Another Geekfest Over.

Yet another Geekfest over, another great weekend getting together to play some old time D&D and some Magic.

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Roll 17 and 20 on d20

During one session in the D&D module I needed to roll 2 15+ on 2 d20's. One of the players yells out "roll a 17 and 20 Dog!" So I did.

 

 Here are the 2 d20's with a 17 and 20.

 

 

 

So, can some stat's person work out the odds of me rolling these 2 numbers.

 

1) We know a combination of 15,16,17,18,19,20 and 15,16,17,18,19,20 are going to be called because these are what I need to roll. So how many different combinations of these two sets of numbers are there?

 

2) The two dice being rolled are d20's with the numbers 1,2,3...18,19,20 and 1,2,3...18,19,20. and what are the odds of the two dice rolling a 17 and 20?

 





 

 



Last Day Magic Game

On the last day we got in one more 5 player magic game. I finally got to use my card that brings out 13 Zombie tokens, I also had a card out that gave the, +1/+1. So there were 13 3/3 tapped Zombies. My oppenent killed me in one turn.

Chainmail Battle

Using the Chainmail rules for a mass battle was a big change from gaming with Games Workshop Warhammer Fantasy Battle system. With Chainmail the rules are much less rigid where GW has a rule  for almost every possible situation. The Chainmail rules are actually quite fun. The only issue I have is the combat resolution system. The outcome takes a little too long to decide and slows down the game. It was fun to wargame in 10mm as well. The whole army, terrain, and rules fit in a shoe box.

 

 

 

Turn one. The O&G started the game 9" on the table.

Then initiative was rolled. The O&G won.

                                                                                                       

 

Turn 2 and 3. The Orcs are pressing hard for the treasure by the tents.

Another change I could make is when a hero meets a monster, they can go into a "challenge" and only those two characters can fight, as in "man to man". This would also speed up the game. It was hard to watch one of the player characters get tied down in combat with a giant frog.

 

 

 

 

The Orcs are getting closer, but yes that is heavy cavalry coming onto the table.

 

 

 

Another pic of the battle.

 

 

 

Turn 5. The Orcs are holding the tents and treasure, but yes that is the hill tribe coming into view with their own giant.

 

 

 

At this point the Orcs are still holding the tents, but I believe they were finally chased off...

 

I  defiantly would like to try this again, using the same armies and scenario. I will stream line the combat resolution and using heroes/anti-heros. It was really fun to just wargame.

CBC D&D Article from the '80s

Here is an article from the CBC I stumbled upon. There is one line from one of the kids. He say's something like "if adults want to understand the game and what their children are doing, try playing the game" still rings true.  Here is the link. Also check out the related content about LARP'ing.

D&D Starter Box

 Box cover of the D&D starter set. Pretty typical box, this cover reminds me of the D&D Basic set from 1983.

 

 

Here is the 1983 cover.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the inside. You get 5 pre-made characters, and 1 blank character page. The starter rule book, covering: How to play, Combat, Adventuring, and Spell casting. The module covers how to  play, magic items, and monsters.

 

This starter box is great if you want to get gaming right away. If you just want the basic rules, the rules that you can download from Wizards of the Coast are great.

 

You also get some great looking dice.

 

 





 



D&D Rules

 

Down loaded and printed off the new D&D 5th edition rules. These are just the basic rules for character creation, combat, spells and general game play. These "new" rules look refreshing with a lot of queues from Advanced D&D. The only issue I have is the spells listed in the back have no names. When I sent the rules to the printer the spell names did not print. Not only in the list but when spells are mentioned in the rules the names didn't show up there either.

 

I am looking forward to Geekfest and using these new rules. I have been playing D&D for years, recently only once a year at Geekfest. Yet I still look forward to making new characters and going adventuring!

 

Here is the LINK for the rules

The Geekfest mass combat armies are done! and some tents.

 

The good guy's. Heavy cavalry, medium cavalry, light cavalry. All the different units and a giant. The row at the front represents the adventurers.

 

 

 

 

Close up of the heavy cavalry, elves up front,and swordsman.

 

 



These are actually ninja's, but they will represent swordsman from the east.

 

 

 

 

The hill tribes and the giant. The giant is a 25mm figure.

 

 

 

The town guard with their light cavalry.

 

 

 

And finally the adventures.

 

 

 

The Orc and Goblin horde.

 

 

 

Close up.

 

 

 

 

Another view of the units, with the orc giant in the back.

 

 

 

Two orc units up front, two goblin units in the rear.

 

 

 

 

These are the guy's you need to be worried about.

 

 

 



Malifaux table almost done

Applied wood sealer to the table.

 

Long view of the table.

 

 

Close up of the columns.

 

Some little snails, they will count as rocks.

 

 

The lizards cockroaches and WTF.

 

 

 

Meet WTF.

 

 

Mass battle army update

Here is an update on the mass combat armies for Geekfest using the Chainmail Rules. The good army has received the first base coat. The Orc and Goblin army still needs the eyes and teeth painted and the bases finished up.

View of the two armies lined up. Orcs and Goblins on the left.

 

 

 

 

Top view.

 

 

 

Close up view of some of the Orcs and Goblins.

 

 

 

 

Close up of the close up.

 

 

 

 

Close up of some of the good side.

 

 

 

 

The cavalry. Heavy cavalry in the back, light up front.

 

 

 

 

The hill tribe with the giant!

 

 

 

This could be what the battle is all about, some little tiny treasure chests.

 

 

All these photos were taken with my phone late at night. When both armies are done I will try to get some real good photos!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to the Malifaux Table

Got some of those cake pillars, going for one of those "art deco" sewers...

 

Added a pool of green gunky stuff.

My New Dice







  

Here are my new dice for Geekfest 2014!

Hey and what is this talk of a new edition of D&D coming out? Here is the link to the WOTC website. Looks like D&D is going back to it's roots.

Malifaux Table

Water effects.

Bought his from Daily Hobbies  in Whitby. looked like an easy way to make some water.

 

The little pellets melting in the pot.

The first 3 pools of sewer waste and little sewer stream. Kind of look
like craters in the picture.

Big pool of sewer waste, again looks like a crater, up close looks like
sewage.

The different colours of sand are added.

Another view.

The board is 39" by 25" a good size to start Malifaux. The next step is to add some brick work and a pipe with a tap on the end (to put at the start of the sewer stream)

The Orcs get paint!!!

Man these little fellas are easy to paint. Kinda like making plasta-scene snakes.





First stage of 15mm Orc and Goblin army.



Second stage heroes and rest of army.
 

After they are all painted I will finish off the faces and do the bases.


Black Water Gulch

Here is the one and only picture of the game I was playing. One lonely female cowgirl taking pot shots at Zombies.


There she is.

 

I think this is the company 4ground that makes the terrain.

15mm Orc and "Dwarf" armies

I purchased 2 15mm armies at Hotlead in Stratford, one was an Orc army and one that was labeled "Dwarfs". Upon opening the Dwarf army I realized they were Samurai and Ninjas. The Samurai will pass as "tall" Dwarfs and the ninjas can work as light foot and light archers.

The Dwarf and Human army.

The Orc and Goblin army.

Orc giant with goblin and heroic archer.



Another shot taken with my phone.



2 Dwarf crossbowman and Dwarf with a hammer and shield.

These will be used as character models.

2 models that will used as Ogres.

2 more character models.