Wintermute  07/02/2010 - 12:42  Games News   
What is Geek Nation Tours?

Geek Nation Tours is a tour company dedicated to the geek in all his and her multifaceted interests. It creates holidays by Geeks for Geeks. GNT’s goal is to provide tours for like minded persons who, as defined by Wikipedia, have “a devotion to something in a way that places him or her outside the mainstream”. We want to give people the opportunity to revel in their Geekiness and to travel the globe seeking those things that they love to do.

Our tours include geeky conventions, tournaments and tours to places of historical significance to the geek. They will be joined by others just as interested in the tour, so not only would they have a holiday but also the chance to develop long lasting friendships. Geek Nation Tours will always include a tour coordinator travelling with the group to ensure everyone has a fun, safe and worry free trip.

What is Geek Nation’s “Geeking Out with Miniatures in the UK” Tour?

Every miniature wargaming geek's dream is to visit the United Kingdom. Here one can find a multitude of gaming related destinations plus they have really really great beer too. The tour will be focusing on all things the tabletop miniature Geek would love - miniatures, war memorabilia and history. Geek Nation Tours is proud to announce that we will be joined by the 40K Radio crew from www.40kradio.com.

Everyone is welcome no matter where you are. The group will meet in and leave from Toronto but Geek Nation Tours can arrange air from any destination in the world to there. We will also be posting “Land Only” prices shortly.

What is more, all of our tours include promotional draws that give the participants the opportunity to win great prizes prior to and after departure.

Join the Geek Nation as we explore all the miniature goodness the UK has to offer…

Where can I get more information?

We can be found at www.geeknationtours.com. The full itinerary and more details can be found there. Further if you have any questions about Geek Nation Tours please contact us anytime at headgeek@geeknationtours.com or post a comment here on WarSeer.

All the Best

Teras I. Cassidy

Wintermute  31/01/2010 - 11:35  Event News   
Maelstrom Games are pleased to announce the launch of our very own Event Forums. They are for the discussion of Maelstrom Events only, and allow us the opportunity of keeping players and hobbyists informed of all the exciting events which take place at The Eye of The Storm.

As our new venue becomes more and more established, we are conscious of the potential for our ever increasing range of events to start dominating the discussion forums of the independent websites. This is something which we do not want to happen so, for obvious reasons, we have decided to set up a separate location.

Wintermute  30/01/2010 - 10:18  PDF Magazine  Games News   

Hello all,

Once again the Dawi Zharr release another issue of the Word of Hashut, this time Issue #7 takes the Warhammer World by storm. Inside you will find the usual: awesome articles of chaos dwarf lore and other assorted sundries.

- Interview with Matt Bird and Kevin Coleman, creators of the Dwarfs of Chaos army book.
- Shadow and Flame the Graphic Novel of the Word of Hashut.
- Amazing minis
- Member Fiction
- A great tutorial on how to make your own bolt throwers.
- Golden Hat X
- Warhammer Quest Expansion Part I
- A great Battle Report featuring dwarfs vs chaos dwarfs in a Grudge Match.
- Creating your own Blood Bowl team

This is but just some of the articles and lore you will find. SO why don’t you stop by and download our free ezine dedicated to keeping the cause of the Chaos Dwarfs alive.

Willmark

The Word of Hashut Issue 7 can be downloaded from here

Wintermute  30/01/2010 - 09:22  Warhammer 40,000  Warhammer 40,000 Tactics  Games News   

The Starblade story started back in 2005 when I acquired my first Corsair Eldar Battlefleet Gothic models. Among them was the Flame of Asuryan, Yriel's Flagship. As I did not want to use an Iyanden or otherwise Yriel-led fleet I created my own admiral going by the name of Akaeris Starblade. Before the Spirit of Arina got its current name it went for a time by the name Cerulean Dream. But at the very beginning I created a background for Akaeris, which I wanted to tell in a linked set of scenarios. For some reasons, mainly because my skills in writing 'Eldar', the story never really progressed.

On dozens of papers I wrote tidbits and ideas for scenarios, the story itself only changed slightly from its original inception, but it was always more a lingering state then an active one. There have been times I did not touch the project for many months. At moments when I went back I only re-arranged scenario set-ups for most part.

