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Thursday, 11 December 2025

2nd Edition 40k - Global Campaign - The Siege of Brakkar Chain - 40K 2nd Edition World Wide Campaign - Introduction

The chaps down under who organize Sustained Fire 2nd 40k Event are organizing a global Second Edition 40k campaign in the style of the old White Dwarf and Store Campaigns.

It looks interesting and a motivation to dig out my old 40k 1st and 2nd Edition models and get my armies finally finished.

So if you fancy it, why not join in.. plenty of 3D prints and proxies if you don't have the original period figures.

There are some great 2nd channels on line, like Bring and Battle who organise regular games and events.

Sunday, 4 July 2021

3D Printing really has come along a way..

I remember back in 2016 chatting with someone who had built a home based 3d printer and event then the possibilities for wargaming were obvious.. but wow these things have really come a long way.

The designs and files out there are simple impressive.
This one for instance is quite something:
Ork looted Imperial Knight 3D Print

The resolution on modern resin printers is quite something. I wonder as the technology moves on, will we see printers at shows and simply selecting the model you want and having it printed there and then.. probably a decade or more away, but I can see that occuring..

In the meantime. I want this!

Wednesday, 23 September 2020

Old School - Style Modern Miniatures

I took delivery of a box of 1987 Imperial Guard Plastic Models and some RTB01 Beakie Space Marines. More photos to follow and it got my thinking about getting some spare las guns for the Imperial Guard and the oldhammer group suggested:

https://madrobotminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=9_19&products_id=309

These certainly look good.

And then after some net searching I came across these guys:

Anvil Industries
https://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/regiments-heavy-support-weapons

I particularly like this Automatic Mortar

Not sure of how this will scale with the older figures, but I do like the design and I hope it will work well.

Saturday, 19 September 2020

Skirmish on Rynn's World - Battle for Jadeberry Hill - Oldie but a goodie

And so a few weeks have passed and I am still looking into running a campaign.
Briefly it looked like we might be returning to some semi-normal during the Covid 19 pandemic, but the UK is about to head back into a lock down.

So it looks like I might be playing this scenario with a friend at home in the future..

This was first published scenario for Rogue Trader. Published in White Dward Issue 94 1987.

This was in the days when you ideally needed a GM and two opposing players for games. When Rogue trader 40K was designed to be played in a narrative style with the story being key and gaming freedom.
Yes the intro blurb speaks of using proxies.. can you imaging GW saying that in this day of utter corporate control!

Something tells me this was one of a number of scenario's that were planned and never really got published. Probably due to a host of reasons.
If you want a full look at the campaign you and find it here:

I will do a write up of the scenario shortly and will go over the elements and why it is till a great scenario and fun to play.

Sunday, 16 August 2020

Master of Campaigns Reporting - A possible Beginning!

And so in 1995 GW ran the Ichar IV global campaign. Tyranids, versus Space Marines, Imperial Guard and Eldar Allies. The idea was simple. Run lots of games over a single weekend at the various games stores. Each store representing a location on the world of Ichar IV and the side with the most wins would capture that location and the thus the side with the most locations would win the war!

And so in White Dwarf Issue 78 and 79 the campaign was written up.

A PDF of the relevant White Dwarf Articles can be found HERE! (And if you like Oldhammer, Join the FB Page.. )

Further campaigns followed and a few details can be found on the WIKI Here.

As a youngster these campaigns were impressive and I recall my GW store running several "campaigns" in advance of the global Ichar IV campaign event. These were several years before and were a mix of Rogue Trader 40K and Spacemarine/EPIC. The games centered around a central theme and usually ran for a month or so from what I dimly remember. At the time I had a black painted Dark Angels force, a Squat force and an Imperial Guard force for 40K. Playing RT, 2nd edition, again from my slightly dodgy memory.

The series of games would be run and we would all gather around to hear the "update" and get the briefing for the next game and eagerly discuss how and who would team up to play which games at which fiction locations and eagerly try and get more units painted up for the next weekend to be able to add to our forces (Yes even then GW were hot on the pulse of driving sales! )

I recall it all came down very close in one campaign to a battle between orks and marines and a single shokattack gun hit on the marine commander caused a cascading failure of moral and bang the orks won! And despite loosing the sorry bunch of gangly 11 to 16 year old's all cheered and recounted out battle stories as we headed for our various buses home!

I think since then I have always loved games where they felt part of something larger or had some sort of "presence" within a narrative and I guess these store run campaigns and the battle reports in White Dwarf at the time, have given me a lasting love to narrative games and campaigns.

AND FINALLY....

After that wander down memory lane.. I get to the point..

I fancy running another campaign in that style. Given the various Corona Virus restrictions in the world right now and the risks from face to face gaming at a store or shop etc... I cannot do what my initial interest was to do which was to book Element Games venue for a weekend and run a series of games there.

So instead I think I might explore if the old hammer community and fans of some retro gaming might fancy a more simple campaign run over a few months. Do some bi-weekly updates and suggested mission types.. record the over all progress of each faction and notable heroics of particular commanders and models and try and get a community built story going for some fun.

So.. what do folks thing?

Thursday, 9 July 2020

Getting the next generation into Wargaming.. with AT-43

In January

, I picked up a copy of Operation Damocles, AT-43 by Rackham. It was a whim purchase and didn't really have a use for it. BUT its proven to be a great buy..

With the Covid Lockdown hitting here in the UK and isolating.. my friends two lads were off school and stuck upon the gaming console, getting more and more feisty and less and less social.

So in an attempt to get them off their console I have given them the box set and got them into gaming, via social distancing. I write the missions and they play them.

Its amazing how they have improved socially now they are off the x-box and actually engaging their brains. They love the figures, especially as they are pre-paints.. not the best quality, but are sturdy enough to survive their rough handling.

