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ISSUE # 13 NOVEMBER 2014

GARAGE GAMERS GROUP


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Glory, included in this

issue. We have had a few

games of this over the

month, but with miniaturesstill getting painted we

wont have any photos of

the action yet.

That being said there are

actually three sets of rules

with the above title. The

original one by Anthony

Reynolds, and 2 fan based

ones. All are available on

the net, but we have includ-

ed one of the fan based

publications, and will havepart 2 next issue.

The rule sets are all about

creating your own Chaos

Warband using excerpts

from the Warhammer rules,

and going around the

wastes and smashing other

warbands in the hope of

some favour for your efforts

from your choice of chaos

deity. Enjoy...

Send your submissions in

to:

Garagegamersgroup@

gmail.com and put Editor in

the subject line.

SEE YOU THERE

Hi Everyone,

I hope that you all had a

great October.

Wow Issue number 13. This

should be a Birthday Issue.

Happy 1st Birthday to Snake

Eyes.

First off the bat, is we have a

Readers Survey included in

this issue. Please take the time

to have a read and tell us what

you think, and what you would

like to see. There is an

excellent prize for the GGG

member who returns to us acompleted survey and gets

drawn from the entries. See

page 9 for the prize, and big

thanks to Warlord Games for

sponsoring the survey.

Dog County Range Wars has

interestingly gone into

defensive mode, with players

pulling back from their first

stings and creating the new

front lines of what is turning

into a Range War. Some play-

ers have made boasts on who

is going down...next turn will

see, or follow the action by

watching the Dogtown group .

The Necromunda Campaign,

see page 11, is something we

have never tried before so it

will be great to see how it

goes . It is almost like support-

ing your favourite team with-

out the sports bet.

Necromunda has been out so

long, that figures are expen-

sive to source. The other

problem is getting gamers

together. This will solve

some of that.

Nothing beats playing a

game but when you cant oryou dont have the figures or

rules...This will be the game

youre playing when your not

playing a game...ok too

young to remember the Clay-

tons advert?

With only 25 spots open get

in quick to play.

We are hoping to have a

tournament calendar up

soon. There are so many

different gaming tourna-

ments happening all over the

place. We would like to keep

you up to date on the ones

we get info about, so if you

are running a tournament

please send us details so we

can give you or your club

some promoting.

The 1850 point 40k

Gauntlet is being run again

at the Pink Hotel at

Pinkenba, Brisbane onNovember 15 and 16. There

are still some spots up for

grabs. Contact Rod Franze

at https://

www.facebook.com/

thegauntletau

Kris McKiernan has done

an excellent submission for

Snake Eyes and we look for-

ward to his future inclusions.

See pages 6 and 7 to see

what I mean.

There is part one of a two

part booklet for Path to

Garage Gamers Group (GGG)

G R G E

G M E R S

G R O U P

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N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 4I S S U E 1 3

Cover Design:

Death of the

Yamanto by Michael

Colclough

Editorial

Reviews on the Run

Gaming Tips

The Collector

Penny for your

thoughts

WH40k Roleplay

Captain Jacks

Napoleonics

Dog County Range

Wars

Eyes Around the

World

Off the Palette

Special Feature -

Path to Glory

Shop Exposure

Club Directory

Member Spotlight

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GarageGamersGroup-The Games We PlayWarhammer 40k

Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay

BattleCry

StarWars X-Wing

Old West

Zombiecide

Axis & Allies

Warhammer 40k Roleplay

American Civil War

Apocolypse

AD & D

Arkham Horror

Necromunda

Dreadfleet

Man O War

Bolt Action WW2

Mordheim

Flames of War

Pathfinder

Napoleonics

Warhammer Fantasy

Blood Bowl

War Machine

Infinity

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WINGS OF GLORY

Wings of Gloryis thesuccessor to the ex-remely successful lineofWings of WarWorldWar I and World War IIcards and miniatures

game which has beenavailable since 2004.

