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Hi Everyone,

I hope that you all had an

outstanding month.

First off Id like to clear up

any possible confusion from

last issue. On the Last Minute

Column on the last page of

issue 10 of Snake Eyes I

showed Alessio Cavatores

Tarot of Loka, as produced by

his gaming company

RiverHorse. In my description

of this product, I may have

unintentionally alluded that the

cards were part of a the game

rather than the game itself.

My apologies if anyone read

this the wrong way.

I would like to extend an offer

to any budding artists or exist-

ing ones as well, that should

you wish to promote your

work, send any artwork to us

for an opportunity to be pro-

moted on the front cover of

Snake Eyes. While on the sub-

ject I would also like to put a

call out for any GGG member

who might be interested in

writing a column for Snake

Eyes covering Blood Bowl,

Epic, Ancients, War Machine,

Bolt Action, or any game of

choice please let me know.

This Issue of Snake Eyes we

will open the floor to one of our

core games, namely the Old

West. This is the first time that

Snake Eyes has offered an

interactive game. Id like to

say more here, but theres

simply not enough room.

More on this exciting event,

inside this issue.

I can remember people

remarking many years ago,

about this hobby of ours, that

we should Get a life. I have

always tried to fit in the

things that I enjoy doing into

my work/life balance, as I

believe that we all do. Gam-

ing is, and has always been a

huge part of my life. If I was

able to afford it, I would be

running a hobby shop right

now. So I settle for the next

best thing. I love the variety

of games that are out there,

and I strive to have a taste of

them all.

My secret dream is owning

an empty warehouse that I

could fill with tables of

scenery for different games

and invite gamers from

everywhere to play there. It

still could become a reality.

If you have people telling

you to get a life, tell them

next time, that why should

you change what is already a

great life, and give them a

copy of Snake Eyes.

As we strive to make each

issue of Snake Eyes better

than the last one, what we

need from you the reader, is

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GarageGamersGroup-The Games We Play Warhammer 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

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 Moore

Mike 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 Federoff

Craig Federoff

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AXIS & ALLIES WW1

This is not World War II. Progress

during "The War to End All Wars" was

measured by yards, not miles. The

Italians were on the side of the Allies,

while Turkey then at the center of the

Ottoman Empire was one of the

members of what was known as the

Central Powers. Imperial Germany and

the Austro-Hungarian Empire were the

two other main Central Powers.

The major Allies, sometimes referred to

as the Entente, consisted of the British

Empire, France, Italy, the United States,

and Imperial Russia. The alliance includ-

ed other historical members, but they

more or less fell under the command

and control of one of these great pow-

ers. In fact, had General Pershing not

insisted that its integrity be maintained,

even the American army would have

found itself as simply being replace-

ments for French and British.

Axis & Allies: WWI 1914 puts players

in charge of one of the major powers,

each with its own infantry sculpt; other

sculpts represent the artillery, tanks,

aircraft, and naval line-up of either the

Allies or the Central Powers.

As designer Larry Harris notes, "While

playing this game, you will quickly

realize that this is not World War II.

There are no massive sweeps across

continents with blitzing armored divi-

sions and aircraft. Instead, there are a

series of determined offensives resisted

by equally determined armies dedicated

to holding the line. You will find that

your depleting resources of men and

artillery must be deployed with great

thought and efficiency. You will be

fighting pretty much the way man has

been fighting with each other for thou-

sands of years only this time the

ability to kill your enemy, and for him to

kill you, has become intolerably effi-

cient."

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A tale of too many armies...

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always been in your, will do it

later pile. Now make a list of

these items, and have a think

about whether you can use them

anywhere in your collection.

Maybe you can make them into

some terrain feature. Can you

add them to existing armies, or

can they make up a separate

force?

If you are coming up with no

answer to the previous ques-

tions, then I suggest you sell,

trade or donate, these unwanted

items in your collection. This will

allow you to possibly purchase or

trade for more of a type of item

that you can use now or at least

be a part of your collection.

You can even start a new col-

lection. You could give them

away to a friend who is intro-

duced into the hobby, or

might be less cash fortunate.

The big mistake would be

selling off all of your collecti-

bles. Outside of later remorse,

you will never recoup the

money, time and enjoyment

of getting them in the first

place. Keep your favourites,

and who knows, hopefully

along the way you will redis-

cover why you loved them so

much, when you first acquired

them. Good luck.

My advice is to start small

and look for something that is

achievable. For instance you

may decide that you want to

collect figures from a certain

sculptor or company.

Chasing small numbers of fig-

ures is more likely to get a

collection completed than say,

Im building this massive army

and I need 40 mutant goblins

from the old GW range. Peo-

ple who only have a couple of

figures left over from a collec-

tion or project will more than

likely sell for a reasonable

price.

This small purchase tactic lets

you sneak under the radar of

avid (I call the greed)

collectors, however if you are

really trying to build an army

of 40 mutant goblins and if you

are getting them a couple at

the time, the next hurdle is

shipping.

