RAMBLIN GAMER

NECRON CODEX !

2011-12-30T17:59:00.001-05:00

Thank Goodness they finally upgraded the Codex.

Wait, what the... I don't... MATT WARD !

2011-12-16T10:31:00.001-05:00

Forward to the Future That's my new motto.

After long preparation for Hordes of the Things, I found out that one of my favorite players of the game has no further desire to hang out with me anymore. I can understand that, but not understand why he couldn't be honest about it, or told me before I did all the work. But I shall look on the bright side, somewhere somehow, people that like HOTT will show up and I'll get to use these new armies somehow.

=======================

Also in my D&D campaign I had to sack the whole thing.
I had seven players, and five of them were unable to be polite during the game.

one talks quite a bit about other miniatures games during RPG time.
one cannot silence his cell phone or stay off of it. Which I could understand if he were a doctor or had a life; but he does not.
one cannot help but contradict me and correct me on the rules.
one cannot show up on time, or stay awake
one cannot quit playing other video games or music during RPG time.

At some juncture a tipping point was reached, and the signal-to-noise ratio grew too lopsided, and I disbanded the weekly game.
But I remain positive. Somehow somewhere there are people who can politely join in a gaming group.

Trolls of Minaria

2011-10-19T20:40:00.001-05:00

The trolls march out to war with my newest Hordes Army

Back Row: Behemoths and Cleric

Next Row: Warbands and Artillery

Front Row: Spears and Sneaker

DIVINE RIGHT- HORDES of the THINGS for MINARIA

2011-09-09T16:45:00.003-05:00

What if we had miniature armies for each of the nations on the Minaria map from the game Divine Right.
This neednt be huge, there's only 14 or so countries to represent

.

SEE HERE

undead campaign

2011-09-09T08:18:00.000-05:00

Our un-heroes battle the last of the Death Giants,
reputedly the last giants in all of Minaria.

Beholder Conversation

2011-08-20T10:54:00.000-05:00

From the excellent discussion thread on beholders from Rpg.Net:

Lords of Death

2011-06-19T15:44:00.000-05:00

Time to Expand our Domain

Were going to open this place with

a mithril suggestion box.

CAMPAIGN FRONT DOOR

Divine Right, Kingmaker, Hex Map, Pathfinder

2011-04-01T10:21:00.000-05:00

New & Improved Campaign Area Map

With 12 miles hexes overlayed on the subject Area

Setup right for a Kingmaker style Sandbox Adventure.

City of the Dead - Minaria D20

2011-03-22T19:57:00.001-05:00

Map of Campaign Area

DIVINE RIGHT for D&D

The PCs control the Area in the Hunger Hills

near the big red Star.

Rogue Trader Cargo List

2011-03-22T11:05:00.002-05:00

Items contained in the Primary Hold
of the EMPERORS HAND RT Cruiser.

Most products are self explanatory, however:
Barrage is a Combat Drug ; Ultra-Smoke is for the Battlefield ; Toxicontin is a medical drug. ; Denomagen is a classified food substance ; Stokelies are vegetable rations ; Bacoreals are protein rations ; An organic energy reactor is bascially an STC compatible Mr.Fusion module.

Let's Talk About Rogue Trader

2011-03-13T14:08:00.000-05:00

Looks like the Warp Storm is about to slam into Esteban and Quistorol.

Muppet Gods

2011-03-02T11:09:00.000-05:00

Miracle Kermit

Pig Barda

Mich.Wolvirene

2011-03-01T14:12:00.000-05:00

February is Dark Eldar History Month

2011-02-28T11:09:00.000-05:00

What are you doing to Commemorate ?

DEATH WATCH SPACE MARINES

2011-02-10T20:44:00.000-05:00

The heroes of Squad Ventura advance from the Turbo-Shaft onto the Refugee Liner and are assaulted by Former Guardsmen that are now Gene-Stealer carriers.

DEATH WATCH SPACE MARINES

2011-01-28T11:39:00.001-05:00

Squad Ventura embarks from their ThunderHawk transport to survey a Tau infested world.

They recover an old Legio Cybernetica Robot on their 1st mission.

Justice League Vs. Al-Qaeda

2011-01-16T10:51:00.000-05:00

insert witty caption here

USA FIFTY PART ONE

2010-12-21T20:52:00.002-05:00

Thanks to everyone who helped:

long months of work have paid off.

The USA-50, Book of the West
is in print finally.

A Super-Hero for every state in the Union, it's all we ask.

JOIN THE DISCUSSION

SEE THE PREVIEWS of the NEXT BOOK

VISIT THE PUBLISHER

BUY THE BOOK

Thanks again to all who believed.

avatar - last entry

2010-12-15T18:04:00.000-05:00

I have lost my Ki Focus on Avatar, must finish next champions book.

Thank you guys for playing, it was a blast.

Here's how things fell out "off-screen"

Events would lead your characters ever north-ward, to the land where the Laotians come from. You would find out how they got there disgusting powers, by "selling their soul to the devil"

You would run into Jan-Sun Bor-Un, an NPC of incredible age. He had almost died 300 years ago,
but his soul had been decanted into a vehicle by the Tinker Avatar. So he still lived on,
almost like a dreadnaut from 4OK. He would know the way to sneak into the Laotion capital city of Yem. And he would die to bring you this knowledge.

