HeroQuest Furniture!

So, Heroquest was a board game published by Milton-Bradley way back in 1989, and was one of my first forays into fantasy gaming.  It was a collaboration with Games Workshop, and is still one of the best adventure games out there regarding dungeons and monsters.

"Lady, I already told you not to do that kind of stuff in here 

Alas, so many years later and I do not actually have a copy of Heroquest (I had at least two growing up).  However, somehow - I've managed to grab every piece from the game I could when I ran across them.  As a result, I have lots of the miniatures and furniture - but not the board or any of the cards from the game.

A quiet place amidst the dark of the dungeon.  Noice.

The furniture that I have has been used in countless dungeons and wargame setups.  However, they aren't fully painted.  Some might argue they don't really need painting and for thirty years I've put it off.  However, I wanted to get this done so I could say I have painted Heroquest kit.

"Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyy!"

All of these are fairly simple, but the card portions are intact!  So, naturally those are part of the display...even though there's a clear crease on the fireplace it still resonates with me.  That might be because it's been with me so long...

Traveller: Research and Rescue [Part 2]

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The following is GameDoc's session notes:

Session Summary:

Faced with the encroachment of the strange soldiers, the rest of Travellers elect to descend into the central shaft of the ziggurat while JC sneaks back to their downed transport. He leaves a drone with the group so he can monitor their progress and communicate with them.

At the bottom of the shaft, the Travellers discover a dead humanoid, similar to the soldiers seen outside. It appears to have starved to death. A quick medical exam by Hernando indicates it is a synthetic organism with computer implanted in its brain. The work is like that seen in the flying creature that attacked them in the forest.

Further exploring the ruins, they deduce that the structure has been abandoned for thousands of years. They also discover a cache of small metallic tokens with unknown symbols stamped into them and a small sphere that begins to shed dim light when approached.

Finding a fissure in the floor, the Travellers make their way to a lower level and discover a central control room filled with computer terminals of alien design. They also discover a troop of the synthetic soldiers. Amadeus hurls a frag grenade into their midst, killing them all, but also killing their human prisoner, who appears to be one of the research lost team initially sent by the Baroness.

The glowing sphere begins to vibrate and glow brighter. Hernando attempts to communicate with it in binary using his equipment. The object begins to scan the data files in his device and soon begins to audibly mimic Hernando’s speech. But before he can experiment further, more synthetic soldiers storm the room.

A gun battle ensues and the Travellers take some minor wounds before defeating this newest round of foes. The sphere is then able to explain that it is an artificial intelligence design to asssit in scientific research. It absorbs heat to power itself. It does not know of its precise origins but it is apparent that it was created or at least brought here by wherever alien civilization built the structure.

"Careful with those explosives.  Please."

JC informs the group that he has made basic repairs to the transport for when it is needed and that he will continue to monitor and offer technical assistance via his drone.

Warzone Studios' Double-Sided Mat

I've got a lot of miniatures.  If you get a LOT of miniatures, you'll want lots of terrain for them to chillax and party on.  Just kidding, they are going to die horrifically, but you still want it to look nice.  Cue the wave of neoprene mats we've seen in the last few years!

The wonders never cease.  Warzone Studio has double-sided neoprene mats available, so I was eager to see what they had going on.  I had two different terrain sets I was looking to secure new mats for.    Lucky me, I could put a 'green' and a 'brown' mat down for the price of just one.  It was exactly what I was looking for, since at present I only have space for one table at a time. 

The mats, 'Deserted Heart' and 'Homeland', replace two of our old club mats which have gone on to fight fights at another member's home.  I hadn't had a mat for the old terrain sets in a while, and now I'll be able to show them off here...and maybe the restoration of a few pieces.

Side A - Deserted Heart

Sand.  It gets everywhere.  You hate it.

Side B - Homeland

Every time I get one of these, I'm stunned at the detail.  Each one seems more detailed and higher resolution than the last.  Glorious.

"I came all the way out here and you STILL won't let me be?" sayeth the lich.

Having a look at some of the other mats available these days makes me a little more confident to try some seriously weird bases on miniatures.  I'm looking at making purple a viable and good-looking terrain set...and I think it's going to work.  Standing on a mat that compliments those bases makes even cheap miniatures look great.

Technically these miniatures have bases.