Postage costs may be a killer,

particularly if you are here at

the a*#e end of the world

(Australia), and you are

purchasing your collection

from a hobbyist overseas.

There is no sure way to beat

this, and ebay post packs are

not the answer. Hopefully you

have relatives overseas that

can forward them on to you.

So in this hobby I can only ad-

vise slow and steady wins the

race.

Can a novice who has decided

to start collecting have any

chance to succeed? Well yes

they can if they have the

money and will power to chase

the needs they have.

Today collecting is an expen-

sive hobby (on the whole).

Thanks to many shows on pay

to view channels like Foxtell,

you can see the greed factor

openly displayed, as people

just prove what tools they can

be. Thirty plus years ago you

could easily acquire items

within a reasonable price

range. Today you really have

little hope unless you run into

people who are genuine good

guys, and believe me they are

as rare as hens teeth.

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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Normally I say that you can

never have enough miniatures

but in some cases this does not

turn out to be true.

I read of one persons lament

the other day, where they were

considering selling off all of their

collection. I feel for this persons

situation, having experienced it

myself in the past.

The main thing about it, is that

I have found that it is a tempo-

rary feeling. I found that the best

way to combat it, is to have a

look at what you have in your

collection. Find what you may

have bought on a whim, items

that you may never use, or has

The Collector is a gamer

with over 40 years in col-

lectable games and war-

gaming...

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Forward Scout

By GGG Member Glen Taylor

A successful history doesn't guarantee a successful future.

I heard this the other day and boy did it strike home. Games Workshop, for one example. Now before

some protest, yes they are still here and selling, but if you look back to what they did in the eighties and

nineties, you might start to see what I mean by this statement.

I was lucky to have started gaming in the eighties and had the time of my life, but along the way they, and

by they I mean GW, lost me. For those who are new I'm back playing 3rd edition Warhammer Fanta-

sy Battles and loving it, thanks to OLDHAMMER boyz.

Again some still might howl so what, each to their own. This is true but it made me think about all the

things out there for us today. So many great games and figures from all round the globe. If you are like

most of us, youll want everything and want to build massive collections. Some never even see combat or

get out of the packet.

Again each to their own but as I get back into the hobby, I am trying to fight with each army as I build it. I

want to use each troop type at least once, and above all photograph it. Some of this effort has already been

shown in Snake Eyes and posted on various sites on facebook.

Back to the title, and what it means to me. I did enjoy my gaming so much in the past. I formed clubs, and

ran them with others. I organized tournaments and travelled to as many as I could. I just loved it and if you

stopped to talk to me back then I wouldve talked your ear off about gaming.

Then it all changed. People went off and did their own thing. Friends I gamed with stopped gaming for

their own reasons and moved on to something else.

Now as I wander back down the road, I will make every effort not to rest on my past glory, and to continue

to work hard on my gaming whenever I can. Old alliances have been re-established. New friends have

been made. By doing this gives me success in my future. Gaming.

May your dice roll high

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Napoleonic Battle - Prussians versus French

After a long hiatus I have returned to playing Napoleonic battles with my old friend Andrew R. Normally Tuesday evenings is the best

for both of us, we were scheduled for this evening but the G20 had other plans for Andrew. Was going to put off till next week, but

Andrew decided that it was best be strike straight away, probably less chance of me finding an excuse to put of a good flogging!

Right as mentioned in another post we use the WRG rule set Wargames Rules 1685-1845. Yes they are 30 odd years old, but I don't

have a problem with them, neither does Andrew.

Here is my Prussian List for the day.

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Headquarters

Commander in Chief - 1 Element

Chief of Staff - 1 Prussian Staff

Grenadier Battalion - 10 Elite Line Infantry

2 Elite Line Infantry trained to skirmish

1st Infantry Half Brigade

Infantry Commander - 1 Prussian Staff

Hussars - 6 Trained Light Cavalry

Field Artillery Battery - 13 Trained Gunners

(Six 6 pounder guns and two 7 pounder howitzers - Can be

deployed in half batteries)

4 Light/Medium Artillery Pieces

4 Horse Limbers with Trained Drivers

Regular Infantry Regiment

1st (Musketeer) Battalion - 12 Trained Line Infantry

2nd (Musketeer) Battalion - 12 Trained Line Infantry

3rd Fusilier Battalion - 10 Trained Line Infantry

2 Trained Line Infantry

11th Reserve Infantry Regiment (2nd Silesian Regiment)

1st (Musketeer) Battalion - 16 Raw Line Infantry

2nd (Musketeer) Battalion - 16 Raw Line Infantry

3rd Fusilier Battalion - 16 Raw Line Infantry

2nd Infantry Half Brigade

Infantry Commander - 1 Prussian Staff

Hussars - 6 Trained Light Cavalry

Field Artillery Battery - 13 Trained Gunners

(Six 6 pounder guns and two 7 pounder howitzers -

Can be deployed in half batteries)

