Holes Fantastic Combat Between Worlds Author: Richard Tucholka Publisher: Tri Tac Games Page Count: 52 Available Format: Print (DTRPG) – $7.95 In the early 2000s, the Earth experienced a period of prosperity. Man’s innovations help solve many of the world’s conflicts and issues. Life was good until a large hole appeared on a farm in…
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A Pirate’s Life for Me! – A Review of Oak & Iron
Oak & Iron Historical Naval Tactics in the Age of Piracy Author: Mike Tuñez Publisher: Firelock Games Available Formats: Physical (miniatures) Core Box – $69 Rolling Boxcars is known for reviewing roleplaying games, but we all play boardgames as time permits. I may be an outlier with my interest in historical wargames. I have a…
13 Tips For Running A Successful Convention Game
Today, let’s talk about running games at conventions or other similarly organized events. It’s very important to be prepared for what you have committed to do. Many conventions give comp admission badges in return for a prescribed amount of games run/facilitated during the convention; my convention does just that. Therefore, it is important that you…
By Fire and Sword – Historical Wargame That Stole My Heart
Two weekends ago at RapierCon (12-14 June) in Jacksonville, Florida I got the opportunity to try a historical miniatures game called By Fire and Sword. This game is centered around the rich history of the 17th century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the disputes they had with their many neighbors. The game itself is geared toward 15mm…
All Quiet on the BROGFest Front
Well, I was absent from blogging yesterday and I will be for the rest of the weekend. So, this post serves as my out of office reply. I will be at BROGFest running and playing all sorts of historical boardgames, miniatures games and hex-and-counter war games. Her’s our Facebook page if you want to see…
Refocusing on My Existing Game Collection
The other day I talked about not having enough time to give all my games (wargames & RPGs) the love they deserve. I have decided I am bound and determined to spread some of my gaming love around to other games in my collection. First up, will be wargame titled Hopelite and an RPG titled Adventures…
Bring on the Miniatures – Bolt Action
Recently I ventured into the realm of doing demoes for certain games published by a small number of companies. Just the other day I received my demo kit for the miniatures game Bolt Action by Warlord Games. What have I gotten myself into? That is a bolt load of miniatures to assemble and paint. I…
Painting Continues!
Painting continues! I was asked by a friend the other day to paint the bonus miniatures for the new game 12 Realms but MAGE Company. Despite the rain and the temperature fluctuations here in Souts Carolina I was able to get the majority of them primed? One has been complete so far. For the record,…
Visuals at the Gaming Table
For those of you that GM games, do you find you players want or need to have visuals at the table? Some of players love them, but I go either way. I grew up in a time when we did not have them, but today there are so many resources out there. Players, what are…
Trading Makes My World Go Round
Do you like trading? I have found over the past year or so that I to tend to trade for my more of my new acquisitions instead of buying them. That is not to say that I don’t buy new and used copies of games and books, but when possible I prefer to lighten the…
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