Diesel DM

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To facilitate the first installment of Ghool’s Graveyard, an article series I suggested over at Hand Cannon, I offered up my very own Lt. Allister Caine to be reviewed.  I mulled over which figure to send for a quite a while, but at last decided on pCaine since he was the last Warcaster I had completed and most folks will probably want to send in more centerpiece type figures like a Warcaster.  I had also considered my Stormclad or pStryker, but I didn’t feel like I would learn as much from a critique on them as I could from Caine.

Ghool’s review is great.  Very detail oriented with clear explanations of what to do where.  I am looking forward to seeing what our readers send in and picking up more tips from a pro.  Remember to send in nice, well lit pictures.  If you need some assistance, refer to my tutorial on miniature photography.

Check out the review of my Lt. Allister Caine:

http://handcannononline.com/blog/2011/10/12/ghools-graveyard-model-critiques-and-feedback/

The only mistake you can make with this book is not buying it soon enough. When I first started DMing my own ongoing campaign I came across this book and thought “I’ll wait until I know what I’m doing before I purchase it.” Instead, I should have bought this book while I was figuring out what I was doing. There are many points made in this book that I struggled with early on. Sly Flourish’s book, as its name suggests, doesn’t replace the DMG or try to abridge it, this book augments it, especially if you’re new to running the game.

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Wrath of PAX

The most fun I had at PAX East 2011 was playing Wrath of Ashardalon (WoA).  That’s a huge statement to make considering PAX was a giant geek-playground stocked with more board games and table top games than I imagined existed.  I was lucky enough to get in on a Wizards of the Coast (WotC) sponsored WoA game.  Wrath of Ashardalon is for 1-5 players, and with a lengthy queue forming, Wizards of the Coast was getting five in for every game.  As first in line I was picked first along with three guys who knew each other and one more person in line who was also by themselves. (Helpful Hint: At PAX you can sometimes skip part of the queue if you’re by yourself and they just need one more to fill out a group.)

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