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ISSUE # 12 OCTOBER 2014

GARAGE GAMERS GROUP


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when it is up and running.

Speaking of the web

page, if we have any

members interested in

passing on some of their

expertise in the best

options of setting up a

website, please let me

know.

Dont forget to say hello to

all of the new members and

make them feel welcome.

Some are new to gaming so

dont scare them away :)

Send your submissions in

to:

Garagegamersgroup@

gmail.com and put Editor in

the subject line.

SEE YOU THERE

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you all had an

excellent month.

Firstly a mention for our

interactive campaign that got

off to a great start.

That is Dog County Range

Wars. Land was snatched up

by Ranchers eager to expand

their lot, and become the Land

Baron or Cattle Boss that will

name the new territory. In only

the first turn, players

aggressively began their takeovers, exploring unknown

lands and in some cases,

clashing with their neighbor's

already.

Shootouts have happened

between unfriendly land

claims.

New rivers and ranges have

been discovered.

See the players map where for

the first time, campaigners will

be able to see where their

opponents have explored.

Dog County Range Wars is

Snake Eyes Magazines first

interactive game, and opens

up loads more of new

campaign games, coming over

the next several months.

Space Hulk made the cover

of this months issue. A lot of

Games Workshop games came

and went with never a re

release. This is Space Hulks

forth release. Well 3.5 actu-

ally as the new game is the

same as third release with afew more missions, and

board pieces. Ideal for the

gamers who missed out on

the third edition as it was

packed full of very cool

Blood Angel Terminators and

unique Genestealers,

especially the Broodlord.

Whats also interesting about

Space Hulk is the overall

missions are pretty much the

same, in the box set for alleditions. It is the board

pieces, and the miniatures

that make up so much of the

appeal, and of course, you

just have to have it for your

collection.

I bought the second and

third edition, so wont be

chasing 3.5. That being said,

if GW re-releases Death

Wing and Genestealer

expansions Im there with

size 14 boots on.

We have had a lot of new

members join Garage

Gamers Group this month.

There was some discussion

on whether to continue hav-

ing a Members Page

included in Snake Eyes. This

will be the last issue it does,

but the Member List will,

from next month be shownon the GGG facebook page,

and eventually the web page

Garage Gamers Group (GGG)

G R G E

G M E R S

G R O U P

SNAKE EYES

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S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

The games

we play

Game

reviews

Gamers Tips

Members

Sales page

Members

Gallery

Game

spotlights

Members

Collections

Contacts

Promotions

Member

Spotlights

Store Finder

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GGG-Members

GarageGamersGroup-The Games We PlayWarhammer 40k

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

BattleCry

StarWars X-Wing

Old West

Zombiecide

Axis & Allies

Warhammer 40k Roleplay

American Civil War

Apocolypse

AD & D

Arkham Horror

Necromunda

Dreadfleet

Man O War

Bolt Action WW2

Mordheim

Flames of War

Pathfinder

Napoleonics

Warhammer Fantasy

Blood Bowl

War Machine

Infinity

Demi Federoff

Jamie Federoff

Sean Federoff

Aaron Fleming

Rod Franze

Bryan Gagen

Duane Gardner

Matt Garside U.K.

Jason Goodliffe

Courtney Halverson

Paul Hannouf

Joshua Harbort

Andrew Holloway

Ian Houlihan

Henry Hyde U.K.

Albert Kas

Malagen Khaine

Hayden King

Nathan Long U.S.

Nate Jurgs

Robert LaBrie

Simon Machin

David Markwell

Andreas Massonne GER

Simon Mayes

Duane McAndrew

John McDonnell

Jeff McArthur

Cameron McCormack

Nigel McDermott

Kris McKiernan

Jarrod McKiernan

Zac Mehta

Richard MooreMike Murdock

Sean OHanlon

Michael Orton

Daniel Paynter

Tim Prenzler

John Pope

Stephen Randall

John Ross

Brendan Ryan

Don Sargent U.S.

Dwayne Schwede

Carl Sciscio U.S.

Zachary Seib

Stuart Shaw

Michael Stamp

Troy Standen

Rob Sutterby

Mark Sykes

Chris Taylor

Glen Taylor

James Taylor

James Taylor U.K.

Steve Tobias

Peter Toh

Shayne Treasure

Paul Treichel

Garry Wait

Matt Walford U.K.

