Happy Thanksgiving hobby time !!

Happy thanksgiving every one here in the states ! It was a nice holiday weekend of food and family . That doesn't mean every chance I didn't run into my gaming room and get some painting done . So I started working on my tanks from the armored fury bolt action starter box . Started painting my    German Panther tanks , finished up the last bit of figs from Waterloo box set . More French line infantry for black powder . Started priming my ww1 flames of war British , but sadly ran out of black primer . Also started working on my new imperial guard veterans squad with " aliens colonial marines " bits from madrobotsminiatures.com . More bits on there way to finish this project I've been wanting to do for awhile . Sadly no games played except for some rounds the resistance card game . If you haven't tried it . I highly suggest it . Especially for family outings . Well next time I'll have a little more for you . Till next time happy gaming

Robotech RPG Tactics Battle report

Just got to play my first game of the new robotech miniatures game . Had a lot of fun . First off it's pretty much a strait foward game . Roll for initative and take turns alternating activations for each of your squadrons of mecha . The main mechanic  , is your armies generate command points that you can use for various things . Examples are to dodge attacks , roll with damage to reduce damage from hits , steal initative , shoot down  incoming missles , boost your mechas movement , fire extra weapons etc . The game went great . I played as the zentradi and my friend took control as the UEDF .  The zentraedi forces out number the human forces but do not generate as many command points . Each mecha you have in your force generates one command point . Your leadership score also generates command points , but any one with the life is cheap rule dosnt generate command points . All the zentradi tactical regault pods have the life is cheap rule . So the large hordes you have of the zentradi battle pods are pretty much taking any special actions . Pretty much dying in droves . But with there special rules the zentraedi officiers battle pods can spend a point to bring back any dead pods from there group back . So the game kicked off . We started with the standard dog fight mission from the book . So basically a kill point mission . The UEDF army with it's very maneuverable veritech fighters and hard hitting destroids put the hurt on the zentraedi battle pods that came swarming in . Missles flew every where , really capturing the feel of the show . The zentraedi forces took heavy casualties until they got close . Amassing there firepower they started to take down earth mechca . The Glaug battle pods are bristling with weapons and really started bringing the hurt . But with the large amount of command points the humans hang in there as weapon fire just shoots ever where . The earth forces in the end held out for the victory . The game was a blast and I look foward to playing again now with the a better grasp of the rules. The game really captures the feel of the show . Hats off to pladium and ninja division on the rules and miniatures . The way you have the differnt modes for each veritech miniature is great as well . Hopefully soon kickstarter backers will receive wave two . Also I can't wait for the miniatures to be released to retail stores to get more stuff . Big thumbs up from me after my first play through . Can't wait to see what's coming down the pipe for this game . Till next time happy gaming

Robotech rpg tactics minatures finished !

Last week I finished up my robotech rpg tactics minatures . Very happy with there table top quality look . All those zentradie battle pods look impressive on the table . I'm excited to try out the rules . They seem very strait foward . Your army gets a pool of command points every turn depending on the amount of mecha and leadership value your army has . These command points are used through out the squadron activations for special abilities . Examples are dodging , firing extra weapons , rolling with impacts , stealing initiative , and a whole slew of other things . We'll enjoy the pics and I will update my blog when I get to fight my first game  . Till then everyone happy gaming