Spirit of Christmas
Festive Season! Let's have a Woffvent Calendar. I shall post something every day - after all, if GW can do it, I can. Now excuse me while I step out for a moment to grow fat on a diet of the tears of...
View ArticleDeck the Halls
Box number two!I'm venturing back outside in to the snow for some terrain today.BeforeA traditional rite of passage for any tabletop nerd is the construction of ruined masonry from cork mats. I'd never...
View ArticleThree French Haunts
Advent continues!Dungeon Saga ghosts today!After Elshara, I decided not to go for the glowing spirit approach this time. As the model rocks a very traditional Victorian winding sheet look, I thought...
View ArticleWe Three Dwarves
Box number four! What's inside?The clue is obviously in the title for this one. So well done if you guessed dwarves, bonus points if you thought Dungeon Saga Revenants. I know, there's a theme...
View ArticleWe Wish You a Bunch of Dead Guys
Fifth Box!Thanks to our unwitting sponsor in Advent Fun, Atlantic Collectibles Ebay Store!The Dungeon Saga Kickstarter had an option for resin counters to replace some of the card tokens in game....
View ArticleWhat the Hell-y and the Ivy
What's in today's box?It should have been doors, really, shouldn't it? Dungeon doors. Ah well, too late now.I don't know who it is at Mantic that has a crush on the Predator. All I know is I saw him...
View ArticleReturn of the King
The relentless march of Advent continues!Pa rumpa pum pumIt's just adding insult to injury, invading a long-lost Dwarven hold, defiling the graves with necromantic magic and then bringing the original...
View ArticleAs with Badness Men of Old
Onwards to the inevitable!Dwarf King's Quest has a final boss level, where you square off against a powerful necromancer. Nice model, very understated, at least until you slap heavy-handed source...
View ArticleBowels of Trolly
Done all your Christmas shopping yet? Undead Trolls are the gift that keeps on giving. You can't really kill the undead, on a technicality, and if what's not dead won't even stop regenerating into the...
View ArticleAll I Want for Christmas is my Lower Jaw
There was a plum pudding in our Advent Calendar today. I nearly just copied that, but it wasn't quite grimdark enough.Therefore, Skulls!Stop! In the name of loveOne for a necklace, one for a face and...
View ArticleWalking in a Dungeon Wonderland
Advent Chest time! Something a little more meaty tonight...A Meat Locker!Dungeon Saga ReviewHell, it's about time!My Always Paints First special rule is both blessing and curse. I've been racing...
View ArticleDeep and Crisp and Even
Chest number... what day is it today? The twelfth? Okay, number twelve!So this post (and tomorrow's, oops, spoilers) are about things I have Kickstarted this year. I guess they strictly belong in some...
View ArticleO Plastic Town of Bethlehem
Yes! The Advent Madness is still upon me! Pray that these bonds hold me to the chair, and flee while you can!The other Kickstarter hanging over me like a Terrain-based sword of Damocles is this...
View ArticleJingle Bells, Dead Troll Smells
Day 14 - and I race downstairs to eat the advent calender choccie before anyone else can get there.Never fear - we're still doing the chest thing.I, Stylus, am getting in on Kraken's advent blogging -...
View ArticleGory, Gory Hallelujah!
Only nine more bludgeoning days until Christmas!You know, that tattoo should really be on a dead man's chest...Behind Chest #15, we return those stalwarts of the Nativity: the livestock!The mutated,...
View ArticleShepherds Watched Their Flocks (With Silver Bullets)
Day 16 and our advent brings us ... werewolves?A clockwork orange at the bottom of your stocking.Were there wolves in the Nativity? I'm guessing they were implied. After all, the shepherds weren't just...
View ArticleA-Waywatcher In A Manger
As we creak open another chest, please be assured that my takeover of this Advent will be short-lived, and Kraken's getting back the reins soon.Pro tip: when you search for 'big chest' on Google, keep...
View ArticleBaby, It's Cold Inside
Day 18 - and we continue with our evening of Dwarf King's QuestFor his birthday, Gavin's getting Type II DiabetesThis continues from the same session as Mission 2 - we had time for a re-rack and...
View ArticleThe True Story of Christmas
O Chestmas Tree, O Chestmas TreeHow lovely are thy claspsesA few months ago, the excellent folk at Secret Weapon Miniatures ran a competition.Secret Weapon have a range of battle boards that are...
View ArticleHark the Heretic Angels Sing
If you've been both naughty and nice during the year, does Santa bring you half a present?No! Of course not, he brings you Crypt Angels. Painting all the stuff that comes in the Dark Vengeance box the...
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