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…
Large-Sized Problem The vast, vast majority of my miniature collection comes from randomized pre-painted plastic minis. They were so cheap when they started being released nine or so years ago. Although, after two Kickstarters, Reaper Bones is certainly grabbing a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Feline Friend This is a strip you will only truly appreciate if: a) You game at a house with a cat b) You use a battlemap and miniatures My cat loves running amok on my game table. Quite likely because […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A problem of scale I had a DM that had spent a small fortune on Ral Partha and Grenadier miniatures, having gotten into lead and pewter minis early. He had a mini for everything. But the problem was they were […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