Three things would assail you in Yem: Ghosts, Snow-men, and Death-Benders. One of the snow men would actually be an evil Dragon, rather the ghost of one possessing an ice sculpture shaped like a dragon.

Narrowly defeating him leads to his "hoard" in which are bona-fide D&D style magic items.
the likes of Which you bender types had never really seen and could hardly comprehend.

Tracking down the source of these perversions of the spiritiual order leads to an enclave of aliens just on the far side of the world. There you would find a coven of Mercane, who had gotten lost spell-jamming, and found the bizarre Avatar sphere.

They decided to make a go of it here, and bring there way of life to this place.
They found the lesser cultures (Laotians, Malay, Filipino, etc that live in the other hemisphere) who didn't have the bending arts were more than willing to sell anything: gold, daughters, master-work relics,diamonds, etc. to get there hands on items from the Mercane that would duplicate or surpass Bender's abilities.

You would have had to call in some favors, raise a small army, and still call in the Avatar via Bob's forehead to defeat this base.

Even then, after the last Mercane had been killed, and the evil items broken, and the lesser peoples sent home, the horror would not be over yet.

You would find the under-basement, defeat a few guardians, and come across the Trap of the 5 Souls.
Being a type of mobius-pentagram, you'd have to defeat the guardians thereon (diabolic)
and find a few celestials, elementals, and a previous avatar trapped on the five spokes.

To free the Avatar (a missing one from 200 years, when the avatar cycle got "out of orrder")
one of you would have to leap full into the trap to swap places.

Only then could the trapped avatar go back to the astral plane, and really restore balance to the world. You guys would be heroes of legend and song from then on...

Death-Benders ? There is No Such Thing

2010-11-16T18:10:00.000-05:00

The party gathers supplies and heads up to mountain village
of Blue Silk, to help with earth-quake.

on the way there, they are jumped by earth-kingdom bandit girls
who imply that there is something wrong with the avatar.

later the PCs are jumped by 3 lava golems.
who were animated by a short foreign death-bender,
who seems to be a Yemite.

sickeningly, the yemite can bend earth and fire at the same time,
but seems to do so via magic items, and has possibly sold his soul to do so.
he unleashed a devastating lava-contacts-water attack that sprayed everyone
with deadly fire shards.

found notebook of yemite mercenary.

Avatar - Airbender

2010-11-03T19:50:00.000-05:00

the players visit Taku Institute,

Asian Herbs

and met the Avatar last week,

but this week she tricks them
with an invite, to a "date" which
turns out to be a bending duel.

she wins, but the Boulder did actually
score an Intimidate on her.

Vash gave the Ninja Scroll to the Knowledge Foxes.

Chang learned more about his medical dog.

a servant comes to lead the players to a village up the road
that is suffering a plague after a recent earth0quake,

the players stock up on supplies and healing herbs
(they were at Taku, after all) to help the survivors.

Even the Avatar Can Botch a Bending Skill Check

2010-10-15T13:36:00.002-05:00

AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY BENDERS

Our heroes cleaned up the mess at Cape Cod castle, and reported their finds to Lord Kunemura, since it was his vassal who had fallen prey to the neko-mata spirit.

From the monk at the nearby temple, they gathered that gross dishonor somehow leads to extreme bad karma, which invites bad visitations from the spirit worlds.

Chang had recovered a mecha-dog from the wreckage of the castle, (his Flunky activating in BESM) and had found a mystic scroll in it, possibly a deed? and found that it had a "Ki Wheel" which was drained of power. He fixed all the mechanical bits he could find on it,
but it still did not activate, even though he had restored it completely. Apparently it needed energy from Air and Earth bending to come alive.

Escaping all the red tape, girl trouble, and unwanted attentions, the group goes up the road to Gai-Pan Town, renowned for its military heritage, mercenaries, and martial history. They are looking for an air-bender, and can't find one, since the trade route, where Air Nomads visit, goes on the west coast, near Earth-Port.

The court jester (of the duke of Gai-pan) latches onto the PC party, and follows them all over the city, crafting stories based on their exploits. She deems them dull, and barely worthy of her time. Most nobles have such
excellent fodder, and these "good guys" generate no buzz whatsoever. Boring!

They find no air-bender, and no leads on adventures, so they decided to carry the report (with Karon the Water-Bender) to the Avatar, since she isjust up the road at Taku Institute.

After meeting a rogue (ignored) on the road, they escaped a stampede of komodo-rhinos, and cruised on into Taku.

The town has been restored since the wars, and the gardens refertilized, and an academy of herbalism established. In a large but simply decorated manor is where the Avatar Ren-Zoni resides. The PCs are given a room, and they gather all their thoughts on paper, and get cleaned up for an appointment with her tomorrow.

The meeting goes well enough, and Ren-zoni looks deep into all their minds, as she is quite insightful, as well as being an energy bender (who looks into minds).

They analyze what they have seen, and she adds that such spiritual incidents seem to be on the rise. What the party needs is direction, a "senior project" if you will. What the Avatar needs is a another set of eyes, and a homing signal for her astral projection.

