Medieval Crane and Forge

A few weeks ago I bought some more 3d printed terrain from Irongate Scenery. This time two of their newer items, a forge and crane.

The forge comes with an transparent insert for the furnace and a small adaptor to allow it to take the components from an LED tea light. Of course me, being me, that wasn't advanced enough so I've instead wired up a switched pair of flickering LEDs. Two LEDs is better than one and the effect is really great. Also since the model had loads of small components which would be freestanding I decided to add a base made from Hirst Arts blocks.

The crane came ready assembled. Almost everything in place. All I had to do was paint it and add the ropes. I decided to use some of the scale rope that I'd bought for use with the dockyard rather than the stuff that came with the crane kit itself.

Overall I'm very happy with both of these items and they'll look great on the Kobolds and Cobblestones table at Hammerhead tomorrow.

"Kobolds & Cobblestones" - First Game

Tonight saw our first game of "Kobolds & Cobblestones" the brand new fantasy gang warfare skirmish game from Osprey written by Rob Burman.

The game is played without the wargaming standard devices of tape measures or dice and instead uses several decks of playing cards. With hands of Poker used to resolve combats and pontoon to resolve magic.

We ended up with 3 players playing the basic starting scenario "All Out Brawl" and had to make some adjustments to some rules in order for it to work, as normally the game is intended for two players. Though a campaign may have more players in it.

The game was a lot of fun, but we're not 100% sure whether the 3 player dynamic really worked as well as the 2 player dynamic would. Luckily we've attracted a 4th player, so we're going to start a campaign proper in a couple of weeks and stick to 2 player games from then on.

A marketplace in Ordinsport is quiet before the gang warfare begins.

Not far from the marketplace some kobolds face off against some skeletons.

In the marketplace the dwarven gang boss is surrounded by members of
an opposing gang. He is soon overwhelmed.

An elf tries to sneak around, but noisy geese give her away.

The orc stands and watches other members of his gang being beaten.
"Serves them right", he thinks and stays out of the fight.

After defeating the dwarf boss the victorious gang goes to face
the necromancer and his skeletons.