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Tuesday 30 June 2015

Neoscream's Life: 22nd to 28th June 2015

Welcome to the new Neoscream's Life post. This is a weekly post of what games I have been playing and what I have watch. Sorry for another late post.



“Wargames Workshop MK Monday”

On Monday last week I went down to Wargames Workshop MK to continue our campaign of Arcadia Quest. We played “The Orc’s Hive” scenario. Bob was the clear winner of the scenario and he chose "The Manor" as the next scenario (which we played this week).

After the game Bob had to go so me, Adrian and Michael had a game of Batman Love Letter, the first to five points. I managed to cream them.

After that I had a game of Cardfight Vanguard with Keaton with my Dimension Police Dimensional Robo deck. He destroyed me.



“HeroClix”

On Thursday I went down to York House for HeroClix. We finally got to do the "Daemon in the Bottle” scenario. 500 points. Team must contain an Iron Man at the start of the game roll 2d6 and Iron Man is affect by the following effect until 2D6 are rolled again. Once per turn any player can spend a power action to force their own or their opponents Iron Man to Re-Roll 2D6:

2-3       Hammer Hacked (Opponent Gives Iron Man an action as a free action at the start of controlling players turn).
4-6       System Errors (Iron Man can't be given power actions and modifies all stats by -2).
7          Trouble on the Horizon (Power Actions required Double Power Actions modify all stats by -1).
8-10     "Demon in the bottle” (Iron Man loses all TA & Keywords and modifies all stats by -2).
11-12   In control of his 'Demons' (no effects).

I went for the cheapest Iron Man with the Avengers keyword and built an Avengers themed team mostly using my new figures from Marvel Avengers Assemble.

75 IM3001R Iron Man Mk 7
85 AVAS002 Hawkeye + 8 ATA004 Thunderbolts
110 AVAS001 Black Widow
96 AVAS010 Echo
80 AVAS015 Living Lightning
50 FFCW006R Scarlet Witch
=504 points

On the first round I was up against Adrian who was also using an Avengers themed team who were:

85 AVAS002 Hawkeye
110 AVAS001 Black Widow
96 AVAS010 Echo
100 AVX002E Iron Man
105 AVAS011 Firebird
=496 points

I managed to win this game. In the second round I was up against Darren S who was also using an Avengers themed team who were:

100 FFOA003R Iron Man
75 FFOA001 Ant-Man
150 FFOA005 Thor
100 FFOA006 Captain America
75 FFOA002 Wasp
=500 points.

Like normal against Darren S, I lost the game, but I was over the moon as I took out Captain America (oh and I also took out Wasp too). On the third and final round I Michael who was using a Stark Industries themed team who were:

35 IIM016 Pepper Potts
37 IIM017 Happy Hogan
125 IIM029A War Machine
300 IIM001A Iron Man
=497 points

I managed to win this game with ease making it two wins out of three games.

This Thursday we should be (unless things change) the “The Reservists”. Named theme teams only, 400 points build plus each team will also have up to 400 points of ‘Reservists’. Essentially a sideline of characters with the same keyword as the main team. No characters may have the same name in both teams. When a character is KOed from your main team, you may, on your turn, use an action(s) from your action pool 1 per full 100 points added to bring in a Reservist(s) figure from your sideline. This character is now a permanent part of your force until KOed itself or removed from play by some other game effect. This Reservist is limited by the point limited of 400 points, so that you may only bring in character(s) to take your force up to 400 points. Reservist may be placed in any legal square adjacent to one of your existing figures, or within your starting area. This reservist may take actions immediately and does/does not have first turn immunity.
 


“Cardfight Vanguard"

On Saturday I went to Wargames Workshop MK after a brief coffee with my mates, to play some Cardfight Vanguard. I had totally rebuilt my deck on Thursday before going to HeroClix as I received a ton of new cards in the post. My new deck was many now mainly a Dimension Police Cosmic Heroes deck. With the format being Extreme and Free-fight where you have permission to mix clans in decks and G-decks. I also had a grade three Link Joker and two non-Dimension Police G-Units (more for G-Assist) due to the mix clan rules. I managed to get ten games in, winning half of them. There will be a Sneak Peek event at the store this coming Sunday for the new set G Booster Set 3 “Sovereign Star Dragon”, but sadly I will not be able to make it as I am working.