As it comes about, Chang has the most receptive mind for such things, and she crafts a gold and jade ring for him to wear. And she energy bends his mind just a touch, and from now on, he stands out as a beacon for her in the spiritual realm.

If they run into a matter that the avatar needs to interven upon, they can call her, and she can quickly travel through the spirit realm to their location.

Chang gives the herbs they found on adventure one to the Avatar, a rich gift. He asks her to look at the ki wheel. It is an artifact from 1400 years ago, crafted by that avatar (Trung-Trong). She doesn't know how to activate it, but she calls up a previous avatar, but gets the wrong one. She accidentally calls up ARIN-JAYA the Warlord of Ice, and he wreaks a little havoc before he settles down to answer their questions.

He tells them that the spirit realm is vast, and there's little limits on the uncleanness, but those who are clean are limited. But he does empower the ki wheel, earth-bending and air-bending simultaneously onto the gear.

He leaves, and the current Avatar wakes up, and all the furnishings are damaged by ice and cold.

Last Fire-Bender

2010-10-08T19:15:00.014-05:00

The team investigates a haunted castle and finds a cat-spirit abusing the peasants in a nearby village. "Cape Cod" or Tara Mura.

Murder of the local baron had left the villagers susceptible to a feline visitation, that terrorized the peasants.

The Historian won't say Anything Dishonorable.

2010-09-24T11:23:00.000-05:00

LXB

The team investigated the "earth-bending" bandits, and found some soldiers who served a nearby daimyo. They had been victims of similar bandits, but there story was confusing and shamefilled. Still, the team visited the daimyo, and his chamberlain asked them to discreetly find the family Daisho, and return it dicreetly, no questions asked.

In their blundering, they found an abandoned ninja school underneath the castle, and it was infested with little peasants, an they had duped the 2nd son of the daimyo into the theft.

Regrettably all had to be killed, and the family historian, a mute, helped concoct a plausible story for the daimyo.

League of Extraordinary Airbenders

2010-09-12T16:06:00.001-05:00

Session One:

The players meet. They are all rising seniors at Shen-juku University at Pohuai.
Ventan and Vash took World History together.
Vash and Kang took Geography class together.
Chang and Vash took Arcane Studies course at same time.

All the characters are sons of noblemen who have been sent away to college.
They have this last summer to kill together.
Then classes next year, then they must face the harsh reality of real life.

Can Vash actually complete his doctorate, and gain the reputation he will need as a non-Water healer?

Will Ventan become his own man, or just have to rely on his noble Fire inheritances and lands to get by? (provided the paperwork clears up)

Can Chang overcome the dishonor of his Air past, and find an employer who will be interested in his crazy gadgets?

Will Kang continue on as the new Boulder, or will he have to earn a living with real work?

DETAILS:
the guys learn about the campus and the town. and hear Local Rumors concerning:

Thefts from a noble estate.
Bandit Gangs.
Some peculiar bandits who may be renegade earth-benders.

Also they go to a tavern (Of the Mighty) and hear Global Rumors of:

Men who claim to be Death-Benders, if one can imagine such a thing.
Those who claim to be Light-Benders, which may be a very tall tale.
Northernors who tell of snow-men coming to life and walking about.
a nation composed entirely of light-skinned persons.

They listen to a bard perform some songs, but a girl with a poison dart gun
starts some trouble, which the boys finish up outside.

Avatar Campaign links here.

ROGUE TRADER - HOUSE STERLING

2010-08-14T15:16:00.000-05:00

the adventures of the new guys in the sector,
with a shiny new Warrant from the Emperor.

Airbender D20 Campaign

2010-07-22T12:36:00.000-05:00

Soon I'll be starting up a game based on the hit Nick series,

the Last Airbender.

USA FIFTY - WEST

2010-07-18T20:06:00.000-05:00

The USA-50 Book of the West is in the can. The last revisions are going to the publisher, and we'll see it soon.

picture unrelated

USA FIFTY Miniatures

2010-06-20T15:06:00.002-05:00

USA 5O Super Hero Miniatures
Painted by the Main Man Roy W.

Front Row:
WV, KS, MI, SC

Next:
USVI, MO, IL, Tanya, MD

Last Row:
IN, Mexico, UT, Canada

Philosophical Question

2010-06-06T19:30:00.003-05:00

USA FIFTY

Map Split Decision

With Fifty State Heroes, the work has to be split into three books. The brown portion on both maps has been done. That's the USA-50 West. So for the 2 coming books, I wonder which way should they be divided?

The top map shows West, South, and North-East.

The bottom map looks at a West, Central, and East split.

What do you think ?

2010-05-27T08:54:00.000-05:00

GM Software

this was old Rolemaster and Spacemaster
tracking programs.

Press F2 to create New Universe.

USA FIFTY

2010-05-22T12:07:00.003-05:00

The Book goes to the publisher soon, should see publication this summer.

USA FIFTY HOME PAGE

2010-05-02T12:59:00.003-05:00

Until a more permanent home is found:

Here's the link
for USA 5O Website for 5th edition.

And a link
for USA 5O Discussion for 6th edition.

