Rich May

Great times. That pic of the chaos (small 'C') on the landing is amazing!

I had an absolute blast at the 2nd Heads event organised by Ed from Minisodes at the weekend. A couple of games of 2nd edition (including a huge 3000pt a side one where we managed to get all my Chaos horde out), a game of Space Crusade, and a great time with like minded folk!

Thanks for playing. It helps me justify my extravagant ebay purchases! 😂

I do love the fact that we can just 3D print that sort of thing nowadays but it does feel a bit like cheating not building it out of toilet rolls and deodorant bottles...

Thanks and yeah, I know what you mean. I played two games of second edition over the weekend and it was impossible to take a bad photo with the terrain and minis we had.

Photo of a second edition Warhammer battle in progress featuring the classic green board and terrain.

Do it! I try not to wallow in nostalgia _too_ much and I do genuinely enjoy 10th edition but it was a wonderfully refreshing change from the norm.

Ruined Chapel CHROMA - Pre-coloured, hard-wearing MDF terrain. Just build and play. The Ruined Chapel kit is made from 3mm Pre-Coloured MDF using hard-wearing UV Ink. It is a great scenery kit to use in sci-fi skir...

@beardypaulh.bsky.social , it was apparently from the TTCombat Chroma range originally. Ed from the Minisodes channel rebased and repainted it in the classic style for those iconic results!

ttcombat.com/collections/...

I would heartily recommend it - small but very relaxed and friendly.

Thanks! It was an opportunity I couldn't pass up!

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A lovely low-key event called 'Second 'eds' in Bristol organised by Ed from the Minisodes YouTube channel:

www.youtube.com/@edpaintsminis

Thanks! That army has been on the go since 1996 so it seemed only appropriate!

Off the top of my head no, but I can likely find out. Most of the rest of the terrain we used was 3D prints from @doctorspork.bsky.social who does make a lovely version of this cathedral too.

(This terrain piece is apparently an MDF kit based on the classic ruined shrine from the 90s WD era but it 100% looks the part)

Photograph of a small force of Sisters of Battle miniatures from the Second Edition-era on a ruined shrine.

Photograph of a small force of Sisters of Battle miniatures from the Second Edition-era on a ruined shrine.

Photograph of a small force of Sisters of Battle miniatures from the Second Edition-era on a ruined shrine.

So one of the coolest thing about the Second 'Eds event was the chance to set up some army pics on 'proper' era-appropriate terrain. These pics were kindly taken for me with a real camera and everything!

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St. Helena is nice this time of year.

Ring just judging you all passive aggressive like.

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Pity them. They'll never know the delight of trying to work out if you find Hexadecimal terrifying or strangely attractive.

Space Crusade -tends- to be a more sedate experience given it was aimed more at kids back in the day. It does depend a lot on how vicious your GM is. It's always tempting to hide the dreadnought blip somewhere sneaky...

It was a pretty epic weekend.

I played it on the Amstrad myself. I remember pouring over the isometric view and being stunned when I played the level where the ship hull is breached and it starts filling with vacuum.

Isn't it just? There's a strong 2000AD vibe about the artwork too - I never did find out who the artist was but I wouldn't be surprised if it was some great from the history of British comics.

Battle Masters was The One That Got Away for me. I've managed a few games of the modern Hero Quest and it's as good as ever but Space Crusade is just the right level of complexity for a chilled out evening.

...Space Crusade (in case you didn't know). Basically the first taste of Warhammer 40,000 that many of us Ancients ever had.

Photo of a game of Space Crusade, a board game featuring the interior of a space ship laid out in squares with bright yellow, blue and red Space Marine models on it.

In between games of 40k Second Edition at the weekend (see previous post) I managed to corral some folks into playing an even older game...

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Oh man. I still have my original but...

That pretty much tallies with my current experience with Mint (I'm about six weeks into a similar switchover). Might have to try Cachy at some point. Or Pop!_OS. Or Bazzite. Or...

Oooh.

Good luck with all that. Glad to hear you got out okay.

Ooh yes. Terminators are (well were in the older fluff, certainly) the best armour short of being a dreadnought and have the added bonus of not needing to be nearly dead to use it. 😂

Because I like Invisible War. 😛

It's not in the same league as the original, obviously, but I still like it.