So earlier today (or maybe last night) someone here on OTT said something like

Is it OK to take a brake from the hobby because of the current world situation?

I hope I got it right and paraphrased correctly. My answer would be: absolutely. Taking a break from almost anything is a valid thing to do if it only causes stress, bad mood or is simply…[Read more]

Pledge: continue on Tau and Blood Angels commissions

Hype: I don’t do kickstarters, which I feel the pull of, too many horror stories. Sometimes I get FOMO with GW releases, and I have a pile of that to prove it. This is my year to cut back.

Pledge: Keep on plodding at hobby and do it when I feel like it. Painted a bit more Carnevale this week and outlined a plot for the RPG in that setting tomorrow.

I have have numerous times when the hype train derailed for me before the product arrived. In the 20 teens I backed too many kickstarter and often by the time it arrived I’d lost…[Read more]

Pledge:  Continue to get on with the Drunes upgrade for my Midgard army.  Two units of 11 left, should get 2/3 done this week.

Answer:  I have definitely fallen off the hype train a few times.  Some harder than others and most linked not just to crowd funding but crowd funding that was heavily hyped here on OTT.  I went all in on Mythic Batt…[Read more]

This week’s pledge is finishing the fortress minis for Heroes 3.

• Did you ever completely fall for a hype train only to fall right off it the moment it was delivered? This can be hobby related but not restricted to our hobby here. – I went all in on the Monster Hunter Kickstarter (I think that was the franchise) and by the time it arrived I’d…

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My pledge: finishing the move to my new PeerTube instance so that I have a complete backup of the videos for people to watch and not just local copies and YouTube.

Answer of my: I don’t think I ever had a sudden moment of “poof – hype gone”. But with things (mostly crowdfunding) taking way longer then expected, that surely takes a toll on hype.…[Read more]

New thread!

[unofficial weekender] Let’s go crazy!

@nightrunner does that mean they have changed the minimum amount of figures per base in this edition ?

Shouldn’t we be raging at Mantic for daring to sell us fewer figures per unit box ? 😀

I suspect it all works out in the end and makes for better looking units if the restrictions for basing have been loosened a bit.

(soo tempted to buy the…[Read more]

It must suck to be so close minded that you think folk can’t possibly ever want to think outside of the box.

By your reasoning neither Magnificent Seven nor Starwars should exist because they used references from outside of their creators’ culture.

Except they do.
And what’s even more fun is that once you know they were inspired by you can…[Read more]

My 2026 board gaming is off to a good start. Over the past week or two sunk 10 hours into setting up Aeon Trespass Odyssey and playing the first battle. Hopefully things will go quicker as I get back into it.

Getting ready for Cycle 4

Cycle 4 – Session 1