The Warrior Lodge

Sunday, 21 February 2016

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Illpreparedness - I don't even think this is a real word, but it aptly describes my level of readiness for the second club day. The plan was to have all of my BaC Word Bearers built and ready to play... And to have everything ready to put in the car for my first game of 30k.

However, life being life I had a series of minor mishaps that meant that, a) my Word Bearers were only part built (Magnets!!), I left my dice at home, and when I arrived my stormraven in the back of the car resembled a plate of China dropped from an 8 story building. Hey ho.

Other than that this week has been pretty sweet - I was given a lesson in commission painting thanks to Dale (Dumbledore with a paintbrush and an airbrush.) I got a delightful WB contemptor covered in Colchisian script and I played my first game of 30k, thanks to Isaac lending me his army.

This week at the club has seen a surge in 30k games across the board, the first games of Mordheim have been played and we have seen our first game of Dropzone Commander, which is an exceptional little game if you want a faster tabletop battle.

Upcoming events include a swap meet, painting masterclass and the first tournament of the year!

Hopefully, I will suck less next time and I should have moved along army wise.

Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Hey Guy's

New video is up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCE2CQQ6R88

Friday, 12 February 2016

Intro!

My name is Jon, and I've been playing tabletop games since I was thirteen. Admittedly, it was AD and D, and I was a terrible mage and even worse DM.

I recently moved here with my family from the UK, in what was quite possibly the scariest thing I've ever done, next to watching my first child be born and driving on my own for the first time. I was in need of some gaming bros. Someone to roll dice against, whilst my models were being shipped from the UK, which felt like the longest wait since I went to the bank to change my online password. I found the Lodge.

Since then (and since my stuff arrived on the boat) I've been teaching my son to play 40k and Necromunda. Which is weird, because I can see myself in him when I was thirteen, trying to tell my three friends I was about to cast Grease on some pirates....which ended in me losing an arm and everyone falling down.

There is a joy watching someone open their mind to new experiences especially when it comes to creating those experiences with strangers. Our first club day, I was asked to oversee a game with my son and another of our members who hadn't played before. Nervous I would get something wrong, and yet overjoyed to watch an extremely close game unfold between two gamers 20 years in age apart. So I am thankful to be part of community that encourages this sort of thing.

That being said opening day seemed to be a huge success for me. Plenty of like minded people to chat to and compare models with, opinions on new 30k rules and the glorious, glorious gaming surfaces (Cheers Frontline Gaming and to all of our donations of scenery from other members) made for a very pleasant six hours, which passed way too quickly for my liking.

I'm now part way through Betrayal of Calth and building my Ashen Circle , another of the founding Fathers of the Lodge has offered me coaching for my meager painting skills and its another gaming day next Sunday. Pretty soon we hope to get a model swap shop up and running and even launch the ITC rules for 40k in Australia in a big way.

So if you love a game of X Wing, Mordheim, 30/40k then swing on by every second Sunday.