Miniature Monster Mondays : Fomorian Painbringer This miniature was released in 2010’s Lords of Madness set and the Fomorian Painbringer was a variant found in the 4th Edition Monster Manual. Deep in the subterranean reaches of the Feywild are the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Feyguard Cyclops In 4th Edition, cyclopes were reimagined as Large servants of the fomorians with bony heads. This miniature was released in 2007’s Deserts of Desolation set. Similar minis were released with 2008’s Demonweb set (the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Spiders Welcome to Miniature Monster Mondays, where I provide a statblock and some lore for a 5th Edition monster based on a miniature. Wizards of the Coast (and their affiliates) has been making official miniatures since […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Sand Trap Welcome to Miniature Monster Mondays, where I provide a statblock and some lore for a 5th Edition monster based on a miniature. Wizards of the Coast (and their affiliates) has been making official miniatures […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Miniature Monster Mondays : Elder Bulette Welcome to Miniature Monster Mondays, where I provide a statblock and some lore for a 5th Edition monster based on a miniature. Wizards of the Coast (and their affiliates) has been making official miniatures […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sixth Wall I’ve never pulled the trigger on Dwarven Forge. It looks cool, but you need so much money and space to get even a moderate amount of dungeon coverage. I’m happier with flat maps and some 3D terrain to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Randomised Monsters I haven’t exactly done this, because I always choose monsters based on the environment and story. I did “balance” an encounter based solely on the number of minis I had available. I just kept throwing gnolls at the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gaps in the Universe I don’t have a giant Chessex battlemap. The really big ones are cool. And I have a table more than large enough to accommodate such a map. But they’re pricey. Instead I have two smaller ones […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Blood of Kings I just started a new campaign, with the players excitedly bringing their freshly painted and occasionally customized miniatures, either tweaking Reaper Bones or modding with a mixture of generic accessories and Green Stuff epoxy. It’s great that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Hazardous Terrain Snacking and gaming go together like geeks and morbid obesity. However, while you’re typically playing a table, theoretically providing lots of space for bowls and plates, it can be tricky to find space for both miniatures and battlemat, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Build and Play While prepainted plastic minis have returned to stores, for a few years there it was hard to find minis on the non-secondary market (i.e. gaming stores that specialized in minis or eBay). Lego minifigs made a nice […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Other Type of Unbalanced This is a problem most common among metal minis rather than pre-painted plastic minis with their massive black bases. Metal minis (and plastic ones derived from the same sculpts) often have small bases to save […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