While the game startedas a card game whereeach card representedone airplane, anti-aircraftgun or balloon, it hasevolved in to a non-collectable, non-

andomly packaged, airwar game where playerscould purchase a starterset and then purchasebooster packs with indi-

vidual airplanes or evenarge models of observa-ion balloon and bomb-

ers.Ares Games newWingsof Gloryair plane packs

ntegrate with their tacti-cal airplane combat sys-em makes for a wonder-ul gaming experi-

ence. Their new 1:144scale World War I air-plane miniatures and:200 scale World War II

airplanes have hit the air-ields and are ready for

action.

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REVIEWS ON THE RUN

DEAD MANS HAND

Last month I nally got around to buy-

ing a set of rules for Dead Mans Hand. I

love the western genre, and just so I did-nt go without, I also purchased two

gangs. These were Banditos and Indians.

Having a good sized collecon of 28mm

western miniatures already, I thought

that having more Mexican and Indian

gures wouldnt do me wrong.

Previously I have bought Old Glory,

Arzan, Reaper, Dixon, and Foundry

western miniatures. Old Glory were a bit

smaller being more 25mm gures but all

were nice enough moulds, with the ex-

pected amount of ash. Aer opening

the boxes of DMH miniatures, I have to

say that I was quite disappointed.

With seven miniatures per box, which is

an old video case size box, they are

packed in a lile bag of bubble wrap.

Loose, in the bubble wrap. Every minia-

ture that had a protruding item, (usually

the pistol or rie), was bent, probably

from hing up against each other in the

bag. Lile separate baggies would have

prevented this. Also, the amount of ash

on these models are ridiculous. More

than the usual with metal models, and

more work for the player, to base and

prep for painng. I dont expect out of

the box and play immediately with these,

but they are so far at the other end of the

scale from other miniatures available to

purchase now, I have to say that the rst thought

into my head was one of buyers remorse.

On the plus side there is quite a bit of detail on

the miniatures. All have been sculpted with aen-on to detail when it comes to vests, kerchiefs

and gun belts and the like, so there is a nice varie-

ty there..

The rules are easy enough to work through, and

the lile pack of cards adds another random ele-

ment, with bonus acons that your gang can do.

They also create the iniave order in which your

moves can be made.

WINGS OF GLORY

Last month also saw some acon for Wings of

Glory. I had purchased the starter pack for around

$30 which included the Rules, 2 biplanes (The Red

Baron and his nemesis), and the cards required to

play. When I rst read the rules I was a lile

daunted, but pacing the game out page by page

showed an easy and quick combat system. The

bases of the model stands are clear, allowing the

placing of cards under them which show yourintended move. There are three moves each per

turn and you have to plan the three ahead, plac-

ing your cards facedown, and turning each over

with your opponent, one for one. Very similar to

Star Wars X-Wing with no dice for the ring,

which is the only thing this game needs to provide

that decisive but random element. I enjoyed it

enough to purchase another two planes and a

playing mat, giving either four players or two play-

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Game Design...dice, cards and counters...

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it needs, is fine tuning as you go.

I would suggest that when play

testing you include some sea-

soned gamers who may suggest

some elements of play that you

might have missed, and of

course, as you play you will be

able to add elements and delete

the ones that dont work as

smoothly.

Dont be afraid to play similar

themed games to yours, that

might be out there, to garner

experience in the genre, and to

ensure that your new game isnt

too much like their game. You

can usethings in those games

from other manufacturers

that you enjoy, but be awareof breaching any copy write

laws. A lot of games out now

are not new ideas but recrea-

tions of the better rule sets

being bought together.

So to summarise, and I know

Ive only covered the basics of

these, pick a theme, decide

what the end goal is of your

game, work out the rules, play

test the game, create a frame-

work, work out your random

element, (Dice, cards or coun-

ters), and if its good enough,

put it on Kickstarter to fund

your creaon.

miniatures, and other products

that go with it. Thankfully

historical games have not gone

down that path.

For instance people playing

Black Powder, dont have to

buy x manufacturers gures

to play their game system. Yetsome companies demand that

(where they run or sponsor)

tournaments or events that

you can only play using their

brand of miniatures.

Certainly some of the more

esoteric systems like Relic

Knights wont nd many

companies that produce

gures in compeon.

I have found that many

systems tend to be a ash in

the pan. They have an inial

splash that gets much interest,

but then it peters out, leaving

many with gures that have no

other use.