James Wallace

Cameron Webb

Clint Lee Werner U.S.

Danny Whitehead

Drew Williams U.S.

Ross Williams

Michael Wright

Alan Anderson

Jeremy Anderson

Tony Arthur

Alex Barrett U.K.

Steven Azzopardi

Brittanie Ball

Sean Beggs

Drew Birkmyre

Marcus Blackman

Kieran Bowman

Steven Brittle

John Brotton

Kaz Brotton

James Cachia-Garrett

Alessio Calvatore U.K.

Ken Carr

Ben Chase

Claude Chase

Darian Chase

Kellie Chase

Kirstyn Chase

Nick Chase

Terry Clayton

Sam Corvi

Matt Crosby

Rodney Cross

Eddie Crompton

Paul Dale

Evan Dennett

Martin Dorney

Frank Doslik

Alan Doyle

George Elliot

Abby FederoffCraig Federoff

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SPACE HULK

he game is set on a modular board made up

f various board secons which represent

orridors and rooms and which can be freely

rranged and locked together like ajigsaw

uzzleto represent the interior of a space

ulk. One player controls the Space Marine

erminators, and the other player controls

he Genestealers. It is an asymmetric game.

rst, in that the two players have dierent

orces to begin with. Second, in that the two

layers may have dierent objecves to fullll

uring a "mission" (the in-game term for a

arcular scenario of the game). The Termi-

ator player may have the objecve of de-

troying a specied area of the board or a

pecied Genestealer piece or some other

bjecve; and the Genestealer player may

ave the objecve of destroying a specied

erminator piece or all of the Terminator

ieces or some other objecve. Third, in that

he pieces of the two players move dierent-

y. The Terminator pieces move slowly; and

he Genestealer pieces move quickly. Fourth,

n that in regard to combat: the Terminator

ieces excel in ranged combat, but they are

weak in close combat; and the Genestealer

ieces excel in close combat, but they cannot

erform ranged combat at all. The pieces are

moved by the players through a system of

acon points", where each piece has a cer-

ain amount specied for it. A Terminator

iece has few acon points; and a Genesteal-

r piece has many acon points. The game is

otable for its hidden play mechanics, from

which it derives much of its playability and

ension. 3
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Game Design...dice, cards and counters...

P A G E 4I S S U E 1 2

play or to represent players?

Once you have you list of your

subject maer, then you can

create the playing eld and the

essence of all games, the goodies

and the baddies. Now you can

pick the historical, fantasy, or

sci genre you would like. Every-

thing is open to you, as this is

where your imaginaon works

best. For example you may want

Zombies, Naval warfare, and for

the game to be played in Outer

Space. What does this bring to

mind for you?

If this were my selecon, I

would break it down unto the

three elements. Do I want my

zombies like the WalkingDead, sort of shambling

along, or like World War Z,

where they dont shamble at

all? Are they smart zombies?

Then if I like the Naval idea, I

can incorporate that into a

space eet scenario. How big

are my ships? How did the

zombies get there? Is it a

plague in space? Is it real

space or a Star Wars type of

galaxy?

At this stage we have your

Game Framework for you to

add ideas to your notebook.

sure, however there are digital

edions available now as an e-

publicaon or even as PDF for

the older documents. This will

allow you to start creang

more space on your shelves

and display cabinets for the

things that you really want to

show o...your collecon.

Digital documents will work

on your phone, tablet, laptop

for portability, and you can

have the whole collecon in

one place. As you acquire the

digital edion you can then

buy some nice deep plasc

container boxes to store your

expensive rulebooks, and co-

decs. The same goes for your

novels and magazines. Get the

digital copy and pack away the

other. Of course you will want

to keep out your popular

books that you game with

oen, but you dont need the

others out. Unless they are old

edions, no one will really care

how many books or rulebooks

you have to show o, so make

room for those lovely painted

(or not) miniatures.

To put things in a more or-

derly fashion, if you are run-

ning out of room, priorise

with Miniatures rst, then

rulebooks (both game and

army), then novels and then

magazines. Dont pack away

your tools and paints as you

might forget which box they

are in. Yes, this has happened

to me.

