tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74751302011-08-03T10:38:21.779+10:00skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.comBlogger6271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-39081970392816875582010-07-11T08:34:00.002+10:002010-07-11T08:35:13.563+10:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2wy4r1510&feature=player_embedded

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-69614178951360964452010-04-18T15:08:00.006+10:002010-04-19T11:09:24.891+10:00

So I took the 16 year old to a Wings of War tournament organised by a wargaming club run out of a bowling club in Hawthorn. The club closes up at 10pm, then the wargamers re-open the bar. Cheap beer, wargaming, I am thinking of moving in.We got a plane each as part of entry, bought the 9 year old one too... and the 16 yo insisted we needed a boxed game also for the rules, damage card deck etc. He

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-88802052957358216302010-03-03T12:39:00.002+11:002010-03-03T12:41:35.592+11:00

Awesome D&D Room

monkeypoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11873516100307190429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-17069016909608498822009-12-25T10:20:00.010+11:002009-12-25T11:36:46.810+11:00

Noah's first bike!"OMG Dad Santa gave me Star Wars miniatures.""Awesome, let's play it all school holidays!""Dad this is for you from the boys""Hmm, looks suspiciously like something I would order myself off the internet, stolen and wrapped for xmas""hmm, wierd"

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-77509683858262364522009-07-29T20:14:00.000+10:002009-07-29T20:15:42.318+10:00

HERE

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-30005011125528274612009-07-17T20:20:00.002+10:002009-07-17T20:22:38.471+10:00

The coolest game I have EVER SEENStop motion with post it's - computer gamehttp://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/post_it

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-27986869160557008202009-07-14T21:18:00.004+10:002009-07-14T21:30:33.041+10:00

Metamorphosis Alpha new edition coming early 2010 with D&D 4e ruleset.The first sci fi rpg. That's right, pre-Gamma World.It's similar, but you wake up on a giant spaceship - really just a dungeon crawl game with robots and laser swords.So what does that mean to you and I?Well, at my house it means Gamma World 4e.Sound too obscure and dorky?Sure, right up until the moment you roll up your first12

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-45275254169557808652009-07-13T11:01:00.000+10:002009-07-13T11:03:34.467+10:00

A robot rises over Tokyo

monkeypoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11873516100307190429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-78424469709817561092009-07-12T20:07:00.012+10:002009-07-12T20:55:36.608+10:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-29355835342788515102009-07-10T19:14:00.003+10:002009-07-10T19:24:17.631+10:00

So I just ran the gauntlet of 3 nightshifts at the unit.Instead of wasting time, I had the car boot full to the brim with modelling gear, paints and tools. I got a lot of stuff done, but these columns are the main thing which I actually finished to completion.I undercoated them on the first night (they were grey resin when they arrived)Then base coated them day 2Then settled in front of 2 movies

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-5801989097243856662009-07-06T20:54:00.008+10:002009-07-06T21:12:56.026+10:00

The kids playing Noah's Marvel Heroscape game.Kids are home for school hols. Today, much to my delight, turned into a gaming day! Fucking AWESOME!!!I forgot to take pics, but first Noah and I played Star Wars miniatures. I let him have Darth Vader, but he's lost Luke, so I had little ewoks - fine until you realise they have sharpened sticks for weapons and can only attack if they're standing next

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-65806352100217710432009-07-03T06:08:00.003+10:002009-07-03T06:11:58.143+10:00

I'm not entirely sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world, but this has got to be genius (NSFW, nor families):RoboGeisha trailer

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-86866867358523279862009-06-13T19:08:00.008+10:002009-06-13T19:36:18.788+10:00

We got there 10am, and a huge dude was drinking a massive stein of beer.I said "Well, you've just answered my first question..."

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-76108826198640887252009-06-12T14:29:00.005+10:002009-06-12T14:44:40.223+10:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-70623495230679515192009-05-11T19:17:00.004+10:002009-05-11T19:27:06.219+10:00

The kids were both home from school with colds today. The little bloke got the idea in his head that we should play D&D, and by 1.30pm we started our first ever 4th ed game. And it was a fucking doozy. The big lad gives 4th ed 9/10, reckons it's "even better" than 3rd ed, and I haven't even printed up powers cards yet.The rules are great, they fixed a lot of what got a bit tedious about D&D

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-3422960813480957092009-04-20T07:08:00.000+10:002009-04-20T07:09:55.945+10:00

Space Hulk returns?Oh I hope so.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-30973215383578741582009-03-13T23:18:00.003+11:002009-03-13T23:30:05.495+11:00

