Monthly Archives: November 2014

Monday Night Gaming

Posted on November 25, 2014 by unhingedtangent

A little bit of introspection today.
As a gaming group we still primarily play Warhammer 40k (house ruled). Slowly over the months we have spread out and started playing other games, to the point that 40k is not a given on any game night, but it is still the primary fallback option. We have a decent collection of miniatures and experience in other systems,including the following great games, Dropzone Commander, Dystopian Wars, Chain of Command, In Her Majesty’s Name and a more recent addition of Sword & Spear. Recently we have just finished a great Chain of Command campaign, and are looking for the right start point for the Dystopian Wars campaign, Hurricane Season. All up some excellent gaming options. Continue reading →

Posted in General, Review, TooFatLardies, Wargaming | Tagged , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Contact Details

Posted on November 22, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Hi Everyone,

I’m spreading out a bit and you can now find PlayingtheOdds on Facebook and Twitter, to make it a bit easier and convenient for people. I also want to experiment/ play around with sending in game pics to the Twitter or Facebook feeds.

playingtheodds.wordpress.com (this site)
facebook.com/playingtheodds
twitter.com/_PlayingtheOdds Continue reading →

Posted in General, Wargaming | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Review: Sword & Spear

Posted on November 21, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Product: Sword & Spear

Company: Polkovnik Productions

Review:

Sword & Spear is a wargame rules set for ancient and medieval (large scale) battles. To quite the Polkovnic Productions page, Sword & Spear is a big battle ancient and medieval wargame.

Sword & Spear is a flexible rules system allowing battles to be staged from a multitude of time periods, using various scale miniatures. The Sword & Spear support and forums are quite active, with rules questions being answered in a timely manner. There is a large range of army lists ready to be used, all provided for free, with an additional point calculator to help design your own armies. Continue reading →

Posted in 10mm, 15mm, 28mm, Historical, Review, Sword & Spear, Wargaming | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Warhammer 40k House Rules – Updated to v1.5

Posted on November 18, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Hi Everyone, House rules are now at Version 1.5 7th Ed 40k House Rules v1.5 New Rules: Psychic Shooting (Witchfire) – Automatically hitting with psychic powers (no roll to hit) Alternate Unit Deployment Trial Rules: Reaction Fire. Essentially a reworked 40k … Continue reading →

Posted in 28mm, 40k, Games Workshop, Wargaming, Warhammer | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

CoC: Villers-Bocage Campaign Encounter 6

Posted on November 4, 2014 by unhingedtangent

CoC: Villers-Bocage Campaign Encounter 6 Attack on an Objective (here we make our stand): It was times like these Sgt Hardball missed his friend the most. Lt Falgard, had been lost since the beginning of the campaign and, now more than … Continue reading →

Posted in 15mm, Campaigns, Chain of Command, TooFatLardies, Wargaming, World War 2 | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment