GeekFest 2018 Paint+Take

There is currently a survey afoot to decide which miniatures to paint at GeekFest 2018 Paint+Take.
You can go to this link and partake in the glorious democratic process! The survey will end on October 31st.
GeekFest 2018 will occur on January 21st. And you will be there. You will be there, won't you?

Warhammer 40,000 in Term Four.

In the grim darkness of C05 there is only war...

Starting Monday 16th, we will be playing Warhammer 40,000 8th edition in C05 every Monday lunchtime!
40K is the extremely popular sci-fi game from Games Workshop where armies of powerful warriors unleash enormous quantities of stupidly powerful weapons on one another, but no one really gets hurt because it's all done using tiny plastic men and dice.

We will be running:

WAAAGH! Snaggatoof - the richest Bad Moon Ork warband ever to maraud across the galaxy. Known for their expensive wargear and wealth so vast that even their Grots have planes. Currently lead by the Big Mek affectionately known as Mr. Stompy and equipped with 100% scratch built vehicles.

The Skulltaker Legion - Chaos Space Marines dedicated to Khrone, blood-crazed god of battle and slaughter. They are very large, very shouty, very angry, and very interested in drastically remodelling Orks. Into a large pile of Ork spare parts.

Places are strictly limited. Check in soon for army lists.

Remember that any damage to miniatures will result in red cards and payment for replacements either at current retail prices or in the case of converted or scratchbuilt models, at full commission price.

Edge of the Boganverse: A note on attendance.

There are considerably more people interested in playing that there are available spaces. Therefore, any player who does not attend for two weeks in a row will lose control of their character and will be replaced by one of those on the waiting list to join the game.

The Edge of the Boganverse

All places in our Star Wars: Edge of the Empire campaign have now been taken.
I look forward to seeing you all a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Or outside C05 on Monday. One of those.

Our campaign draws heavily on the awesome fan film, Star Wars Downunder for it's setting and flavour. Watch the blog for updates and session reports.

Characters:

Sholto: Rodian Thief.

Ellin Daar; Human Scout

Snubellar: Wookie Pilot

Grazz: Trandoshan Marauder

Bryan Streethooner; Human Mercenary

Lira Praxxis; Twi'Lek Gadgeteer

Greelik Zibbs; Rodian Assassin

D47-B01; Droid Doctor

LSCWC becomes a wretched hive of scum and villainy in term three

Participate in grim and gritty adventures in places where morality is gray and nothing is certain. Ply your trade as a smuggler in the Outer Rim, collect bounties on the scum that live in the shadows of Coruscant beneath the Empire’s notice…

Throw strange dice!

Star Wars: Edge of the Empire is the role playing game of scum and villainy in the Star Wars universe. You can play as Bounty Hunters, Assassins, Techs, Slicers, Pilots, Smugglers, Doctors, Mercenaries and more. You can also play as Humans, Twi'Leks, Wookies, Bothans, Droids, Trandoshans, Rodians or Gant as you blast your way across the galaxy in search of thrills and loot. Mostly loot.

We will be using pre-generated characters, which will be published to this blog fairly soon. We will be moving back to our usual C05 location from the first week of Term 3.

Games design resources

A bunch of examples of Print and Play games have been added to our resource folder. These are all fairly simple amateur-made games which are designed to be printed out and then played with a minimum of fuss. You'll have to cut out cards and pieces some times, but that's it. These games are all good examples of what individual amateurs can create - several of them are also re-themes. A re-theme is when you take an existing game, and change the visuals and theme of the game to turn it into something else (the folder includes several re-themes of the popular PNP game Cheese Chasers).
A sub-set of Print and Play games is Mint Tin Games. These are games which are designed to fit in a single 'altoids' brand mint tin (which are about the size of a deck of cards). There are some very clever games of this type, including several which have taken a much larger and more complex game and streamlined it down to the point where it can all fit in the tiny mint tin. It's worth checking them out to see how much game you can fit into a tiny space using limited components.

Making games in Term Two

All though out Term Two we are making our own games!
We are writing rules, making boards and cards, designing boxes, the whole shebang. By the end of the term, all of our members will have their very own, original, hand crafted board or card game. Not only that, but you have the chance to win the coveted SPIEL DES JAHRES (Game of the Year - it's not my fault if the world's most prestigious game design award is German!).

In the first few weeks of term, we will discuss and plan how to design games, including the elements that go towards making a game, rule mechanics and gameplay.
Then we will start to play test our game designs to make sure the rules work and the games are fun.
When that's finished, we'll start working on designing the components - boards, cards, counters, rule books etc.
By the end of term, we will have our games finished and the judging of the LSC SPIEL DES JAHRES can happen!
You can find a resource folder on Google Drive which contains important planning documents, templates etc.

Want to make your game super professional looking? You can actually get it printed by The Game Crafter. The Game Crafter is an online store which prints home made games so they look just like things you can buy in the shops. If you want to use TGC, you'll need to get all of your art onto a computer and make sure it fits the printing templates. Games cost a touch more than things you'd buy in the shops (since they're one offs) and take about a month to arrive (since they're made in the US).
I used TGC to get my game Kitnapped printed, and it's also available for sale from them.