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Vikings, part 1

August 26, 2010

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Viking sampler pack by Wargames Factory

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Moving

For the time being, I've moved all my blogging to here: https://strangevistas.wordpress.com/

15,000 views and creative flow

My little blog hit 15,000 views yesterday, which is very cool. I looked at bit at the stats, which show that I am on the whole getting more traffic as time goes by, but there is distinctly a connection between how many or how steadily I am getting miniatures painted and how many people want to check out the blog. I am also reading a book with the unfortunate title "Kick Ass Creativity" with the subtitle "An Energy Makeover for Artists, Explorers, and Creative Professionals." First I have to say that, in my own somewhat starchy way, I despair over unnecessary profanity, particularly in a professional work with ones own name on it. That's not to say I refrain from profanity entirely--I don't--but it seems cheap and desperate to employ it in such a context. But the book caught my eye not because of its title but its content, namely its attempt to help artistic people be able to create a better creative flow in their work. I'm one of those people who s...

Hostile Realms -- a review

Hostile Realms by Peter Anderson pub. Piquet, Inc. 160 pp. and includes two helpsheets and an uncut deck of cards I have some nit-picky things about reviews for wargames, namely the most important things need to go first, just to make sure that they are in there. So, without further ado: 28mm scale, with 15mm rules conversions. Basing is stands of figures on 60mm by X bases, with X being a distance in millimeters based on the type of figure. Four stands per unit. No rules regarding table size, looks like 4' by 8'. I don't know why some review don't bother listing these very crucial details, but there you go. Hostile Realms is the fantasy variant for the historical wargame Piquet . I've never read or played Piquet, but for what I understand it tends to generate strong feelings one way for another. Perhaps the most controversial element of both Piquet and Hostile Realms is gameplay, which I'll get to in a bit. In Hostile Realms , players can create fantasy...

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