One of the issues facing a die

hard collector is storage. My

shelves are overowing from

me adding (damn it) rule-

books, games, new miniatures,

and novels to my collecon

Storage is eventually some-

thing that collectors will have

to plan for. That is, whats go-

ing to be on display, and

whats going to be packed in

boxes. Your gaming miniatures

are also ghng for space with

terrain, paints, tools and mod-

els sll in their box and maybe

even some rulebooks and

magazines as well. What to

do?

I love the original rulebooks

that you can hold and ick

through the pages at your lei-

From the Collectors Vault

There are

many gaming

systems out

there...all you

have to do is

find one that

suits you

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Have you ever wanted to play a

PC game on the table top? Howabout a Beer & Pretzels game

that you thought you could make

more interesng? Maybe an ex-

isng genre that you wanted to

improve upon? Read on, then for

this informaon may help.

For starters you will need

something to make notes in be it

pad and pen, or digital. Then,

pick the subject maer. What isthe game about? How long

should it play for? Is it a board

game or roleplay idea? How

many players do I want to in-

volve? Is it for fun or prot, or

both? Will I need miniatures to

The Collector is a gamer

with over 40 years in col-

lectable games and war-

gaming...


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ell, how me ies. Another month is looming and I need to write this as it has been a busy me. Well the tle should say it all

I will go into more details. If you have been geng Snake Eyes from the start or just last issue we would love to hear what you

k. Nick does heaps to get this out and John McDonnell and myself help out . The reason we do is our love for our hobby and pas-

n to see it grow. We charge you nothing and some help out with photos but for me the greatest reward comes from feed back

m YOU.

no one reads it then there would be no point in creang it, and even though you might read it and think good job, we can t read

ds. (Its true).

you could please nd the me send a note tell us what you think of Snake Eyes. What areas do you think we might be able to

er that we havent done yet. Games between mates if you take photos with some notes would be good. Maybe a tournament

t we can adverse, photos from you and your games. Tournaments are so many theses days that we cant get to them all, let

ne adverse all of them in advance.

ase in point, I played in a Warmachine tourney recently and thus it appears for the rst me in Snake Eyes but on same day

re was an Innity game in Caboolture, (north of Brisbane) and a 40k tourney at the Gold Coast (south of Brisbane). I have nev-

layed Innity so would have been good to see and share, and include some gaming on the Gold Coast in an issue.

peaking on contribuons, a recently joined member, Michael Colclough, has shown o some of his work, below. The image is of

hoons aacking a PzkwVI caught in the

n at the Falaise Gap inNormandyin Ju-

944. It is appropriately tled Closing the

p.

ichael will be a regular contributor and

will see more of his art in the next issue

nake Eyes.

or more of a look now, see hp://

w.warintheskies.com and hp://

artamerica.com/proles/mil-

rchant.html

ell enough ranng I sll have things that

d doing but I hope you can help out.

hanks for reading.

en

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Forward Scout

y GGG Member Glen Taylor
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hn McDonnells Napoleonic's

G member John McDonnell, runs his own blog site called Hammer & Banner which has over 3600 views.

s a veteran gamer with many years in gaming... This issue John and his Prussians, have another go at beang his

nd Andrew, who controls the French.

l trying to work out how to beat or even break the French. I need to be able to inict enough casuales to do anything to them. Considering my columns only

a 1 in 3 chance of actually charging. If I take even one casualty on the way in, I'm (through my usual magnicent die rolling) more than likely to be repulsed

e swinging in the breeze. My arllery seem to suer a massive problem with dealing any damage at all, and my cavalry always seem to do nothing but

e the French into squares where they then shoot us, and make us run away.

ing to try skirmishers in the next game to see if this changes anything!

s it's depressing, but I need company through the game and my friend Andrew enjoys the same, and it gets him out of the hou se.

oy the photos

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Andrew and his French... Impressive all lined up. The French Centre

The French Right The French Left

The Prussians lined up.

1st Turn...Prussians tentatively advance on the left.


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More desperate measures.

Reformed to column in preparaon of the charge.

View from abovePrussians in line. Landwehr occupy hamlet.

Flapping in the wind.

Caught between the French and a hard place.

View from above

French advancing. Rather depressing.er view of advancing French column.

s were doing nothing so I went to line in the hope of

Yes, we broke and the center collapses

Desperaon from the Prussians.

Lancers geng out of the way.