This is where some collectors

can then step in and pick up

gures and such for muchlower, (generally speaking)

prices. The only downside is

that your range of opponents

to play a disconnued game

system is small or non-

existent.

It dees logic that many

manufacturers prefer to

change scale rather than

making their product suitableto other perhaps more popular

game systems.

It is hard somemes to

decide upon what you want to

collect when building armies

for the games we play. Today,

historical games are the last

basons of true diversity.

Aer all an ancient Egypan

warrior will not change to

something they were not rec-

ognised as being. Thus, many

manufacturers will produce

gures for this period, the

compeon for this market is

such that prices remain low

(ish), when compared to com-

panies that produce gures

solely for the use of their game

systems.

The companies that produce

gures today, seem to need to

have their own rule systems

From the Collectors Vault

There are

many gaming

systems out

there...all you

have to do is

find one that

suits you

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Game design takes many hours

of pros and cons, play testingand getting others opinions but

dont get too bogged down over

details , because it is also fun,

and thats the last thing you

want to lose.

I know of one guy who spent

many months writing notes and

talking about creating the perfect

game, and along the way lost the

motivation in the details. Ergo,the game goes nowhere. If I

asked him today how is the game

going he would probably tell me,

Im still working on it.

Play test your rules as you go.

Dont wait to have it perfect. All

The Collector is a gamer

with over 40 years in col-

lectable games and war-

gaming...


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Colonel

Brawn

Expected to have the gene seed of the

emperor himself, Sister has faced many

events throughout her life, which would

break the strongest of warriors. Trained

as a sister of bale she has worked her

way up to become an enigmac gure

before realizing her true desny as a per-

petual. She commands our acolytes on

behalf of the Ordos Chronos.

Roleplaying in the grim darkness of the 41stmillennium By GGG member Kris McKiernan

Sister

Kranky

Karno is a connoisseur! Quite simply ifits big, and it kills things, then make sure

its securely bolted to the oor or its likely

not to be there come morning.

Lt Colonel

Karno

Brawn is a respected elder and shaman to

the dusk worlders making him the perfect

choice for command of the BK company.

He is loyal to a fault and would followsister through the gates of hell itself.

And probably has on more than one

occasion.

Lead us not into

heresy, but deliver us

from the impure

BK CompanyFrom their wild beginnings on dusk world they have had years of indoctri-

nation instilled in them from the fallen sky god. As Sisters personal guard

Brawn & Karno have jumped back and forth through time. And conse-

quently, so has their gene seed. Realizing her error in allowing this, sister

has retraced her steps and collected what is now now known as the BKcompany; an extremely pliant, yet brutal contingent of Dusk worlders that

have become her very own time police.


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At our last session our intrepid adventurers have

decided to make the journey to the Koronus ex-panse to obtain a rare artifact requested by the

Black Crystal Cartel.

On reaching their destination they find a world de-

void of life signs. Locating the ruins of a temple theBK company head to the surface hot and fast.Once entrenched the captain directs a temporary

comms base to be set up, and sets off down a well-constructed tunnel leading directly into the bowelsof the planet. A short hike of 10km later they

arrive at a large blast door.

The door opens easily to reveal. NECRONS!Thousands and thousands of Necrons! That is why

there are no other life signs! Sensors are indicatingtheir objective is another 1.5 km inside the Necron

base.

They manage to proceed unnoticed for the first

750m or so, but then the sentinels awake andeverything starts to go wrong They can see whatappears to be their objective ahead, a large green

glowing crystal mounted above a control panel.The quickest party members take off fast while theremainder of the company sets up a defensive po-

sition.

Necrons are now materializing and others startingto wake from stasis. They reef the crystal from itsmounting and a quick thinking Tristan drops a gre-

nade down the attached power conduit. They turnto flee when the captain notices a foot behind theconsole a quick investigation reveals a body, a

sword, and a data slate that are all scooped up on

the fly.

The following explosion is incredible and seems to

have back fed through the entire Necron powerconduit system, sending sheets of electricity arcing

out all around.

The party beats a hasty retreat, blowing apart

Necrons with every step. Things look grim howev-er when Karno fires off a vortex grenade whichimplodes and begins to go nova and expand rapid-

ly.