+ publisher for USA-5O

Hex Boards for Combat Game

2010-02-21T16:03:00.001-05:00

HEXES

for a game I'm planning
not unlike Space Hulk

USA FIFTY Miniatures

2010-01-19T21:55:00.003-05:00

KITTY-HAWK of North Carolina

and

VIRTUS of Virginia

sift through the ruins of Jamestown
for clues on the Kingston Caper

USA FIFTY Miniatures

2010-01-19T21:53:00.004-05:00

In the jungles of Oregon,

ORKA-MORTALE of WASHINGTON

and

THOROBRED of KENTUCKY

look for rogue W.E.L.C.O.M.E. elements.

USA FIFTY

2010-01-19T21:47:00.003-05:00

Behind the McDonalds in Tel-Aviv,

WIND-TALKER of Arizona

and

WILD CATTER of ALASKA

plot the demise of an AQ cell
just across the border.

USA FIFTY Miniatures

2010-01-19T21:44:00.004-05:00

Somewhere in Manitoba,

MISS BISON of Wymoing

and

BIG SKY of MONTANA

track the vigilante called Prairie Fire

USA FIFTY Miniatures

2010-01-19T21:33:00.004-05:00

In our last issue,

CAPTAIN CALIFORNIA

and the

SILVER LINE of Nevada

had tracked down Doctor Mojave
to his lair.

USA FIFTY Miniatures

2010-01-19T21:30:00.004-05:00

From outta nowhere,

GEMSTONE of Idaho

and

CENTENNIAL of Colorado

break right to take down the bad guys

MARS-CON 2O1O

2010-01-15T01:06:00.003-05:00

Gone Fishing.

Failed Cover for USA-5O

2009-12-25T19:59:00.002-05:00

USA FIFTY

Bench Transformers - D20 BESM Part 7

2009-11-08T15:33:00.007-05:00

Built: Nexus Quail System

-8 on detection, 50 mile radus, 10 minute duration.

a system of drones that impair nexus emanations in a big area.

================

Found: Chamo-Armor Module

similar to an LCD paint job, but size of controlled field is unlimited.

========== ============

Found: Cybertron Scandium Tablet - Formula for Space Bridge – Drawback: one user

======== =====

Project: Grid Search Entire Peninsula looking everywhere for dead Transformers or sources of Nexus/Allspark Energy.

============= ====

Project: Repair Broad-Sides Drone Fleet, as all of his "Tomcats" have been lost or destroyed.

============ =====

Group of PCs; Klondike, Crowbar, Chessex, and Griffon: fought and captured the capture Kenworth Karnivore Notable quotes: "looks like someone Brought a tricorder to a gunfight". Chessex provided the escape route: "I get to be the train, I get to be the train!!"

=========== ========

Pictured: a Tomcat, a Hobot in base form, and a Hobot in disguise.

USA FIFTY

2009-10-27T21:32:00.004-05:00

The USA-50 site,
as of 5th Edition;
can be found here

Bench Transformers - D20 BESM - Week Six

2009-10-25T16:42:00.007-05:00

Family Portrait of the Bench Transformers crossing the pond. Clockwise: Griffon(chopper), Burgerama(bot-form), Pimpticon(thermal-bag), Klondike(van), Chessex(bot), Crowbar(tow), Incoming(MLRS), HRT(mech), Shredder(sedan), and they all stand on Broadside(carrier)
----------------------------------------

BROADSIDE, and KLONDIKE join up with some British SAS on tracking down a link to England. It seems another ancient backup source of Energon may have been secreted at Stonehenge. Strange creatures were reported and the incident immediately went classified.

SHREDDER and BURGERAMA go hand to hand with the Mystic Stone-Bots.

Bench Transformers - D20 BESM - Week 5

2009-10-18T17:02:00.008-05:00

NEWPORT NEWS VA: the Northwestern Quadrant of Jefferson Labs was destroyed today as a cryogenic explosion rocked the area, sending a mile wide cloud of sparkling fog into the sky. Traffic ground to a halt at 2:25 pm on Jeff. Ave, Oyster Point Blvd, Canon Blvd, only leaving Middle Ground Blvd as a risky means of leaving the area. Cars backed up to Oyster Point, Warwick Blvd, J Clyde, and the 256 exit of I-64.

Only 2 lives were lost, as warning sirens were issued in time.

From the Bench: GRIFFON, KLONDIKE, CROWBAR and CHESSEX were able to revive BROAD-SIDE the Senior Autobot. They also rescued SHREDDER from the Q-Energy Labs in the Octagon at Jeff.Labs. Broadside wondered if old Dr. Promezdin was still around, the man was a known Decepticon Sympathizer.

In the picture: our Autobots battle Feral Sparkticons. (the tiny animalistic beings that are created when Earth machinery is exposed to All-Spark energy without Transformer guidance.)

Bench Transformers - D20 BESM - Week 4

2009-10-11T19:39:00.003-05:00

Crowbar, Griffon, and Chessex gathered info on the banks of the James River, and determined the guards and movements of the Navy personnel amongst the ghost fleet.

What they didnt count on were the mercenaries from Black-Watch, working for BASF, who had survey equipment watching a particular pod of ships. The Auto-bots make a diving barge, and trudge out on the bottom to the ghost fleet. They use their nexus sensors to find Broad-Side's body jammed into the mud.