4 Light/Medium Artillery Pieces

4 Horse Limbers with Trained Drivers

Regular Infantry Regiment

1st (Musketeer) Battalion - 12 Trained Line Infantry

2nd (Musketeer) Battalion - 12 Trained Line Infantry

3rd Fusilier Battalion - 10 Trained Line Infantry

2 Trained Line Infantry

Landwehr Infantry Regiment

1st (Landwehr) Battalion - 12 Raw Line Infantry

2nd (Landwehr) Battalion - 12 Raw Line Infantry

3rd (Landwehr) Battalion - 12 Raw Line Infantry

Cavalry

Cavalry Commander - 1 Prussian Staff

Dragoons - 12 Trained Heavy Cavalry

Landwehr - 9 Raw Lancers

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Im hoping Andrew will supply me his French list which I shall include as an edit. Here are some photos of the

day. Needless to say I was flogged good. My die will be binned, as they failed on all fronts except one, where on

barrage from the right flank artillery butchered 6 out of 12 French troops. Pity I could not keep that sort of luck up!

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My opponent Andrew and his French! My left flank advances.

My right flank decide to stay put and let them come to us. Advance, always move forward, unless the artillery spoil you day.

Right flank continue to observe the French advance. Advancing to engage those French. Cavalry ready to charge.

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Finally movement from the Prussians on the right flank.

French chase of the artillery crew. Hussars mauled by French artillery.

Right flank, nothing happening prior to artillery phase from French. French advancing on my artillery. Lancers ready to engage.

Dragoons peel off from flank to support the Lancers

Lancers countercharge the French dragoons. Prussians learn that

not all charges ram home.

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in gaming...

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Lancers bolt with the French hard in pursuit. Left flank starting to crumble.

Death by musketry. Flank certainly lost. Right flank broken. Landwehr hiding in stone building and refusing

to come out.

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

future of Warhammer 40,000. Below is the continuing background story of Bekki Imam, GGG member

Simon Machins character in Dark Heresy, continued from last issue.

Sister Krankies diaries Part 10

My name is Bekki Imam, I am an Acolyte of the Handmaidens of the Emperor, an Adepta Sororitas.

We move as fast as we could, heading towards the turbo shafts that would take us down into the bowels of the

ship, as we made our way to the Engineerium section, and to the area where the murdered victim was found. The

squad shouldered their way through the startled occupants of the gangways that were not quick enough or smart

enough to make way for our group. Eventually we reached the Engineerium.

We investigate the area surrounding the body, but can only determine that the murdered crewmen were killed by

the use of one or several sharp instruments. Some, where pierced through, and given the lack of defensive wounds,

the attack was quick. Inhumanly so.

We talk to Magos Zeul Howe and examine the dead servitors lying around or near the damaged engine. A typical

Techpriest, Magos Zeul Howe is furious at the destruction of his servitors and the damage to his sacred machine.

We find the organic components of the servitors are missing. We all feel on edge, as the feeling of something awful

is near. We spread out to search the engineerium.

I start to pray to the Emperor for strength, when the presence of the disturbance makes its appearance. Its the

flesh daemon. It has made its way here. The daemon we destroyed on the space hulk had somehow made its way

onto our ship.

It cackles with glee, unsheathing long bladed knives, but now I see, the blades are the daemons appendages. It

attacks us, immediately. The squad is steeled to the threat this time and open fire. Fear or loathing has made them

more resolute than ever and they hit the daemon with some of the best shooting I have ever seen from them, solid

rounds and beams simultaneously blowing chunks and crisping flesh. I pray to the Emperor for strength and

righteous fury and charge it, but before I could even close the distance to the daemon, Brawn, Carno and

Adamantus, shred the daemon into strips with their firepower. The daemon tries to slither away. I step up to it and

use my faith to bring forth the "Light of the Emperor". The Emperor blesses me and I glow with the brightness of

Faith. I bring forth the light from me and into the daemon. The daemon wails in agony and is burned to ashes.

We all gather and pray and give thanks. The Techpriest, Magos Zeul Howe is impressed. We check the area and

are sure the daemon is banished completely. Just after we start to leave the area we get a message via our sub

vocal communication chip.

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"This is Hastus. I have taken over the ships bridge. Give me what Inquisitor Arrazmus stole from me, and you

promised to give me. I have bomb here ready to detonate."

We were all startled by this. We talked amongst ourselves and agreed that we have to stop the Techpriest, and we

head back toward the bridge of the ship, to confront the Techpriest. On arrival, we find Hastus standing in the centre

of the bridge, close to the Captains chair. The captain is dead on the floor next to him. The crew of the bridge are

huddled in the corner.

He says "Give me what was promised, or Ill blow the ship up".

Brawn shouts No and opens up with the brawn gun. He shoots and the round slams into the Techpriest. The

concussive force of the shot knocks Hastus several meters away from the bomb, yet did not kill Hastus, only tearing

away the robes of his midsection. Sparks fizzled from the Techpriests torso. The shot revealed that Hastus was a

fully mechanized being.

Hastus yells "You stupid flesh creatures know not what youre doing. I will destroy you weak fleshlings".