We are very good at holding

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ark Heresy is a role playing game set in the grim darkness of the 41st Millennium, the decaying dark

future of Warhammer 40,000.

My name is Castella Borgia, otherwise known as Elli; I am an Acolyte of the Ocio Assassinorum Vindicare temple under

the employ of Inquisitor Gelt. Fate has come for me I take a look around the bridge. The mechanical man claiming to be

Hastus had rigged the bridge to explode, but the threat is no more. Captain Odessa is dead. I let this sink in.

Earlier I had a communiqu from Inquisitor Gelt, informing me of my impending com-mission as Captain of the Faithful Intruder. A commission I was ready to turn down.

Captain is a tle I have run from my whole life. I instruct the remaining crew to escort

the captains body to the Medicae facility and begin to wander through the bowels of the

ship, lost in my own thoughts. My mind takes me on a reecve journey through my past.

A past I have run from day aer day.

I was born in Hive Tarsus on the planet of Scinlla. It was my home, my playground, for 6 short years. I am the daughter of

Padma and Akilah of the noble house Borgia. Rogue traders like many who have come before. Unl my enre family, my

friends, my teachers all were killed in a horric accident. I emphasize accident as rumours abound. The ocial report

blames a series of human errors, a miscalculaon on the ploed course, further exasperated by a novice navigator causing the

warp drive to malfuncon and tear the ship to pieces. But I know this is not true. Ive looked into it, it doesnt add up. Novice or

not, our navigator Numitor Molineaux was above reproach. His abilies were unrivalled and to suggest he made a mistake on

such a simple jump, a jump hed made hundreds of mes before, doesnt sit well with me. Neither does the suggeson that my

father could have made a mistake. This was charted space, no calculaons required, so how does an error get made?

I come across some of the crew milling about aimlessly in the corridors, mumble a few words of concern and understanding,

and give them fresh orders to occupy their me. They look relieved and connue about their dues. I connue on

To this day I cant recall how I came to be adri in deep space, void suit on, rather than oang dead amongst the carcass of

our ship. But adri I was and bleak was my prospects. As luck would have it a passing pirate found me while searching for

salvage and, upon recognizing my insignia and calculang the possible prot to be made, brought me on board as a valued

guest. Four years I spent on board the Black Duck and as a valuable commodity, was kept always at the side of its Captain,

Feistum. I quickly became more than just a guest, and became one of the crew. Feistum recognized my abilies and previous

educaon, and enhanced them whenever possible. I learned much from him on crew morale, and the skills needed to captain a

Ship. When he wasnt paying aenon, I would sneak away and work or train

with the crew. They became a substute for the family I had lost.

Im now passing through the engineerium and note again the general

malaise aecng the crew. I call the group together and praise their eorts

throughout the current events. I assure them that if they had not been so

vigilant the casualty rate would have been much higher. I direct them to

scour and cleanse the area where the bodies were found, and nish repairing

the drive cables, as an operaonal ship is vital to the remaining crews surviv-

al. They now appear to be more deliberate in their acons. I keep walking

Over the course of my me on the Black Duck more reports came in regard-

ing my families destrucon. These reports werent so ocial and it was be-coming clear that someone by the name of Myrchella Sinderfell was fast heading the suspect list. And rewards were being

oered for any informaon regarding possible survivors from my ship. Feistum and his crew, having become so fond of me,

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decided not to claim these rewards, and instead used their inuence to gain me entry inside the Ocio Assassinorum where

they hoped the skills I would master would help hide me from those who looked. Skills that I cannot divulge here. As my

training progressed I came to the aenon of the Inquision, primarily Inquisitor Alaric Gelt of the Ordos Malleus, and was

chosen to head several key missions before becoming embroiled in the whole Child of Desny saga of which you have been

made aware. (See the Sister Krankies Diaries for more info).

I am stopped by the master of ordinance, Holt Sawyer, a veteran of many bales before today. He

looks withdrawn, the lines on his face more dened than usual, his eyes sunken deeper. He re-

quests addional personnel to help with acve dues, but this is a faade, I can see it in his stature,

like so many I have come across today he has taken the loss of his captain hard, and is looking for

direcon. Then it dawns on me; this ship and its crew are lost without their captain. If someone

with the right skills, the natural ability to lead, doesnt step up soon we will all be consigned to

oblivion. A lost ship among the stars. Which brings me back to the beginning. Fate has come for

me Its me for me to claim my birthright and provide a beacon of hope for all on board. So here I

am. To the crew and guests on board. This is your Captain speaking. Captain Castella Borgia. Rogue

Trader.

