wargamesdiary   A diary of war games and board games

Painted quickly using contrast paints .

We played Arkham Horror . We snagged 4 of the 6 cultists and then escaped before the end. The final show down is next.

We played Arkham . We defeated the ghoul priest and enlisted the mysterious parlour mage . However Wini’s house burnt down .

Stage 1 based brown using brown acrylic and rhinoceros hide plus zandri dust .

First figures were assembled and then zenithal highlighted using gw primers .

Add guliman flesh and gold armour.

Ultramarine blue cloaks . Leather is first snakebite leather brown then blood angels red.

First up was Spectre. We chose to play without the Traitor. Phil managed to grab and hold onto an early lead.

Second was an intriguing game of Intrigue and War in the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Phil managed to be the last one to be in control Mary in Edinburgh whilst still holding a viable army. This was a fun game with 2 pages of rules and simple printed counters and cards. Does not even have a BGG entry but it does capture the feel of that period of history in Scotland. Some gaps in the rules of course and difficult to reach an end so we carried on until all sides were exhausted. Recommended if you ever get a chance to play but probably won’t play it again!

We played through one turn of this very complex card driven game. Lancaster remained as King but York was in a powerful position heading into Turn 2. Certainly felt we knew what the game involved by the end!

Spectre. Bruce’s bran new game. Phil won as Raoul the Traitor.