I know some of the minis look great, but has anyone played AT-43 yet?I'd like to check out a couple of other tabletop games, but I am wary ever since Stompbox spent cash on some hex-based tank warfare game that turned out to be a rancid shit.We spent a couple of hours setting up and reading the rules before kicking off, from memory one of us couldn't even get our 'future powered hover tanks' over

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-82276972053292412652009-03-12T04:19:00.002+11:002009-03-12T04:25:40.813+11:00

I'd like to know what is going on here?Mickey Rourke, Stallone, Jet Li, Forrest Whittybum, Dolph fucking Lundgren and ARNIE all in the one film! What the FUCK?Rumour has it there's a gay character in the film, it had better be Sandra Bullock.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-77587756774667554332009-03-02T07:36:00.002+11:002009-03-02T07:45:16.773+11:00

I'm sitting at my desk, scalpel in hand, cleaning up and building my armies of Space Marines and Orcs from the Assault on Black Reach starter pack.I've got Bolt Thrower ramped up on Spotify.And faintly in the back of my mind the Immortal Emperor whispers "welcome back"

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-49170127029011015032008-11-09T19:40:00.001+11:002008-11-10T21:15:31.393+11:00

omg, omg, omg...

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-20820413686000303392008-11-04T09:42:00.001+11:002008-11-04T09:42:46.834+11:00

Happens to be a steaming pile of poo.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-11690584619989098742008-10-26T10:13:00.002+11:002008-10-26T10:48:45.016+11:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-65337280350263598422008-10-17T21:36:00.000+11:002008-10-17T21:38:10.690+11:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-52811513035465839482008-09-06T16:50:00.000+10:002008-09-06T16:53:49.556+10:00

Series 7 ep 1 aired recently in the States, I am 5 mins in and felt compelled to blog it. That is all.In other news today, the wife spotted another dad walking past with kids in tow, dad sporting an "I roll 20s" shirt. I was too slow or I would have stopped the guy for high-fiving and so on. Not to be outdone, I will now be wearing mine to - the gym- work- weddings

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-68172795779142188342008-08-08T06:34:00.000+10:002008-08-08T06:56:28.448+10:00

I went to a little festival called Wacken.....there was a big, nasty zombie there!I punched it to death......"Victory!" I cried.The chicks loved me for it......time to party!Oh dear, too much party......next time YOU can slay the dragon too!THE END.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-41724704421619455992008-08-07T10:16:00.001+10:002008-08-07T10:21:25.239+10:00

It's my birthday, but I'm giving the presents.Here is a flash game version of the old Leading Edge Aliens Boardgame I bought Skaffen when he was a kid. Enjoy!

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-15214168503971252702008-07-30T01:21:00.001+10:002008-08-06T06:23:40.058+10:00

Sorry you girls couldn't come along...My pants are tight.edit: ...weep... (you cunts better come next year)me punching a german while wearing greavesSunlight and entire litres of the best beer I have ever drunkObituaryCarcass (and that thing from Arch Enemy)Kreatoretc...There were a few other bands, like Maiden, Exodus, Opeth, Gorgoroth... they were okay too. I'll post a more lengthy assessment

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-28805221149068253792008-07-21T19:48:00.000+10:002008-07-21T19:50:05.543+10:00

WHOAHHoly shit.I need these guys to design my games room.Will need toilets built into the seats.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-81885163377465020742008-06-25T13:06:00.002+10:002008-06-26T13:20:27.963+10:00

New pics - see belowI ordered this after the interview for the new job. (It's reference.)The wife said I wasn't to order it, but somehow, I did! She's going to KILL ME!

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-78925454360267025152008-06-21T16:45:00.000+10:002008-06-21T17:24:01.554+10:00

In the interests of driving Skaffen to book the next flight home, here is an update.I was rostered to work this weekend, but we're quiet so the boss told me to take the weekend off. Soon I will be 9to5, all weekends off, and we will be ramping up the wargaming action accordingly.So the wife went shopping and the boys stayed home with Dad for wargaming, today playtesting our latest purchase -

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-18161715760291277352008-06-20T02:45:00.001+10:002008-06-20T03:04:44.551+10:00

If I can't buy one of these... (the pic links to a whole lot more) ... then I should probably buy one of these!