Navy squids fell for the barge decoy, and never found the team. Black watch got a lead, but lost the trail.

pictured:
Crowbar, Griffon, Chessex, with Broadside laying down.
Barge in the fore-ground, speedboat on right.

Where my Vomit At ?

2009-10-10T14:19:00.007-05:00

BENCH TRANSFORMERS WEEK THREE

GRIFFON, CROW-BAR, and PIMPTICON
attempt to rescue Gwen of Wal-Mart
from the mercs at BASF.

pulled Pimpticon's mission chips.

Then they track some nexus energy out to the Ghost Fleet, in the middle of the James River.

Don't Call the EPA, they're Also in on the Conspiracy

2009-09-27T17:44:00.004-05:00

Bench Transformers:

The Gang: Griffon the News Van, HRT the Bus, and Chessex the Train; investigate the BASF factory for dirty goings-on. It was easy till Griffon got waylaid by a blob of toxic sludge.

He was using the nearby walmart parking lot to scope out the BASF lot. the whole area drains into a settlement/easement pond, so it gets the waste from both the factory and the distro center. One lady died and one was injured but the PCs killed the monster. So the fight stymied the investigation into the disappearance of Broad-Side .

Analysis of the samples revealed it was a combo of radiation, toxivore bacteria, and Nexus energy. Since the BASF factory "guards" also had a nexus lazer last week, there's dirty work afoot. Why has BASF branched out big into government contracts in the last year and a half?!?

PICTURE, left to right:

Griffon, the Toxic, the dead woman, Gwen from Wal-Mart, and HRT the Bus

Miss Gwen from Wal-Mart also disappeared after her arrest. Eerily, she was just a victim of the sludge attack, but was charged with embezzlement, released on bail, yet ended up in the van with the BASF "guards". Griffon bribed the tech admin at Wal-Mart to get the undoctored surveillance tape, which inadvertantly revealed that others were interested in the Transformers, or maybe the sludge.

Ongoing projects:
Analysis of the Nexus radios at PHF, tapping the traffic cameras, augmenting the regional traffic cameras, converting the captured Nexus Lazer into something useful.
Burgerama, Pimpticon, and Shredder are still casing the airport.
Griffon, Crow-Bar, and HRT will continue gathering info on BASF.
Klondike will do the science analysis at the base while Incoming guards and assists.
Chessex will be quietly digging an ingress tunnel into the BASF building, from the nearby rail-head at Lee Hall.

What's that Burning Stench ?

2009-09-20T18:41:00.007-05:00

Bench Transformers,
Episode I
===================

Another day on the Peninsula dawns with the Transformers hard at work. Picture: dousing a Chemical Blaze

Crow-Bar gets some old Ford Fairlanes to run again,
and Chessex hauls 120Ktons of coal from Richmond, and
near evening Griffon films a crime-rescue drama in downtown shipyard land.

Then on the way back to base, to post his video to sell to the news channels,
Griffon gets a burning, itching sensation on the back of his neck.

They find out they are implanted with a mission chip, which encourages their performance of their mission, which is to A) build up the base, B) remain hidden, C) perform jobs that build up supplies of money and goods and D) be loyal heroic Auto-Bots.

This is all well and good, but who made the chips and why were they put on our heroes ?
Only Griffon has had his removed so far.

They follow signals at NN/PHF, and find 2 jets there have been equipped with Nexus-Energy recording radios. The PCs steal the radio w/its drive and data.

they analyze data, and find out voices of 12 Auto-Bots. Yet only 9 Auto-Bots are locally known.

They investigate Blow Flats road. find Mercs who arent that intimidated by Auto-bots and have a Nexus-Energy laser.

Crow-Bar starts a Fight with teh Black-talon Mercs.
on the right in yellow is Chessex in his mole-drilling rig form

here's the Team Line-Up

Miami Vice - Saturday Mornings on NBC - Coming This Fall

2009-08-30T18:03:00.004-05:00

Crockett and Tubbs will again tool around South Florida looking for action this season.

Miami Vice: Freestylin

Saturday mornings at 10:00 am.

mecha_jam

2009-08-07T08:43:00.006-05:00

MECH
PORTRAIT

VEHICLE
FORM

ALTERNATE
FORM

CRAIG

"GRIFFON"

FACE-MAN

RESCUE CHOPPER

Coast Guard Chopper

NEWS VAN

Comm Van

RICH

"BURGERAMA"

SCOUT

Catering Van
(Roach Coach)

R2D2 Shaped
Soda Machine

BOB

"KLONDIKE"

SCIENCE OFFICER

Ice Cream Truck

Lab / Factory

LEIGH

"CROW-BAR"

MECHANIC

Tow Truck

Rolling Tool Chest

THOMAS

H.R.T

SNOOPER

Transit Bus

Deluxe Massage Chair

ELLIOTT

CHESSEX

GUARDIAN

Railroad Locomotive

Tunneling Rig

ADRIAN

"PIMPTICON"

SPY

1970 Ford Galaxie Convertible
Pimp-Mobile

Thermal Donut Bag

LEO

"MASTER CHIEF"

BOX-MAN

Crown Victoria

Industrial Vac /
Carpet Cleaning Rig

CHRIS

"INCOMING"

SOLDIER

Heavy Diesel Tow Truck

MLRS

Things Made, and Things Done

2009-07-28T15:43:00.001-05:00

Intellectual Property isn't just for the Wealthy or the Legalistic.

