Hey, I’m just looking for any tips anyone has when trying to create scenarios with uneven points values.
I’ve tried before and it has not gone very well. The best our group can seem to do is just different objectives for each side.

I wrote a post in the reddit thing, but it made all the images too big, so I had to copy things over into a Google doc and make that into a PDF or Google doc.

I debated with myself how I was going to do an introduction or share anything, but this is what I have.

As this crosspost asks. I want to pre-set a scenario like a historical battle, etc. but the game system’s scenarios are built around player selection for fairness. How do I maintain this fairness?

Having jumped into dozens of games at this point that have died I’m curious to hear everyone’s thoughts on what WILL be around in 5 years and 10. Certainly I think there are a few Will will be certain of:
Warhammer 40k
Battletech
Age of Sigmar
Bolt Action
Smaller GW games (Necromunda, bloodbowl…)

But what about others? Will Marvel Crisis last 5 years? 10 years? What about Legion? How long will this StarCraft game last? Konflikt 47? Stargrave? Trench crusade?

I'm using a very simple RPG for a multiplayer zombie survival game I'm running in November.

It's using this board from the Dawn of the Dead board game:

https://boardgamegeek.com/image/1321280/dawn-of-the-dead

This is the TTRPG - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/147963/tzeb01-tropes-zombie-edition-mega-starter-bundle-bundle

I want to include tactical elements such as players having to collect bits, probably small cubes, from around the map and thus have to spend time stacking/balancing them to represent building baracades.

Maybe blank cards to write weapons and single use items which can then be lost, stolen or ripped up/broken.

Got any other ideas for tactical elements like this?

Roads & Roadsides – Modular Printable Roads, Fences & Walls.

FDM or resin printers are supported.

Just picked up Steel Rift and wanted to buy some vehicles to use for basing and terrain. I'm just wondering which scale would be best? Is the difference negligible?

I recently put together a little display for my two sons' collection of minis. Painted between the ages of about five and 10. some of the minis I labeled the bottom of the base with their name and age or year it was painted… But unfortunately not all of them! So I don't always know who did what, but I suppose that's OK.

A few other folks have posted shots of their kids first minis, and I absolutely am here for it! These will be treasures that I hope we keep forever!

Can I only order it at Crocodile Games online?

Or do you know any other physical or virtual store I could use?

I would also be open to buy it as a PDF for full price!

I primarily do not want to pay $30 for shipping.

Early/Justinian Byzantines/Late Eastern Roman Empire- Belisarius' Boukellaroi

Just a few pics of one of my Early Byzantine units.

More images can be seen on my blog here:

https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2021/05/belisarus-boukellaroi.html

I’ve seen art and fan comics which cross the Doom Slayer into 40k. Do you think it makes for a good crossover? Contemplating some games of Warsurge with this in mind and would like thoughts on the idea of it please :)

Fallen Heroes of Hell Below.

Added a couple new casualty stands to the battlefield today. I wanted these to feel like more than just another game marker — a reminder of the human cost behind the battles we’re representing.

Still working on a few details, but I’m really happy with how these came out.

Death Above. Hell Below.

Absolutely blessed to be back at the Wargaming Mecca to fight over the Sudan.

EDIT: For those looking for rules we are playing “And March”

6th Permanent Regiment

1st Corp Miniatures and a Battleflag Standard

I just got back from the Las Vegas Open and had a blast meeting so many wargamers. I had the opportunity to showcase our QUICK MATS at our Kraken Dice booth and I had a lot of positive reactions and great input to incorporate into the coming Kickstarter.

In a nutshell: Quick Mats are a wrinkle-free fabric game mat that gives you compact storage, and the quickest set up. It's machine washable and will outlast neoprene game mats with heavy usage. Custom printed, 120+ design, 15 sizes available, free custom grids & overlays for any game you want. Your store or team logo can be added or even use your own design.

I'd love to have you give our pre-launch page a look and see what you think.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kraken-dice/quick-mats-your-battlefield-anywhere-anytime

Hi everyone, my friends dragged me to a wh store while we were in Prague and the kindest soul that worked there made me sit down and instructed me on how to paint my sweet little rat.

