Had a few games of Kingdomino at the weekend. Really enjoyed it, it's super quick, so easy to play, feels a bit random still in terms of who wins (which is no bad thing) and the kids enjoyed it even though I CRUSHED THEM.
Local store has its birthday tomorrow. There's a competition to paint a Primaris Marine. No idea what the prize is, but I fancied painting a Primaris as I haven't painted a Space Marine in a decade. Hey, I think he turned out pretty nice for a two day deal.
There are two trends in boardgames im not a fan of. One of them is the increasing influence of miniatures and how this means simply vomiting plastic into a box is enough. It also increases the volume of acceptable pricing that makes everything else get more expensive.
The other thing is the increase in influence of the "solo" variant. Taking one of the few advantages board games have over video games.
Yeah, solo variants are fine because sometimes you want to play the setting and the system, but can't get the required people together. The fact that you have the option to play with people if you want to is always there.
Stripping is easy. Get some Paint and Varnish stripper from Wilkos for £3, works in a few hours.
eBay is a minefield for WH though, you don't always get those great deals. I sold most of my stuff for a pittance, and someone I know managed to nab £60 worth of Chaos for £7 thanks to an unnoticed listing. The vast majority of stuff sells for very cheap - currently it's only models that haven't passed over to Resin like Oxyotl that go for lots, currently OOP models, or systems like Gothic etc.
I'm up for more Blood Bowl league games this week if you are?
Yeah. First dibs to people here. It's heartbreaking to get rid of it but it's not being used. Lovely fun sorting through it all and all my old Dungeons and Dragons books too. So many army lists and team sheets recycled at the weekend.
All my stuff is from the 80's and predominantly 90's. Most things don't sell for what he does but almost every mini goes for £2-£6, it seems. Stuff includes...
90's
- Chaos Dwarf Team (Complete).
- 5 metal goblins.
- Goblin Bombardier star player.
- Griff Oberwald.
- Morg 'n' Thorg.
- Minotaur.
- High Elf Team (Complete, I think.) - High Elf Dragon Prince Star Player (Mordarian or something).
- Plastic human and orc teams.
- Vampire star player.
80's
- Dwarf Team (maybe complete?).
Other random stuff from 90's include Gotrek and Felix, Ungrim Ironfist, Drong, Krudd, Oxyotl, Saurus hero, Chaos Dwarf Hero, Bull Centaur Standard Bearer, Teclis, Chaos Sorcerer & familiar, Salamanders x 2, Teranadon, Old Slaan model, Flame Cannon, Regular Cannon, Bolt Thrower, gyrocopter, Organ Gun, Halfling hot pot, halfling hero, 10 slayers, 10 longbeards, 20 hammerers, Dwarf Queen, Runelord, loads of plastic dwards, high elves, skinks, saurus...
I've also got some more 80's Norse dwarves and bits.