Copyright protection arises automatically when an "original" work of authorship is "fixed" in a tangible medium of expression.

Registration with the Copyright Office is optional (but you have to register before you file an infringement suit, and registering early will make you eligible to receive attorney's fees and statutory damages in a future lawsuit).
Here's what "original" and "fixed" mean in copyright law:

Originality: A work is original in the copyright sense if it owes its origin to the author and was not copied from some preexisting work.
Fixation: A work is "fixed" when it is made "sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration." Even copying a computer program into RAM has been found to be of sufficient duration for it to be "fixed" (although some scholars and lawyers disagree with this conclusion).

Neither the "originality" requirement nor the "fixation" requirement is stringent. An author can "fix" words, for example, by writing them down, typing them on an old-fashioned typewriter, dictating them into a tape recorder, or entering them into a computer. A work can be original without being novel or unique.
Example: Betsy's book How to Lose Weight is original in the copyright sense so long as Betsy did not create her book by copying existing material - even if it's the millionth book to be written on the subject of weight loss.
Only minimal creativity is required to meet the originality requirement. No artistic merit or beauty is required.
A work can incorporate preexisting material and still be original. When preexisting material is incorporated into a new work, the copyright on the new work covers only the original material contributed by the author.

My Name Up in Lights...

2009-07-21T13:02:00.001-05:00

D3 Games

Press Release for the USA-5O book.

Chaos versus Marines: Historicon 09

2009-07-17T13:21:00.003-05:00

The Southern Wing of the Chaos Fleet shadows the Comet Cohutex and sneaks into the Mallaverne System:

The sanctioned Imperial Rogue Trader Williphan defends Mallaverne IV:

The Northern Wing of the Chaos Fleet descends on Mallaverne at flank speed:

Commodore Richards flag ship, and the Marine Fleet arrive to relieve Mallaverne.

Space Marines versus Chaos

2009-07-15T13:13:00.007-05:00

Gigantic Fleet Action!

Space Marines, Rogue Traders, and Imperial Navy
versus

Chaos Space Marines and Chaos Trader.

Top to Bottom:
Admiral Krigbaum consults the book of armaments.

Admiral Davis determines just how screwed he really is.

Commandant Turnitsa, Admiral Krigbaum, and Commandant Borucki cheer on Commodore Richards.

Admiral Davis and Commodore Richards disagree sharply on the radius of the warp core explosions and their effects.

Commodore Richards verifies the awesome firepower of the Space Marine Battle Barge.

EAST COAST, REPRESENT: USA 50 Miniatures

2009-07-08T15:53:00.009-05:00

Miniatures based on the heroes of USA-5O (LINK)
Click on a picture to see it expanded.

Miss Providence, GreenTech
Rhode Island, Vermont

Jersey Devil, Independence-1
New Jersey, Delaware

Granite, Bucherondeau
N.Hampshire, Maine

New York and Connecticut

USA 50 Miniatures

Marvel Babies

2009-07-06T20:00:00.000-05:00

for the Atari 2600

USA 5O - Book Progress

2009-07-06T14:37:00.000-05:00

Well I commissioned the artist today for the Western Book of the USA-5O

She is Femme-Turk on Deviant-Art

and she does wowzers like her --->
(art is copy right FemmeTurk)

so she'll spruce up the generic illustrations like him:

even as nice as all the pix we made, the book will still need cover art and dressing up.

Res Hordestus Bellikonix

2009-06-18T16:03:00.008-05:00

Hordes of the Things, Battle # 5829
of a series of Perhaps Dozens.

Lord Charles of Othernaught defended the Castle of the Lunar Outpost
from my Marauding Dwarven Steam Guild.

Note the mighty armada of Dwarvish Air-Boats

Red Shields on the Knights of the Lunar Empire, lately of Glorantha

This Battle yielded a victory for the loutish & swarthy Luner-mens

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However, while the Dwarven Colonels were out playing the sport of Kings, a probing force of River-Men broached the Dwarven capital perimeter, putting the Air-Guild on Defense.

Hordes Battle Secundus

2009-06-17T14:22:00.001-05:00

The River-Men, with dashing blue uniforms and tridents, have assaulted the Dwarven Outpost of Onyx-on-Tyre.

Unfortunately for the Dwarven forces, the best air-troops and all the good guns were out in the field, so the air-rafts mustered in defense were no stronger than mere Flyers.

Crossbow bolts rained down like sour notes from a bad band, yet booted little versus most of the chainmail-clad River-men.

finally the Dwarven center was collapsing...

and yet the Dwarves defended Population: Tyre as the River-Men finally withdrew.

Lord of the 4OK Rings

2009-06-11T21:38:00.000-05:00

RETURN of the SPACE MARINE

Tall: Gandalf, Legolas, Boromir, Aragorn

Not: Frodo, Pippin, Gimli, Sam, Meriadoc

Fellowship of the Imperium

THE TWO DROP-PODS

back row: Goodgulf, Pepsie, Arrowroot
middle: Moxie, Spam, Bromosel
front row: Frito, Gimlet, Legolam

Runic Priest, Ratling Snipers, Space Marine Scout,
Squat Trooper, Eldar Ranger, Space Marine Sergeant.

