Kickstarter's over, but the war never ends
You know, a lot of companies would be tickled pink with a 460% successful kickstarter. Even a lot more have a notorious habit of "shutting down" to try to catch up with everything that had already...
View ArticleTablescapes Passes 140k
So I posted a very hasty story about Secret Weapon's TableScapes project passing 130k on Thursday. I was preparing for a weekend long camping trip and rushed it a bit more that I wanted to. But the...
View ArticleDark Age makes a major announcment!
Today Dark Age made a huge announcement. There is a new Rulebook coming to a game near you! Basically there is a new version of the Core Rules coming out and with it some AWESOME new policies for...
View ArticleOne Week left for GameTiles Kickstarter!
There's one week to go for the Dungeon Forge Kickstarter, and there's just under $80k to go to hit the final stretch goal of one million dollars. Can it get there? Have you pledged up? If not,...
View ArticleDwarven Forge Breaks the $1M Mark!
It seems like just yesterday we were talking about this project breaking $825K... when in reality it was all of four days ago. In four days Game Tiles picked up another $200K, and Dwarven Forge...
View ArticlePaint your Stuff- For Prizes!!! No, Seriously!!! Yes, YOU!!!
If you're like most hobbyists, nothing short of electric shock therapy can get you to finish your painting projects. Well, rather than punishment, what if you had a chance to win free hobby swag...
View ArticleTablescapes... All the little things
As I write this Tablescapes, Secret Weapon’s modular table Kickstarter, approaches its next stretch goal. So why do an article before they reach it, well there were a bunch of announcements for these...
View ArticlePoweredPlay Gaming says "Let there be light...ing kits"
While searching for something new and cool in my hobby I was turned on to this Kickstarter. PoweredPlay Gaming is bringing hobby conversion to a whole new level. Ever wondered what the running lights...
View ArticleDisposable Heroes: An army on the cheap
Okay, so this is a bit one-off for me. Usually I tell people to support a company's game by buying their models, not 3rd party products. However, I happened upon some really cool Army Men at the...
View ArticleTablescapes has 160K in the bag
Something happened today, in case you didn't know. Secret Weapon's Tablescapes hit the 160k mark. Why is this important, you ask. Well it means that they reached the next stretch goal. They have...
View ArticleA Fan of the Game
I thought I might just drop this here for your viewing pleasure. I stumbled across some tape of the latre great Peter Cushing, doing something we're all very familiar with, probably before half...
View ArticleThe Martians have Invaded! Finally!
Okay ladies and gents, this is one I've been waiting to talk about for a while. Why, you ask? Because it's unique, it's a little campy, it's about as classic scifi as you can get, and it's the...
View ArticleSpikey Sales: A new Tactic?
If you're in wargaming, you probably know of Spikey Bits. If you know of Spikey Bits, you've probably followed their recent "Imperial entanglements." Either way, you should have read MadBobby's...
View ArticleTablescapes makes a Run for the Temple!
No, Secret Weapon is not involved in a new Indian Jones movie. (Which is a shame, because the sets would most definitely look better!) What we have is a ruined temple, a ticking clock, and some...
View ArticleDark Age: Kukulkani overview video
Yesterday Mr. Black (The Guy) over at Dark Age posted a video giving an overview of the newest faction for the game. There are a lot of tidbits of information in the video. From history of the race,...
View ArticleYou can't Stop the Signal! 100th Article, and Firefly on the Table!
("Find a blog. Find some writers. Keep playing.") Okay, so I know this is almost impossible to believe, but our little corner of the interwebs is already at 100 articles! I know, crazy, right?...
View ArticleLess then 2 days left on Tablescapes...
Secret Weapon's Tablescapes is in the final 48 hours. And as of this writing they had less then $3,000 dollars to go to unlock the "Ruined Temple" display board. Today they released the concept art...
View ArticleTablescapes unlocks Ruined Temple Display- 40 hours and counting!!!
The Tablescapes Kickstarter from Secret Weapon keeps humming along, and is just about to enter the last day and a half. Having just unlocked the "Ruined Temple" Display board, does it have enough...
View ArticleLicensed Property Gaming: The "new wave" for Miniature Wargaming?
The conventional thinking in miniature wargaming for that past decade or more has been that licensed products and games are doomed to fail, and you needed to release your own Intellectual Property...
View ArticleNew Doomtrooper Radio this Sunday, new Renders from Prodos!
You know, it's a wonderful thing when you can't go a week without mentioning something positive about a game or game company. I could probably snip these apart and do 3-5 little blurbs a week,...
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