Callis & Toll – Saviours of Cinderfall
Callis & Toll have rules up on Warhammer Community. Though I’ve never read any of the books, they look like a fun group of adventurers. They’re ideally suited to go up against the ghouls in White Dwarf 498-499. We now have a ton of heroes with Cursed City rules. It’d be great to have some more rules/adventures with other factions. Skaven maybe? How about orks? Dark Elves are always nasty. Here’s the video from Always Board Never Boring. Individual Character Rundown Armand Callis (Stalwart, Human, Order of Azyr, Saviour of Cinderfall) No surprises here. Callis wages absolute destruction. Hanniver Toll (Executioner, Human, Order of Azyr, Saviour of Cinderfall) Deadly, but less tough. Witch Hunters are cool. Lyssa Revenya (Blade, Human, Soldier, Saviour of Cinderfall) Very fun to play. We house-ruled the grapple to allow her to zip to visible locations, rather than limit it to the current board. Mistress Verentia,…
The Merry Mushmen
Have you ever heard of the Merry Mushmen? Now, I know that sounds like weird lyrics to a nursery rhyme from the 1700s, but it’s very much modern. But old-school. They’re contemporary is what I mean to say. The Merry Mushmen publish some EXTREMELY cool RPG stuff. They have their own games but most content is very much rules-agnostic, though heavy in the D&D universe. Their contributors, art, and layout are second to none. Take a look at their freebies, especially CRACK! They’re absolutely worth a look.
Diminishing returns and when to stop painting
When to put the brush down and walk away, you gotta know when to quit! So you’ve assembled, you’ve scraped, you’ve filed, you’ve glued, you’ve sanded, you’ve primed. Don’t stop here, you’re not done yet. You’ve base coated and things look UGLY. This looked better when it was bare plastic! Add a wash or shades and it’s looking better. Now you’re on to adding some highlights, maybe some fancy stuff, a gem or two. Now we’re talking. This mini will fit into a merry warband now. But should you keep going? No! Stop here! You have too many minis to paint and if you spend more hours on this mini (and all of your backlog) you’ll never get anything done! Put it down and back away! Now back yourself back to the table because you have more minis to paint! Get cracking!!!
White Dwarf 496 – The Cities of Sigmar Cursed City Heroes
These characters are a fun refresh for Cursed City. They come from three different sets: Freeguild Marshal and Relic Envoy, Alchemite Warforger, and Freeguild Command Corps. In addition to the 3 things below, I find the subtitles on the cards interesting. The original heroes in the box also include vocations (Soldier, Priest, Death Scholar, etc.), and we get a few new ones on these cards. There is no current game mechanic (that I know of) that relies on you being a Whisperblade vs a War Surgeon. Is that trait intended to be a portion of some larger/additional aspect of gameplay? I feel like GW could release a book (similar to WHQ 1995 Role Play) that could VASTLY expand roleplay, no additional components necessary, it’s a great box. Now, there’s nothing to stop us from doing that ourselves, but (zombie voice:) we must obey the marketing! And GW generally does a…
Squig attack!
Got these guys for Christmas last year. Always good to finish a fun project.
Only good things about Warhammer Quest: Cursed City
Sometimes people get a bit too down on Cursed City. It’s a fun game with lots going for it. Sure, GW has been pretty weird about it. Or at least we think they’re being weird because GW has literally NO stated position about the game at all! What’s not to like?
Check out this awesome UR-025
From reddit, painted by bunface123.