Brick Muppet

2009-06-04T21:10:00.003-05:00

BRICK MUPPET

that would be like a super-deformed Thing, right?

all for Kenny T.

What is Best in Life ?

2009-04-15T13:14:00.000-05:00

DIVINE RIGHT

2009-04-08T18:16:00.001-05:00

Minarian Legends

Customized Miniatures - USA 5O

2009-04-07T23:11:00.002-05:00

here's the Customized Miniatures, that have no paint on them yet.

THE USA 50 PAGES

click to enlarge pix

Rhode Island: Ms.Providence
& Vermont: GreenTech

want to see some of the painted ones?
or some of the gaming action ? click here for more

USA FIFTY MINIATURES

2009-04-06T08:50:00.006-05:00

Clockwise from the middle:

Missouri Catfish

DC Represent

Mississippi Valor

Eco-Ranger of Oregon (bike)

Arkansas Traveller

Rushmore of SD

Tennessee Volunteer

Doc Salem of Massachusetts

USA 50 Miniatures

Hordes of the Things

2009-04-05T18:57:00.000-05:00

HORDES

2009-04-03T18:05:00.000-05:00

Day Rider, kind of like Day Tripper. Kind of.

Hordes of the Things

2009-04-02T18:03:00.001-05:00

Played Hordes at SPRING FEVER - Raleigh gaming Mini-Con

the unseen hand is TURNITSA

Hordes of the Things

2009-04-01T18:01:00.002-05:00

the Orkish Army's Sneaker Element from HotT:

Princess Nekavod the Goblin Assassin

Roller-Coaster, PHD

2009-03-30T08:43:00.002-05:00

OKLAHOMA

2009-02-25T16:30:00.002-05:00

OKLAHOMA

EXPRESS

the Fastest Sooner Alive will be published 2 weeks after his appearance in Haymaker.

RETURN

Native American Speedster, draws inspiration from attempting to prevent another Murragh Building.

USA 5O - Heroes for America

2009-02-18T21:10:00.003-05:00

Here's the fem-bot that defends North Dakota in the Champions Universe.

PLATINUM SAGE

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

2009-02-17T12:41:00.001-05:00

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

Santa Claus has snuck into the Evil backfield

to heal Batman. Also notice Optimus Prime

standing where Godzilla used to be...

Williamsburg Muster

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

2009-02-17T12:38:00.000-05:00

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

Jon Krigbaum Versus Saint Nicholas

Nuff Said.

Williamsburg Muster

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

2009-02-17T12:32:00.003-05:00

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

Just before the BAT-MOBILE exploded.

Doc Ock, the Terminator, Mussollinni

and the Care Bear are about to frikkin Die.

Williamsburg Muster Event.

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

2009-02-17T01:59:00.000-05:00

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

Santa and the Power Rangers have thrown down

on Krigbaum and Johnny Depp.

Williamsburg Muster

WILLIAMSBURG MUSTER

2009-02-12T12:27:00.003-05:00

WILLIAMS

BURG

MUSTER

click on any

image for

a larger shot.

Lord Duffenbach,

and Colonel Craine.

Commanding Troops and most importantly,

TANKS, in the MULTIVERSAL environment.

WILLIAMSBURG MUSTER

2009-02-11T12:22:00.002-05:00

WILLIAMSBURG MUSTER

Doctor Whitehurst, and his able assistant Dannelly survey

the wreckage of the UN town at the Jumpgate.

Commander Davis was not afraid to use the Rockets

in a civilized cityscape.

WILLIAMSBURG MUSTER

2009-02-10T12:06:00.005-05:00

WILLIAMSBURG

MUSTER - 2009

Ken Whitehurst debuts

his TANK GAME. It had

a descriptive name, like

POLYVERSAL,

apparently since it, uh,

since it used stuff from

all genres of Armored

Combat War Games.

It was interesting, and

played well despite the

complex Morale Rules.

Personally I would have

named the game

POLYNOMIAL, so that

the math-phobic would

know into what they

were getting.

Who Wants to be: Squad Leader ?

2009-02-03T13:16:00.000-05:00

Dark Eldar History Month

2009-02-02T20:12:00.003-05:00

Dark Eldar, with their huge manlier-than-yours War-Pikes.

February is Dark Eldar History Month

2009-02-01T20:02:00.002-05:00

Celebrating Dark Eldar History Month:

On this date in 2004, Grubauski's Dark Eldar Fleet was boarded, captured and hauled off to the scrap yards of Ryza for recycling.

Family Portrait of the USA 50

2009-01-31T17:16:00.004-05:00

The "Fifty" Champions of the Various States and Territories

USA 50 Family Album

from the Champions Project: HERE

Go In Hot and Heavy

2009-01-27T10:40:00.006-05:00

This map reminds me of my favorite Warhammer 4OK joke:

the EYE of TERROR is the gate to Chaos,

so it's a type of Khorne-Hole.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T21:01:00.001-05:00

The Opening Scene, where Green-Tech of Vermont discovers the murder victim, who led him onto huge cache of illegal booze. and for his trouble, gets ambushed by 2 plastic elementals.

