Reaper Bones II Kickstarter

A few weeks ago I received my Bones from Reapers 2nd Kickstarter. I'm glad I backed this package as there are a lot of figures at a great price. I took some pics as I opened things up, so here you go.

Awesome thing to come home to, miniatures sitting on my front step

Everything taken out of the box.

Dragons Don't share box. Nice artwork.

Core Set

Expansion Set 2. I wish I got Set 1 as well.

Water Elemental pack.

Dragons don't Share tower. I got 2 extra tower sections for more ruins to go on the table.

Looking forward to painting him

Sorting thru all the figs

Crazy amount of figures

 Toad Demon next to Gripping Beast Dark Age figures. I really like this guy. He gets painted soon.


Well not an in depth look but a quick glance. I have already started buying figures off ebay from the expansions I didn't get. And some figures I want multiples of. Painting figures coming soon.

Xin

Dwarven Forge Gatehouse

With the Dwarven Forge City Builder Kickstarter running right now, it has inspired me to build mock ups of the forth coming Battlement pieces.

So here is a gate house I threw together that would be fun for players to fight over. I can see them sent in to seize the gatehouse to open it up for an attacking army.

If I had more Diagonal pieces I would have mirrored the front wall to the back wall, giving a nice big area for epic fights. I will have to order a Diagonal Wall Pack.

DF Mock Build number 2

Here's a different tower configuration using the Curved wall sections. Since the area of the tower floor is greater I had to fill in the floors below with more pink insulation. Good thing I have tons of this stuff laying around from other projects.

More Add-ons for Dwarven Forge KS unlocked

Today Battlements were unlocked for the Dwarven Forge Kickstarter. And they are awesome!

Here are the Add-on Packs:

Now the Wall Foundations are simply The Narrow Dungeon Tiles from the last Kickstarter. They will fit perfectly under the Battlements, since the Battlements use the same 2x2 system as the dungeon tiles. In fact you can mix in all the KS1 pieces with the Battlements.

I built a Castle Front Gate using KS1 tiles.

First tower inner support is Pink House Insulation. 3/4inch. Two glued together are the height of the wall.

Narrow Passage Dungeon pieces from KS2

Other tower inner support is column from KS1

Gate made from 2 Curved wall sections on their side. Of course this blocks the gate, but this is just a quick build. I might consider cutting the floor way from the curved wall so I can pass thru the gate.

Small Door leading into the tower

Each Tower made from 12 corner pieces of KS1

Again the gate is not able to pass through as I did a quick build to take pics

Using walls as battlements. Gave the guards on the walls a step using freestanding walls

I made a quick balsa wood gate to fit the opening for this shot.

 Added figures for sense of scale.

Hope this helps you visualize the AWESOME Power of the Battlements

Cheers, Xin

Dwarven Forge Kickstarter 3, City System

DF has launched an ambitious Kickstarter to expand their game tile system. This one is a modular City building system. With this 3d terrain system, you can now fight above, on or below the streets of your fantasy cities. It was fully funded in the first 20 minutes, and hit a million dollars in the first week.

Here's the intro Video


But that is not all. They have add on Street, door, roof and Sewer packs, that will allow an almost infinite configurations on the table top.

This one is more complicated than their first two KS campaigns but it is not easy building cities. What they have shown us so far is amazing with more freebies and add-ons to unlock as we go along.

Here some images of the prototype setups they have

If you want the best playable and modular terrain that you can buy, this is it. Join this Kickstarter as once this goes retail, the deals won't be nearly as good.

Xin

Cold Wars, and its COLD

Live from fabulous Lancaster PA, it's Cold Wars. Or I should say Snow and Ice Wars. 8 to 10 inches of snow fell yesterday and overnight the temperature plunged to 0°. It is a frozen hell.

Easily 1/3rd of the parking lot is unusable. Bring a snowmobile.

RPG Digital Management Tools

As I've started to write out my D&D campaign, I've decided to go digital. I have been looking at several Campaign management software solutions and so far have not found what I want. At a minimum I'm looking for online access so as I get some free time on the go or at work I can putter around with the campaign. I'd also like a wiki like database with links between items/spells/NPCS/Locations.

This is a list of options so I can cross them off as I go through them.

Realm Works by Lone Wolf Development.
     - Installed Software
     - Online version is subscription based

City of Brass is the new kid on the block, so new that it is still in development.
     -Subscription model is the deal breaker

Evernote is a digital life management tool that some have used for campaign management
     - Not the organizational level of control I want
    + Online tools for all platforms

OneNote is a Microsoft tool for managing information and Office documents
     + Online tools for all platforms
     - Not the organizational level of control I want

Obsidian Portal is an online management tool.
    + Online tools for all platforms
    - Missing GM only NPC section
    - Missing GM adventure section

Some others I know of but not a lot about:
MasterPlan - Installed Software
MyDnDgame - Online!
EpicWords - Online Campaign Manager

Those are what I've found so far. Did I miss any?

Cheers, Xin