So far they have completed all the missions in the set and enjoyed some others I have made.

I am now hunting for some more figures to expand their forces and keep the games going.. and keep them off the gaming console.. So if anyone can help please please, give me a shout.. On the hunt for any old AT-43 stuff to expand the games.

Cheers John and happy gaming in these strange times.

Saturday, 9 June 2018

2018 - Oldehammer and Going forward

Welcome Back!

Hi Folks.. yes, yes, I know.. it has been a little while.. oh well.
What can I say.. real life sadly gets into the way at times and finally I am back to some hobby-ing.

Its time to restart some older projects. In the short term it is, going to mostly be some good old Oldhammer.. yes.. Rogue Trader 40K and beyond..

I have a a few sets of old beakies in need to paint and a new life.. so its time to generate the Howling Reavers or Death Tempests and possible chapter names..

I will also be reviewing some older projects..

Monday, 28 July 2014

The Goose is back! Back to the future!

OK, ok.. calm down.. I have only been absent for, errr a while.. shall we say.

So.. firstly! Big apologies for the lack of posts and in fact the general lack of anything what so ever. To say life has been hectic, would be an understatement. New job equals new life and new amounts of other things taking up ones time.

So now I am back. Well I hope so.

So order of the day.. err.. not sure.
Simply put. I have a plan to get a small 40k Rogue Trader gaming setup going again. Why Rogue Trader Warhammer 40,000 and not the latest version..?

Simply because, it was fun and genuine. It wasn't a rule set solely based to make you keep buying more and more miniatures. Rogue Trader did many things, but the big one, was to encourage you too play fun and creative games, not solely 1 on 1 tournament style objective based pairings with equal forces.

It actively encouraged you to creative. To use narratives and have fun.

So I am going back to my roots as it were. A trip down nostalgia lane.

A few beekies and a few orks and a mix of other things for some small scale skirmish games with plots and story and dare I say the odd mutant.. !

Monday, 25 November 2013

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Wargame Video 4

Wargames video 4 from the Demo Day.
Not shot by me.

The Kickstarter is now over £230k.. and new Wargamer Pledge Levels have been added, giving you the rule book and add-ons. Not the box set, but you still get the freebies.

So if you just want to wargame it, and not play the board game. Then Prodos have listened!

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Wargame Video 3

Wargames video 3 from Demo day.
Not shot by me.

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Wargame Video 1

Wargames Video 1 From Demo Day.
Not shot by me.

Sunday, 24 November 2013

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Comments by Prodos on the KS

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - A few more photos from the Demo Day

A few more photos:

Photos from Demo Day by Prodos. Not taken by me.

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Wargame Video

A video of a game played at the Demo day on Saturday.

Not shot by me.

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Accounts of the Demo Day.

Here are some links to other peoples accounts of the demo day and the rule and boardgame play.

http://bogend.simplesite.com/301331545

and

Some more photos from the demo day!

Just a few more shots from the day taken by others.

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Predalians?

Predaliens...???

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/projects/616921/posts/672240/image-339682-full.jpg

Nice comparison shot though..

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Game Play Video 2

Shot on Saturday. Part 2 of 2. Not shot by me.

These apparently were level 1 predators in the games. They go up to level 5 from the screen shots of the rule book and stat cards shown on the kickstarter.

Which is here: Prodos Alien Vs Predator The Miniatures Game - Kickstarter

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Game Play Video 1

Shot on Saturday. Part 1 of Part 2. Not shot be me.

Saturday, 23 November 2013

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter - Photos.

Here are some photos from the demo day held today taken by Jason Barlow.
His blog is here: http://jasonbarlowartist.wordpress.com/

These are looking stunning.
Very pleased I am backing this Kickstarter now.

Edit - ohh my lord.. I thought that was the warrior compared to infant aliens.. NOPE.. that is an infant compared to the stalkers.. that means the warrior is much bigger. ohhhh. Defnitely glad I backed this now. One to get for sure!

Prodos Aliens Vs Predator the Miniatures Game - Kickstarter

Well, been a while since I did an update.
So here goes.

AVP.. that classic PC game, Comic and fan fiction genre. Always loved by many a sci-fi geek or 80's child who was scared shed-less by the black xenomorph.

Well it seems Prodos have the right from Fox and are nearing the end of their Kickstarter.

Only 5 days to go!

So here are some links.

Alien Vs Predator The Miniatures Game by Prodos Kickstarter

Some photos from the demo day they are holding today (23/11/2013).
http://jasonbarlowartist.wordpress.com/

So, it basically comes in two flavours the game.
A space hulk style board game and a Miniatures Wargame.

The Kickstarter miniatures will be uniques, as once this goes into production, they will be different poses and in basic plastic. Not the polyeurathene resin that the KS will be.

Currently the project is way past its funding levels and doing quite well.
Hopefully a last 48hour surge will strike, as per usual and the project will get to unlock the queen.
But fear not, even if it is not unlocked, Prodos have said already, it will be released in the future.

The box sets are nice. And I have had personal assurance the card stock is the same quality and thickness as the Third Edition Spacehulk, which frankly was quite lovely.

So do have a good look at the write up of the demo day on Jason Barlow's blog linked above.

And if it is your cup of tea, why not give it some support. I can already see this Ltd Edition sets making several hundred on evil bay and other auction sites once the KS is over! The figures will also make silly prices, as the later ones will be plastics.

Personally I will be hanging on to mine, as its always a great game and one I think every kid in the world who has seen the film would love to have a go at, at some stage!

Smart guns ahoy!! If it bleeds, we can kill it!

Oh and I should also say,, wow.. proper Predator Figures! I mean, no look alikes here. These are all licensed by FOX films. So are going to be stunning.

Oh and there is a lot more to come!