Tag Archives: Wargaming

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: 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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CoC: Reinforcements

Posted on October 9, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Time to bolster the troops! My British forces were lacking a little in the Support Options, so Peter Pig, PSC and Wartime Miniatures to the rescue! New British Support Options – Vikers MMG team – Peter Pig – 6pdr Gun … Continue reading →

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Painting: More 40K World Eaters

Posted on October 6, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Been working on my 40k World Eaters a little more. This time some vehicles, two Rhino’s and a Blood Slaughterer. I am going for an old, beaten, and worn down look. I envisage the World Eaters traversing battlefields, finding more … Continue reading →

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Review: Dystopian Wars 2.0

Posted on September 28, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Product: Dystopian Wars 2.0 Admiral Edition Company: Spartan Games Dystopian Wars, the alternate history, 1870’s war game. The world is at war, the this game allows you to control a mixed Sea, Air and Land force in 1:1200 scale miniatures. Spartan Games … Continue reading →

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Quick Update

Posted on September 23, 2014 by unhingedtangent

Hi Everyone, Unfortunately Alex is taking off for what sounds like an awesome holiday, so our Chain of Command: Villers-Bocage Campaign will be having a slight break. I think this will be about 4 or 5 weeks. The upside is … Continue reading →

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