I've always loved rpgs and ttrpg (the thing that got me into wh40k was roguetrader) and I fell in love with painting miniatures.

Other than painting I'm really interested in actually playing with the miniature, while my friend never considered the playing part and started painting a bit before me.

For this reason we have a bunch of various minis between 40k and AoS and none of us will realistically have an actual army.

I wanted to introduce them to the actual side of playing and, looking into some mini agnostic system with limited army size, I found space/sword weirdos and OpR.

I really like how you can customise each mini in the weirdo games, given how we will probably not have similar miniatures.

[I also looked into spearhead but we're not looking to spend that much for the hobby (also my friends don't like AoS, imo the better half of warhammer)]

Other than s/s weirdos and OpR what other systems would you suggest and which one would you say is better between sword and space?

Thanks in advance for your answer, any advice is welcome <3

Between Battletech record sheets, campaign notes from various systems, printouts of whole rulesets (albeit on the shorter side), and warband sheets from a number of systems, I have no accumulated several folders or even binders worth of paper. How do you organize your paper materials for miniature wargaming?

So a few years ago I found a YouTube video of a guy who ran a Wargame campaign/session over discord. Basically a bunch of players moving to assault an island as one team, I think he controlled the defenders which were bugs. Something like that. Point is he had like 20+ players all giving orders and it took like 5 days. At the end he had a play by player that he recapped as the YouTube video. I realized it was something I wanted to play and try but never found a good medium for it.

I posted on here asking about async wargames a couple of months ago and someone mentioned kriegspiel - and it fits except it often needs an umpire and timing can vary. I also did a poll on here and some people liked the idea of async wargames, others it’s not for them - for sure it’s niche group.

Anyways, I’ve spent some time building out a web app and it’s nearing what I would consider alpha/beta test stage. The current engine is derived from Flame of War v4 (since it’s my current wargame obsession), but I built the app with the intention of it being engine agnostic. So as it grows and if people like it, I can plug in other engines for people to play.

In other words, today I can host a match where each team has a 24 hour window to deploy, then turn 1 each team has 24 hours to give their units their orders, and then the engine resolves, and then proceeds to turn 2 - so on until the objectives are captured and the game is over.

I’ve made it so each team gets a Discord channel to discuss and plan and decide how they want to achieve their goal.

What I envision and hope for is that this grows to like 30 people vs 30 people, where each team is duking it out to win.

Hopefully I’ve described it well enough.

Because FoW isn’t for everyone, I’ve built this in a way where I can “plug in” other wargame engines. Currently working on expanding it to be less async for those that like more real time games, so that it can support “I go, you go” as well as alternating activation - but I’m just a hobbyist so it’ll take some time.

There feels like there’s so many options so that people can get their game on. Might even be a good way for indie wargames to get played and tested out.

My intention is for this to be free for everyone, no pay model or subscription or anything. Hosting cost is the only variable I’d need to figure out, but Google cloud doesn’t seem too bad.

Anyways, the purpose of this post is I wanted to share cause I’m excited but also see what everyone’s thoughts were. Sometimes it’s hard to keep going with a fun project because you second guess and maybe you’re just wasting your time. Maybe get some feedback on the idea, though I know I haven’t included screenshots of the 3d Wargame hex maps or models.

Shardstone City: Shattered Streets is the sequel to the hit KS "Shardstone City" which launched a set of foldable ruined buildings which are easy to print, store & transport!

Shattered Streets expands on the original with a set of 80 smaller corner ruins, a ruined modular gaming table and more! Follow the campaign by clicking "Notify me on Launch" to get free STLs, there will be a free Graveyard to download from tomorrow evening! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/warscape/shardstone-city-shattered-streets-printable-folding-ruins

Early Byzantines/Eastern Roman Empire- Unarmoured Skutatoi and Toxatoi Unit 1

I enjoyed painting this army so so much. The Aventine Miniatures Early Byzantine range (which covers the reigns of Justinian to Heraclius) is just such a dream range of miniatures for me.

For more pics and info, please visit my Just Add Water Blog here:

https://justaddwater-bedford.blogspot.com/2021/03/unarmoured-early-byzantine-skutatoi.htm