I, the Magos and our Techpriest, immediately realize that the creature is a tech heresy and must be destroyed.

Hastus it turns out is so badly damaged he cant fight back. Brawns shot hit a critical location and has immobilized

the creature. I tell the Magos that we must destroy this thing. He disagrees, saying that we must keep it alive and

study it. I am uncertain but I am aware of his background from the Inquisitor, and give him leave.

The Magos went to the creature and crackled some binary cant. He then cleaved the head from its neck, in one

quick move. Magos Zeul Howe smiles, lifting up the head of Hastus and checks it.

He says "I wanted it to think I meant it no harm so it would not erase its files".

I smile and nod appreciatively. "Is the data is still intact"? I asked.

"Lets see." he replied.

He leads the way to my new quarters and he plugs the head into a holo-table. A lot of images flash by, mostly of

some men like him and some others with strange green glowing eyes. The Inquisitor is seen to capture it and the

data feed ends.

The Techpriest exclaims loudly "Men of iron, what blasphemy, and Necrons".

I remember a discourse I once had with a Techpriest on why servitors have brains, and he mentioned an old war of

men versus the Men of Iron.

The Magos says he will need to check up on this and get back to me on the findings. I thank him and tell him I am

glad for all the assistance he can provide. He smiles and says that we have just made an important discovery for

both the Inquisition and the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Innocence proves nothing"

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facebook page has been set up, to allow

players to read up more thoroughly on

the rules, and become familiar with the

game terms. In this issue we will show

you a brief overview of what to expect,

and in future issue will publish the game

map, showing all player movements.

We would like to introduce you to

something new this month, in the

form of a very enjoyable game that

we have put together. Dog County

Range Wars is an interactive game,

allowing you to join us in playing. A

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Dog County Range Wars

Free land they said? First, I had to line up and race against

mad people for the good spots. Nearly rolled my wagon,

killing my family. Nearly lost the lot. Then the weather and

the savages all had a go to kill our dream, and now this... a

range war. Well I can tell you that this time I have had it.

Not only will I defend whats mine. This time I want theirs

as well."

Welcome to our Wild West campaign!

Its is simple once you get the hang of it. If you have played either

Risk or Civilization board games, then you will have a good start.

Whats it about?

Expand your ranch by claiming new hexes of land and taking hex-

es owned by others. Some may be explored for more fertile land

for your cattle, and in turn produce more income. You may dis-

cover Silver mines on your property, or take over one belonging

to someone else. The winner at the end of the campaign will be

determined by your land and income. That player gets to name

the new territory.

You will begin the game with your Ranch (named by you) in the

centre of six hexes. This represents your initial land grab. Until

game play starts and you get to see the whole map, you will only

know the hex co-ordinates of your own territory. You wont know

which direction the rivers are, or how close your neighbours

might be until the map with all gamers is shown. This allows eve-

ryone to have a fair start. You will also have $300 to spend.

You will have ten level one Cowboys and a level six Boss, (thats

you), to start your game. You will have one ranch, and a bunk-

house that will sleep your 10 cowboys. Income is produced by the

hexes of land you own, with various levels of income based on the

fertility of the land, anywhere from $25-$100. You will start the

game with an even mix of differing land values.

As the game progresses, players will explore new areas and take

over land to farm your cattle. You might be the first to discover

mountain ranges, mines, rivers, timber forests and other features.

In the case of you being the first to find these things, an email will

be sent to you so you can name that river, mountain range or

mine. That name will then remain on those features in the new

territory, irrespective of whether you are the winning player or

not.

Your income can be spent on training your Cowboys, new

bunkhouses, and Chuck Wagons.

Every new item must start from your Ranch hex and then

move out from there. Cowboys being trained up any levels

must do so at the Ranch hex. Chuck Wagons are built at the

Ranch Hex. Bunkhouses however can be built on any hex of

your choice, with the exception that only one Bunkhouse can

occupy one hex.

Bunkhouses can support 10 Cowboys and can supply to all

surrounding hexes from its own hex. You can build as many

Bunkhouses as you have money to do so. If you buy more

Cowboys you must have a Bunkhouse to house them. The

Bunkhouse costs $300, and can be built on any of the sur-

rounding hexes of your Ranch if you so choose. Building a

Bunkhouse in any hexes beyond the six that surround the

Ranch needs a Chuck Wagon to be converted.

Chuck Wagons cost $150 and are mobile, however they only

support 5/6 Cowboys. When you want to build a Bunkhouse

two or more hexes away from your Ranch, you state that

you are converting the Chuck Wagon to a Bunkhouse and

paying the remaining $150.

Cowboys are $30 to hire. For the sake of a simplistic set of

rules, this is the only cost outlay to hire a Cowboy indefinite-

ly. They are hired with the skills at level 1.

You, the Ranch Boss can nominate Cowboys for training.