"Borderlands 2"

On Saturday night me, Darren H and Simon got together online to play some Borderlands 2. They were much higher up level than me as I have not really played the game. To be honest I was terrible but I did improve. I was Gaige the Mechromancer, while Darren was Zer0 the Number and Simon was Krieg the Psycho.



“Loot Crate”

On Thursday my June Loot Crate arrived. The theme this time was Cyber. Basically anything Robot and computer based. In the crate this time was:

An Exclusive Transformers T-shirt of Optimus Prime in a Tron style.
An Exclusive Nerd HQ Sticker Sheet.
A large Exclusive Borderlands ZerO Game Mat which I first used on Saturday to play Borderlands 2.
A half scale Exclusive Terminator Genisys Endo Skull Replica.
An Exclusive Terminator Genisys Brain Chip Keychain
A Future Replicant Corporate Logo Patch
A Battlestar Galactica Cylon Target Poster Set
A Exclusive  Glow in the Dark Circuit Gadget Pouch
The June 2015 Badge.
The June 2015 Magazine



It was a great crate. July's theme will be their first ever sequel theme, Heroes 2. By the sound of things it will be DC and Zelda heavy and there will be an exclusive figure.



“Painting and Converting”

It is back, the "Painting and Converting" section is back and for this post I have the MVP Galdo and three Rebs Players from DreadBall.


On Friday's post I should have at least two BattleZones terrain spues. I managed to finish painting last week three more zombies for Zombicide. Yes I know, not really much, but I was busy last week. I am hoping to make up for it this week.


Here is a reminder of the details for the Wargames Workshop MK Painting Contest. Figures must be a Monster or a Machines and be on a 50mm/60mm, however odd shape and slightly bigger based, but only if the Carl or Keaton allows it. Figures must be handed in by the 19th of July.

 

“Watch, Listen and Read”

Monday
Events: Work and then Wargames Workshop MK for some gaming.
Brought and Received: More tiny card sleeves for my Arcadia Quest equipment cards, a Cardfight Vanguard G "Generation Stride" booster and two Cardfight Vanguard G "Fighters Collection 2015" boosters.

Tuesday
Watched: That week’s episode of WWE Raw.
Events: Work.
eBay: Won a bundle deal of four copies of all the commons and single rares as will as two copies of three of the double rares

Wednesday
Watched: Episode 27 of Cardfight Vanguard G.
Events: Work.

Thursday
Events: Work and HeroClix at York House.
Received: All the Cardfight Vanguard stuff I brought from eBay and June's Loot Crate.

Friday
Watched: That week's episode of WWE Main Event.
Events: Work.

Saturday
Events: Off work, a brief coffee with Richard, Darren H and Lisa, then Wargames Workship MK for some games of Cardfight Vanguard and afterwards played Borderlands 2 with Darren H and Simon.
Brought and Received: Cardfight Vanguard G "Generation Stride" booster, a Cardfight Vanguard "Golden Mechanical Soldier" Trial Deck, the Cardfight Vanguard G "The Dark "Ren Suzugamori"" Legend Deck and four packs of card sleeves.

Sunday
Watched: That week’s episode of Weekenders XLBS and The Theory of Everything.

Still in the post or soon be should
Half-Orc Adventurers.
My Super Dungeon Explore: The Forgotten King KickStarter stuff.
DreadBall Xtreme wave three.



Until next time, hope for a better tomorrow.

Friday 26 June 2015

Gaming News from Neoscream: 26th June 2015

Welcome to the “Gaming News from Neoscream”. This is my weekly gaming news post for miniature games, RPGs, some card games, my painting and upcoming local events.



“Blog News”

There is no “Painting and Converting” again this week. It should be back next week.



“Gaming News”

First off we have the HeroClix news. We got previews of: Ultron-1 Drone, Ultron-5, Ultron-5 Drone, Ultron-7, Ultron-7 Drone, Ultron-8 and two versions of Ultron Phalanx from Marvel Age of Ultron Event.

