Warmachine is back! And I forgot about having a community O.o

WARMACHINE!.. Ok I don't have a problem... its a lifestyle 😎

Ok so I have been absent from gaming in general due to heavy work travel, not playing anything even video games. Well, that has all changed. Work travel has reduced, I am re-engaging with games, and in particular Warmachine.

The status of the game

Warmachine had all but fallen off of my radar, and often other people's from what I can see. I recently spoke to a friend of mine prior to Adepticon as I was going to attend this year, albeit working in an exhibitor booth. He asked me to look for Warmachine which caught my interest. He was getting into Warmachine? Well.. that was the initial shove that caused me to tumble ad dive off the cliff.

Within a few weeks of our LGS stocking the game, they sold out of the book and most of their stock. They have been getting more in, including the P3 paint line which was recently revamped. Now, nearly 2 months later, we are just now starting our journeyman league with 18 people signed up and more showing interest!

Even at the Adepticon keynote we were made aware of how everything has doubled for Warmachine in the last year, games played on LongShanks, stores supporting the game, and even people attending the keynote! Long story short, Warmachine is definitely back!

My own start

I got back into the game with Old Umbrey, a split of Kahdor focusing on beasts instead of the warjacks. I will do a few articles over them both for my hobby and list building. But that was the start... 

Next Steam Forged Games announced they were taking 3 of the old factions, Convergence of Cyriss, Grymkin, and Infernals, and releasing them as stls for people to purchase and print. I had always wanted to play Grymkin, so I jumped on this opportunity. 

Then I got a wild impulse and decided to buy a lot of old Talion Charter Pirates from a guy in Canada. I am stoked about this army as a hobby project although admittedly they are not the strongest. This will be my first focus for hobby and tactica blog posts for awhile. 

I have gone deep at this point, donating printed terrain and objectives to my local store, providing a couple playmats, etc. I am all in now.

What I forgot

One thing that has become clear from the rush of Warmachine in our area is we have a clear and growing community. Every week I have been showing up, I stay later than intended because of the conversation and community . I have not had this in what feels like years and had forgotten how valuable it is. At our first journeyman league night we had 6 games played and over 18 people signed up. 

Going forward..

From here, my main miniatures focused articles will be on Warmachine, but I will have a splattering of other things from time to time.

Another Year, A Few More Articles....

A beginning again...

I am always trying to force myself to blog, journal, write, etc. I have never been good at consistency, but I enjoy the practice as an outlet for creativity. I am, once again, going to attempt this. So here is the update of things I am working on:

TTRPGs

I am playing a couple different TTRPGs at the moment. The main one I have my hands in is a play-by-post I am running using the Legend in the Mist system set in my own setting, Aislion. I will be doing additional articles dedicated to this as it is going well!

The second I am playing in as a play by post game as well, but this is set in the L5R setting and system (FFG). I won't be sharing details until a certain point as the beginning is still developing.

In person, I am hoping to get a small group going, or at least a one-shot. We will see what happens!

All of these generally involve my setting and I have been developing my World Anvil too! I will share articles and short stories her with a discussion about them!

Wargames

I have historically played a lot of Malifaux, but I have really put that down for now, but not forever. What I have really gotten into is Warmachine now that is has come back! I will be sharing painting, games, lists, tactica, etc while I relearn the game after over ten years. Stay tuned!

I am excited to start blogging again. I am setting an alarm every day to do this, so hopefully I can work on a post every day, publishing once a week at least.

The Journey Begins: My Family's Mouse Guard Journey Session 1

 The Journey Begins

I started running a game of Mouse Guard for my family. My wife (ign Nola) is the troop leader and my 12yr old daughter (ign Brittany) and 7yr old son (ig Finn) are playing along with. Our first session was without my son (he needed an early bedtime :P ). This was a great chance to see what my wife was willing to do and see how my daughter interacted with things.

The Beginning

The start of their journey was a simple one: Take the mail to the town of Darkwater. This sounds like a simp task and with two Tenderpaw mice, it is a good one to stretch their legs. Nola was given an additional task. This mission is important as no word has come from Darkwater in two weeks. The troop is to scout it out and determine why there has been silence.

The Path

Along the path, they found it rather unkept. It is the start of spring and much of the path had not been maintained over the winter. This proved to be a challenge for them to navigate, both in finding the path and ensuring they didn't lose it. Between the two, they successfully navigated the perils and did not encounter any enemies.

The Village

Smoke rose from the village of Darkwater. Nola spotted it from afar directing Brittany to approach the town carefully. Many buildings were burnt, no mice were to be seen. The most mysterious thing was that upon investigation they discovered no one had left nor entered the town as there were no tracking in or out in any direction. Both Nola and Brittnany hunted around and found some torn fabric high up in a tree outside the village.

They decided to make a "suspicious noise" to see if anyone was around. Well they attempted to sling a rock at a pan but Brittany failed the throw... The rock instead knocked a brick out of a crumbling wall. At first this seemed small, until the entire wall fell down with the rest of the building following it. After a few deafening moments of silence, a Hawk swoops down and lands on a remnant of a building. On the back was a hooded mouse who glanced around before flying away in the same direction as the tree with the fabric scrap in it.

After the bird flew away, several mice ambushed the two mouse guard, breaking through the rubble from hidden tunnels. Seeing their cloaks, they recognized them as mouse guard and asked them to quickly hide underground.

The End

This was a great first session to get the two into the game and get used to rolling dice. My daughter is fully invested, creating her own character art and all! Stay tuned for more session in the future including ones that will involve my son (7 yr old)!