This occurs at the Ranch, and Cowboys are trained up one

level each turn. Cowboys can be trained to a maximum of

level 5, representing a veteran. The level costs are as fol-

lows:

Level 1 Cowboy $30

Level 2 Cattleman $60

Level 3 Outrider $100

Level 4 Horsemen $200

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Level 5 Trail Boss $400

These level skills are what matters in combat

with enemy Ranchers.

Income can be derived from several sources if

you are lucky or vigorous enough.

Land will produce the majority of your in-

come. Even if you lose the hex to an enemy

player it will still produce one last payment

for you from that turn. Payments are repre-

sented by the land type. Land values are bro-

ken into four main types. These are arid, graz-

ing, abundant and lush. Arid earns $25, Graz-

ing earns $50, Abundant earns $75 and Lush

will earn you $100. These are paid per month.

Timber can earn you $50 and halves the cost

of any one building for the turn it was discov-

ered.

Mines can be found around river basins and

in the foothills of mountain ranges, and if

your luck holds with you, these will provide

you with $200 per month. The mountainous

land has no other real value, outside of cre-

ating a defensive bonus. Mines can be

searched for each time you find a new

(unsearched) mountain hex.

Movement is all within your territory. That

is to say, you can move any or all of your men

within your territory owned, provided they

have a Bunkhouse or Chuck Wagon to support

them. (see turn example) You may also

choose to have your men explore or if occu-

pied, raid an adjacent hex.

As your Ranch expands its land ownership, it

may become big enough to support a trading

post or even a town, may come into being.

Combat in the campaign is kept quite simple.

Defenders will have a +1 bonus if they occu-

py the hex. If both raiding groups enter a hex

on the same turn, then neither has the defen-

sive bonus and will both lose casualties.

Combat is based upon having the numbers

to win. If a level 1 (Cowboy) moves into a hex

that is occupied by a level 1 Cowboy, then the

attacker will be killed, because of the defen-

sive bonus. If the attacking player has two

level 1 Cowboys, then the first is lost, THEN

the defending Cowboy is lost, leaving the

attacker as the winner, who then may take

over the hex, providing the attacker has a

Bunkhouse or Chuck Wagon in an adjacent

territory.

Level 2 Cattlemen are equal to two level

1 Cowboys. In the example given above,

the attacker would need at least three lev-

el 1 Cowboys to defeat a Level 2 Cattleman

defending a hex. This is because the first

Cowboy is lost to the defensive bonus, and

the remaining 2 Cowboys are now the

equal of the level 2 Cattleman. So the or-

der goes, attackers loses one, defender

loses one, then the process is repeated.

Losses are always taken from the lowest

level first. Imagine that as a Cowboy is

trained up a level, they get an extra

wound.

This would indicate that it is a good idea

to have good numbers, or higher levels on

your side when expanding your ranch.

As an example of play, have a look at the

map pictured which shows the starting

location of the other players.

The map will show all of the starting play-

ers, that will be randomly allocated their

starting positions. Each player will be given

the location of their Ranch on the map

when you join the campaign, in a num-

bered hex format. The Ranchs are shown

by the black hex. The green hexes sur-

rounding the Ranch hex are the lands that

each player starts with. Now if your Ranch

was the one with the star, you have the

option of threatening your immediate

neighbours to your right or lower left.

The game uses compass points, so in this

case it would be your neighbour to the East,

or to the South West.

In the first turn, you might spend $300 on 2

Chuck Wagons, and send 5 Cowboys to the

South West with the new Chuck Wagon, and

do the same in the East, so the end of your

turn 1 might look like this if every Rancher did

the same.

In the game map, you will see the colour

change of the expanding ranchers but you will

not see where the other ranchers have their

Chuck Wagons. Lets assume that the two

hexes you have taken over are grazing lands.

Your income for the month increase by $100

($50 each), for a total of $400 for the month.

As each Chuck Wagon supports 5 ranch-

hands, you raid the adjacent hexes to the

Chuck Wagon, WITHOUT attacking the pre-

sumed location of your neighbours at this

time, but understanding that your neighbour-

ing Ranch Bosss are planning their move-

ments as well. In this example your immedi-

ate neighbours will attack you.

Your move on the eastern side will be to

raid the hexes adjacent to the Chuck Wagon

location. They are the north, where you send

1 Cowboy, the South East where you send 1

Cowboy and the South where you send 1

Cowboy. The remaining 2 cowboys stay with

the Chuck Wagon.

Your move on the South west will be 1 Cow-

boy each to the north, north west and west,

and 1 to the south east hex, leaving only 1

cowboy with the Chuck Wagon. Your expan-

sion is represented by a darker green.

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The south west neighbour sends 1 Cowboy

into each of his adjacent hexes, leaving 1

with his Chuck Wagon, as shown by the

red colour. His other Chuck Wagon takes

adjacent lands with no opposition, as

shown in orange. Likewise the neighbour

on the eastern side has their expansion

shown in blue.

As a result of their attacks on you, with 1

Cowboy against 1 Cowboy , your defensive

bonus means that their attack is foiled and

you remain in the expanded territory hex

with your Cowboy.