Innocence proves nothing"

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Dogtown howler 5

Dogtown about hearing gunfire

ve included The ODoney

C Old Stump the Hat Creek

and Bugman Ranch. In fact

etween

one ranch and 4 Cowboys

ther and both had their Chuck

great idea. That

not all news is good news.

Edited & Published by Jacob Adams Esq.-Journalist & Photographer -Established 1867 Dogtown County -Member of Professional Newspapermen of N.Y.

Rivers and Mountain Ranges named, as Ranchers explore

the new territory. Already new names are appearing on the

map, as Ranchers make their mark. Two mountain ranges,

the Tyran Mountains, and Spectre Mountains have been

ocially named. Likewise Clearwater River, Blood River,

Serpents Leg, and Dribble River. If others have been found,

their nders are keeping big secrets.

Mayor Dumphrey isnt handing the town

over to anyone, he stated last Monday. One

of the new Ranch owners to purchase a cliam

in Dog County was none other than old

Dogtown Mayor, Marty ODoney. Rumours

ve surfaced that Mr. ODoney, now owner of the ODoney Hacienda,

ght be eyeing o his old job. Aer hearing that Mr ODoney may have

en involved in some shootouts with his neighbour, Mayor Dumphrey

as very clear that if it comes to the towns top job, it is not for sale. The

ootouts that Mayor Dumphrey, is referring to are the news of several

ch happenings in the last month. (See le picture below)

Another local resident, Bob Brown has gone missing from the locality

th some people saying that he has set up a ranch, but dont know

here his investment has come from if he indeed has.

n other news, man eats his horse. See the fully story on page 4 of this

wspaper.

Word has come back in, with regard to the new spreads all

over Dog County, and its not all friendly

Were used to being friendly to all of our neighbours here

in Dogtown, especially aer what happened last me. Why

even the new spreads started out all liking each other

mostly

The all of a sudden BAM. One dispute over who was in a

river paddock and who owned what has lead to shoot outs

all over the territory. What used to be solved with a hand-

shake is now being duelled for or worse. Lucky we got lots

of no account Cowboys, coming in looking for work.

Lucas Shelman, the towns new publi-

can, watches as the lumber loads are

bought into town. He is good friendswith Dennet Tull and plans to build a

steamboat stop in our town...that can

only be good for the economy.

Three Ranch Bosss are rubbing their hands as the money

ows. Rapid expansion and prime real estate have pro-

pelled Ranch MacCarony, The Lucky O and The Double-

horn to the top of the pile. Where will these savvy inves-

tors be spending their new found wealth next? The sway of

land values will be sure to go up and down as investors inthe 25 Ranches maximise their land grab. Aer all in the

end, there can be only one.

Newest Wagon on the market.

Affordable, cheap and reliable

as any transport across the

plains is meant to be. This

wagon will get you right

across the state and back

again, and still be ready to beused as your favourite Chuck

Wagon when you want to set-

tle down. Comes with a canvas

in a choice of whites, box seats

for all of your storage needs,water barrel, ropes, tresses,

and hobblers for the horses,

when you need to stay over.

Only $200 at Honest Johns

Trading Posts are up and running supplying the basic

needs for the Ranch Hand on the go. You can even

hire more staff for those growing ranches, as well as

fully kit out your ammo, guns, dried meats and furs.

Lumoise and Shooters Junction trading posts are

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Lush Lands

Grazing Lands

Arid Lands

Abundant Lands

The Dog County Range Wars players map, allows players in the campaign to gauge their expansion in the new

territory as well as have a guess where their opponents might be. The colour coding shows where the real

money is, in terms of land and income. Lush Lands that are worked, (that is to say that a Ranch Hand is holding

that land at the end of the turn), is worth $100 income to that Ranch. Abundant Lands are worth $75, Grazing

Lands are worth $50 and Arid Lands will produce $25 per month if worked. This informaon will allow players to

plan their next expansion to create the most prot, and to defend the more expensive property, avoiding the

cheaper lands. The black squares around the map represent Trading Posts, and the big one in the centre is

where Dogtown is. The Red Squares are the Ranches. The dark green blobs are mbered hexes which when har-

vested will become grazing lands. Grey colours are mountain ranges which like the rivers and trading posts, can

be named as the players discover them. Silver can be found in the mountains, but its risky. You might lose thatranch hand. Red crosses show land clashes this turn where shoot outs have occurred.


