Weekly Gaming Update III: Extravaganza!

Friday: Went to Gamers Haven and picked up The Gardens of the Allhambra board game, along with a rulebook and Cygnar starter set for WarMachine, and a new mini for my Hordes Circle Oberos army. Woo!

Saturday: Friends came by and we rocked out on a ridiculous amount of games. Played some Yetisburg, Masons, Oshi, Go, Geometry Wars: Galaxy, Defend Your Castle, and World of Goo.

Sunday: Woke up and played some more video games (felt like being a little kid again) and will cap it all off with a game of Euchre tonight.

Excellence.

Weekly Gaming Update II: Curve Ball

So the plans for an epic D&D session were trumped by a flight cancellation of a party member, leaving me with an evening of gaming scheduled with no games planned. Lucky I had brought Geometry Wars for the Wii with me as a back up plan, and I spent several hours handing the controller around with some friends. Truly a spectacular and addictive game.

I also tried my luck at a couple of rounds of Street Fighter IV for the Xbox 360. What a fantastic game. Very reminiscent of Street Fighter II Turbo (my all time favorite) - I was able to function well enough and most problems can be attributed to never being too good on top of being a bit rusty.

Hordes and Warmachine are officially on the horizon - friends are getting some new minis for thier Hordes army and interest is picking up in the store. I'm sure I'll be picking up a starter for Warmachine in the next week or two...it's looking like I'm getting Cygnar...although I might go Cryx at the last minute. =P

I also helped move mass quantities of gaming retail while Gamers Haven moved it's store down the road...does that count?

Painting a Woldwatcher

2/16: Started painting one of the Woldwatchers for my Circle Oberos Hordes army. Got it primed and the magic runes done. Next comes the wood work. Finishing this guy will bring me to 350pts fully painted. Woo!

2/17: Got the base coat on the wood done, just need to add some color to the ropes and I can move on to the stone colors, then a black wash and I think it'll be looking good.

2/23: Put some grey on a stone leg - took way longer than expected and I lost a little confidence on how it's going to look when I'm finished. Not too worried though - I'm not trying to make a display army, and I enjoy gritty looking models.