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-77200722094390532592008-06-17T02:28:00.000+10:002008-06-17T02:30:55.373+10:00

Blown away by this website engine, can you chumps tell me any more about it?The Eco Zoo

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-53787232149160094652008-06-09T15:19:00.001+10:002008-06-09T15:22:53.154+10:00

12 years after fillum school, I am about to start my first full-time animation job, and nobody's as surprised as I am.So 3DPotatoe blog is back after 18 months MIA (and many quiet months before that.)3DSPUD must please be kept WORK SAFE, but I would love you guys to post any relevant stuff - fillums, drawing stuff, vinyl toys, whatever.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-73175849862754704842008-05-29T14:47:00.001+10:002008-05-29T14:47:51.949+10:00

Hits Youtube at last (it only took 10 years!)

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-14827312683594881912008-05-25T20:33:00.001+10:002008-05-26T08:44:38.892+10:00

Western game. Looked awesome, the photos I took dont do it justice. It looked like - A Western Movie!Bizzare steam/WW1 era game with German Daleks on bike wheels and other weirdness.Fully Sick LOTR setup from the Nunawading Wargaming dudes. The kids loved this one. The ents looked great, the boys had a look at them (everyone was really cool about the kids having a look, and tended to hand them

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-51143858187913487542008-05-16T18:26:00.000+10:002008-05-16T18:31:26.586+10:00

Does that look better? Cmon. It does.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-290767593072339332008-05-16T10:24:00.000+10:002008-05-16T10:35:33.464+10:00

They came up pretty good. I need to do some work on the archways around the doors, drybrush some highlights and maybe a black ink wash to get into the cracks. Im thinking of inking the metal on the doors too, but apart from that they came up pretty good.I got an email reply inviting my oldest son and I to join in a DnD game in the city, wed nights or Fri nights. We ran it by the boss, but she

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-41267728972996363412008-04-28T13:21:00.000+10:002008-04-28T13:29:42.679+10:00

The kids dont know about this :)They need a pack horse. Badly. You know you're new to D&D when you find your party trying to drag a 2 tonne treasure chest loaded down with coins out of a dungeon and outrun a 2 storey spider who is pissed of at being woken by the antics of a flambouyant Stevie Nick's lookalike sorcerer. The doors are Games Workshop form 80s or early 90s, dont know if they're from

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-47201448107016615272008-04-24T13:42:00.000+10:002008-04-24T13:47:57.609+10:00

I bought a big folder, organised all the papers for Avalon, put it one the shelf next to my wife's yoga books (unlabelled) and promptly forgot about it.I've been searching AROUND the folder for weeks, assuming it was yoga stuff.It's now labelled, and it's on like Donkey Kong.Thank jeebers

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-15873736772869229092008-04-22T09:03:00.000+10:002008-04-22T09:07:36.542+10:00

I won on ebayBut the guy wants me to mail him a money order, no paypal. SheeshThe BoardGameGeek site has photos, and reviews. The reviews are funny, there's responses from the creator, and some sooking from reviewers.Anyway, Uncle Skaffen is going to have his ass handed to him in 3 dimensions.Set phasers to "kicking your fucking ass."

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-83337559779277950562008-04-09T02:33:00.000+10:002008-04-09T02:37:23.312+10:00

...of the snow, as requested.You were right to pull me up on this Eightball, now weep, but feel joy at the same time:

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-84985769163766150402008-04-04T11:39:00.002+11:002008-04-04T11:45:10.953+11:00

Awesomeness link to awesomeness

monkeypoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11873516100307190429noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-75677467959494237512008-04-03T02:34:00.000+11:002008-04-03T02:36:47.209+11:00

... mwahahahahahaha!!!

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-67654215036200067312008-04-02T12:07:00.000+11:002008-04-02T12:55:03.135+11:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-66324822459309445712008-03-30T10:22:00.000+11:002008-03-30T11:54:40.072+11:00

Sit down* if you're reading this, because it's serious stuff.*I can no longer assume you're sitting down while surfing the internet, as Uncle 8y demonstrated on Thursday night - drunk on msn, walking down the stairs with a beer in one hand, new laptop in the other, typing.We went to start playing the other (boy's) day, but we couldn't find their dice.Then the bog boy remembered - last game was

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-284757780136097052008-03-19T21:14:00.001+11:002008-03-19T21:21:34.288+11:00

Click the title to watch the PREVIEW OF THE DECADE. Like the Rambo trailer on sex.We may have posted this already - I don't care. In fact I believe we should post it daily until it comes out.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-43822194378173938972008-03-18T20:00:00.000+11:002008-03-18T20:04:14.857+11:00

As linked up there.. a search for Evil Dead on this blog brings up nothing but joy...What other phrases would garner such awesome results on this blog?I wonder...My money is on"Fuck""Metal""Dice""Fat""Olsen Twins""Dildo Pyramid"

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-48642188358491218072008-03-16T14:40:00.000+11:002008-03-16T14:43:18.419+11:00