Then end result of turn 2 is that you, and

your neighbours have all expanded their

territory. The eastern neighbour has in-

creased their land by 5 hexes. The south

western neighbour has increased their

land by 6 hexes, and you have increased

your land by 7 hexes.

To play in the Dog County Range Wars,

interested Land claimers send an email to

snakeeyes.magazine@gmail.com

Tell us the name of your Ranch, what you

would like to spend your $300 on, and

where you would like to move your Cow-

boys for turn 1.

Snake Eyes Magazine facebook page will

be the site where it all happens in between

turns. Rules and extras will be posted on

here as well as the game map, and updates

on new mines, rivers and mountain ranges

discovered. Have your say online by posting

your thoughts about Dog County Range Wars,

or maybe just harass your neighbours.

Dont forget that you can name discoveries

that you make, putting your name in the his-

tory of this campaign.

Snake Eyes monthly magazine will show the

top Ranchs in the game as well as a local

Newspaper that will announce any news on

the Range Wars...

Aim High...

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Dogtown howler 5

Dogtown County opens up new land

grabs...New land is up for sale in Dogtown

County, and would be ranchers are lining up

at the land sales office hoping to purchase

some prime property.

Six months ago, this land was populated by

our small town, and savages on the plains,

said town Mayor, Alistair Dumphrey.

Now it will be populated by peaceful, good

Christian white folk.

Town Doctor, Johnathon Weeks, said

that Dogtown had its first infant born in

town in nearly a year. Things may be looking

up for the town as many see this event being

the start of a run of good luck.

Shuttered shops are now re opening their

doors to greet the new Ranchers as they

make their way around town.

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

Glen Smiley McTaylor

Already threats have been made against our peaceful com-

munity. Glen Smiley McTaylor made threats against the

Land Sales office and the local authority, Sherriff Reo Krey.

Only the fact the the gunman was unarmed at the time,

allowed the Sherriff to remove him from the town bounda-

ries. McTaylor begrudgingly left Dogtown with the words

Its my land. Not the Indians, not the ranchers.

New Ranchers come to town as land

opens up in Dogtown County. Folks

are coming from all over the place to

secure a future. The Lands office in

Dogtown is overrun as Pioneers queue

for their chance of some cheap land.

Dogtown hotels and Bunkhouses have been booked out for

days, and townsfolk are even offering their houses for rent

to the newcomers. Business is booming as they say, with

the added possibility of finding a silver mine on their prop-

erty. Silver was the reason Dogtown is here, named after the

late Reverend Stanley Dog. Some old timers say that the sil-

ver is far from played out. This writer hasnt seen any action

yet, but according to banker Milus Freyton, several people

have opened new accounts at the bank with silver ore. The

old mines are scattered all over the county, so anyone could

be lucky if they stumbled over one. It could be that a silver

rush could be the greatest thing for Dogtown to bring it

back to its former glory.

Dogtown wilder beginningsDogtown wasnt always this

quiet on the streets...No sir-ee, proclaimed long time resi-

dent, and town drunk, Bob Tonic Brown. I can remember

a time when even the town Deputy was crooked. He ended

up gittn himself killed by the lawman, at the time...Cant

quite remember his name. Helluva town Mayor back then

too...Cant remember his name either...If youre buyin

mebbe I can recall a story or two of back in those

days...You aint seen a fight til you see a Chinaman

fight...Wow whod a thunk they could fight like

that...Where were we? Oh yeah, Dogtown...wasnt always

this quiet...at least, not in the old days...six months ago

For Sale Lookie Tay Lor Laundry

Interested Parties only

No Chinese

Worked Sites Available - Old mine ridge (3), Deadmans

Grove (17),Dimity Hollow (6), Indian Graveyard (7), Tuncur-

ry (4), Questors View (2), Dusty Pickings (3). All mine

lodgements must be paid for in advance with NO returns.

Owners may re sell the Ownership rights back to this office

at the current market price. No mining is allowed on site

until all lodgement fees have been paid. Any breaches of

this arrangement may result in forfeiture of mine holdings.

Railroad might be coming to

town. Mayor Dumphrey has

had a town meeting last week,

over the possible location of a

railway station for the town.

The railroad is still some 120

miles from the town, but the

Mayor is confident that an

investment of this type can

only be good for the town. The

old station was burnt down a

year ago and the track sto-

len, or destroyed. The Mayor

expects that the new line will

follow the previous track

plan. More to come...

Thomas Seawall was killed yesterday

after a shootout near Riverhorse

Saloon. Allegedly caught cheating, he

was shot by gambler Matt Batton

who was also wounded in the

shootout. Witness Don Gaskonie

witnessed the event.

Indians on the run...Indians were sighted

again yesterday on the hills overlooking

Dantes Gap. They left soon enough when

one of the newcomers fired his rifle their

way...have we seen the last of them? Artist Andy Bunson re-enactment

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Star Wars X-Wing by GGG Member Stuart Shaw

I asked Stuart to give me some advice, with re-gard to Star Wars X-Wing. I asked if I was new to the game and wanted to collect some miniatures for the system, what would he suggest?