Vehicular backup arrives and everyone piles in.They make it back and evacuate to the ship just as

a Necron crescent detaches from the planet. Not

sticking around, the crew immediately warp jump.

Mission Successful..

A day in the life of the Ordos Chronos.


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SNAKE EYES Readers Survey

We encourage our members to let us know, via this survey, what you would like to see in Snake

Eyes upcoming issues. We asked our adversers if they would help us out and Warlord Games were

right there, in sponsoring this survey and giving the lucky winner a really great prize. All you have to

do is copy the quesons and your answers into an email, and send it back in to us at

[email protected], please put survey in the subject line and the lucky winner will be

wn by an independent person. We will try to support anything that makes Snake Eyes a beer digital magazine, so feel free with your opin-

.

w much do you like the current Snake Eyes format?

Very much, I like it a lot and read it as soon as I get it.

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our opinion, what could improve Snake Eyes? (Opon to select more than one answer)

Its ne as it is.

I would like to see more wrien arcles.

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you think Snake Eyes should have more?

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A good selecon of both (Both per issue)

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ke Eyes is a free digital publicaon. Would you ever like to see it in hard copy, and would you pay for it?

Keep it free, and use adversing funding to make it a hard copy.

Im happy with a digital edion.

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ke Eyes needs more arcles on(can select mulple choices)

Historical -Bolt Acon, Flames of War, Napoleonic's, Hail Cesar, Ancients, ACW, Wings of Glory

Sci-Fi -WH40k, All Quiet on the Maran Front, Dystopian Wars, Gates of Antares, Apocolypse, Necromunda, Star Wars X -Wing

Fantasy -Warhammer, Mordheim, War Machine, Man O War, Dreadeet

Boardgames -Zombiecide, Arkham Horror, BaleCry, Space Hulk, Shuuro

Roleplay -Pathnder, WH40k roleplay, WFRP

Interacve Gaming -Dog County, Blue Max, Gaming Campaigns, Warhammer Quest

ou wanted to be more specic about the choices above please add them here:

se include any we missed that you think we could use:

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Bigger than 25 pages

Fine as is...dont change the size

Smaller than 25 pages

Bigger but have 2 issues per month (1 Issue split in half)

rently Snake Eyes has kept to a certain content. Please tell us what do you think we should keep in our issues. (Mulple choices available)

Gamers Tips

The Collector

Penny for Your Thoughts

Dark Heresy 40k Roleplay

Members Spotlight

Game Reviews

Full page adverts

Quarter panel adverts

On the Road, Gaming club promoons

Eyes Around the World

Dog County Range Wars

Anything we have missed, but you think should be menoned

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keeping with interacve style gaming, (see Dog County Range Wars),

G will be running an interacve Necromunda campaign. You wont

ed to own a Necromunda Gang, but instead will select one and send

vice for the upgrades as the gang has each ght. You can only control

e gang, but will have choices of many to pick from. Each month in

keEyes, we will devote a secon to the gang results and you will see

ere your gang is on the ladder. Gangs will be started with the usual

00 cred starng bonus and then from there their advancement is all upyou. Three people could start, owning the same gang, but each gang

uld develop dierently as it grows.

e starng gangs will be capped at 25 so if you want some of the acon

in early. Your input will be the naming and advancing, hiring new guns

your gang. Pictures of the top 5 gangs will be posted and your name

h them.

ally available will be the 6 houses; Goliath, Delaque, Esher, Cawdor,

ock, and Van Saar, and the Outlaw gangs; Skavvy, Redemponists,

yrers, Pit Slaves, Culsts and Enforcers.

o play in this Necromunda Campaign just register your interest in an

ail to [email protected] and let us know what gang you

uld be interested in. The top ve gangs will be outed in Snake Eyes

h month, but all players will know how their gang is doing , with an

ail each month.

ecromunda Campaign - SpireLord with GGG member Darian Chase


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Shayne of Campaign Books &

Games Logiscs shared recently

gamers photos of Cigar Box brand

gaming mats, that Shayne sup-

plied. Theyre like a so blanket

with a digital print, allowing a at

layout or with hills by having

raised areas under the mat.

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hn McDonnells Napoleonic's

G member John McDonnell, runs his own blog site called Hammer & Banner which has over 3600 views.

s a veteran gamer with many years in gaming...

