 record. My success can be summed up with one factor: always fighting orcs. Im sorry, but when it comes to orcs, my dwarfs have their number: hang back and shoot a lot. I can always count on Animosity screwing up their huge green wave.

My army composition is pretty set: two units of warriors, one unit of hammerers (that serve as the bodyguard unit for the Lord), one unit of longbeards (to shore up the warriors), two units of thunderers, two small units of trollslayers to tighten up my army flanks, and an organ gun. For characters, I have the Lord, the Battle Standard bearer, and an Engineer to work the organ gun. With the rest of my points I usually consider a runesmith or a daemonslayer or a gyrocopter or something just to liven it up. What I dont bother with are cannons, which tend to have too many variables, especially with an army with few troll lord games Toughness/Wound monsters. Some day my opponent troll lord games bring his giant or his wyvern and Ill have a terrible time of it, but until then Id rather spend the points on thunderers or quarrelers and punch holes in orcs.

What Im roleplaying

Unlike most troll lord games dimensions of my hobby life, Castles & Crusades has a full head of steam and is going great. After Christmas we had a nice flurry of gaming sessions that moved the current story arc along nicely. Ive got a good-sized, even possibly overly-large group made up of some great players. With the PCs getting to be into the 4th to 5th level range, Ive realized that I have grossly underpowered my encounters, however, and with some insight from the members of wizards of the coast Troll Lord Games board, I will be dialing up the power of their opponents very soon. It had gotten to be so bad that they had gary gygax death coasting through the last few adventures without nary any significant damage whatsoever. That also meant the XP was coming in slowly, which was my first big clue that troll lord games was amiss.

What Ive been painting

In contrast to roleplaying, which was been gary gygax dead great guns, my painting has all but dried up, no pun intended. It often seems like I tend to multi-task poorly when it comes to hobby stuff: focusing on one element exclusively to the others. I did, gary gygax manage to set aside a day or to and get my brothers miniature for the C&C game finished.

I have to say, I liked how this guy came out, even though getting inside all those angles wasnt easy. Hes Ilkhan from the Reaper Dark gary gygax dead range.

I also have almost finished a unit of eight dwarf quarrelers, and Ill edit this post and add the photo once they are done.

What Ive been building

The Gothic Descent set is actually done, but not painted.  gary gygax built several modular doorways, which are helpful for setting the scene.   I havent bothered posting pics troll lord games it, since the new rooms just look like the old ones that have already been posted.

Why Ive changed the format

Not too long ago, gary gygax dead on why I, and other wizards of the coast bother with blogs.  I came down to three troll lord games First, interpersonal connections.  Second, educating of others.  Third, narcissism.  When I started Strange Vistas, I was primarily interested in troll lord games two.  Later, when I wanted to be better connected with my friends, I started Strange Living, but then moved it to another platform gary gygax dead featured more social networking options.

But over the Fall and early Winter Strange Vistas was becoming a chore.   First, I was constantly troll lord games to see how many people were coming, which was beginning to border on narcissism.  It was becoming almost pathological: Id post, promote the post, and troll lord games watch gary gygax died to see the response.   gary gygax realized that, for gary gygax death of reasons I was doing less hobby wizards of the coast but still feeling pressure to post regularly.  So Id post about projects that I was considering but not moving forward on (like the Seven gary gygax War), projects that I had started but set aside for one reason or another (like the Milecastle), and Strange Vistas was slowly become a testament to my capacity for big, unfulfilled ideas, gary gygax death than actual stuff I was doing.  And it wasnt fun.

So, for my own sanity, and a desire to keep this place an interesting one to visit, Ive decided to limit the number of posts troll lord games to gary gygax dead or two a gary gygax Id also only feature content that was completed (or close enough) rather than Work-In-Project stuff.  Id save gary gygax death photos for the final presentation.   Im also going to keep to my New Years Resolution to not take on any really big projects, but rather stick gary gygax dead small things that are more readily achievable.  This isnt slacking, it is just keeping me from becoming frustrated with what is supposed to be something that brings me joy.

For those who troll lord games been interested in a few of these projects that are being sidelined, I offer an apology.  My desire to get into SYW wargaming was fueled at least partially by a belief that Id be able to find other wizards of the coast easily through historical troll lord games groups.  Instead, the local HMGS chapter players Flames of War, DBM, and Warhammer Ancient Battles.  I like WAB, but they use the Armies of Alexander time period, of which I troll lord games completely unfamiliar.

And the microtable?  I still think it is a good concept, but as I have said elsewhere, with little in the way of incentives, gary gygax died storage issues abounding, it was an easy one to set aside in favor of the Descent set, which stored easily and would be used often.

I hope this change is welcomed by the thirty-odd viewers who come here daily.  Id gary gygax death to think that Im raising the quality troll lord games the site, at the expense of frequency.  Feel free to let me know what you think.

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