Next is the Cool Mini or Not news. With the Zombicide Black Plauge KickStarter, it is still going strong. It is currently at seventh place in the top twenty non-computer gaming KickStarters. They have released a PDF the the rulebook for Black Plague as well. Since last week’s post they have managed to unlock: The KickStarter exclusive survivor Bob was added to both pledge levels; the Naiada Special Guest Survivor Thundergot was added to both pledge levels; the Stefan Kopinski and John Howe Special Guest box sets as add-ons; 3D doors as an add-on; and the KickStarter exclusive Abominalpha was added to Knight pledge level. 
The stretch goals that are still going as I post this are: The Naiada Special Guest Survivor/ Necromancer Ostokar the Pale will be added to both pledge levels at $2.35m; and the KickStarter exclusive Necromancer Grin will be added to Knight Pledge level at $2.4m.
With Arcadia Quest they have revealed that they are releasing a new stand alone expansion for the game called "Arcadia Quest: Inferno" which adds new ways to play, an expansion pack that adds a dragon boss and a spinoff called “Masmorra: Dungeons of Arcadia” which the heroes can be used in Arcadia Quest.

Now for the Demigods Rising news. With Demigods Rising Evolution, since last week's post they have managed to unlock: Nothing.
The stretch goals that are still going as I post this are: The seventh Demigod the Angel of Death from Middara at $40k; the Orc Rogue hero Saboyeur at $47.5k; and the Elf Warrior hero Swordmistress a $55k.
Also with the original KickStarter, backers will be getting upgraded cardboard components, updated artwork, double sided stat cards for the Heroes and Demigods and the alt forms of Black Wolf and Wind all thanks to the new KickStarter.

Next is the Cardfight Vanguard news. I made a mistake in last week’s post. We had more than just the one tomorrow from Milton Keynes at the Regional Team League. Sorry!

Now for the Journey: Wrath of Daemons news. With wave one the transport ship for the US distributor is well into its journey and should arrive at the mid of July. Shipping to EU and Australia/New Zealand is still on hold, due to paperwork issues. Direct mail to other locations started on this week.

Next is the Kingdom Death news. There is just over one week left to finalise your postal address for the KickStarter.

Lastly for the Megacon Games news. With Myth Journeyman, the pledge manager should be up in early July.



“KickStarter Dates”

·                     Wave two of “Kings of War Second Edition” (July 2015), wave two of “Robotech RPG Tactics” (December 2013), wave two of “Journey Wrath of Daemons” (July 2014), “Mekton Zero” (digital December 2013, physical March 2015) and wave two of “Shadows of Brimstone” (August 2014) have all been delay due to problems and currently have no dates on when these will start shipping.
·                     Wave one and two of “Super Dungeon Explore: The Forgotten King” (January 2015) for Asia, “Half-Orc Adventures” (May 2015) and “Dungeon Architect Cards” has been shipped or is shipping.
·                     “Slaughterball” (June 2015), wave two of “Super Dungeon Explore: The Forgotten King” (January 2015), wave three of “DreadBall Xtreme” (November 2014), the PDFs for “Paranoia” (May 2015), wave one of “Journey Wrath of Daemons" (July 2014), “Last Saga” (November 2014), “Kingdom Death Monster” (Dec 2013), “Battle Systems Fantasy Dungeon Terrain”, wave one of “Yashima: Legend of the Kami Master”, wave one of “Kings of War Second Edition” and “Exploding Kittens” all should ship in July 2015.
·                     The “Demigods Evolution” KickStarter will end on the 7th of July 2015
·                     The “Zombicide Black Plague” KickStarter will end on the 7th of July 2015
·                     The physical copies of “Paranoia” (June 2015), “Mechabrick” (April 2014), “Dungeon Saga: The Dwarf King’s Quest” and wave one of “Thunderbirds Co-operative Board Game” should ship in August 2015.
·                     “Anime Miniatures”, “Dragon Tide” and “Blood Rage” should ship in September 2015.
·                     Wave 1.5 of “Shadows of Brimstone” (August 2014), “Conan”, “Ghostbusters The Board Game” and “Home Raiders” should ship in October 2015.
·                     Both “Demigods Rising” (July 2015)/”Demigods Evoltion” and wave two of “Yashima: Legend of the Kami Master” (July 2015) should ship between October/December 2015
·                     Wave two of “Thunderbirds Co-operative Board Game”, “Ninja All-Stars”, “Zero Agents” and “Zombicide Black Plague” should ship in December 2015.
·                     Both “Dwarven Forge's City Builder Terrain System” and “Deadzone Infestation” should ship in January 2016
·                     “Myth Journeyman” should ship in June 2016.



