About Me


Jeff Hiatt Been a gamer and a hobbyist since I was a wee lad. Can't remember a time in my life when it hasn't been present one way or another.

The Flying Dutchman returns

November 11, 2009
Once again it is time for my quarterly blog update.

Today is Veterans Day. Take a minute to think about those that have sacrificed on you behalf to make this a better world. Better yet if you know a veteran (or active duty person) thank them for their service.

So what have I been working on?

Wargods
Still working on cooking up more Greek rules. Unfortunately I have not had much in the way of time to play test any of them but they are still being developed. There is no goal for them at this time. The project is kind of rudderless at this time but I would like to think that there has been some progress on them.

World War 2
The forces are growing. The joke around here is that I will be able to do Market Garden on a one to one basis with all of the troops involve represented in 28mm. It is not quite like that but there is a lot and it keeps growing. My Soviet, British Airborne, German SS, American Infantry, and American Airborne keep growing. The problem that I have is storage. All of the forces have seen expansions in the vehicle category as well.
The real issue now is what rule set to use for these guys.

Ground Pounder
We are in developmental playtest on these rules and have gotten in a few playtest games with them. Miniatures should be coming out shortly.

The Joined
This is a new project that I am working on where I originally came up with a race for use in Ground Pounder. As it turned out this didn't fit in with Ground Pounder. So, I decided to develop it on my own and see where it goes from there. I have no idea what I am going to do with them or what I am going to eventually call them but there they are.

Well that is it for now.

Jeff

 

Weird and Not World War 2

July 9, 2009
So this week got a chance to get some WW 2 stuff done for my self and others. Fished up and photographed some of the new Incursion Ape Suits. Pictures can be found here. I have the German forces that need to be done as well but  those will wait until next week.
The other thing that I have been loading up on in Westwinds Berlin or Bust World War 2 Miniatures. they are cheap in in the scale that I like to work with. This week I got a bunch of Americans done and wouldn't you know it, I discovers...
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It has been a while....

July 2, 2009
It has been a while
Since the last time I wrote here I have been busy with a few related project and a couple of new ones.

Wargods Greeks
Fortunately me local game store is well stocked with historical miniatures. And as a result I have been able to expand my Greek forces. Corey and I have cooked up some rules for Thracians and we have gotten a couple of playtest games in with them. The rules that we have come up with give them a very unique feel that hasn't been seen in Wargods. The other thin...
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The Greek Inventory

January 13, 2009
So I have gotten around to doing an inventory of the Greeks that I have.

  Painted assembled unassembled  
Spartan Hoplites 39 27 37 103
Spartan Champ 5 1 1 7
Spartan Musician 1   1 2
Spartan Standard 1   1 2
Spartan Lights 8     8
Spartan War Altar   1   1
Spartan Stratego 1     1
Spartan Honor Guard 2     2
Mycenean Hoplites 12 18 10 40
Mycenean champ   2 2 4
Titan Hunter 2     2
        0
Demi...

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What I still need

January 8, 2009
So a little progress on the Wargods megabattle front. I have started on the next unit: Some Anubi Warriors. Also to fund things that I still need I have posted up for sale some Wendigo that I got in my last big trade.
As it stands right now I think that I am going to need the following things for the megabattle:
  • 2 Spartan Chariots
  • Sebeki Harbinger
  • Sebeki Master of Words
  • Asar Archer unit
  • Nebekaru Archer Unit
  • Lots of command counters

At some point soon I am going to get started on making terrain for t...
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59 days and a wake up

January 6, 2009
So today I added a countdown clock for the Wargods mega battle that I am hosting at Game Kastle in Santa Clara, CA.

The other goal here is to have everything painted and have matching terrain for all of this. Everyday there is another little piece that gets done in order to accomplish this. As I am writing this there is 59 days and a wake up to finish this project.


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Progress on the Big Project

January 5, 2009
Last year one of my goals for my battle was to have an bunch of Sebeki. Thanks to my big purchase at the end of last year that is now a reality. So now I have 5 six croc units of Sebeki, a Beloved of Sobek, The Butcher and a Priest of Sobek.

These are now painted and ready to hit the table. I made sure to clear my other Wargods Miniatures off of the painting table first. Those included a Typhon Starter set and two Basti Skirmisher Units.

The next thing I need to do is get an inventory of what...
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My Big Project for 2008

December 31, 2008
Sometime you pick a project and sometimes it picks you. This is one of those times.

Last year after watching 300 and all of it's assorted features I decided it was time to do Spartans for Wargods of AEgyptus. So i jumped in and started with a few units. I knew a fellow that was getting out of it and wanted to get rid of his. I got a very good deal on it and before I knew it I had a lot of Spartans and some Mycenaens.

At that point I decided to get a bunch of friends together and do a large fig...
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Just a few days to go

December 22, 2008
So here we are with a few days to go to Christmas.
I am busy trying to get all of my end of year projects done as well as getting stuff posted here for sale.

Something else that I have gotten into (or back into) is Star Wars minis. It wouldn't be my first choice of game but my daughter likes it and if i can get my daughter into miniature games then it is worth it.

So I am starting to think about my personal gaming goals for 2009. I think the first thing should be to get my Wargods Spartans don...
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TGN 2008 Reader Choice Awards

December 6, 2008
VOTE Here

The 2008 TGN Reader choice award voting is up on Tabletop Gaming News. Take a few moments and vote or nominate something that isn't there.

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