So, as we live in a digital world and I’m far too nice to actually waste your time by cornering you and saying all this in person, I’ve chosen to write a blog! So you may choose to read it and tell me it’s utterly, utterly brilliant. Choose not to read it and that’s okay too. Life’s hectic. Or you may even read it, and disagree with me so much that you print it out and post pictures of yourself wiping your bum with it. Though I warn you, my tales in the exciting, lands of wargaming, geekery, Mantic games and Kings of War are so heavy with the fibre of serious fun that if you choose this last option then you may very well break the flush mechanism.
I’ll update it when I have time or am particularly excited or annoyed about something. Also, I will try and keep my blog posts long enough to read while you’re on the toilet. We all know you do it so why lie?
I’ve mentioned the toilet twice in the opening section. The stage is set.
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CRACK THE VAULT!
We’ve known it’s been coming for a long while and they finally let fly! Mantic are doing STL’s for home printing! I wrote a couple of blogs a few years back when I got my 3D printer and discussed my experience and most importantly, what impact it would have on the industry. I said at…
Simply the best!
After going tournament crazy last year I’m having a more relaxing season and having some fun with the game. My Free Dwarf Masters list had 3 Living Legends in it which was a lot of fun. Living Legends add a lot of character and theme to armies which only increases the immersion in the battle,…
The Road to Masters part 2!
So on a frosty January morning I turned up at Mantic HQ for the UK masters to finally declare who was Kings of War 2022 Champion! After 14 tournaments I was 9th in the rankings. As I also had best in race for Free Dwarfs I took them and my list comprised of; Ironclad (Infantry)…
The Road to Mastery pt1
In a blog many, many moons ago in the glorious days when I did regular updates I did a post about myself and my personality traits that held me back in having more success at Kings of War. So, after several years of slowly climbing the Masters listings I thought I was finally going to…
KINGS OF WAR IN SPAAAAACE!
Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 two games intertwined on so many levels but boiling down to simply…. Fantasy and Science-Fiction. Kings of War, while being Warhammer’s stunningly charming cousin you wished you’d met before you got married, it’s Sci-fi side has always been lurking at the side of the dance floor waiting for it’s turn. Not…
A tale of two gamers.
As you may have noticed by now, I do rather enjoy a good Kings of War tournament. Not having much chance to play local friendly games, they are my main gaming outlet so I try and make the most of them and use the rest of my hobby time painting and building. The main problem…
The Funky Funk review of the year!
Another year has passed in the wonderful world of Pannithor! Or has it? In the chaotic time-warp of pandemic restrictions, lockdowns, political calamities, social division and the, well, quite frankly utter insane bullshit of the real world, it’s sometimes hard to remember. Despite all this, in the fantasy land where we go to avoid such…
Dear Mantic-Claus,
This year I would like for Christmas (Yul, Hogswatch etc)……. A pony! Well not just a pony, lots of ponies! Big ones! With armour! The fact is Mantic makes pretty good infantry, monsters and heroes, but what it is really lacking is some quality cavalry sets. A lot of the older ranges are all PVC,…
Aliens, depravity and Pannithor.
I happened upon a lovely Facebook post on the Pannithor Lore and Wiki (wiki wah-wah, biggity biggity yo-yo-yo all da Kings fam in da house say yo!) asking which historical period corresponds best to the Kings of War settings and technology? Well, looking at the themes, cultures and technology of Pannithor….. it’s a bit of…
LEVEL UP!
With our first tournament in the South east of England, and the US masters generating more excitement than the Euro football thingy, I’ve been having a think about the higher level of gaming. What makes an exceptional player? Again and again you see the same names near the top of the lists. I’ve barely met…
Get back Gaming!!!
Its been a long couple of years hasn’t it? As we were on a break between games at Franticon in London in March 2020, a few of us talked about the growing unrest of the spread of Corona in the country and joked about not shaking each others hands…. Little did we know that a…
To blog or not to blog
Apologies dear readers, as you may have noticed I’ve been a little quiet of late but that does not mean I have not been busy! It finally got announced that I am doing a novel for Winged Hussar Publishing called ‘Rage and Grace’ (Excitement all round! Woo woo!) So I’ve been busy on that. As…
All in the family
Many people have a love/hate relationship with Games Workshop and I’m no exception. Starting with 3rd edition Warhammer it formed a huge part of my earlier life and then I got involved again in my early 20’s with renewed vigour. Finding myself in need of employment I ended up working for the company for 4…
Ben! Benny wenny! Benji boo-boo! Er…..Ben Mackintyre?
Me and Ben Macintyre have a long and colourful past. I started working at Games Workshop in Woking during the Eye of Terror summer campaign (2001?) and Ben was a regular there. He looked a lot older than he was and we’d been out several times drinking and partying before I actually found out that…
The language of Pannithor
I’m a natural collector. A lot of the time though it’s not the actual acquisition but the hunting down of it. Rooting through endless records to find a particular gem, searching out if there’s a model shop in a town I’m visiting or perhaps even finding something especially juicy on eBay. I find delight in…
Midlands Alliance
I hadn’t played a game of Kings of War since Frantic back in March. It was a long hot summer of boredom (cue Bananarama soundtrack….) but finally I got to a Tournament! Shroud of The Reaper in Bexley, South London. The last one got cancelled as it was due to go ahead the very day…
It’s cold up North….
I try to do every army a little bit different, otherwise it gets boring. My Undead are mainly contrast painted, my Orcs are all Lord of the Rings models, my Abyssals are obviously red/lava themed, the Empire of Dust all Mantic on single bases/movement trays so I can use them in Warhammer 6th, The Trident…
I have that on vinyl.
Industries change, but playing with toy soldiers can only change so much. The modern plastic kits I get now from Mantic haven’t changed a huge amount from the Airfix kits my Grandad used to get me from the newsagent when I went to visit. The basics of wargaming are still recognisable since their inception. Chess…
A complete dickheads guide to 3D printing.
It’s been a while since I posted my last blog and I had a bit of a break. For a start my last blog was fairly long and was so well received that I got invited for an interview on the Counter Charge podcast! Danny on the radio! If you haven’t listened to it then…
Kings of War FOR REAL!!!!
I adore Steve Hildrew. I really do. With his boundless enthusiasm he’s a bit like a Blue Peter presenter before the cocaine, sex tapes and scandals. The community updates he does are a jolly five minute blast of sunshine for those us us who can’t stomach long awkward YouTube videos. He has been very supportive…
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