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nally a win -well he did concede the battlefield!

ot often I get to brag about a "win" in my games of Napoleonic's.

his time I ditched the lancers from my list and upgraded as many of the troops to trained regulars, with skirmish-

s in all units that could have them.

ecided not to take photos for the game as I wasn't feeling particularly confident. Certainly my deployment was

amped with one flank almost cramped with terrain. My dice rolls were as usual, crap, but it was at least

nsistent crap.

he photos below show the final turn of play. Usually my troops never make it across the table, never break

nemy units, or get breakthroughs. So Andrew conceded the game, I said a win for me, he said "I conceded theld of battle, not the battle itself" -or words to that effect.Never the less it was nice to have something go my

ay, if only for one game. See next page for the army list.

y right flank. Bogged down by units blocking movement. My

andwehr again did very little.My second last bound. Dragoons ready to

charge. French artillery chased off.

Prussians advancing. Though the square was

left there just for the French dragoons.

Lots of unusual things happened. One

battalion followed a routing unit and

moved into contact with the French dra-

goons. My lads actually caused

causalities on the fleeing troops and thecavalry, chasing them off.


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Prussian Brigade 1813

Headquarters

General staff -1x Command Element@100 = 100

Brigade Commander - 1 x Prussian staff@ 50 = 50

Grenadier Battalion -10 Elite line@ 6 = 60;2 x Elite line trained to skirmish @ 7 = 14

[224]

Half Brigade

Commander -1 x Prussian staff@ 50 = 50

Hussars (2 Squadrons)-6 x Veteran light cavalry@ 12 = 72

Foot battery-12 x Trained gunners@ 5 = 60;

4 x Light-medium artillery@ 25 = 100;4 x Four horse limbers@ 5 =20

Musketeer Battalion -10x Trained line infantry@ 4 = 40;

2 x Trained line infantry trained to skirmish@ 5 = 10

Musketeer Battalion -10 x Trained line infantry@ 4 = 40;


Fusilieer Battalion-10 Trained line infantry @ 4 = 40;

2 Trained line infantry trained to skirmish @ 5 = 10

Musketeer Battalion -16 Trained line infantry@ 4 = 64

Musketeer Battalion -16 Trained line infantry @ 4 = 64

Musketeer Battalion -16 Trained line infantry@ 4 = 64

[644]

Half Brigade

Commander -1 x Prussian staff@ 50 = 50

Hussars (2 Squadrons)-6 x Veteran light cavalry

@ 12 = 72

Foot battery -12 Trained gunners@ 5 = 60;

4 x Light-medium artillery@ 25 = 100;4 xFour horse limbers@ 5 = 20

Musketeer Battalion -10 Trained line infantry@ 4 = 40;

2 Trained line infantry trained to skirmish@ 5 = 10

Musketeer Battalion -10 Trained line infantry@ 4 = 40;


Fusilieer Battalion -10 Trained line infantry@ 4 = 40;

2 x Trained line infantry trained to skirmish @ 5 = 10

Landwehr Battalion - 12 x Raw line infantry@ 3 = 36

Landwehr Battalion-12 x Raw line infantry

@ 3 = 36

Landwehr Battalion -12 x Raw line infantry@ 3 = 36

[560]

Cavalry Brigade

Commander - 1 x Prussian staff @ 50 = 50

Dragoon Regiment - 12 x Trained heavy cavalry@ 10 = 120

[170]

Total: 1598

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SNAKE EYES

The rst turn of Dog County Range Wars saw several bales break out on the map as players

expanded their lands to increase their income. Marty ODoney of the ODoney Hacienda faced

bales on two fronts. Big Frank and the Bar C, Captain Augustus McCrae of the Hat Creek Cale

Company, T.S. Baramblecoat of Deadwood Ranch, Bugmans Ranch, Reo Krey of the GGG Pastoral

Company, Diamond Back Pete of The Old Stump, all claimed to have seen some acon, vowing

payback and revenge on the other Ranchers.

By turn 2, everyone knew about the shoong, and with the excepon of a couple of the Ranch-

es, most turned inwards to their defences, and waited for the ght to come to them.

