This Geek's Week...

Withe the return of the DBZ card game, it has been all about DBZ all weekend long!

Modeling/Hobby
- Worked a bit on my Arena Rex gladiators.

- Worked on my Cultists for 40k.

Card/Boardgames
- I decided to play the Dragon Ball Z CCG, something which I have not done in years.  I bought 2 starter decks and a box of boosters initially...

- Played in a sealed deck event for the DBZ card game at an LGS.  I pulled Goku, and he got thoroughly thrashed all night long!  I still had a blast, and left with like 4 extra boosters and another starter deck.  I'm planning to play again next Saturday.

Video Games
- My daughter and I have been on a bit of a Wakfu/Krosmaster kick, so I ended up downloading Wakfu on steam.  It's pretty fun, it's a turn based, tactical mmo, so it offers something a bit different than my other games...

This Geek's Week...

Hobby/Modeling
- Worked some on my cultists as well as my Spiritseer for 40k.  I managed to finish up 9 more cultists, so 17 more to go.  It feels like progress has been sooo sloooow.

- With the arrival of my Arena Rex kickstarter, I started putting the minis together, and seriously, they are gorgeous sculpts!  A bit fragile, but beautiful. (Imho)  You can expect a full review shortly...


Card/board games
- In an attempt to start getting caught back up in pathfinder: rise of the rune lords, I ran Sajan through the attack in Sandpoint scenario.

- I also built decks for the Pathfinder Skulls & Shackles game too.

- Played a game of Munchkin Pathfinder.


Video games
- Played a several rounds of hearthstone.  Lots of Murloc decks, I love my Murlocs...

- Played several rounds of War Thunder, both air and tanks.  Such an awesome WWII game!

- Did some exploring in Guild Wars 2.  Honestly, exploring each map is one if my favorite things to do in the game...

Noob Review of Warhammer 40k: Conquest

  Recently my order for the 40k LCG, Warhammer 40,000: Conquest arrived, and I've had a chance to build several decks, and to get a few trial games in.  I'm calling this a "Noob Review" because I do not have a ton of experience under my belt, these are mostly initial impressions, and I'm not going too deep into the game, mostly just skimming the surface for those who may have been on the fence about the game and just want to know more.  Below is my quick review of the basic game with just the core sets...

Pathfinder Skulls & Shackles Character Add-On Deck list

Something I wish I had done with the previous Rise of the Runelords set for the Pathfinder ACG was to keep track of what monsters came in which adventure deck for the purpose of keeping fights in theme.  I'm a big advocate of stacking the monster deck so that it makes sense, after all, you probably wouldn't fight an aquatic monster in the middle of the desert.  Another example would be during the "Attack on Sandpoint" scenario, making sure the monsters are all goblins or goblin-related, and depending on how many players you have, the only way to do so may be to pick up extra adventure decks.  So, that is point of all this, if you find yourself wanting/needing extra cards for your games, then hopefully this resource will be helpful.  I'll also give a few brief thoughts on each deck, what excites me, and what I find interesting.  You can expect to see more of these with the release of each deck...

Anyway, on with the list!

This Geek's Week...

I'm gonna try a new format for this, hopefully it will be more organized and easier to follow and read...

HOBBY
- Worked on painting some 40k stuff.  I worked a bit on my Eldar Spiritseer, and my Cultists for Chaos.  I'm thinking that instead of trying to complete all 30 at once, I'm thinking of just doing them in smaller, more manageable chunks. (Like 8-10 at a time). This switch let me finish up the Mordian element of my cultists...

- Finished painting my daughter's Battletech Dragon mech.  She then wanted to start a new one...

- Picked up 2 new sets of brushes, as mine were pretty shot!

- Built a bit of 40k related terrain for my future gaming table.


VIDEO GAMES
- Played a bunch of Guild Wars 2.  A little less than last week, my Engineer is now lvl 37.


CARD/BOARD GAMES
- Built a few decks for the 40k LCG.  I'm mainly planning to play Space Marines, Eldar, and Chaos, since those are the 3 armies I'm into in the tabletop game.

- Played a few solo "learning" games of the 40k LCG.  1st was Eldar vs Marines, with the Eldar defeating the Marines.  Next game was Eldar vs Chaos, with the Eldar's mobility and swarming abilities winning the day, as they could spread out and converge once the Warlord popped up.

- Modified/Rebuilt my Star Wars LCG decks, namely my ongoing Trooper deck and a new all-star Bounty Hunter deck.

- Made it up to the LGS and played 3 games of the Aliens Deckbuilder.  First game we were breezing through until we hit the Queen, and she murdered us.  2nd game we got swarmed early on and were picked off 1 by 1.  3rd game we finally ended up winning...

Johnson County KS Historical Gamers Facebook Group

I finally decided to bite the bullet and start taking a few steps towards reaching out to other local historical wargamers through a facebook group I created called the "JOCO Historical Wargamers".  The overall hope/goal was to create a kind of "hub" on Facebook for fans of historical wargaming in and around the Johnson County, KS and Kansas City area to discuss the hobby, find new players, and hopefully arrange for some games at one of the local shops.  The page can be found HERE , and I'm posting this to tray and spread the word, and to get others involved on the off chance that someone from the area may stumble upon my blog.  Even if you are not from my neck of the woods, feel free to check it out if you'd like...

I'm hoping this works out, and grows into something worthwhile.  I know there are plenty of Historical gamers in my area, the trick is finding them!  This is the closest thing to a "gaming club" that we can get in my area (at least in my experience) so I'm definitely open to any and all ideas in regards to promotion, group building/growing, and keeping everyone engaged and interested!

The grand experiment has begun...

This Geek's Week...

- I guess in officially a Guild Wars 2 player now, as I bought the game after the free trial weekend.  It's early on, but I'm loving it so far!  I rolled a Charr Engineer, along with 4 other Charr characters... Care to guess my favorite race?

-  Miniatures wise, I  worked a bit on my 40k cultists.  I'm also secretly helping my daughter paint her Dragon mech for Battletech while she is in school. She base coated it, I'm adding the details.

- Played a game of Star Trek attack wing with my daughter.  Feds (her) vs Romulans (me) and I lost!  She really doesn't get how to maneuver well, pretty random, "okaaay, so a sudden reversal... sure, we can go with that?" (What do you expect, she's only 4!) but she definitely out rolls me when she fires!  Her torpedoes made pretty quick work of my ships...

- A buddy of mine gave me a free copy of Level 7: Escape.  Also my giant order from Coolstuffinc finally arrived after sitting in pre-order limbo for 2 months.  I've now got all but the latest of Star Wars LCG decks, 2x copies of the 40k LCG, a TIE Phamtom for X-Wing, and the Pathfinder ACG: Skulls & Shackles core set + character add on.