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1. Tumbleweed -Barnaby Simmons 10. Double W -Dex McGrawl 19. Bar C -Big Frank

2. Drymouth Gulch -Billenger MaGroot 11. Double Horn -Dex McShooty 20. Old Stump -Diamond Back Pete

3. Rusty Hole -Red Rusty 12. Keenai -Noelle Butler 21. MacCaroney -Tony MacCaroney

4. Old Dry Patch -Grumpy Gregor 13. The GGG -Reo Kray 22. Bugman Ranch -Wya Bugman

5. Bennys Hills -Big Benny 14. Foundry Fortress -Old Man Foundry 23. Lucky O -Ol Peterson

6. Highlands -Hops McGrain 15. Lazy A -Boss 24. ODoney Hacienda -Marty ODoney

7. Port Royale -Captain Jack 16. B-B-Q -Bob Tonic Brown 25. Hat Creek Cale Company -

8. The Pondarosa - Lorne Chair 17. Melody Ranch -Sandy Saunders Angus McCrae

9. Lexington -Hal Lexington 18. Deadwood -T.S. Bramblecoat


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ALPHA HOBBIES


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Star Wars X-Wing

Stuart Shaws arcle

inspired a game to occur

here at GGG headquar-

ters. GGG member Dari-

an Chase nally threw

his lot in and claimed

Star Wars X-Wing as the

game that he had been

looking for, with a claimof never losing. I set out

as a righteous gamer to

prove him wrong, and show him that the old man wasnt too

bad himself.

Normally we would play without the addional weapons and

upgrade, and just the basic ships. We drew our sides. Darian

won the Rebels and I started with the Imperials which was ne

for me. Now just to shoot Luke, Wedge, and that damn B-

Wing.

I took all the Tie Fighters I could including Darth Vader in his

Tie Fighter Advanced. Unfortunately what I didnt take wasnotes, so the bale report will have to wait. My mistake was

not killing the B-Wing as I chose to just avoid it and its mul-

ple shields.

The game was 150 points as opposed to the normal 100. It

does make it longer but I did want to see what these newly

purchased ships could do.

The Tie Defender was cool but my ship of the match had to

go to the Tie Phantom. Its highest iniave card is a 7, yes but

4 aacks and add the Marksman card. Unfortunately Darian

clued in on this as well and went aer Whisper and the Tie

Phantom soon joined my dead ships line on the edge of the

mat, not from Darian however but my miscalculaons that

sent him o the edge of the game mat.

Darians ghter and my bane was Luke Skywalker, with R2D2

card and his own ability allowed him to repair his shields very

quickly. Aer what seemed like half a day of manoeuvring

around the star map it came down to Vader, with one hit re-

maining, and Luke and the B-Wing circling like vultures. I knew

that if I could stay ahead and turn to face this threat I might

have altered the end result, but in turning from the B-Wing it

was just not enough and good shoong ended the game as

Darth Vaders ship exploded.

Hence Darian was able to maintain his undefeated tle, anddid it again in a game a day later.

Star Wars X-Wing is a quick to learn and quick to play game.

The core box set comes with an X-Wing and 2 Tie Fighters, and

retails at around $50AUD.

For more ideas on squad builds you can go to

hp://xwing-builder.co.uk/build

Click on :"Tools", and then on "List all Squadrons" ... thereyou will nd thousands of dierent opons.
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On the SceneBy Glen Taylor

Challenge yourself without looking

Well this I did, and what follows is the story of it.

The Crocs below, belong to my friend John. A visit to his house found these ready for a Warmachine tourney. I liked the look of these guys

and thought why not? With one week to go, why not join in.

No problem, but I had never played this game and owned no gures, so there was my challenge. Monday saw a trip to the store and below

s what I purchased, thankfully again I had help from friends and brought exact points I needed.

Tuesday saw the last of models put together, and Wednesday the start of the painng.

By Friday with the painng nished, (picture below) all that was le is to read the rules and get to the tournament.

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Game one Vs Paul

Jon

Second game vs Jon over

the boats which I lost 20

2 but enjoyed myself.

