Looking for heroic heroes, pathos, and dramatic moments of saving the world? This is not that game. Need a break from a Very Serious game? Want permission to be over the top and have a laugh? Need easy to jump into rules? I have all the aspirations in the world…
I came of age playing AD&D 2nd Edition, – specifically that very rules-lax variety that only junior highers can manage. Over time this naturally evolved into 3, 4th Edition, and Pathfinder before going further afield into narrative-focused games like Fate Core, the plethora of Powered by the Apocalypse system games, and…
Work on the project has been focused on the terrain. I’ve never built any terrain or a gaming board. So, it’s not fancy, but I’m happy with it so far. Trees are all pre-mades or premade armitures with foliage clumps. Likewise, the buildings are 3D prints which I am speed…
I have recently pivoted my historical wargaming focus from big battles in 6mm to skirmish-scale games in 15mm after I received much interest from my network of gaming friends about the latter… and continued crickets about the former! I hesitate to lean too much on the “pike and shot” term…
Took two hours Sunday evening to see if I could get approx. 30 minis (a combination of musketeers and pikemen) painted. Using basic batch painting methods and a fairly simple approach of big, blocked colors and a wash, I was able to do just that! It may not look fancy,…
As part of this project, I’ll be collecting and sharing awe-inspiring and relevant photos of the work other gamers have done in 6mm scale. Yes, my focus will be on other pike and shot era minis and armies, but there’s a lot of cool work being done with the still-going…
Initial painting efforts have begun on the the first order from Microworld’s 6mm Renaissance line. I’m impressed at the level of detail the sculptor and caster have managed to capture at such a small size. They are hardly the grains of rice or indistinguishable blobs some commentators allege them to be! I…
I’ve been slowly (slooowly) developing my own set of pike and shot era rules over the last two years. During that time, I’ve been playtesting exclusively with paper proxies I designed. I’ve reached a point where I’m confident enough in some of the fundamental design choices such as base sizes…
I have been slowly tinkering with a homebrew set of pike and shot era tabletop rules since the middle of 2018 after my oldest friend – and chief tabletop miniatures gaming instigator – Eric and I played a couple of games of Baroque and found ourselves starting to house rule…