Last week I didn’t win a single game, so I was really torn this week as to whether I wanted to change up my list a bit or nail it down and move forward. I had the chance to do this because our shop is doing something a little different with our Journeyman league: Since we are doing two-week blocks with especially new players, it made sense to allow everyone to experiment during the first week of the block and then lock everything down during the second week. After thinking it over, and looking at my block five and six options, I decided to stick with it. Also, I would have been really disappointed to let go of Thor. Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 8
Category Archives: Gaming
Campaign Board Games
Over the last couple of years, I have noticed a spike in the number of board games offering some form of campaign play. Specifically, almost every cooperative game that I’ve purchased or have been looking toward has been built with this in mind. For some (such as Pandemic Legacy and Kingdom Death: Monster), this is core to the gameplay and, as such, don’t really support a one-shot style. Others (like Galaxy Defenders and the Lord of the Rings LCG) don’t directly require campaign play, but have that capability and I want to play it that way. Continue reading Campaign Board Games
Warmachine Journeyman – Week 7
Week seven of the Journeyman league is a big week – not only is it the largest single escalation week (increasing the number of points by 25 to a total of 50), but it also allows a warcaster/warlock swap. This allows for a lot of cool stuff and the lists that people are bringing this week are pretty neat. My list, on the other hand, looks pretty lackluster, as I’m still saving up a few points for week nine (no spoilers, but you can probably guess). That being said, my list is just after the jump. Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 7
Warmachine Journeyman – Week 6
This week was a very busy week at the Rogue’s Roost, so I only got a single game in. However, I wasn’t expecting to get any Warmachine time in this week, so I was very happy to get what I got. My opponent was Harry and Megan, and I got the chance to play a full 25 point game against Circle Orboros: Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 6
Warmachine Journeyman – Week 5
Week five is another escalation week, with the chance to add solos and units to the army. Since I’m playing Rhulic mercenaries, I jumped at the chance to add my favorite dwarf and his bear to my list: Brun Cragback and Lug. Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 5
Me and Competitive Games
I realized something about myself some time ago – my brain is not wired for direct competition. For many, it seems, there is a general feedback loop about competition that looks like this: Continue reading Me and Competitive Games
Warmachine Journeyman – Week 4
This week, I got the chance to bring Harry up to speed with the Journeyman league, while also getting some painting in. Harry had just cracked open the Circle Orboros battle box this week, so I dropped down to my zero point list and lent him my already assembled metal models so we could get a game in. Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 4
Warmachine Journeyman – Week 3
Week three marks the beginning of the escalation of the Journeyman League at the Rogue’s Roost. This week, players are allowed to bring up to ten additional points in warjacks or warbeasts. This is a tough choice for a lot of armies, because it’s tricky to fit – ten points is not a lot, and it has to be something that will help the army at both a few points (for the early weeks of the Journeyman), but also be worthwhile later at higher point games (for the later weeks of the Journeyman).
For this reason, I chose to take the Ghordson Basher – one of my favorites. Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 3
Warmachine Journeyman – Week 2
Week 2 was pretty slow for the Warmachine Journeyman league, but I managed to get in two games, and get a model painted, so overall a success. This week was still zero point battle box games, and I played both games with my brother, William. Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 2
Warmachine Journeyman – Week 1
The Journeyman league finished up its first week last weekend, and I had a ton of fun. We decided to do two-week blocks so that there would be more time to play games and get some painting in. So far, I managed to get in 3 games with an overall record of 0 and 3. Hopefully the second half of week 1 treats me better – all the gory details after the fold. Continue reading Warmachine Journeyman – Week 1