Terrain For Students

Starting August 1st, LSCWC will be running some hobby sessions instead of game sessions.
The term 'hobby' is used by game geeks to refer to all of those activities which are an important part of gaming, but which don't actually involve playing the game - things like painting figures for RPGs and making terrain for Wargames. We will be starting with some terrain building for a few weeks, followed by some figure painting. All in time for you to enter your masterpieces in the Terrain For Hippos Annual Terrain Compometition (Toppy's internationally renowned blog's internationally renowned contest!)
This will mean that we will be moving to the art building.
It will also mean you need to vote on what you want to build and paint.
Which you should do right now, using the cunning poll at the top of this page.
Note: poll results sometimes take a little while to show up. Be patient.

If you have any ideas not covered by the polls, post them in the comments and they will be considered.
Check out Terrain For Hippos for ideas.

UPDATE:
Looks like we'll be working on some steampunk generators on Friday1st. They'll be a combination of these two projects:
Skaven Reactor
Warpstone Mine
As to painting, it's looking like Fantasy Villains. Since Reaper Miniatures is blocked by Netbox Blue, I won't paste links here.

Little Wars 2014

Once again the year has rolled around to time for Little Wars! Melbourne's most magnificent miniatures mad marathon of mania and other words staring with 'm' - Little Wars is a long running gaming convention organised in part by the sinister men of Eureka 'we make a whole range of warrior frogs you know!' Miniatures.

Due to strange machinations, Little Wars has split into two events, but since one of them is held in Adelaide, no one cares.

Little Wars melbourne is on Sunday, 1st June, at Moorabin town hall in the fair city of Moorabin, which is part of Melbourne.

Little Wars 2014 is epic, featuring such things as:

• Participation games in numbers likely to boggle the mind!
• Warhammer played with so many figures your hair will catch fire simply from watching!
• Traders beyond numbers selling things at prices bellow retail!
• The infamous bring and buy stand of infamy!
• Large, bearded men with hippos explaining how to make stuff!
• OzPainters painting competition!
• Lego! Because why not?
• Other stuff!

Seriously, go check out the website and start working on getting a ride to Melbourne.

GUBQUEST player's pack online

I have created and shared a player's pack on Google Drive. It contains all of the unique weapons, armours and songs available to your starting gub.

GUBQUEST: The Search for Lorenzo

GUBQUEST IS GO!

The gubs of Tripolo are in trouble; Gargok plague threatens, and there are rumours of wasps and worse than wasps. In fact, everything seems to be pointing to the end of the world as they know it. Gubmanda, the Esteemed Elder of the colony has gathered the bravest, strongest and most skilled gubs and sent them on a quest to locate the mysterious, semi-legendary wandering holy gub, Lorenzo!The gubs will have to find their way through treacherous forests and caves, and find the Wandering Toad Palace of Lorenzo; a constantly mobile toad-borne dwelling. Then they’ll have to get him back to Tripolo in time to save everyone!

On Friday 9th we will create our heroic warrior Gubs (and probably play some Gubs also!) To this end, I have create some campaign specific rules for GubQuest which will fit in with the usual Dice Chucker rule set.

Will you choose to play a powerful warrior gub, resplendent in Shell Helm and bearing a powerful Thorn Axe? Or perhaps a skillful scout? What about a powerful singer, with a repertoire of magical songs? 

Since the Gubs card game doesn't have much of a backstory, I've made up all sorts of weapons and things you can have. To get the creative juices flowing, here are some samples:

• ·      Fungus club: A small club made from a mushroom. DL: 3
• ·      Grass Bow: A bow made from bent grass stalks, firing arrows made from thorn. Range: 8/12/16, DL :3
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• ·      Leaf Armour: Armour made from thick leaves. AL: 2
• ·      Shell Shield: A shield made from a different kind of nut shell. AL: 1
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• ·      Song of Courage (TN: 10): All Gubs within 6 squares get +2 to any attacks they make.
• ·      Song of Saftey (TN: 10): All Gubs within 6 can resist traps on  a 4+.

Naturally, none of this is officially endorssed by Game Wright, manufacturers of Gubs. But since we all love Gubs so much, I'm sure no one will mind if we create our own silly home brew RPG for it, as long as we never try to sell it or anything.

Oh, and I will be doing some paper figures next week. Probably. I am pretty busy with Face/Off, Little Wars and comissions...

Term Two poll now open.

Sharp eyed readers with trousers to match will have noticed that there is a poll asking what we should play in Term Two on the side of the blog. You should vote on it. Oh yes indeed.

PEG FLIGHT:
Build and lead to victory your own squadron of small fighter planes made from pegs. Combat is based on flicking dice across the floor. Did I mention the game takes pace on the floor? It does.

DICE CHUCKER: GUBS.
A Dice Chucker RPG campaign involving Gubs. Because why the hell not.

FANTICIDE:
If you don't know what this is, you should've turned up in term one.

GRUNT/OFF:
Multiplayer 15mm squad based combat - lead your forces to victory by capturing important stuff!

Peg Flight

Gentlemen, behold Peg Flight, a new floor game I have been developing which involves squadrons of tiny planes made from wooden clothes pegs fighting for domination of the skies!
This is the basis of the rules which will be used for the Air Pirates sessions over the Easter Holidays at Coal Creek.

Gippsland Gamers: The Eastering

Gippsland Gamers will be running a full program of kid friendly events, every thursday during the Easter holidays.

AIR PIRATES and EASTER WARS SESSIONS: $10.

Bookings essential via Coal Creek or 03 5655 1811.

AIR PIRATES' TREASSURE - $10
April 10th; 1pm-3.30pm.

In this follow up to our highly popular Pirates Treassure session of January, take to the skies to beat the other air pirates to the fabulous treasures of the Imperial Zeppelin! Build and paint your own wooden air pirate planes, then use simple wargames rules to fight against your fellow pirates!

Take home: 

• An Air Pirate squadron
• A special Air Pirate die

All materials provided. Ages 8+.

EASTER WARS - $10

April 17th; 1pm-3.30pm. 

The Terrible Toads of the Swamps of Surpassing Stench have outlawed Easter – it’s up to you and your crack team of ninja commando Easter bunnies to make sure the Easter Eggs get through to the oppressed peasants. Paint your own team of 28mm high ninja rabbits, then battle against the terrible toads to be the first team to deliver their Easter Eggs. Quick and simple wargames rules ensure a fast and fun experience!

Take home:

• A painted team of three Eureka Miniatures Ninja Bunnies
• A special Easter Wars die

All materials provided. Ages 10+.
EASTER WARS ENCORE - FREE
April 20th, 10am-2pm.
As part of the Easter festivities at Coal Creek, we will be running free participation games of Easter Wars on Sunday 20th. While the other kids hunt for eggs, you can be beating up the Terrible Toads in the Swamps of Surpassing Stench to get eggs through the the oppressed teddy bear peasants! You will take command of a unit of ready-painted Ninja Commando Easter Bunnies, and fight for truth, justice and creme eggs for all!

All materials provided. Ages 10+.