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They had a Bolt Action Game day out here in Aurora - the guy (my possible future in-law(sons girlfriends father))... was hosting out at the Grange Hall. I checked it out for a few hours and picked up my island assault box set. Looks like he is planning on having a monthly Game Day / Fun Tournament - next one in January. I asked if he posted anything here on Ordo about it... and he had not. So in the future I will make sure to post up when the next game days are scheduled. -d

I am planning to show up to check out the fun - I have not played SAGA but I have been working on a Norman and a Viking force to try and convince some family to play lol. -d

COOL - Ok - will think about how to use them. I believe there are 4 retainers in the blister so a Hearthguard unit would be a good option. - hmmm on second glance I think I may only have 3 retainers - but I will do something to round that up to 4 if needed. -d

GW is a marketing ran machine - money is in constantly rolling out new and better stuff - and constantly angling for that monthly disposable income. It hasn't been about a great game system in a long long time. I listened to a couple interviews of old GW game designers whom have moved on over a decade now ... the battle with game systems vs marketing has always been a thing - and eventually as GW has grown has been more and more dominated by marketing and the bottom line - over game balance. GW knows what it is doing... they have been doing it a long time. Things are right where they want them.

I only have one question currently, I picked up some Normans Box (4pts) and some extra blisters of Norman Spearmen to get my force to 6pts max. I picked up a Duke and Retainers on eBay ... I am guessing he can replace my warlord which is mounted in the Norman box - as an option. But how do I deal with the retainers? I looked for rules but found nothing about retainers - aside from possibly bodyguards? Also, to I mount the retainers on the same base as the Duke or on separate bases? -d

Pulled down my box of normans to assemble and prime. The box says 4 points - I will add a levy of spearmen / javelins possibly. Still not sure if I could have them all ready for the tourney. But the event sure has me interested in getting an army going. -d

I just see it as entertainment - basic high fantasy tropes ... I didn't read the books - I don't care for over explaining by an author/creator in any medium actually. The book is different from a video series - it has to be. I would not consider them incompatible - but it is hard to mesh ideas from one medium to another. I don't connect the book series and this TV series - because I didn't read the books. But so far it is pretty typical high fantasy stuff - it isn't hard to follow. And unless your constantly comparing it to a book series written decades ago... it is just as good as any other fantasy show produced by a media conglomerate looking to get eyes on their media and advertising dollars. Amazon wanted a fantasy show to compete with its rivals - and snapped up the rights to Wheel of Time - probably purely for name recognition. Probably not as a fan of WoT serving measure - but rather the obvious eyes on screens reasons. It is what it is... enjoy it for the geek serving fantasy tv that it is...( "here we are now... entertain us...") just stop worrying about why it isn't enjoyable. - it isn't the books - ok I get it. Is it YA or NOT? does it matter? The show feels slightly CW (weak acting / shaky if not typical fantasy plot - pretty faces - a bit of off the shelf CGI) - I am waiting to be amazed by the show... (not holding my breath) - but I will enjoy it for what it is and not what it isn't. - I rambled... sorry -d

Hmmm I dove in - ordering the island invasion box - (son will be doing the Japanese- and I’ll take on the marines). So i a week or so I’ll have the box.

never read the books (never on my radar - or my particular genre)... but so far it feels like a CW show (poor plots/writing / shallow characters and weak acting).. I don't care for several of the actors / actresses ... feels very formulaic (as most fantasy seems these days). I don't know - my wife seems to enjoy it - we will probably watch it as filler while we wait for other stuff to stream. -d

hmmm I will add this to my calendar ... at least to drop in to see the gamed played. I am pretty sure my plate is too full to try and get a force ready. -d

I’ve picked the books up (main rules and first supplement. But have yet to get to play it.