"Up and coming Events"

These are local gaming events in Milton Keynes I know of, Guardians of Tyr events at Wargames Workshop Northampton and other events I plan on going to or want to advertise.

·                     On Mondays (not including Bank Holidays) at Wargames Workshop MK is Wargaming night.
·                     On Tuesdays at Wargames Workshop MK it is Card games night (or is it just Magic the Gathering).
·                     On Thursdays York House in Stony Stratford is open from Wargamers and Boardgamers.
·                     On Fridays at Wargames Workshop MK it is Friday Night Magic.
·                     On Sundays, Wargames Workshop MK is now open. It will be for role-play and board games day on every Sunday apart from the last Sunday of the month which will be a card games day (Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic and Cardfight Vanguard).
·                     On Saturday the 27th of June 2015, there will be a Cardfight Vanguard tournament at Wargames Workshop MK. Rules of the event will be on the Cardfight Vanguard MK Facebook group.
·                     On Saturday the 18th of July 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Star Wars X-Wing tournament at Wargames Workshop MK.
·                     On Sunday the 19th of July 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running a Steam Roller Warmachine/Hordes tournament at Wargames Workshop Northampton. Also at Wargames Workshop MK, the Painting Contest will come to an end and the winner will be announced.
·                     On Saturday the 1st of August 2015, Guardians of Tyr will be running both a Steam Roller Warmachine/Hordes and a Warhammer 40,000 tournament at Wargames Workshop MK.

Wargames Workshop MK has a £2 gaming fee or £4 with a pack of Magic the Gathering cards unless it is a paid tournament run by Guardians of Tyr (not including High Command). Weekday events normally start “playing” at 7PM.

For rules for Guardians of Tyr tournaments and leagues as well as information on pre booking your place in tournament. Pre booking is highly recommended so they know how many people are coming. So please go to their website which there is a link to it under my links section which are located on the right hand side of this blog.

York House has a £3 on the day gaming fee and a £5 fee for a year’s membership. However the first day is free and they only take yearly membership fee at the start of the year. The Hall officially opens at 7PM, but normally people start arrived 15 to 20 minutes early.


Until next time, hope for a better tomorrow.

Tuesday 23 June 2015

Neoscream's Life: 15th to 21st June 2015

Welcome to the new Neoscream's Life post. This is a weekly post of what games I have been playing and what I have watch. I have decided on the new opening pictures from this post. I will be doing Cardfight Vanguard clans. I will be doing the missing two DreadBall teams when I can get some photos.



“Wargames Workshop MK Monday”

On Monday I popped down to Wargames Workshop MK. I managed to get a game of Puppet Wars. In fact it was a four player game. Sadly I was the first to get knocked out. But I was close to knocking out another player.



“HeroClix”

On Thursday I went down to York House for HeroClix. We finally got to do the "Rise of the Machines" scenario. 500 points, a minimum of 25% of the team must contain the Robot keyword. Robot must be the most expensive member of your team. The 'Robot' Keyword is considered a named theme team. Robots below 74 points have a +1 to all stats with the exception of damage. No figures over 250 points. My team was a Robot team that was being led by an old friend of the Transformers from the days Marvel did the Transformers comics, Death's Head.

177 IIM028 Death's Head
76 WXM030 Lady Deathstrike
90 CW208E Ultron
69 CW019 Max Fury
59 GX003 Omega Prime Sentinel
30 CW002R Iron Man Drone
=501 points

On the first round I was up against Adrian who was using an X-Men themed team who were:

99 WKM-021 Rogue
75 AVX005R Wolverine
100 AVX010E Emma Frost
150 AVX015 Danger
75 WXM040 Hope Summers
=499 points

I managed to win this game. In the second round I was up against Darren S who was using an Avengers themed team who were:

74 AVAS016 Rage
80 AVAS015 Living Lightning
58 AVAS037 Manifold
95 GOTG005 Major Victory
185 CW100 Vision
=492 points.

Like normal against Darren S I lost the game. On the third and final round I Michael who was using a Robot themed team as well who were:

91 DP012 Weapon X
70 CW002 Iron Man Drone
160 CW208 Ultron
180 CW055 Vision and Scarlet Witch
=501 points

I managed to win this game too making it two wins out of three games.

