First Post

This will be a blog about my wargaming activities and rants. 

Today I want to talk about Dystopian Wars, Warhammer 40k Ard Boyz and the deterioration of my current local game store. 

Let us start with the last topic from above, as it moves into the Ard Boyz as well. When I started going to the local shop ten years ago, it was amazing. It has a separate game room with 5 tables and tons of terrain. This would be my standard for gaming until I moved back home and saw the Gamer's Haven in CDA Idaho. That is a long story itself, but currently it's in its second incarnation in Post Falls Idaho and is running great.

My current store, however, is not going well. The owner would rather party and do his outside activities than actually run his store. He runs a good talk, but I'm not sure he has it in him anymore. He is not listed on the Ard Boyz list of stores, even though he thinks he is running the event. Oh speaking of events, only two events have been ran in 2011. One was a major Malifaux event completely created and ran by the Warhamsters club, specifically Jim. The second was a bitz trading event, again ran by a Warhamster. Pretty sad. Oh I guess he does get 8 people a week for magic....

So with that, I am completely disinterested in anything Games Workshop right now. So onto Dystopian Wars. Air, land and sea combat in a victorian, steam-punk setting. What is not to love? I chose the Japanese faction myself. I wanted to play the Brits, but they and the Prussians were sold out at the distributor, as I can't even think about picking them up locally. I am pretty set with them as a faction, although all three of my games have been against the FSA, ie the Americans. They are a good counter to the Japanese, with high initial damage and good secondary points. 

The last game I played was particularly disappointing because my dice failed miserably. I couldn't get a five to save my life, however I did get a lot of 4 hits...  The exploding dice mechanic is really cool, but I rarely get it to work for me. This has created a situation where I can't really get a good grip on what is working and what is not.

I do know that my cruisers, medium ship, are terrible and its all about the gyros. Flying medium ships. So I was hoping I could do well with my starter, an extra battleship, a carrier and a blister of gyros, but alas it is not to be. I will be working on selling some of my Warhammer 40k items in the coming weeks to get my fleet up to shape.

That is all for now.