It was all that Reo Krey of the GGG could do to not avenge his fallen ranch hand. More im-

portantly were the lives of the others, as he set up a solid defence on the banks of the Clearwater

River.

Over at the B-B-Q it was a dierent story, as Bob Tonic Brown, whipped his men into a frenzy

with one of his inspired speeches. It was a big jump from the broken man in the guer of Dog-

town all those months ago...no longer a vicm to his own tonics, Bob rallied his men for war.

At the MacCaroney Ranch, Boss Tony had word about his neighbour to the north,

praccally invading the lands of his original allotment, and made moves to stop this

threat, once and for all.

The ODoney Hacienda wasnt leng anything or anyone stand in their way, when it

came to expansion. Having lost 2 ranch hands, Marty ODoney laid the blame squarely

at the feet of Bob Brown. Somehow...it was all his fault and now theres gonna be a

reckonin.

At Tumbleweeds, things had slowed but not stopped. Unsure of which way his

closest neighbour was going to head, Barnaby Simmons moved his men into posion,

reminding them that the orders were shoot rst, ask quesons later. To

hell with being friendly anymore...

Big Frank watched the chuck wagons head o over the horizon. The dust they kicked up and

the seng sun nged the sky an ominous blood red. "We need water and we need it bad!"

He'd told the boys before they'd headed o. Frank had worked the land hard since he'd set

up the ranch house, maybe too hard. What had once been ferle grazing land had started to

dry up having to carry the weight of too many cale. Frank had sold o his rst batch of

steers and sunk his earnings into 2 chuck wagons and sent most of his boys o with them

looking for a permanent source of water. "Any water you nd is ours and don't go len any

no good varmint you come across think otherwise," had been his nal orders. Turning back

to the bunkhouse he spoed a malingering shadow under the eves, "Pepe you'd beer have

cooked up something beer than your goddamn awful chilli. We've got a power of work to

do tomorrow."


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Dogtown howler 5

mbleweeds 15 Hexes

sty Hole 6 Hexes

e GGG 13 Hexes

e B-B-Q 16 Hexes

e Lucky O 16 Hexes

e Bar C 16 Hexes

e ODoney Hacienda 16 Hexes

rt Royale 6 Hexes

e Pondarosa 6 Hexes

e Lazy A 10 Hexes

gmans Ranch 9 Hexes

d Stump 8 Hexes

acCaroney Ranch 16 Hexes

ted & Published by Jacob Adams Esq. -Journalist & Photographer -Established 1867 Dogtown County -Member of Professional Newspapermen of N.Y. November 1868

The Double W 6 Hexes

Foundry Fortress 6 Hexes

Keenai 16 Hexes

Lexington 16 Hexes

arty O'Doney had not been as lucky as some in the ballot for lands. His

al allocaon was well away from the rivers and their life -giving ow

water. He, his wife and the rest of the team knew this place was going

be hard to make into a viable proposion. However, they all knew

at if this didn't work out then the family's western adventure would be

er and they would have to move back east. O'Doney was proud of his

wboys. While some were new, most of them had been loyal and hard-

orking men in O'Doney's employment for a long-me now. Back before

ogtown's demise, they successfully ran the several businesses that

Doney's owned -from the livery and blacksmith on the main street to

e market garden on the edge of town. Dogtown was their home and

ey had all worked hard to make the Dogtown a prosperous "oasis" in

e middle of these vast western plains. Then the disaster! ... and now

e second chance. On arrival at their allocated land they set about

ilding a small ranch building for O'Doney and his family as well a bunk-

use for the boys. Then, aer some meculous planning and organisa-

n, O'Doney sent his boys out earlier this month. They were searching

r richer grazing lands for the cale. One group took their chuck-wagon

d some cale roughly north looking for a beer source of water than

eir brackish well at the ranch could provide. There had been a rumour

at there was a creek in that direcon somewhere. Another group took

eir cale and chuck-wagon in a southerly direcon looking for some

sh grazing land that several of the cowboys had seen when originally

aking their way to the ranch. Now O'Doney had to wait. Did his cow-

ys nd what they set out to nd? Did they run into trouble with other

nchers? Did that infernal Bob "Tonic" Brown send some men to disruptm? All these things had been preying on his mind for weeks. Hopefully

e news will be good, but as always, he was prepared for the worst.

