Fancy a game of Scrabble with some celebrity fans?
Colin Mochrie and Deb McGrath host celebrities such as Sharon, Lois & Bram, Michael Burgess, R.H. Thomson, Jayne Eastwood, Colin Fox, Paul Soles, Jeanne Beker and Mark Breslin at Scrabble With the Stars tomorrow, April 7, at The Suites, 1 King West, Toronto. Proceeds go to the [...]
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Crocodile Games is shipping new miniatures for Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder series of d20 fantasy adventures. The miniatures are unpainted, 28mm white metal and are based on characters and concepts from “Burnt Offerings,” chapter 1 in the first Pathfinder series.
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Skirmisher Publishing is now offering Floor Games by H.G. Wells through DriveThruRPG. The book is a not-so-serious study of children’s games played with toy miniatures and models. It is also available in print form through Amazon, as is Wells’ later work, and perhaps the first example of a miniatures war game rule set, Little Wars.
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Gizmodo recently reported on BrickArms, a company that custom builds Lego minifigs and minifig weapons. Available are weapons from WWII through the modern era, as well as science fiction arms.
Now, cool as that is, what I’d really like to do is pair that with a set up for BrikWars, the third-party system for Lego wargaming.
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Rebel Minis has released Red Ops 5, a new standalone zombie skirmish mini game (15 and 28mm) ruleset available as a PDF here. Printed versions should be available in a few weeks.
They also released a starter set of minis for the system here.
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The Golden Triangle Newspapers of Iowa report on a family in Swedesburg that play miniature war games in their basement. The article tells the story of a father and sons spending time together playing games that they love.
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TFP Games has announced the release of the A Leader of Men World War II miniatures war game. This game is designed to limit players’ direct control over battlefield events. Instead participants play the role of leaders trying to direct and control the battle situation.
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