Society of Thule Todtruppen

Just a few photos.

Next on the Painting Table

   I just put some primed 15mm WWII minis on the painting table. These are the Indian Mortar Platoon which I need to finish the Indian portions of my 8th Army early/mid war force. It will be nice to feel like I have finished at least part of a project.

   I also have a platoon of 5 Honey tanks that are about ready to be primed. I am hoping they paint up quickly so there is some armour to help protect the Indians.

   I'm also considering busting out the 6mm Quar I bought early this year. Or maybe working on those random Vikings I have to start a Saga warband. There are a few Normans laying about, too. 

Of course, I need to work on my VBCW forces. And my 15mm SCW Carlistas. 

And those French troops for 28mm VSF aren't going to paint themselves. Nor the Asar warrior figures I purchased to act as Nubian Guard for the Pharaoh Akhenaton (In Her Majesty's Name). 

Plus those two Ogres, and the howitzers to take 'em out. I have two extra of those if anyone wants them (howitzers, not Ogres. You wish.)

Man, I need to get painting!

First game of SAGA

   So this past Saturday was our monthly game day for Clear Lake Area Wargamers' Society, or whatever it is we call ourselves these days. We had a low turnout, only seven guys, but we put on two games. On one table, an interesting Early War game of FOW pitting Japanese against British. On the other table, a three-sided SAGA battle between Vikings, Irish, and Norman warbands.

   I played in the SAGA game - a first time out for that ruleset for me. I had the Vikings. Jesse had the Normans, and Buddy ran his Irish. We borrowed Jim Johnson's figures and terrain. Each of us had a six point force. Mine broke down like this:

• 1 Warlord
• 1 Hearthguard unit of Berserkers (x4)
• 2 Hearthguard units (x4)
• 1 Warrior unit (x8)
• 1 Levy unit (melee x12)
• 1 Levy unit (slings x12)

   Essentially it was a 7-round free-for-all, but Buddy's Irish ended up in the middle of the table between Jesse's Norman knights and my Viking Hearthguard and Berserkers. The winner would be determined by a point system: 2 points for champions, 1 point for every hearthguard, 1/2 for each warrior, 1/3 for each levy. I ended up with 12.83 points of dead Irishmen on my side of the table. Buddy had 13 points of Vikings and Normans on his. Of course, since he also lost a lot of points to Jesse, there wasn't much left of his 'winning' force.

   I had two units that never got involved in the game at all. Luckily, it was my Spear Levy and some Warriors. The levy was no loss, but it would have been nice to get those warriors in on the fight - it would have helped kill more Irish! My Hearthguard and Berserkers really took their toll on those Irish as it was. My slingers fired off two shots, for virtually no effect.

   In all, I had a really good time, and the game went pretty quickly, especially considering it was a first time out for both Jesse and I. The rules are pretty simple, and I like the battle card mechanic. It gives each different faction some flavor, and injects a bit of luck and strategy both - luck in the SAGA dice, strategy in the allocation of them.

   So I have dug out some old Viking figures that I just happened to have laying around, as one does, and started prepping them and cleaning them up. I don't have enough to make a warband, but it will give me a start. I'll have to get some Welsh, too.

   Please leave any helpful suggestions for vendors of 28mm figures suitable for SAGA warbands in the comments. That would be, um... helpful.

"Carthage must be destroyed."

More Horror in Arkham

Fittingly for the month of Zomtober - um I mean, October - I've played two games of Arkham Horror in the past couple of weeks.

In both cases, the Elder God (Ithaqua and Nylarthotep, respectively) were thwarted.

  Ithaqua actually awoke, but Our Heroes managed to put his physical form in great distress, and he returned to the icy dimension from which he came. Nylarthotep, thankfully, never awoke.

Also, I keep meaning to obtain photos of the few zombies that I have painted in recent weeks. Only four of them, but I like 'em. I promise to keep trying to remember. Maybe one of them got my brains already and I just haven't noticed? That's possible. All to likely, even.

Dystopian Wars photos

Speerwurf Airship Squadron

Closeup of Speerwurf

Speerwurf

Infantry Token

I need red and black dice to add to them.

HM-1 "Recke" Heavy Tanks

A-2L "Ritter" Light Tanks

"Ritter" closeup