Weekender: Win A Copy Of This War Of Mine & Battlegroup Chat
May 21, 2016 by dignity
Come and join us as Warren returns to the fold and gets stuck into some discussion on the news from this week AND a look at the great This War Of Mine: The Board Game.
Win This War Of Mine
As well as talking about This War Of Mine we also have a competition where you could win yourself a Copy of the Game AND as a special additional prize a one off Custom Sculpted Miniature of YOURSELF painted by Awaken Realms AND a Stat Card for the game. How crazy is that?!
Three other lucky winners will get themselves codes for This War Of Mine on PC via Steam.
Simply comment below or on Facebook and Youtube to be in with a chance of winning the game.
BoW Updates
We've got some update this week including Warren being back at work and being out of the loop!
Prodos Competition Extended
The Prodos Games competition has been extended from last week so you can comment on this episode too to win the Youngbloods, Sentry Guns & Facehuggers.
EU Masters Live Blog
Justin and Ben are also going to be away in Brno in the Czech Republic this weekend covering the EU Masters Tournament for Warmachine & Hordes.
Doug Hamilton from the Privateer Press studio will be there and we'll be asking him questions about Mark III too!
News Time
Now it's time to get Warren up to speed...
- Descent: Road To Legend - A new take on the world of Descent 2nd Edition with this amazing App.
- 7TV SHIVA Crews - Check out a whole new cast and crew for Crooked Dice's 7TV.
- Massive Darkness Announced - Could this be one of the next big dungeon crawlers from CoolMiniOrNot?
- Yogscast Do Total War: Warhammer - A great 'Time Commanders' take on Warhammer Fantasy from the Yogscast.
Some great stuff for dungeon crawling fans this week for sure.
Unboxing This War Of Mine
We also take some time to unbox and talk through the mechanics of the amazing This War Of Mine: The Board Game from Awaken Realms that is currently on Kickstarter.
This is a fantastic game packed with some interesting narrative choices and plenty of in-depth mechanics to try and convey the situations these folks find themselves in.
We're loving it.
Talking Battlegroup With Oriskany
As well as that we've a little interview with oriskany from the community about his new article series where he works alongside piers to take you through the Battlegroup rules set by Plastic Soldier Company and Ironfist Publishing.
You can catch the first part of his series HERE.
Have a great day!
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Happy weekend
When Warren first came on the screen I thought WOW he’s lost weight , then when he said I was on my honeymoon…….. well it became self explanatory LOL
Happy Weekend!
Good morning? It’s Friday night!
Saturday night here 😛
Looks cool, seems like a good board game adaption of the PC game.
The Fall/Autumn Multi System WW2 Campaign Idea is at 1:20:45
No dedicated time code!!! Me and @oriskany will have to apply the thumb screws to @lance 😉
This is gonna be an epic project. Thanks very much for letting me help. Operation Zeus 1943 will be a worthy “prequel” to the Lloydoslavian War of 1985! 😀
Help??? You may not have realised it but you are the main man lol 😉
@oriskany if it is only half as good as the History of Lloydoslavia it will be a great read. I totally believe in your abilities 😉
Thanks, Warren, @setesch , and @rasmus – and Happy Birthday! 😀 Yeah, a few months ago Warren was pitching the idea for a WW2 campaign, and on a weekender episode asked for ideas. It sounded like we wanted a campaign setting that started with a basis in WW2 history, but wasn’t “bound” by any real history going forward. People at the time were also expressing something of a “been there, done that” feel to WW2, so we really wanted something new. All that said, we didn’t want to swing too far afield to where it became “Weird War 2” –… Read more »
The creation of Lloydoslavia?
Didn’t recognise you from your thumbnail pic 🙂 Beard really looks good on you @oriskany.
At 130am @warzan is talking about jumping into bed with us. Not just a little bit disconcerting.
At least I know you will have kept my spot warm lol
@warzan great to see you back mate, let’s see some of the wedding photos
When I get em I’ll see what I can do lol
Great start to the weekend. Nice content guys.
Board game looks cool.
Would be awesome to play yourself in a game
Much like the mechanic that Dark Souls has created to give a flavour of the original game, This War of Mine seems to have done something similar. It’s a pretty interesting idea, I’m going to watch a few more play throughs before making a decision on backing, but I think I’m close.
Come on Jammie Dance!!
If I was Bren , when Warren was talking , I would roll eyes or sneak on signs ‘Warren does it with 28mm’ etc…
Lol
This War of Mine looks very good! Another KickStarter on my list.
Gotta love some post-apocalypse. 😉
I am wondering with the operation Zeus that given the timeline and the allies going through the Balkans and Greece that when the Soviets realise what the Allies are up to and trying to stop their influence in Eastern Europe will drive south into Afghanistan and then India so they can get an Indian Ocean Naval base that they gave always wanted and also divert a lot of British troops as well .This would bring the Japanese into play as well .
Great stuff @torros!
Definitely a great idea, @torros . I think this will depend on two major constraints: a) How “wide a stage” the team and the system will be able to support. Right now the prospective battle area barely covers the former Yugoslavia. b) How far we want to push the Soviets vs. Allies angle – because Afghanistan and India are British dominions at the time, right? So this would be Soviet armies actively invading the British Empire. But who knows? In the end I think we just want an arena where whoever wants to can participate with the WW2 armies they… Read more »
I have also an idea about Nationalist partisans fighting on different fronts to make sure they have a country once the war is over. I guess it would a bit like the Balkan wars in the early 20th century and 1990’s. In an ideal world these would be NPC’s in a campaign but might be a step too far for Operation Zeus
Would the Soviet Union even be able to invade Afghanistan + India( the Indian volunteer army were over 1,5 million strong making it one of the largest volunteer forces in history.) if this is set after Stalingrad and still be able to push back the Germans? Despite claims the Sovjet Union were running low on manpower and with out the allied supply would they had the means to push the Germans back without the oilfields of Caucasus?
