A Year in Retrospect

With the last grains of 2011 slowly trickle down the horglass, it is time to look back on a year of hobby.

Rules Conundrum: What to Do When the Rules Have Been Broken?

And he's back.

Life, work and Christmas have conspired to keep me from blogging. One's calmed down, one's taking a break, and one is basically over, so I'm back (for now, at least).

And it's time for another Rules Conundrum.

WarmaHordes: Cryx Tournament Results

We had a tournament yesterday. It was a small, in-club thing with seven participants (and two guys sharing the eighth spot to get us to an even number). It was more of an opportunity for some concentrated gaming than an attempt at competition.

I played my Cryx. I won all my three games, giving me the overall victory.

General Ramblings: Uh-oh, SinSynn Got Me Thinking...

I'm a member of a blogroll called Krootbery Paincakes, over at House of Paincakes (yes, that's a link to the right... you know you want to...), where SinSynn - in his normal disjointed manner - posted this a little while ago. Yes, you go look it through. I'll wait.

Now, everyone who's even an infrequent visitor to this little corner of the Internet marked 'Incarias' will know, I don't like 'Competitive' in my wargames. I think I might have mentioned it...

General Ramblings: How Are GW and Privateer Like Nineteenth Century Banks?

Inspiration comes from the weirdest of places.

I'm currently reading E.J. Hobsbawm's Age of Capital. Voluntarily.

Anyway, one part sparked a line of thought that I thought I'd share. This will not be one of my brilliantly thought-through posts. It will be at the caffeinated-squirrel end of the scale.

You have been warned.

General Ramblings: The Utopia of Balance

I had a bit of a discussion with Abakus in the comment section of this article.

We basically had different views on a specific phrase, mostly, I believe, because we read it different ways.

Long story short, it got me thinking about what would be the ultimate balanced army. Utopian, really. And we're not talking about a balanced force, but a balanced Army Book, Codex, Forces of, or whatever.

The matter we didn't agree on was whether it is good for an army to have choices that scream 'you must have this!'.

Terrain Thoughts: WarmaHordes Obstacles

And here's part three.

Obstacles.

Trying to think of a good intro...

Failing. Let's just get on with it, shall we?