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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Hello, HELLO!
« on: February 12, 2015, 05:17:47 PM »
Thanks SotK! I found your Python tutorials to be very interesting. I'll give them a solid look over soon to brush up on my coding. 
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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Another RPS referral
« on: February 12, 2015, 01:58:08 PM »
Welcome! 
I may be new as well, but based on your post and what I've seen of this forum, you'll fit right in. I'm glad RPS has led to so many registrations. As for your question, I'm not entirely sure. I'll check on some rules and FAQ posts and see if I can't get back to you. 
I may be new as well, but based on your post and what I've seen of this forum, you'll fit right in. I'm glad RPS has led to so many registrations. As for your question, I'm not entirely sure. I'll check on some rules and FAQ posts and see if I can't get back to you.
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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Re: Hello, HELLO!
« on: February 12, 2015, 01:53:51 PM »
I'm sorry mister Kebab, I'm not that clever. 
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Tabletop Games - The Game Room / Re: Check out this all but free Dark Age wargame!
« on: February 12, 2015, 10:58:10 AM »
True! I had neglected to mention that. Must have spaced my mind, I registered out the gate, mostly out of excitement. I think it's an effect of the website being in charge of unit stats and rosters, not to mention a device to get more people to register in general.
That's actually the exact idea I had, being a fan of Middle Earth myself. Wouldn't mind shooting some ideas back and forth on the subject if you're looking for input. Maybe we could even put up a supplement/rule book for other members to have access too in the future.
That's actually the exact idea I had, being a fan of Middle Earth myself. Wouldn't mind shooting some ideas back and forth on the subject if you're looking for input. Maybe we could even put up a supplement/rule book for other members to have access too in the future.
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The Welcome Hall - Start Here! / Hello, HELLO!
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:44:38 AM »
Hey guys! I'm Jeff! Found the site linked on Rock Paper Shotgun while they were talking about the Rome: Total War Warhammer mod. Posted a reply, started a thread, then I found the introduction board. Let's see, I've been a gamer forever, tabletop for only half of my forever (being only 20), still enthusiastic about games, so I continue to play! Started out when "Lord of the Rings: Tabletop Game" came out from mean ol' GW, parents bought me the Return of the King starter, and I was hooked from day one. That interest swiftly found its way into Warhammer 40,000 starting with Orks, then moving on to Imperial Guard, Eldar, Tau, Space Marines, Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Orks (again), then finally Choas Space Marines, selling off one army to fund another. Somewhere in there I found my love for Warhammer Fantasy, picking up the Battle for Skull Pass starter, then eventually settling into Skaven and Ogres. After about five years of Games Workshop exclusive ignorance I found out that the online community for these types of games are HUGE!
As I sit now, I have Chaos Space Marines (Don't play 40k, just can't seem to get rid of the models.), Vampire Counts, and some loose Eldar and Orks. I activly play Warmachine and Flames of War, trying to get into the Dark Age skirmish/small battles (As a genetic Northern German/Dane I can't seem to break the tie from the Viking Raiders, I've always had a facination.) Table Top wise, that's about it, in the relm of video games right now I'm still obsessed with the Total War series, Mount and Blade: Warband (C'mon Bannerlord!), and Arma II: Combined Operations.
That's about it, anything else feel free to ask. Looking forward to posting on the forum regularly.
Jeff
As I sit now, I have Chaos Space Marines (Don't play 40k, just can't seem to get rid of the models.), Vampire Counts, and some loose Eldar and Orks. I activly play Warmachine and Flames of War, trying to get into the Dark Age skirmish/small battles (As a genetic Northern German/Dane I can't seem to break the tie from the Viking Raiders, I've always had a facination.) Table Top wise, that's about it, in the relm of video games right now I'm still obsessed with the Total War series, Mount and Blade: Warband (C'mon Bannerlord!), and Arma II: Combined Operations.
That's about it, anything else feel free to ask. Looking forward to posting on the forum regularly.
Jeff
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Tabletop Games - The Game Room / Check out this all but free Dark Age wargame!
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:31:30 AM »
Hey guys! I was shown this site by an article on Rock Paper Shotgun talking about the Rome: Total War; Warhammer mod. After seeing the "Get me into tabletop wargamming" artical, I decided to register and pitch in my 2 cents. Having done that I then decided to post a thread showing off a website i stumbled across while looking around for a good skirmish sized viking/saxon game. I think I found JUST what I was looking for. Behold, VALHALLA!
It's a small 8-16 model count warband sized skirmish game that's based on a really cool stamana / stat deterioration system. Everything in regards to your warband are handeled by the website itself, leaving you to only know the rules, and have the models. The site does a really good job of explaining everything, and the rules are a fairly quick read (for a wargame rulebook anyway.
). I haven't had a chance to have a full game as of yet but the concept is so well thought out it seems you're not even restricted to Dark Ages with a little effort and imagination. In order to avoid rambling I shall leave you with that. Tell me what you think, and let's see if we can't get a conversation going about the game itself.
Thanks for your time,
Jeff
It's a small 8-16 model count warband sized skirmish game that's based on a really cool stamana / stat deterioration system. Everything in regards to your warband are handeled by the website itself, leaving you to only know the rules, and have the models. The site does a really good job of explaining everything, and the rules are a fairly quick read (for a wargame rulebook anyway.
). I haven't had a chance to have a full game as of yet but the concept is so well thought out it seems you're not even restricted to Dark Ages with a little effort and imagination. In order to avoid rambling I shall leave you with that. Tell me what you think, and let's see if we can't get a conversation going about the game itself. Thanks for your time,
Jeff
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Tabletop Games - The Game Room / Re: Get me into Tabletop Gaming!
« on: February 12, 2015, 09:17:34 AM »
Well from what I can tell, you're looking for a cheap dark age game to start with, I think I've got just the thing.
http://valhalla.eaststreetgames.com/MyHome/
It's called Valhalla, the rules are free and they're loose enough to be adapted to any setting without any major gunplay. (Seriously, I've been thinking of porting it over to Lord of the Rings.) I haven't had the chance to play a solid game yet, but the mechanics look really smooth and I can find nothing but good review from people that have actually played. You can start out with squares of paper/card with names writen on them to signify warriors. One of the cool features of this game is you write your roster online and the website works out the equipment and class impact on your stats, all you do is print off your roster and you're ready to go! It seems to lend itself to solo play fairly well too.
Hope this has proven helpful, and the best of luck to you!
-Jeff
http://valhalla.eaststreetgames.com/MyHome/
It's called Valhalla, the rules are free and they're loose enough to be adapted to any setting without any major gunplay. (Seriously, I've been thinking of porting it over to Lord of the Rings.) I haven't had the chance to play a solid game yet, but the mechanics look really smooth and I can find nothing but good review from people that have actually played. You can start out with squares of paper/card with names writen on them to signify warriors. One of the cool features of this game is you write your roster online and the website works out the equipment and class impact on your stats, all you do is print off your roster and you're ready to go! It seems to lend itself to solo play fairly well too.
Hope this has proven helpful, and the best of luck to you!
-Jeff