Later analysis proved it to be pumpkin schnapps of all things.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T21:00:00.002-05:00

In an Unrelated Incident (tm) some heroes have been on vacation in the deep woods of Tennesee. This group was Arkansas Traveller, WV Mountaineer, Fla. Seminole, and the Volunteer of course. They left their hunting to fight a forest fire and discovered two possessed ATV enthusiasts, trailing flames behind them on their crazy trek. After pummeling the kids unconscious, the spirits left the bodies, and manifested as some Candle-Mass, which is a type of fire elemental. Some CSI work revealed that one boys mother's name was Brigit, and the other mother's name was Bridget. Both boys listened to speed metal rock, and had no friends, not even knowing each other before today.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:59:00.007-05:00

... In yet another strangely Unrelated Incident (tm), Green-Tech and Chicago Chief are following the "trail where it takes them" and in southern Illinois, they turn up a girl named Brigid who is manhandling cases of booze out of a gravesite. A Knight of Autumn Gate rises to defend her, and a fight ensues.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:58:00.001-05:00

On the mean streets of Takoma Park, in an Unrelated Incident(tm), the D.C. Champion Represent foils a bank robbery by the Harvestor, a Halloween themed villain, whom it was not known he was active again.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:57:00.001-05:00

Kitty Hawk from North Carolina, Doc Salem from Massachusetts, and Independence-1 from Delaware teamed up out on the Eastern Shore at an abandoned satellite base, but before they got any detective work done at all they (love them natural 18 fumbles) were ambushed by a squad of the pumpkin headed warriors, the Knights of Autumn Gate. This incident was the first one which may have (preliminarily believed to be) related to others now that the USA-5O team members were actually using their cell-phones to tip each other off !!!

the things we as GMS have to put up with....

USA 5O Convention After Gotterdammerung

2009-01-23T20:56:00.001-05:00

Finally at a farm in western Virginia, all leads from the previous crimes indicated some dirty work was afoot out here in the Meadows of Dan. This led to a gigantic ragarok-style melee. The bad guys consisted of Harvestor, Samhain, and the Autumn Knight himself. Of course he was backed up by a whole platoon of his Gate Knights.

Champions from the USA included Represent, Doc Salem, Independence-1, Green-Tech, Kitty Hawk, Arkansas Traveller, Chicago Chief, Volunteer and Virtus.

In a rare example of forward thinking by players: across the road in a snipers perch in a grain tower were Mountaineer and Seminole. (visible in the extreme foreground of this photo) Plus Doc Salem had summoned a giant Ant and an Angel to assist.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:55:00.006-05:00

cue up the Enrico Morricone music.

USA 5O Mars-Con Sit-Rep.

2009-01-23T20:55:00.004-05:00

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close up of the battle line.

each player ran two heroes and a copy of Represent.

USA 5O Mars-Con Report

2009-01-23T20:54:00.003-05:00

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Doc, Indep, Tech, Rep, and Trav.

Plus the Angel.

Note the Winnebago of Doom, which the bad guy's followers (namely Brigit) used to do their dirty work.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:53:00.000-05:00

the truly mad nature of these criminals (love those silver age morals) becomes evident in this photo. when they get there way, all holidays will be Halloween in practice.

Harvestor, the Magician of Candlemas.

Autumn Knight, Summoner of the Hallows.

Samhain, Master of the Night-fears.

and more KAGs than you can shake a wand at.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:50:00.003-05:00

late in the battle, lots of heroes and villains are down. Harvestor calls in the Boss, the Leige-Lord of Halloween.

oh wait. its an illusion. Only the Chief made his Perception, saving the entire teams bacon. I did get GM props for using "Harvest Colors Cthulhu" as an in-scale miniature.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:49:00.003-05:00

penultimately, when Harvestor finally fell down, the real boss showed up, GRAVE-WYRM, to claim the souls of the trio, sold to him by previous arrangment. Normally, who would stop a daemon lord from turning in a claim chit on something of little value that a scum-bag had pawned? Well he attempted to siphon energy off some unconscious heroes that were laying nearby, so while everyone soliloquized (evil GM: I didnt let players have recoveries unless they made a speech), plus we took a smoke break, as the day had been long since Vermont. a new, final, fight started.

USA 5O Convention After Action Report

2009-01-23T20:48:00.002-05:00

GRAVE-WYRM was the last of a long line of Halloween themed bad guys. he was a 600 point monstrosity with few weaknesses. However Doc Salem had his nemesis power: immunity to draconic powers, and guess where from the "Wyrm" portion of his name derives? Of course Doc wasnt immune to being beaten over the head with a Corvette.

Players included John D, Chuck T, Marcy D, Carol D, Kenny and the Craiginator. GM was Elliott the Insane. If you werent there, you really missed it. I just wish Steve Long had been there. Mars-Con 2009, Williamsburg VA.

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY

2009-01-17T17:33:00.000-05:00

ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN of ULTIMATE DESTINY
post-game show.
The Good Guys have triumphed.

(L-R): Jordan Shorty, the Craiginator, Power-Mad, and the lovely ladies of the Audience. they were laughing so hard at us making up the reasons why things went the way they did.