Review: Crypt Hunters (Warhammer board game)
Today I’m gonna do an unboxing and review of Crypt Hunters, one of the games in the third wave of retail exclusive Warhammer board games, along with Space Marine Adventures: Rise of the Orks and Blitz Bowl Season 2. Crypt Hunters is a two-player game that…
Battle Report: Warcry Iron Golems vs Untamed Beasts
Little break from the norm on Tale of Painters, here’s a battle report from my first game of Warcry versus my good wife Jo. Jo isn’t a hobbyist or a wargamer. I told her the Warcry Initiative step is like Yahtzee, she likes Yahtzee, so…
Review: Warhammer 40.000 Know No Fear Starter Set
Close on the heels of Dark Imperium, Games Workshop introduced three new ways to get started with Warhammer 40.0000 this week: Know No Fear, a pared-down version of Dark Imperium, First Strike, containing the new easy-to-build Reivers, Intercessors, Plague Marines and Poxwalkers, and a Getting…
Review: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition & Dark Imperium by Sigur #4: Conclusion
After three articles of explaining and presenting the new rules, it’s opinion time! With 8th edition 40k has changed quite a bunch of stuff on the surface. Venerable tables are gone, a whole stat disappeared, an old stat resurfaced, points values are only mentioned in…
Review: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition & Dark Imperium by Sigur #3: Setup and Advanced Rules
In this part 3, I’ll go through the rest of the rulebook, discuss all the options for setting up games presented and the advanced rules. The last circa 100 pages contain suggestions and rules for how to set up games of Warhammer 40,000. Basically, the…
Review: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition & Dark Imperium by Sigur #2: The Rule Book
In this second instalment, I’ll talk about the only thing from the box you actually need to play the game – the rule book. The Book As mentioned in the first article I expected the rulebook in this box to be of the ‘travel version’…
Review: Warhammer 40k 8th Edition & Dark Imperium by Sigur #1: The Box
Hey, Sigur here and in this short series of articles I’ll share info and opinions about 8th edition 40k and the new starter box Dark Imperium in particular. This is the first time I bought a 40k starter box since 2nd edition actually and I…
Event Report: London Salute 2017
Hey all, on Saturday I went to my third Salute show that is held annually in London. The main reason I went was to pick up some Forge World event models that I have wanted to paint for quite some time. This year was great…
Review: Assassinorum Execution Force Boxed Game
Assassinorum: Execution Force is a fast-paced cooperative game for one to four players. The players control the Assassins and must infiltrate a Chaos controlled Sanctum to teleport to a room where a Chaos Sorceror named Drask is conducting a ritual to turn a planet into…
Report: Apocalypse games in the Austrian Lowlands
I had the honour to be invited to the annual Summer Carnage days at Krems. The guys there meet about two to four times a year for having a few days of dice, miniatures and Apocalypse games of Warhammer 40,000. The following article is not…
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