Opportunies for business investment will be tendered

later this year or early next, allowing prospecve business

men and women to invest in individual businesss in Dog-

town to keep the businesss open and make more money

for the investors. The Mayor and other townsfolk believe

that allowing investment in the town will create more busi-

ness creaon. Lucas Shelman agrees with the local council

however stated that his hotel would not be up for invest-

ment. That of course doesnt stop healthy compeon

from happening in our streets. Dennet Tull, owner of sev-

eral Riverboats, said that Dogtown was in the perfect posi-

on to boom, between new selers and the river trade,

things would be on the up and up.

The top three Ranches from last

month had MacCoroney Ranch, the

Lucky O and the DoubleHorn in the

lead. According to local sources, the

best money can be made on river

blocks, producing faer cale and

beer rices when it comes to saleme. Town bank clerk Johnny

Broon put his 2 cents in, stang that

those Ranches not in or near good

river lands need to either get near

them, or create a huge spread to

make a similar income. Not with-

standing natural disasters, Ranchers

can see what lands are making them

good income, and the ones that

dont. I wouldnt waste my men look-ing aer low income lands when they

could be out there nding high in-

come lands. Dont forget those

mines.

Old Dry Patch 10 Hexes

Bennys Hills 13 Hexes

Hat Creek Cattle Company 16 Hexes

Drymouth Gulch 16 Hexes

Fears of the annual buffalo

migration has Ranchers con-

cerned for their lands. Before

the Ranches were allocated,

mighty herds of these majestic

animals would make their way

through the plains in Dog

County. The Indians took what

they wanted and hunters

would always bag a few, but

they will trample and eat their

way threw good lands, leaving

only arid and sometimes unus-

able land behind them, at

least until the snows melt

and refresh the land. Can the

Ranchers wait that long?

Steam Boat coming to Dogtown. Lucas Shelman, local publican,

made good on his word to build a Steamboat stop right here in

Dogtown. With a scheduled stop Ranchers will soon be able to

come straight to Dogtown via the river. According to the Mayor,

only ve Ranch Hands from each spread will be able to travel on

the RiverBoat, to save any issues between feuding neighbours.

GENERAL STORE

Snowshoes

Blankets

Furs

Winter goods are in

Deadwood 8 Hexes

Melody Ranch 16 Hexes

Highlands 10 Hexes

Double Horn 16 Hexes


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The Dog County Range Wars players map, turn 2, allows players in the campaign to gauge their expansion in the new territory as well as

have a guess where their opponents might be. The colour coding shows where the real money is, in terms of land and income. Lush Lands

that are worked, (that is to say that a Ranch Hand is holding that land at the end of the turn), is worth $100 income to that Ranch.

Abundant Lands are worth $75, Grazing Lands are worth $50 and Arid Lands will produce $25 per month if worked. This informaon will

allow players to plan their next expansion to create the most prot, and to defend the more expensive property, avoiding the cheaper

ands. The black squares around the map represent Trading Posts, and the big one in the centre is where Dogtown is. The Red Stars are the

Ranches. The trees represent mbered hexes which when harvested will become grazing lands. Brown colours are mountain ranges which

ike the rivers and trading posts, can be named as the players discover them. Silver can be found in the mountains, but its risky. You might

ose that ranch hand. Red skull and bones show land clashes last turn where bales have occurred. Players can now just send what num-

bered hex that their Ranch Hands will be going to and through. Go to Dogtown group on Facebook for the current map and more details.


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WarpForged Miniatures

Contact Sco

For commissions

And sales at

[email protected]

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O The Palee with GGG member Steven Azzopardi

Found this chart whilst online, and I think its an excellent idea. You

will never run out of a disconnued colour again or lose that shade

you were looking for in an older set of paints, and you might be

able to create these stunning works of art shown below(Harlequin

Craworld? -Ed)


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Eyes Around The World by GGG member Glen Taylor

We tried to get these shots in last issue of Snake Eyes...you know the one with Space Hulk on the cover. Anyway these

pages show the dedicaon of a guy called Chris Wetzel, who loves Space Hulk so much that he was inspired to build a

et of gaming tables as shown in the photos. They showcase three dierent set ups by Chris, and mulple pieces of

errain, with some purchased and others having been scratch built. You can see Forge World purchases, detailed deck-

ng which you can purchase from Hirstarts, and a use of many dierent details have made a game table thats itching

o be played on...Thanks for the inspiraon, Chris.


