Man Cave – Humble Beginnings

Setting up the man cave has been progressing slowly but surely.  Things have been hampered by the fact that at some point my shed was paid a visit by these little ahem “nibblers”.

They have gotten into almost everything and there are little black mouse turds every-fucking-where.  So every box has to have every item checked for damage, de-turded and then sorted into piles so it can be unpacked or taken to the tip.  Initially I was in shock at how much damage they’ve managed to do but it quickly turned to rage.  I haven’t seen one yet and I honestly think they’ve moved, even my cat hasn’t paid any attention to the open shed.  But I swear to God that if I see one freaking little whisker then I’m going to seek retribution Incredible Hulk style.

I should be able to get the shed completely emptied tomorrow and then all the shelves, cupboards and other storage can be moved in.  Once I’ve decided on a layout then I can start putting stuff away.

On a happy note though, I’ve come across heaps of stuff I’d either forgotten about or that I simply couldn’t find.  Some of it has been promptly squirreled away where I can find it again later and some of it such as a small Clan War army has been put up on the WargamerAU Buy/Swap/Sell forums for trade.  By 9am this morning I had offer to trade them for a small collection of Games Workshop’s Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle game.

I’ve been wanting to get into this game for a while but the prohibitive cost of GW minis has put me off, $20 for a single character is just plain crazy.  This trade will land me a various sets of the Fellowship, 48 elves and some elf heroes/personalities, 24 human warriors, 12 riders of Rohan, 5 Ring Wraiths, 12 Moria Goblins and the Fellowship and Two Towers rulebooks.  I probably won’t do too much with these until after I’ve finished all the Incursion stuff (which all shipped today so I should have them here in about two weeks – woohoo!).

So hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to post some photos of “Man Cave mk 1”.

Zombies from the Maelstrom

Sadly I missed out on getting the extra zombies for Incursion and six zombies in the German starter just won’t be enough.  I don’t mind using proxies or even card standees occasionally but if I’m going to play a zombie miniatures boardgame then I want zombie miniatures.

So once again Tas from The Man Cave kindly guided (misguided*) me to have a look at Maelstrom Games in the UK where I ordered these:

Got them for about $30 and they offer FREE INTERNATIONAL POSTAGE to any order over £10.  Now that’s such a ridiculously low threshold that any order should just get free postage.

I’ll be able to use these guys for other games like All Things Zombie, Hell on Earth or even Fear and Faith.  When they get here that is, oh the wait is killing me.

* Legal disclaimer required by Wife Law.

Stupid Good Incursion Deal

Well you’ve gone and done it now Tas… you just waltz in and blog about Incursion without a care of the impact it will have on the rest of us.  But I held fast and I resisted the temptation…

Until now that is.

Damn Grindhouse Games have a Stupid Good Deal going where you get the game and one each of the Allied and German starter packs for $100US.  Postage was a shock at $44US but I guess these things are heavy.  It’s crazy but it still works out cheaper than buying them locally, $300AUS retail and on sale for $240 AUS at MilSims without postage.

First 25 orders also get an additional 6 Sturmzombies and a pair of Bomberzombies, I so hope I was quick eneough.

I was tempted to pick up some of their resin terrain pieces but I figured I could make them myself and I’d already spent enough.  I may be their kind of stupid but I’m still smart enough to know I’ll have to explain this purchase to my wife.

The Game Itself

According to www.incursiongame.com the game contains:

• Rigid two piece box covered in art
• Glossy 28 page rulebook
• Card rules summary/playsheet
• 4 sheets of two-sided heavy-duty die cut pieces (132 total) including counters, doors and stand-ups for all models that might potentially be used in the game.
• Super Heavy duty two-sided six-fold game board
• 86 cards including the full deck of battle and all model cards in multiples where appropriate.
• 3 black dice
• 36 black plastic stand-up holders for doors and “models”
• Vac-formed plastic holding tray
• More fun than you can shake a stick at!

Now on to the really cool bits, the US APE suits.

Allied Starter Pack

 

German Starter Pack

Ilsa Von X, Gretel Von X, Hans, and the Blitzhund.

6 Sturmzombies

 

2 Bomberzombies

I just have to wait for it to arrive now.  So while I’m waiting anyone have a good idea on how I tell my wife?  Any suggestions at all, guys… guys?

*sigh*

If you don’t hear from me for a while send help.

Project: Man Cave

It’s school holidays once again and I've got two weeks off to look after the Younglings.  As with any extended period of time at home I have some handyman (and I use this term loosely) projects I need to finish.  These holidays are no exception but I also have a *queue dramatic music* new project.

We built our house almost three years ago now and at the time we got power run to the shed.  The plan was to get lights and power points put in and make it a quasi storage workshop.  Well we’ve managed the storage part of the plan, albeit poorly done.

So the shed needs a clean out, a clean up and sorting out.  All before Monday…

Quickly thinking of as many excuses as I could not to do this when my wife mentioned that once it was cleaned up I could move all my gaming stuff (she used a different word) out there.  I was about to object when the thought hit me: man cave.

Now I know she’s only dangling the “gaming shed” as a proverbial carrot in the hopes that I’ll actually start and finish a project in the same holiday period.  And damn her she’s right, I’ll work alright.

There’s a huge chunk of my youth hidden away in the last photo:

• all my novels, books and comics
• a 2,000+ CD collection
• a sizable collection of old-school RPG’s
• a lounge suite
• a couple of tables
• every gaming console known to man
• an 80cm flat screen TV

What a good start for the man cave.

Of course this will be a great incentive to finish off the arcade cabinet I’ve been building for the last 5 or 6 years.

Tusk-en: Raiders, Jawas or Ewoks

I'm still (im)patiently waiting for the rest of my Star Wars beasts to arrive and I really want to play Tusk so I've got to make a decision and rather than go through my usual procrastination process I've decided to put it to a vote:

Should I...

1. Wait for the "Reeks" to arrive and play Tusk-en.
2. Use Jawas and go hunting for droids.
3. Use Ewoks and go hunting for some of the beasts I already have (hmmmm Scout Troopers?).

So I ask you my fellow gamers, what should I do?