Saturday came and I arrived at the GJMWT 2014 tourney

hosted by The Blind Pig, to a bacon and egg roll and coee. I

started with a bye and Paul, rst opponent, gave me a friend-

ly game which helped me greatly with rules knowledge.

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ame 3 vs Jamie and I thought I was geng

eer lost 55

Warmachine and Hordes, is unlike any sys-

tem I have played before but over the

course of the 4 games found my way. The

event was well run and I had a good me.

Each of my opponents was more than willing

to help a newbie and explain things.

Thanks to Allen for running the event in its

7th year I believe and to all the workers who

cooked breakfast and lunch as well as helper

with seng up and packing up.

So as you can see I JUMPED and survived !!

The outcome is a painted force that I can

play with in a new game for me. New friends

were made and more waing in futuregames. Win / win at the end and who knows

when I will jump again, thanks for sharing

my journey with me

Photo above shows my war caster

geng hammered in game 3.

Game 4 vs Papa

(veteran) 416

apa

onvergence of Cyriss


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nake Eyes Road Trip -Brisbane Independent Gamers (BIG)

ean and I set again, this me to a club called BIG, or Brisbane Inde-

endent Gamers. BIG has been around as far back as I can remem-

er, and a lot of local gamers would know them and probably have

een to one of their tournaments. BIG has a long history, and is sll

oing strong, as Glen and I found out. The club meets at 0900-1600

n the second Sunday of every month, at the Lavalla Centre, 58

ernburg Road at Paddington. You can contact them online via

p://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/Brisbanegamers/

Glen Verburgt is the man you want to

speak to for further informaon about

BIG. Glen also has a long history with

Brisbane Independent Gamers. He

assued me that the games that are

played at the club are many and var-

ied, cing games including Warham-

mer Fantasy, WH40k, Warhammer

Ancients in 28mm, War of the Rings,

Kings of War, Field of Glory Ancients,Napoleonics, American Civil War, Axis

& Allies War at Sea, Flames of War and

Bolt Acon, Force on Force and Am-

bush Alley, Dystopian Wars, DUST, Star

Wars X-Wing and SAGA.

BIG

We met Dennis Misso

and Glen playing Ipetus,

Tom and Henry playing

Bolt Acon, Rhys and

Chris playing Jugula,

and Greg and Luke

playing DystopianWars. There were pics

that didnt make this

issue, and we only man-

aged some shots of a

game underway of

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hattered Battlefield(BB183)ntains twoPre-painted Shattered Woods or Muddy Ground terrain pieces.

Great WarThe Great War of 1914-18 was global in its

reach. Yet this global conflict would be

decided by the mighty clashes upon the

battlefields of Europe.

Muddy GroundThe 1918 Spring Offensives encoun-

tered some wet weather, producing

patches or whole battlefields of mud

(though not on the same scale as 1916

and 1917).

You can either designate patches of your

battlefield as Muddy or choose to call the

whole battlefield Muddy. Muddy terrain is

Slow Going to all teams.

Shattered WoodsMany battlefields had woods that were

either utterly destroyed by shelling and

fighting or cleared to provide a field of

fire for machine-guns. These woods

still provide some cover.

Shattered Woods are Slow Going for all

teams trying to pass through. A Shattered

Wood is not a normal wood. Instead, In-

fantry and Man-packed gun teams inside a

Shattered Wood are Concealed.oing to all

teams.

Included in the box:

4x Muddy ground. 4x Shatteredwoods. 1x Large terrain base. 1xSmall terrain base. 1x Packet of GFS001Green Grass GF9 Static Grass. 1x Pack-et of GFS017 Meadow Blend GF9 StaticGrass.

Suitable for use with 10 -15mm.

he GF9 Static Grasses Included in the Box Set

elow:GF9 Static Grass: Green Grass. Below:GF9 Static Grass: Meadow Blend

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Force Z is a regularly run tournament, in the Cleveland area, east of Brisbane, proudly spon-ored by Alpha hobbies. Thanks to Adam for all his eorts in running the event. Photos show a 750

oint selecon of armies at the tournament on the day... The next event is on the 4th of October.


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GGG or Garage Gamers Group is a collection

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makes a game fun and how to have fun with

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Snake Eyes is the GGG magazine, available

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