Reply To: Hobby Weekender 15/03/2019 – The 2000's

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@sundancer first poster bonus points! Agree LoTR was a nice way to kick off the decade. Although it did sort of spoil us for fantasy movies and set a pretty high benchmark for everything else in the genre, which is probably one of the reasons why everybody is doing superhero films or 880’s remakes instead 🙂 You were into Star Wars pocket models? Well that explains a little 🙂 Nice diverse playlist! Hrm a modular table is a nice approach – how would you manage it? One standard central piece with add-on options for the sides, a series of interlinked 2×2 foot sections? Perhaps there will be some inspiration in the book that @theterraintutor is going live with. I’m busy weighing up the pros and cons of the PDF version (handy and no postage charges to Oz) or the hard copy (would just be really nice 🙂 ). 50 points for responses, first post and bonus pledge 🙂

@dawfydd had forgotten about some of those TV gems – wow, has it been that long? they have really held up well 🙂 You may judge me harshly for this but I still haven’t gotten around to finishing SAC 🙁 I’d personally probably add Macross Frontier to the list – still my favourite from the franchise. I didn’t mind Gasarakai either – OK I know it was late ’99 so missed the cut but I didn’t see it until later on. slower series, but I liked the political and economic aspect as well as the deeper look at the cultural side of things. Oh, and Full Metal Panic for general hilarity in the first few episodes 🙂  Heh, behold indeed! Again a very diverse selection of tunes. Mos Eisley would actually be a good choice as you could always shoehorn it into pretty much any in-scale sci-fi game (that’s the nice thing about the universe being such a big place). Pelennor Fields is an interesting call. Would you include the wall/gates/ramparts of Minas Tirith on the table edge? reminds me, I did see an awesome table build for Osgiliath in y travels – bear with me a moment…

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Well worth a watch if you have the time 🙂 Just wish I could loan them a water mat for the river is all (no doubt they have remedied by now I’m sure 🙂 )  40 points for responses and pledge.

@kiranamida don’t worry I think we might all be in agreement on LoTR 🙂 I never had the opportunity to play 4th ed – my gaming circle were pretty much entrenched in 3.5 so missed the boat. I’ve heard various perspectives on it from different people but where the system appears to really shine is it’s accessibility for newer gamers, and by the sounds of things it was your gateway into a much wider reach into the hobbying community. Hope the time it taxed from your Uni studies 🙂 Great tunes 🙂 Napoleonic tabletops would look fantastic. Agree that Waterloo has been done a little, although with the kits available for Hougoumont or La Haye Sainte I might be tempted… But there are so many other interesting battles as you say. I’d personally be leaning towards Borodino but that’s probably a side-effect of having read war and Peace as a teenager… Would you aim for something at small scale, skirmish size at 28mm (noting the Cornwell reference) or larger scale with ‘counts as’ rules in effect to handle the size of the forces involved? Solid pledge 🙂 40 points for responses and pledge.

Ok off for breakfast and coffee, more responses later 🙂