That Shiva set does look super inspired by Temple of Doom, they do look awesome for using in Frostgrave as well!
Great idea!
I have been a fan of Michal Oracz since Neuroshima Hex. I love that game and it was obvious that I should pledge for this as well. Love this game and love the theme. Once again, Michal Oracz proves why he’s one of the best game designers in the industry nowadays!
Very cool, looking forward to this game.
Another Saturday and barely two minutes free from the kids to download the weekender ready to watch on the train for Monday. Looking forward to it.
Wowho I am famous for just my birthday ; )
Just like Jesus…
Spits tea out lol
Jesus was also famous for his catering
…and his illusions!
I’ll get my coat!
And we might have the same hair due …
is there a miniature of King George VI and Winston Churchill out there or is it time form me to get some greenstuff out ?
https://www.blackscorpionminiatures.com/product_info.php?products_id=32
ok then maybe i just save the greenstuff King George VI
Go for it!
ya but in which pose ?
A
B
C
B just looks majestic.
Okay, everyone … I found some quick confirmation of the “Churchill Plot” to actually LAND (i.e., hop out of a landing craft) at Normandy. A few quick excerpts: King George VI wrote a letter to Sir Winston Churchill on May 31, 1944. [That’s just a week before D-Day.] Its contents were shocking: the prime minister, pushing 70 years old, and the king, pushing 50, both intended on landing on the Normandy beach on D-Day. How was their plan foiled? Sir Winston Churchill, a veteran of the Boer War in Africa, was no stranger to combat. King George VI, a veteran… Read more »
Happy weekend!
Love the idea of operation Zeus!
But how do I bring my japanese forces into it? paratroopers? or a japanese carrier group coming up through the Suez canal? after all its a long march from Burma 😉
And sign me up for that weekend 🙂
An idea has been punted in up above there by @torros
Obviously we dont want to streatch stuff too far (i have my dinosaurs waiting in the wings lol) but lets see if there is a realistic way it could happen
Otherwise join my 8th guard 😉
@warzan, @torros, @oriskany and @ reiton I like the idea of focussing the battles on the Balkans much more than a free for all over the world. But instead of having the USSR invade through India, and create a huge new ‘what if’ campaign, why not extrapolate a bit in the Pacific? Germany had colonies in Southeast Asia until they lost WW1: German New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bougainville, Micronesia, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Mariana Islands, Caroline Islands and German Samoa. How about, as part of this what if, Germany had done a deal with Japan and reclaimed the territories it lost… Read more »
Spot the man playing endlessly with that bloody ring, sliding it (seductively?) up and down that finger lol
Seriously any tips for a guy who never wears a ring or stuff like that, how do you stop fiddling with it (the ring, behave yourself)
i think you are done for in the case of your right you are doom to foddeling it like Golom in the lord of the ring
I usually take mine off when I sit down to do anything.
I will lose it (then it’s game over man, game over)
Not if you always put it in the same place. Learned that lesson the hard way lol
just keep it on
get a chain for it @warzan ?
The scary thing is that eventually it will look like you’re wearing it when you’ve taken it off. I mean a ring tan mark, how the frig does that happen……………….22yrs of blissful marriage!?!?
😉 😉 😉
Took me a long time to get used to wearing mine, before that the extent of “jewellery” I wore consisted solely of my watch. Just takes time to let it bed in (for want of a better term). Just make sure you don’t do what I did. Few weeks after the wedding, sat at my desk at work, had been fiddling with it so it was sat loose on my finger just above the knuckle, swung my arm out in a gesticulation and shot the ring across the office (on the 2nd floor), watched it bounce off an open window… Read more »
I put mine on a thong….. around my neck 😉 (seriously that’s what they call those things, thongs, search it Amazon and see how that goes!)
That way it never goes missing, I don’t have to worry about playing with it and if you tell the Mrs ‘ just wanted keep you closer to my heart’ then you get bonus points and we all know what happens with bonus points…
Precccioussss ?
25 years and I’m still at it mate, you will or wont stop fiddling at your own pace….
loved the PC game version. depressing as hell.
If you like being depressed as much as real multi-player options in a game, you will not be disappointed. What the two gentlemen mentioned only ever so slightly during their chit-chat is that TWoM is a solo-player game without any real multi-player options. The story book is passed to the next player each phase (morning, night), but the player in charge makes all the decisions for all the characters in the group. Both authors of the game confirmed this, one on BoardGameGeek, the other in an AMA on Reddit. Yes, of course all players can talk and discuss which actions… Read more »
Hope you had an amazing time @warzan
Just about to watch this episode but this war of mine is a fantastic PC game so I can only imagine the board game will be great too.
Great to see Battlegroup on the show. It’s a great game and would love to see you guys get the author on the show and show a game. The blog post that’s started by oriskany is excellent and gives a great overview of the game. A WW2 campaign starting in September, brilliant, can’t wait!
i do like the look of those models from the CMON crawler.