First things first ... purchase 2 boxes of the X-Wing: Core Set ... That way you get 4 x TIE fighters and 2 x X-wings which is plenty to get going in the game, as well as two sets of move-ment templates and 6 each of attack and defence dice. From there its comes down to personal preferences in terms of the way you play and which ships "gel" with you... At the moment with Wave 4 ... as per the article ... the YT (Millenium Falcons) seem to be having their day in the sun as they are proving incredibly effective against the threat of the new Phantoms ... so flying a YT + 2 other ships (i.e. X-wings, B-wings, E-Wings, or Headhunters), would be a strong choice and give you plenty of grit to hold your own as you are learning the game. If you are looking for more excitement then the old TIE swarm with the new "Echo" Phantom is fun to play ... the learning curve is higher though, until you get used to the crazy manoeuvrability. For more ideas on squad builds you can go to http://xwing-builder.co.uk/build Click on :"Tools", and then on "List all Squadrons" ... there you will find thousands of different options. With Wave 4 there are hundreds of different variations, some great, some shit, some that work with only a particular play style ... just like any table top game. The best way is to strap yourself in and roll dem dice ... pew pew pew ... may the force be with you !!!

(Stuart Shaw created the Toowoomba Star Wars X-Wing group, and regularly posts information about tournaments and upcoming releases)

Pictures on the right show a game in progress in Toowoomba, Queensland.

An X-Wing, the IG-2000 (pictured Right), is a powerful, large-base

star fighter with three attack, three agility, four shields, and four

hull. It can boost, it can evade, it can target lock, it can equip two

cannons simultaneously, and it can whip through space at high

speeds while performing the demanding Segnors Loop manoeuvre.

(Wave 6)

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GGG Member Roy Wells has sent in more of these excellent examples of modelling in WW2, using Tamiya kits and VP figures. Roys specialty is creating a realistic backdrop for his masterpieces...

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WarpForged Miniatures

Contact Scott

For commissions

And sales at

warpforged@gmail.com

MARGARET WEIS PRODUCTIONS

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Eyes Around the World By Glen Taylor

This article for September, promotes an event called Gauntlet. A Warhammer 40k tournament run in Brisbane last month by Rod Franze at The Pink, at Pinkenba. I managed to make it to this one and wish I had been able to enter. I managed to take many photos, but unfortunately can only show some of them here. Adam Nordberg of Alpha Hobbies generously supported this tournament with an excellent prize pool. There is another Gauntlet running on 15th & 16th of November. Still spots available if you would like to enter.

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GGG Member Stephen Randall

& Bolt Action

The Bolt Action game was played at Ace comics,

Annerley, a suburb of Brisbane on a Wednesday night.

Using a variety of my own terrain such as 4g buildings, an

Italeri church kit some Gale Force Nine trees, and some

home-made blockages etc.

The points limit was 1000 pts each with British

(Normandy 1944) Vs Germany (Normandy 1944). The

scenario was objective based.

Turn 1, saw both sides hold some units in reserve. The

Brits rolled on through the heavily wooded forest whilst

the German force made their way on through the

bocage.

Turn 2 saw the Panther G moving flat out up the right

flank on the road beside the town church with a veteran

grenadier unit armed with assault rifles, supported with a

unit of regular grenadiers. They we're heading towards a

couple of units of British infantry supported by jeeps.

One contains a Flamer.

The left flank saw German command with a couple of

units of Heer grenadiers and a Puma, heading towards a

Centaur, Staghound and a few units of infantry.

By turn 4, the Panther had cleared some infantry with a

couple of HE rounds & MMG only to be out gunned by a

fast moving jeep carrying a Flamer. Four pin markers

were delivered and the Panther failed its morale and

promptly left the board.

German infantry eventually claimed the right flank

objective and were making some good progress towards

the centre objective.

A British sniper was picking Germans with ease.

The Centaur was slowed in the town centre with a shot

to tracks and became a bunker with a big gun right on

the left flank objective and facing the centre of the table.

The Staghound was playing cat and mouse with the

Puma.

The End turn saw some serious hand to hand combat in

the ruined buildings in the town centre, to attempt to

take the left flank objective off of the Brits but was

unsuccessful.

If memory serves me correctly, the German forces won

with Germany 2 objectives to Britains 1 objective.

Cheers Stephen

(Terrain was a mixture of 4Ground, Warlord and a HO

scale church all built by Stephen)

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Biltzs Battlegroup

(GGEAB1)

Years of combat have made your

infantry a tough fighting force. The

cutting edge of your attack is the

imposing A7V Panzer and Stoss

(Shock) Platoons. This tanks is su-

perior to British tanks in practically

every way. Mass them against a

weak point in the enemy lines, and

use its overwhelming firepower to

tear open a gap in Tommys

trenches...

Your rifle company is well-equipped for assaulting and crushing the enemy. Prepare your assault

with your Mark IV tanks. They will pulverize Jerrys gun nests with high-explosives and rake his

trenches with machine-gun fire. Then send in your highly-trained rifle platoons to clear out the

trenches and breakthrough.

