Category Archives: wargames

Nerd Stores

Posted on March 9, 2024 by rootwood

Where would you go on a shopping spree? It’s kinda gross that I have such a quick and obvious answer for this. You win, capitalism. Sorry about the rainforests and climate change and the pacific garbage patch and wars for … Continue reading →

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Brothers

Posted on February 20, 2023 by rootwood

I’m still trucking along with #dungeon23, still enjoying myself with it and prepping to run it in Jan 2024. I’ve had some feedback from my players about what classes they want to play and I’m starting to work in some … Continue reading →

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#dungeon23: Little Acorns

Posted on January 12, 2023 by rootwood

I have played D&D since the eighties, and over the decades I have fallen in and out of love with it. I have never stopped loving tabletop games, and I have branched out into other role-playing systems at different times. … Continue reading →

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#dungeon23: The History of Zhogethys

Posted on January 10, 2023 by rootwood

5000 years ago the dwarves prospered and built many great fortress-cities under the mountains of Evaalon. When the dragons arrived they took the dwarf realms for their lairs and the City of Zhogethys was taken by the dragon Agamanthus. This … Continue reading →

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#dungeon23: week 1

Posted on January 7, 2023 by rootwood

The Shadowcity of Zhogethys Happy new year! 2023 is going to be a year of awesome new challenges and opportunities, and this week I started a great challenge called #dungeon23 which was started by Sean McCoy (original post here) In … Continue reading →

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Crusade!

Posted on February 4, 2022 by rootwood

So I’m finally playing a game of 40K! This Sunday some of my nerd friends are getting together and starting a narrative campaign. I have my Ork Crusade Force all painted and ready to roll. We’re using Power Levels instead … Continue reading →

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It’s really easy bein’ green

Posted on November 16, 2021 by rootwood

So I finally picked up the new Codex: Orks book. It’s really nice, full of gorgeous artwork and the nice evocative writing you would expect from a GW product. I’m revisiting my army lists again and prepping a fun 1000-point … Continue reading →

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Ork Fanboyz

Posted on June 20, 2021 by rootwood

It’s been a wild week for Orks in 40K. After a picture of what appeared to be new Ork Boyz leaked online, GW confirmed that a new Boyz kit is coming and they posted an image. (Note: for a change … Continue reading →

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Da Blue Meaniez

Posted on June 7, 2021 by rootwood

I’ve been figuring out my Deathskulls paint scheme on a few test units before progressing to more challenging pieces. The first to get painted was a unit of Boyz that was selected from some of my older models. There’s 22 … Continue reading →

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The End Is Near

Posted on May 29, 2021 by rootwood

2021 has been a weird year and I’m glad that it will be over in June and I can ‘get back to normal’. I remember fondly when I had the mental bandwidth to write, in the before times. Starting in … Continue reading →

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