It was only after Chris Lautermilch and I wrote the Art of Command and Distant Sun, the two supplements to Project Distant Darkness, I finally felt the click for Starblade in 2009. What also helped was the fan community at the Black Library forums (currently under construction, meanwhile you can go here). Through them my skills at writing (hopefully!) improved and suddenly I knew how I would want Starblade to take form: in the manifestation of a poem. Inspired by the Elves poems in Tolkien (I would never dare to say rivalling them) I wrote the Starblade poem within two weeks from the beginning to the end.

What is left to tell about the poem is that a small addition, maybe the final click, has rooted the story within the storyline Chris and I created for Project Distant Darkness. An ever-growing storyline, which gets more and more life into it, the upcoming supplements will finally reveal more about the direction we took within this storyline.

When the poem was completed I finally had the motivation to finish and clean up the scenarios I had in mind. And now it finally all came together. Starblade has been finished. I hope you will enjoy this piece in its finest essence as I have intended.

The Art
After the poem was written I felt it needed some fine crafted black and white art to make it come to live. On Deviant art I found some images, which I could use, but no Eldar ships. But on Deviant Art I also approached Karneth if I could use a picture from his gallery. His response was more then I could hope for! He offered to draw various new pieces for Starblade as well as Distant Sun, the sophisticated page design is also from his hand. In the end these new pieces, including various drawings of the Spirit of Arina, were so good and useful only two additional drawings by other artists, which I really liked, have been used in addition to Karneth's work.

In this Starblade publication I tried to give the art a fine treatment and prominent role. All in all I can say that I must thank Karneth immensely for his work, as this publication would only be a glimpse of what it now is.

Enjoy!
Horizon

You can download Starblade here

note: I advice to download the document and view it as a book. Thus start page 1, then page 2-3 next to eachother, then 4-5, etc.

Wintermute  10/01/2010 - 10:15  Ogre Kingdoms  PDF Magazine  Warhammer  Games News   


The first (and only) unofficial webzine dedicated to the Ogre Kingdoms has been released! The Bellower rings out loud from the Mountains of Mourn - will you answer the call?

Issue #1 is available now:
http://www.ogrestronghold.com/bellower.php

If you have feedback, praise, suggestions, or contributions for future issues let the Bellower Team know about it! You can email us at bellower@ogrestronghold.com or leave your comments at the Ogre Stronghold.

Thanks!
The Bellower team

Wintermute  10/01/2010 - 10:06  PDF Magazine  Games News   
The cold weather is here, and what better to read whilst you keep yourself warm, than the latest issue of Irregular Magazine - Issue 3 / Winter '10?




This bumper-packed issue is over 100 pages long, and includes a free campaign supplement for planning your own Zombie Apocalypse game.
Download your copy now from: http://irregularmagazine.com

Other contents include:
* Interview with Victoria Lamb
* Speed painting skeletons tutorial
* Tuk Tuk - brand new comic
* Nigel Carman's award-winning Duelling Giants
* Urban basing tutorial
* Creepy short story
* Miniature reviews
* Mustering the dead of Middle Earth
* ..and lots more great articles

Plus - a chance to win prizes from Mantic Games by entering the Undead Painting Competition.

Irregular Magazine is a free quarterly on-line hobby magazine, created by gamers and painters, for gamers and painters.

Get involved at: http://irregularmagazine.com

A WarSeer discussion thread for Irregular Magazine can be found here

Wintermute  09/01/2010 - 14:27  Grand Tournaments  Games News   

Tales of Battle issue #5 is here. It is a real, 32 page Bi-monthly magazine, in full-colour and shipped right to your door. ToB specializes in covering the Indy Warhammer Grand Tournament Scene and is packed full of pictures, interviews, tips and more!

Each issue includes a blow-by-blow description of a Table 1, Round 5 Battle from the GT we are highlighting. Included are army lists, tactics from the two generals playing, and post game comments including what went wrong for the loser.

Issue #5 includes a Table One battle report from the Alamo GT, an all cavalry Warriors of Chaos army verse a Khorne themed Daemons of Chaos list. Also included are Kevin Coleman's designer notes from the Dwarfs of Chaos Indy GT book, a review of the Skaven army book, Ed Phillip's awesome looking Vampire Counts army, tactics, how to paint cloaks article and much, much more. Don't miss it.

Our motto is real armies, real battles. You will never find fake, contrived armies or battle reports in Tales of Battle.

Come and check us out.

Ben ‘The Rat’ Burns
www.talesofbattle.com