Author Archives: unhingedtangent

Change of Hosts Complete

Posted on December 5, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Hi Everyone, Playingtheodds has now moved to playingtheodds.com.au. All content has been moved and the blog functions as it has before. Actually it is an exact replica of the wordpress.com sight, so it should look and feel identical. For those … Continue reading →

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Change of Hosts

Posted on December 5, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Morning everyone, As of last night I am in the middle of changing hosting for this blog. If you experience any difficulties in accessing content, or can’t connect, then everything should be back and functional soon. Apologies for any inconvenience. … Continue reading →

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Relic Board Game Review

Posted on December 2, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Product: Warhammer 40,000 Relic Company: Fantasy Flight Games RELIC BOARD GAME OVERVIEW The spiritual successor to Talisman, Relic and its first expansion Nemesis, is a board game from Fantasy Flight Games set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. In the Relic board game … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Terrain Review: 15mm Country Inn – Heljan

Posted on October 26, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Terrain Review: Heljan 15mm Country Inn After the success of my previous terrain review of the Heljan 15mm General Store, I thought I’d grab a few more pieces of terrain. These aren’t all Heljan, and I will display the other … Continue reading →

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Terrain Review: Dystopian Wars Flying Bases

Posted on October 11, 2014 by unhingedtangent

A staple of Dystopian Wars (DW) v1 and v2 is the Support Aircraft Wings (SAW)/ Support Aircraft Squadrons (SAS), previously known as Tiny Flyers. In DW v1 Tiny Flyers were simply an array of tokens, arranged in a specific manner. … Continue reading →

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