Mitchell's Marauders

(GBRAB1)

Includes 36-page Great War rules

supplement, one Company HQ, two

Rifle Platoons, one Machine-gun

Platoon, one Royal Artillery Gun

Detachment, one Medium Tank

Platoon (with decal sheet).

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Members Spotlight - Alessio Cavatore

I played my first miniature game when I

was ten years old or so. I was using ESCI

HO scale toy soldiers (WWII) and rules that I

wrote for the squares on the wooden floor

of my bedroom. The rules were basically an

adaptation of the ones I learnt from the

Battlegame books of Andrew McNeil.

Much later (during my first years of Univer-

sity) I discovered Warhammer. I have been

gaming now for about thirty years.

My current favourite game is Bolt Action. I

have a Regular U.S. army and Im now

thinking of an Axis force. Im thinking about

building a Finnish force as I like to play with

the good guys, as it seems to me that the

Finns qualify for good guy status, even as

part of the Axis.

I also own Kings of War Undead. Flames

of War Italians. Warhammer Bretonnians

and Skaven. 40K Eldar, Imperial Guard and

Marines.

Obviously I'm only talking about painted

stuff...

I struggle to find time to 'just play'... it's

mostly play-testing. I'm blessed that I often

get to play with the Perry twins on their awe-

some tables with their awesome soldiers!

I also play in Bolt Action tournaments.

It was great working for Games Workshop,

and I've learnt my trade there from the best

designers in the industry. The love story

eventually ended, but without GW I would

not be who I am today. Once while working

with Games Workshop, I was sent to New

Zealand by GW, together with the Perry

twins, Brian Nelson and Gary Morley. We

were on a mission to gather information

about the upcoming Return of the King film

to design the game. There we became

friends with Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor

and the other nice people at Weta Workshop

and were invited to have a cameo as they

were still filming a few extra scenes. Of

course we enthusiastically accepted and the

experience, as a die-hard Tolkien fan, was

one of the best of my life!

My own company, River Horse was born

to create games, then mostly ended up be-

ing used as a 'for hire' design studio by

many other companies, but thanks to crowd-

funding, we're slowly moving back to making

our own stuff! We are working on lots of

stuff... but most has not been announced

yet... Sticking with what I CAN talk about

more supplements for Bolt Action, more

work for Kings of War...

The only armies I am working on at the

moment is the planning stage for my Axis

Bolt Action army... and keeping an eye on

ebay for painted armies...

As far as painting my own miniatures?

Nope. I don't like painting. But I do love play-

ing with painted armies, so I normally buy

the miniatures and then pay/bribe/blackmail

someone to paint them for me!

Alessio Cavatore

Managing Director

River Horse

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To Sell, Buy & Trade

Some or all of these items may be open to Trade

TAU ARMY FOR SALE WORTH OVER $1100

WILL SELL FOR $500 OR NEGOTIATE TRADE/CASH

DEAL - CONTACT TIM VIA SNAKE EYES FOR DETAILS

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MiniBuilds

#1 -3 Building Set for Warhammer Town $40

#2 -3 Building Set for Warhammer Town $45

$80 for both sets Pictures coming - Expressions of interest via GGG

EDSLIES PREPS

ANY & ALL MINIATURES PREPPED FROM

CLEANING SPRUE LINES TO FULL ASSEMBLY AND

UNDERCOAT

&

LEWARDS PAINT SERVICES

40k AND FANTASY MINIATURES ONLY

PRICE ON APPLICATION

Wanting to Buy

Old Warhammer Quest Characters

3rd Edition Warhammer Rulebook & Army Book

Necromunda Characters

Flintloque Miniatures for sale

New in Box

Excellent purchase for the collector that missed out as they are

now OOP

MageKnight & Mechwarrior

Hard to get but selling now

Complete your collection

Items going at great prices

Enquire Now

Not for Sale but looks cool doesnt it.

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OldHammer BOYL Tournament U.K.

Last month an Oldhammer event was held at Foundry HQ

in the UK. I have garnered some of the photos, with more

to come next issue...Looks like a brilliant weekend...

Phone: 0419 729794

E-mail: garagegamersgroup@gmail.com

Or snakeeyes.magazine@gmail.com

Facebook: Garage Gamers Group

GGG or Garage Gamers Group is a collection

of gamers with similar ideals about what

makes a game fun and how to have fun with

it

Snake Eyes is the GGG magazine, available

for free to members and selected

organisations

GGG supports a gamers for gamers attitude

Garage Gamers Group

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War, Perry Miniatures and RiverHorse are used with permissions. Pictures are the property of Snake Eyes & have been used with the permission of members of the

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Snake Eyes Creators & Contributors

Editor: Nick Chase

Copy Check: Kellie Chase

Monthly Contributors/Columns:

Glen Taylor, John McDonnell, Simon Machin

This Issue:

Alessio Cavatore

Roy Wells

Steven Randell

Stuart Shaw