First hand report from the Dark Star GT!

Bonus coverage today of the Dark Star GT that happened this last weekend! Sledge MgGee went and was nice enought to write it all up for us. Heck, he even took some pictures too! Many thanks to him for the info and hopefully we can get him to do this again some time.

Inquisitor Dunn

The Dark Star GT

Hello!

Sledge MgGee here of the Frozen North gaming club in Saint Paul, MN with some coverage of the Dark Star GT in place of Inquisitor Dunn.  The event was awesome and met all my expectations.  If you guys are interested for next year get signed up early as I’m sure it will sell out quick in 2013!  The terrain was beautiful and they had a fair amount of LOS blocking stuff as well as area terrain.  The tables may have been a little short of 25%, but not by much.   Each mission had 3 objectives.  In order to win, a player had to win 2 of the 3 objectives.  Ties were settled using the usual victory point rules from the 5^th edition rule book.

Saturday Roadtrip!

We are off to Sioux Falls for a day of gaming at UBG (Universal Bits and Games). I'm trying out my Vulcan Crimson Fists list for the Con of the North RTT and hopefully will love it. I have the camera in had and it looks to be a fun day.

Now if we can get Zach to do so B-boxing on the way up for entertainment....LOL (listen to the end of episode 47 of the Independent Characters podcast).

Narrative Gaming

Lately I have been thinking of narrative gaming and how to bring it into 40k. It really all started with The Independent Character's episode 47 podcast. When I lived in Minneapolis, the group there did all kinds of cool events. One thing stands out looking back was they always had some kind of story for the event. Even if it was a one off event. Maybe I'm getting old, or just longing for the old days, but I would like to try to get some of that fluffiness back in my gaming.

WIP Wednesday; Bases and Sargents

This week saw me getting some good work done on my Crimson Fists for Con of the North. With less than 2 weeks before we head to the great white north of Saint Paul, MN, The list is shrinking what remains to be painted......

Darkstar GT and Rumours of future GT's

The Dark Star GT is coming up fast! Although I will not be attending, as I will be at Con of the North the following weekend. I will be trying to get what pictures and reports from people I know are going. I think it is very important to support the GT's we do have in the area, so they do not drive off into the sunset.

WIP Wednesday: Crimson Fist Paintathon!

WIP Wednesday is back! The holidays and a store remodel at work killed my free time and a fried computer didn't help either. This week I made great progress towards my Con of the North Crimson fists list. I'm also soaking 14ish sisters of battle in simple green.

So onward to the WIP pictures and a review of this week...

SM Vulcan List for CotN

I decided to take a break from painting my Crimson Fists for a few minutes and thought I would throw my list for Con of the North up for review. Con of the North is a three game classic RTT style tournament with super beautiful terrain and armies to match.

Happy Birthday rogue trader!

Looks like I will have to get the 25th anniversary model GW will be putting out in finecast. The banner alone is a must have for my Crimson Fists!

This is a page from this months Spanish WD. No clue on if I will ever use the model, but I have the Cortez model, so I might as well get him!

Road trip Sioux Falls

So for the second straight weekend, I was able to make the 2 hour trip to Sioux Falls for some gaming at Universal Bits and Games. This time a group of buddies came with and we picked up another along the way. We picked last weekend due to their slow grow league was meeting and playing and the store would be hopping with activity.

Know No Fear

My 40k hobby has consisted of two facets in recent years. There is the hobby/miniature part with the totally awesome games, and there is the books and the Horus Heresy series. I was so excited when I saw some info on the next book in the series, that I had to throw up the snippet on the old blog.

Time to Update!

Time to update your army and rules. Looks like new FAQs are out!

LINK

News Flash...Minneapolis version!

old location.

Not really breaking news as this quote was dated December 13th, but for us down south that love me a Source trip, this might be of note.

Awesome Charity Event!!

Here is all the info on a great event going on down in Omaha, NE January 22nd. I am definately trying to go to this if my work schedule works out! Anyhoo check out the details......

The Holidays are over!

The Holidays are finally over. My life can get back into the regular routine. That means more hobby time!! And it starts today! Also WIP Wednesday will be back on.....................Wednesday with today's hobby progress too. On the bench today is a new Vulcan list for Con of the North in February. I'm also starting project "Girls Gone Wild". This is my stripping, um and repainting of my Sister's of Battle army for the 2012 Bugeater GT!

Later this week I will post up my thoughts and list for Vulcan and scouts. Happy New Year everyone! This should be a very good year for the Hobby with 6th edition coming and several new codexes.