A mega-battle I won't be attending...

So I read something on a local game shoppe forum and had something to say about it. But I didn't want to say it on that forum, because I fear confrontation. Strange that I like WAR games, but fear confrontation....

Anyway, I then realized that I had a blog and it was time for my yearly post.

What I found on the forum was that they were going to have a Warhammer Mega-Battle. I don't go in for tournaments, but this sounded kind of fun. So I read the rules, and this one pretty much locked-in my non-participation:

"“What You See Is What You Get” is mandatory—models must reflect what you have paid for. They do NOT have to be painted, but must be assembled. All models must be Citadel Miniatures or Forge World; conversions MUST include a majority of CM or FW components. Illegal models WILL be removed from the table. "

Two things. A mega-battle with a bunch of un-painted models would look like crap. So if they don't care if the models are unpainted, why do they give shit if they are GW models? Just nuts.

My WFB armies are pretty much all GW, but I have some other stuff in them that I think is cool. But, I try to always have Painted Minis when I play. Especially in a big public thing.

Oh, well. Rant over. I'll blog again.....sometime.

RPG group size ramble

I've been running a Castles and Crusades game set in the Forgotten realms for awhile now, but am gettting a bit burned out on the system (and maybe the setting. Part of the problem is probably that I run the game for a group of 8 players.

8 is too many, 4 to 6 is about right. Just recently with Husker football and other issues, not everyone has showed up. Those gaming sessions have been the most fun for all involved.

I like all the players, and they all like each other. So, there is no practical way to cut down on the numbers. Kind of a dilemma.

I'm thinking I may put the game on hiatus (which I've done before), and start up my quasi-historical crusader states campaign. I've run adventures in it at conventions which were fun.

What to do? Put my current game on hiatus, and then invite some of the group into my new game? Will that cause strife among my gaming buddies?

My first bit of mumbling

I've decided to start a gaming blog here, mainly because of my buddy the Iron Duke's blog.

I'll mainly write about miniature gaming and RPGing, but will throw in some other yakkety smakkety - if I keep it up.