Video: Frostgrave First Game!

Dirty Jon was kind enough to schlep all of his Frostgrave terrain and minis over to the Maclowchodome and we recorded the action!

We probably missed a ton of rules, but we had a good time!

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The LRDG II Podcast: Episode 10

The LRDG II Podcast: Episode 10

Like the Kardashians, Old Man Morin appears to have survived the calamities of 2016, which means only one thing... More LRDG II content in the new year! Brad is back with our tenth episode along with two sets of guests to kick off another season of podcasting madness.

In segment one, Sam from The Down Order Podcast helps Brad shake off the cobwebs of not having cast for a while and the guys talk the state of Bolt Action now that version two has been out for a while now. They also generally discuss the "new" Armies of Germany book and discuss a few units not discussed in other places. 

It is that time of year again, the run up to Cancon, Australia's largest Bolt Action event. Though Brad is not attending, he talks with hobby god's Steven Drury and Andrew Brownrigg about how they are preparing for this huge event. They also discuss K'47 in the world post BA V2 and discuss how they are preparing their forces for the Cancon Konflikt'47 event.

Please check out the episode and let us know what you think, for good or for worse, on The LRDG Podcast Facebook page. We do love and appreciate the feedback!

Please find this episode in the iTunes store or download it directly HERE.

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The Volks-Armee, The Other NVA

With the upcoming release of Volks-Armee from Battlefront, I thought it would be a good idea to give players a brief history of East German military and the weapons they used. The formation of the National Volks Army (NVA) took a different path than many of the other nations in Eastern Europe who found themselves in the Warsaw Pact. First of all the creation of two separate German nations was not something that was planned prior to end of the war. The plan was to carve Germany up into zones of occupation under the Allies and the Soviet Union after World War Two, with the thought that one day the entire nation would revert to self-rule.

Obviously this never happened because the two sides could not agree on very much and in 1949, the Soviet Union turned over their occupation zone to the German Communist Party and they formed the German Democratic Republic (DDR in German). I think the term “turned over” is applied very liberally here since not only did the Soviet troops stay in the DDR, very little went on in East Germany without the approval of Moscow.

The DDR geographically composed of what was agreed to during the Potsdam conference of 1945, with the eastern most parts of Germany and East Prussia being given to Poland and the remaining territory being east of the Oder–Neisse line to the new Polish border. The German capital of Berlin was also similarly split between the Allies and Soviets in 1945 and in 1949 the City of East Berlin became the capital of the DDR.

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That's All Volks-Armee

Out of all the Team Yankee releases, the one that would give us the forces of East Germany was the one I was most curious about. I have some ties to the former DDR, when I was 4 my Grandfather - who lived in West Berlin, and worked in East Germany - took me across Checkpoint Charlie. The East German border guards were very nice to him, not only did they see him every day, but they all knew that their officers school was named after his Aunt. More recently this interest has been piqued by the Hulu series Deutschland ’83, which takes place during the height of the Cold War and it’s a series I recommend to everyone. So after a year since its initial release,Team Yankee has only one “Red” force, which are the Soviets from the first book. When I play the game I like Red vs Blue fights so we needed another force for some variety. I know from reading the posts on many forums that many players were eagerly awaiting this new release.

First of all the cover of Volks-Armee is one of the neatest in the series. It is true porn for those who love the T-55 and the HIND.

Inside the book, which is about 33 pages in length, we are introduced to the DDRs 9th Panzer Division. Like the other books in the series, a back story of that unit is given and their fight when the cold war went hot. I do not know how they plan to release this, since VA is a bit slimmer than other releases and has no scenarios, or at least the version provided for my review.

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Star Wars Imperial Assault Core Set Mercenaries Painted

 Just a quick post today! The Imperial Assault core set doesn't have too many Mercenary figures: Just 2 Nexu and 2 sets of Trandoshan Hunters.

Foul bounty hunters!

Chompin'

Sorry for the short post! More painted IA stuff to come soon.

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Star Wars Imperial Assault Core Set Heroes

Following up from the Core Set Imperials post, here are the core set Heroes! I painted the heroes after the Imps, and because they were all so unique, I spent a bit more time on making them come out okay. I'm pretty happy with the end results!

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Bolt Action - Ghost Army Podcast Episode 21

Ghost Army Podcast: Episode 21

Patch gets up at the crack of dawn to talk with Casey and Seamus about what they've been up to and how they combat the dreaded..... Tiger Fear!


Find this episode in your friendly neighbourhood iTunes store or HERE.

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Star Wars Imperial Assault Painting: Core Set Imperials

A few months back I gave Imperial Assault a second shot thanks to the Descent app (and subsequent announcement of one coming for Imperial Assault as well). I decided I wanted to have everything painted and ready for when the app drops!

Here are pictures of the very first Imperial Assault models I painted. At the time I decided to paint them as fast as I could- I've since spent more time on models, so as I post more hopefully the quality will improve.

Presented here are the core set figures for the Empire: 3 groups of 3 Stormtroopers, 3 Imperial Officers, 3 Probe Droids, 2 groups of 2 Royal Guards, 2 e-Web engineers, and the man himelf- Darth Vader.

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Star Wars Armada Wave V Video Batrep: Salvage Run

Steven and Jeff get in the first streamed games of the year! In this installment Steven pushes the Rebels led by the brand new Pelta Command Cruiser. Jeff commands Darth Vader aboard his aggressive Imperial Star Destroyer backed up by some smaller support ships including the new Arquitens class Light Cruiser.

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Bolt Action - Review: Rubicon Model's Sdkfz 250/1 Alte kit

Sometime ago I got my hands on one of Rubicon Models new Sdkfz 250/1 kit but due to starting a new job and other commitments, I'd been too bogged down to get the time to throw it together. Well no more excuses! Over the weekend I finally managed to put together this great little kit and decided to share with you my experience and boy, what an experience it was!

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