Well my blog has
obviously taken a bit of a backseat to life. I have had a ton of
stuff going on that forced me to let my little blog go stale. Oh
well.. it just depressed me all this time that my new little blog
idea had become cliché to so many other blogs out there – ya know
by the first few months, you notice that the writer ends up starting a
post like this after a 3-6 month dry spell...
<sigh>
Anyhow I am making a
valiant attempt at blogging again about stuff.
With work changes
and a home on the market I had to give up my tabletop RPG pursuits
for now. My schedule was unpredictable enough then throw in 5-10
other people's life schedules, it gets really tough. However –
miniature wargaming I am still going strong with (as strong as can
be). The nice thing that I have found with wargaming is that I can
play on an afternoon and then move on... only committing to a few
hours – its seems to be a lot easier to play with less commitment.
In fact I have devoted more time to gaming (of the wargaming sorts)
than I probably ever have in recent time.
I still do enjoy
role playing and I am starting to get the itch again. However mini
gaming seems to fit me right now so that is probably going to be the
focus on here moving forward. Thanks to my friend Michael, I have
also gotten introduced to several new game systems and having a blast
– if anything too many minis and not enough time to assemble and
paint – I definitely have a good size backlog right now and no lack
of things to discuss from a mini standpoint, that is for sure.
Months ago I picked
up a Mercs starter set (House 9 FCC faction) and I kinda tipped off
Michael to the system he picked up he rulebook and a few other
factions. It look like great fun and so did the miniatures... but it
collected dust – until recently. :)
Michael and I
decided to give it a go after a 40k session in October after son got
a chance to see his Necron army fry his Orks. We proceeded to try a
basic rules game with my FCC faction vs. his USCR. Even though we
didn't play with all of the rules this system proved to be a blast. I
suggest everyone give this system a go. The rulebook can be found
pretty cheap and the faction starter sets can often be found at a
nice discount (sub $50). It is a skirmish game with some really cool
twists.
Mercs is not a new
game – it has been around for 3 or 4 years now I think, and at
launch got a good bit of press. But now has been a bit dormant for a
year or two now that the company that created it, MegaCon games have
been working on other game projects (Myth, Mercs:Recon, etc) Anyhow –
I am a bit late to the party and still have some reading to do but
this game is where my attention is right now.
If you'd like more
information here are a few links.
Nice fan
site/podcast/you tube collective: www.snap2cover.com
Blog that I have
just discovered mostly regarding Mercs:
http://sync-wargaming.blogspot.com/
Here are some photos
of my recent trial game of Mercs and a few shots of my painted FCC.
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