Thanks to the awesome Pea , I've got a copy of Too Many Bones , it's classed as a dice building RPG. He bought it for me at the Uk gaming expo ( as well as Hoplomachus Origins) and nearly cut his hand off as the bag was so heavy




Here's the BGG info about it - Too Many Bones comes loaded for bear by breaking into a new genre: the dice-builder RPG. This game takes everything you think you know about dice-rolling and turns it on its head. Dripping with strategy, this fantasy-based RPG puts you in the skin of a new race and takes you on an adventure to the northern territories to root out and defeat growing enemy forces and of course the infamous "baddie" responsible.

Team up or go it alone in a 1-4 player Coop or Solo play campaign. With over 100+ unique skill dice and 4-7 classes to choose from, every battle is its own mini challenge to figure out. Your adventure will consist of 8-12 battles before you reach your final destination and face off against one of a number of possible kingpins in order to win. Along the way, you will be faced with storyline decisions that will quickly have you weighing risk/reward, odds, and logic - with dice woven into every aspect! Your party will also be faced with other decisions: when to rest, when to explore, or even which fights to pursue! The Encounter cards offer fun plot twists and some comic relief, all while setting the stage for your next battle

It's a great game but the rules take some getting used to as all the characters play completely different with their own skills (which are the dice). The production is the best I've come across and the weight of the game chips is great, until I actually had my own copy I didn't understand why people bought the premium health chips but the extra weighty feel is super sexy.

Each character has his own mat with their 16 unique dice. You earn extra skills by completing encounters and then choosing the skills you want to play with, so repeatability shouldn't be a problem.

The enemies have their own skills too, there's about 18 unique skills, luckily you get a big plastic reference card for general play and the enemy skills. Each Gearloc (your character) also has a double sided plastic sheet with all dice described and their own unique skills.

This Probably makes no sense but I'm loving it after only 2 plays.

And a big thank you to Frantic

And here they are.

I keep seeing The Mind come up on my Amazon recommendations. Must have a look at it.

mistercrayon wrote:

if you ever do bite I recommend reading the rules off bgg (unless you get an English version) and absorb them completely.

Don’t learn the game off a guy explaining on the Internet

That's how I basically learn the games I'm playing

I am trying to shift all my stuff for the impending move, so here are a list of boardgames and some prices, excluding postage.

Small World £20 (you'll need to print out some instructions)
Libertalia £25
Dead of Winter £25
Netrunner Core £15
Cosmic Encounter £30
Xcom £20*
Sheriff of Nottingham £15*
King of Tokyo £15
Sherlock Holmes £15
Cyclades £20*
Space Hulk £50


I haven't researched the prices massively, most of them are about 30%-50% off retail though. Some details of things like Space Hulk would need to be hashed out etc

*Rev has expressed an interest in these, for clarity

I went in for Tang Garden on Kickstarter. Looks fancy.

At this point there’s a munchkin variant of everything, and they’re all rubbish because Munchkin is rubbish.

Well I played the first scenario/campaign of Gloomhaven last night with a friend. It was massive, took ages to set up, had loads of intuitive rules and effects and was exceptionally good fun!

It really is a full RPG in a box with some lovely character creation (hello Ti’ar the Terrible - the nomadic mercenary tribal warrior seeking the ultimate hunt of monsters) and great legacy style moments (stickers!!!). It was great fun.

I have to say some damn fine artistry on display in here. Some jaw dropping skills by Tempting and I'm loving the gaslands stuff.

I've just started painting for the first time,can someone advise what sort of brush I need for dry brushing and some decent beginner vids?

On the topic though, new lad wew

40p too much though.

Did you get the Conquest magazine stuff or a small 40k starter? Let me know!

Yeah the mag is good, even I picked up issue one for the cheap Primaris, but the instructions in it are pretty bum.

I wouldn’t recommended painting without using some kind of primer first, be that some vallejo brush in stuff or some spray paint - car body spray is allegedly good if you’re on the cheap but I am a sucker for the GW stuff as there recourse to return it if it’s bad.

If you ever need any help or anything, feel free to post here or drop me a PM

Good stuff!

I got the 3 easy to build guys so that I could convert them up for Kill Team specialists that have the weapons I didn't use from my Plague Marine box. It went ok!

Not sure if this link will work. But there are a few in progress pics

http://imgur.com/gallery/mC4kgdb