Other than Warhammer 40,000 and Age of Sigmar, the biggest property that Games Workshop has had the rights to produce models for is the Lord of the Rings (Or at least models [...]
Saturday 3rd June 2023 saw the ninth gathering of gamers for Operation Market Larden – a gaming day dedicated to having fun gaming with good friends using various [...]
Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth was one of my favourite, and most played, games of 2019, and ever since the Fantasy Flight Games announced their [...]
Warning: This blog post contains mild spoilers for the first two scenarios in the ‘Bones of Arnor’ campaign for Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth After [...]
Friday evening saw myself and Josh travel down to the all-new Battlefield Hobbies in Daventry (more of which in another post) Spoiler Warning – the following post contains [...]
After the painting challenge of last weekend, I was left with the Heroes of Journeys in Middle Earth to finish. Aragorn Based of the artwork from The Lord of the Rings Card [...]
Following last weekend’s painting challenge, this week has been spent applying the finishing touches to all the models. With the application of some varnish this [...]
Well, we have come to the end of the Bank Holiday weekend and I am somewhat disappointed to report that the Journeys in Middle Earth box set has not been painted. The final [...]
The final Enemy miniature in the core box set of Journeys in Middle Earth is also the biggest in the box – the Troll. Much like the wraiths, this model is inspired [...]
They next group of miniatures are the first that actually appear to be based on a specific piece of card art – these are the Wights, which look to be based on the [...]
Due to some other commitments my painting time on Sunday was somewhat restricted. Even so, painting the Orcs turned into something of a slog, rather than a joy. Whilst the [...]
The next batch of miniatures on the list were the Goblin Scouts. The first question is simple – what colour are they? Whilst most people would probably answer [...]
Next onto the painting table were the Ruffian models, since I had a good idea as to how I wanted to paint these. The palette for these models was going to be predominantly [...]
I thought that I would start with something easy – the Wargs. These are big models with very pronounced detail. The first question is: what colour to paint them? With [...]
The first step, at least when painting models, always seems to be the most labourious. Since these are plastic miniatures I decided to give them a good wash and scrub with an [...]
This weekend is a bank holiday in the UK, and I will find myself left to my own devices for the weekend – so I decided to set myself a challenge. The task is, on the [...]
I have never been a great fan of min-max gaming. I thought that I would make that statement ‘up front’ as that fact tends to have a large influence in how I [...]
Following a recent conversation with a podcast listener, in which I was discussing the merits of playing The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, from Fantasy Flight Games, [...]
Rating: The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game was originally released by Fantasy Flight Games in 2011, and upon release very quickly became one of my favourite games. I and my [...]
Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, by Fantasy Flight Games, is one of my favourite games of the last couple of years. It’s what FFG call a ‘Living Card [...]