This Thursday we should be (unless things change) the “Daemon in the Bottle” scenario. 500 points. Team must contain an Ironman at the start of the game roll 2d6 and Ironman is affect by the following effect until 2D6 are rolled again. Once per turn any player can spend a power action to force their own or their opponents Iron Man to Re-Roll 2D6:
2-3  Hammer Hacked (Opponent Gives Ironman an action as a Free action at the start of controlling players turn).
4-6  System Errors (Ironman can't be given power actions and modifies all stats by -2).
7    Trouble on the Horizon (Power Actions required Double Power Actions and modify all stats by -1).
8-10 "Demon in the bottle” (Ironman loses all Team Abilities and Keywords and modify all stats by -2).
11-12 In control of his 'Demons' (no effects).

 

“Cardfight Vanguard"

I have not had a last week, however I have been working on my deck. I have added some of the new cards I pulled from Cosmic Roar, ordered some needed Sentinels for the deck and looked for order cards I might need for the deck which I might be buying some this week. I will be going to this Saturday's tournament, but sadly I will most likely will not have my Sentinels by then as the earliest established time of arrival for them is next Monday as they are coming from America.



"Talisman"

On Sunday night me, Richard, Darren H and Simon got together on Skype and then played Talisman. An old school Games Workshop game that is nowadays being done by Fantasy Flight Games. A digital version of the game was released not too long ago and Simon picked up four copies of the base game on the Steam Sales which he gave the other copies to the rest of us. We randomised the characters. Richard got the Ghoul, Simon got the Elf and both me and Darren H got the Assassin. The Assassin is nasty, very nasty in an over powered way. The game took longer than planned and Richard dropped out just before we finished. I ended up winning. We do plan on trying to do it again in the future.


“Painting and Converting”

I could restart this again this week, however I decided to leave it another week to build up on the back log. I managed to finish painting last week an Arcadia Quest figure and five more zombies for Zombicide.


Here is a reminder of the details for the Wargames Workshop MK Painting Contest. Figures must be a Monster or a Machines and be on a 50mm/60mm, however odd shape and slightly bigger based, but only if the Carl or Keaton allows it. Figures must be handed in by the 19th of July.




“Watch, Listen and Read”

Monday
Events: Work and then a game of Puppet Wars at Wargames Workshop MK.
Brought and Received: Twelve Cardfight Vanguard “G-EB01 Cosmic Roar” boosters.

Tuesday
Watched: WWE Money in the Bank.
Events: Work.

Wednesday
Watched: That week's episode of WWE Raw and episode 26 of Cardfight Vanguard G.
Events: Work.

Thursday
Watched: Episode 10 (final) of season five of Game of Thrones
Events: Work and HeroClix at York House.
Received: A card holder for Zombicide.

Friday
Watched: That week's episode of WWE Main Event.
Events: Work and finished XCOM.
Brought: Four copies of the Cardfight Vanguard card "Cosmic Hero Granguard".
Received: The digital version of the game Talisman from Simon.

Saturday
Watched: That week’s episode Weekenders XLBS part 1, episodes 10 and 11 of Daredevil and Season one to three of Shelf Life.
Events: Off work and no coffee.

Sunday
Watched: That week’s episode of Weekenders XLBS part 2 and season four of Shelf Life.
Events: Work and playing Talisman online with Simon, Richard and Darren H.
eBay: Won a Cardfight Vanguard Dimension Police play mat.
Brought and Received: Two extra characters for Talisman.

Still in the post or soon be should
Half-Orc Adventurers.
Four copies of the Cardfight Vanguard card "Cosmic Hero Granguard".
A Cardfight Vanguard Dimension Police play mat.
June's Loot Crate.



Until next time, hope for a better tomorrow.