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GGG has started running an older game created by

Anthony Reynolds of GW, namely as the tle sug-

gest, Path to Glory. The game is a simple skirmish

style of play with Chaos warbands ghng each oth-

er to gain the aenons of the chaos gods, in the

hope of blessings to increase their might, and add to

their followers. There are three online versions avail-

able for you to play. With photos to come in future

issues, we wanted all members to have the opon of

joining in on the acon. We have included a fan ex-

pansion of the original rules, for you to enjoy...and

due to issue size limitaons, you will have half this

month, and the second half in me for Christmas.


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Irresisble Force, located at Colonial Square, shop 16/ 2

Grevillia Street, Tanah Merah Queensland, is just o the

Pacic Motorway.

Gavin Clarke, the shop owner hosts Painng Workshops,

and tournaments and campaigns are regularly run there.

Irresisble Force stocks Warhammer and WH40k, Flames of

War, Bolt Acon, War Machine, Hordes, Dead Mans Hand,Miniature Paints, Terrain, Hobby tools and theyre open

from 10 AM Monday to Saturday. Phone 07 3458 4324

Theyre on the web and Facebook...


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I have been gaming since 1992 when a friend of mine, a bit of a Ferret (His nickname), introduced

me to Warhammer 40k back in 2ndedion. As no one else in our group had chosen them, I was

selected to try out Tyranids, and the nicknamed tle of Bugboy began.

At the me we were year 8 students with lile money, but much interest. Several of our rst

games consisted of graph paper (2mmx2mm squares) and no models, with my big creatures and

Dreadnought represented by a 2x2 square, Tanks as 3x2, bikes by a 2x1 square and most others as asingle square.

The second game I was introduced to was Magic the Gathering, which at the me was just

releasing 4thedion.

Ferret also introduced me to a group known as the Warhounds, and for my rst non-Brisbane

compeon, and in an aempt to try out other players, I travelled to Toowoomba for a compeon.

Four of ve of my opponents were Brisbane Warhound members Bob Hook and Chris Taylor, (now

GGG members-Ed) made examples of me, but I sll recall with nostalgia the Dark Eldar opponent

the only non Warhounds member) whom I took out by turn 3 with the excepon of his skimmers.

havent been able to do that in a long while...

As part of work I have travelled to the Middle East, where I didnt nd any gaming groups, to places

were I found what I was looking for; Orange -Orange Modelling & Wargaming Society, Cowra -

Cowra Gaming Club, and Bathurst -B.R.A.W.L., all in New South Wales, the Garrison Group in

Adelaide, South Australia, and the Ringwood Gaming Club in Melbourne, Victoria, and not forgeng

the Blind Pig Games Club in Brisbane. All of them were great groups of people promong that which

they and I enjoy, gaming. While in Perth, Western Australia I found an acve gaming group, but as I

didnt stay in Perth long, I didnt manage to make any connecons.

In my me I have collected somewhere over 16,000 points of Tyranids, plus a couple of bio tans,

about 4000 of Ultramarines in 40k plus a dwarf and a chaos Warrior armies for Warhammer. I have

also travelled to Nongham, England to see the Games Workshop head Oce and picked up a

Dwarven Blood bowl team with a model of Bugman that I am planning to use as coach (some day I

am going to have to assemble them), I have a small Necromunda gang and using models from Hero

Quest box sets played Mordheim, with a Vampire Crew.

Mostly I sll play 40k, and enjoy the occasional big game (Apocolypse), but I enjoy the smaller cam-

paign games like Blood bowl, Necromunda, Mordheim and of course Dogtown. I also played in the

soon to nish campaign of WFRP.

Unl we meet again, may all your games be enjoyable ;-)

MEMBER SPOTLIGHT -SEAN OHANLON


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McKiernan

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Michael Colclough

Steven Azzopardi

Darian Chase

Sean OHanlon

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