I JUSt picked this printer up... hoping to get it set up and functioning this weekend. I will be replacing my older photon S - looks like a solid machine so far. - just out of the box last night. -d

Ok - I decided to pick up the Mars 2 ... mostly because of the machine size and overall cost reasons. And thinking that I will probably jump into a larger printer in another year if I feel the need for that later. The sub 300$ price was nice - and I picked the wash and cure station - just to make things that much more painless lol. It will be a nice jump up from my Photon S. The Photon S I will be selling for 125$ - with some resin - the original packaging / docs - etc and some extra FEP. It also has the build plate leveling aftermarket set up - but I will include all the older parts for the stock leveling set up. Contact me if interested - can meet up anywhere in the Portland Metroplex to hand it off. -d

I have started picking up mini's (Perry box of brits) and a few other things on MyMini Factory to get going on an army soon. I think this will be a good Rainy winter project. -d

After a bit of time riding the fence - I am getting ready to upgrade my resin printer situation. I currently have an Anycubic Photon S - and I want to upgrade to a 4k machine with a mono LCD. Also, wanting a bigger print area. Leading my pick is the Saturn ... although I am wondering if the Mono X is a good move as well. Aside from the ~1.5" Z hight difference in favor of the Mono X... what else should I be considering? Based on reviews and side by side comparisons I am 80% go on the Elegoo Saturn as my upgrade path. Anyone have experience with the Saturn first hand or even better both machines? -d * I will be looking to sell my Photon S as well when I settle on the replacement (thinking ~$100)

check MyMinifactory - lots of good stuff there for bases

Just wondering if anyone has checked this out? I heard about it on a couple of my podcasts - including an interview with the game designer (same dude who created Relic Blade). Looks to be cool - already planning my army. https://relicblade.com/sludge -d

there are loads of threads on Reddit as well - depending on your specific topics when searching. _ I get mosts of my news via blogs, podcasts or V-blogs myself. -d

I did a kickstarter for "instant paints" they seem comparable... I have only used them a little so far though.

What part of town are you in? I’m south / near woodburn. I work near Glimpses In Sherwood. (Maybe 10 minutes). I’ve been over to Geeks and Games in Oregon City at the start of Covid to play around with Code One Infinity as well. Unfortunately, getting down to ORDO has been hard to do.. especially after work on a weeknight.

I asked about this over the summer - and the local warcor was working on a tourney that happened last month I think. I am interested in re-launching myself into playing as well - fully vaxed. The infinity scene used to be fairly active before covid - but it hasn't seemed to be picking back up yet. -d

hey - nice to see you back on here Xavier ... good work on the PhD! not really playing anything since the summer - but I have been working on a slot car set up (1/32 Scalextric). -d

Bro G - Resin printing isn't that hard - just use gloves ... and dispose of waste properly. it has a learning curve but there is tons of online help, tutorials and etc. on YouTube. As well as user groups on many of the social media venues. I have a resin printer (any cubic photon S) and a Filament printer. Both methods have advantages, disadvantages and a learning curve. But the 3d printing hobby is very rewarding - and mind expanding. I recently jumped onto the Photon Ultra kickstarter... but yesterday I dropped out of it. Mostly because I am unsure as to the real quality differences from the current 4k standard stuff and the new DLP they are doing. And the actual size of the build plates for what I am looking to do as prints. I dropped out mostly because I won't be saving that much if do the kickstarter vs. waiting 6 months or till next summer to make a choice. I have the smaller older resin printer - and it works for me now - although I do want a larger print area at some point. one suggestion - if you unsure about the resin printer as a whole... drop from the kickstarter - and pick up one of the cheaper smaller resin printers - just to get a basic fell for resin and the hobby as a whole. for less than 300$ you can get a decent starter resin printer for figures. Later after your comfortable with the resin process - then jump into a bigger printer. The prices (like many things in tech) are constantly dropping... in a year everything will be different. -d

I went ahead and jumped in on the Anycubic Kickstarter for the DLP Photon Ultra. Feeling like a good miniature printer upgrade from my photon S.

I may give it a try - my son is playing it with the (possibly future father in law) and perhaps after I clear some projects off my plate. Currently, I have been bit by the slot car but (1:32 Scalextric) lol -d