If Charles Dickens wrote Evil Dead, it would be "Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street"

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-24106942319763975852008-03-09T10:26:00.000+11:002008-03-09T10:32:18.141+11:00

I found my old cards under the house and handed them over to the youngest.Star Wars - several incomplete sets, Battlestar Galactica, T2 etc.He was stoked.I repacked and put away Hellraiser, Fangoria and Killer cards, as well as the full set of Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre card set, the backs of which make a puzzle revealing a picture of Jim Jones burning in hell. Not really appropriate

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-28653190736157264322008-03-05T10:04:00.003+11:002008-03-05T14:46:29.464+11:00

Details on Wikipedia Makes the post below a little more spooky.Cue the rolled a 1 jokes like at El Reg

monkeypoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11873516100307190429noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-26587706224530552402008-02-18T19:39:00.000+11:002008-02-18T19:45:47.420+11:00

This horrific vision of impending death appeared in spilled water on the kitchen bench.Not convinced? If you look at it from THIS angle, the skull even has teeth. It was nice knowing you all, I am apparently soon to shuffle off this mortal coil. Keep my DnD books for boys day, the game must go on....

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-61420100711611969912008-02-08T19:52:00.000+11:002008-02-08T20:01:00.140+11:00

I cant stop listening to their new album.It's like taking too much Avil and then listening to the Chipmunks sing Faith No More's The Real Thing - it feels like I'm about to have a nervous breakdown, but I cant stop playing it.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-75198913080402765142008-02-03T15:34:00.000+11:002008-02-03T15:45:01.620+11:00

To tide you over waiting for the long overdue Avalon post of pics from Skaffen's visit,My 6 year old was near-tears yelling that he was bored, so I dusted off this box, never been used......no longer bored.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-13251803183071323742008-01-22T10:41:00.000+11:002008-01-22T10:45:23.964+11:00

Just a quick post to remind all & sundry that this is totally fucking happening dude....(I need to talk to the organisers in regards to doing the '09 posters cause this years one flat out sucks)The big questions still need to be tackled like, who's driving (I might still have a cab voucher left over from work) What time do we start & what videos are we watching afterwards.I've booked the Rumpus

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-77573668807383257302008-01-20T15:03:00.000+11:002008-01-20T15:16:34.806+11:00

Book 2 of The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant is out, I booked it at the library while they were still putting stickers on it, and cracked the cover on it this morning.I was excited by the map, read "What has gone before", which summarises all 7 preceeding books (not including that extra book, the short one just about the Bloodguard's quest, book 4.5 or something)Anyway, here's me completely

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-29170417848577234752008-01-17T10:48:00.000+11:002008-01-17T10:53:18.142+11:00

Cute as a bag of monkeys & a stick. Pity there's only 3 episodes available & 60% of each episode is opening titles & closing credits..

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-4706049495073396782008-01-15T20:14:00.000+11:002008-01-15T20:30:03.994+11:00

... by a man who has, it would seem, neither time nor need for pussy.The link in the title is finished shots of the vampire castle. HERE's the tutorial, in German but easy to follow from the pics.(I copied these links from Wargamerau forum because I am killing time at work. OK, I'm a dork.)Mordheim cityThe guy's MAIN SITEI'm looking at THIS TUTE and mouth breathing HARD, do I dare to dream?

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-11257320388264998102008-01-03T03:06:00.000+11:002008-01-03T03:11:07.224+11:00

I never heard of these dudes before: FigurePrintsMy housemate has started trying out each and every fucking MMO he can find to see which one is second best to WoW. Every time he gets a new one (LOTR etc etc) he offers me the 'get your friend addicted 10 day free trial' cards.The Fuckhead.I am fighting dammit, I must stay clean.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-85440980006727930422007-12-22T22:41:00.000+11:002007-12-22T22:42:51.435+11:00

Check THIS out. Wowsers.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-4544250170718544902007-12-10T09:03:00.000+11:002007-12-10T09:32:33.970+11:00

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND WE'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!After a weekend where I'd racked up a decent amount of brownie points Sunday rolled around with a required trip to Gipps St to help Auntie Plop move furniture... what a coincidence the monthly gathering of the dorks was at the town hall.."baby... you owe me... I'm goin in & I don't want to get yelled at for whatever I drag out of there"With a clean

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-53116257268288080522007-12-06T16:41:00.000+11:002007-12-06T19:10:01.511+11:00

'08 is looking to be the year I rocked my nuts right off, and it's not even Xmas '07 yet. Grindcore08 in Jan, at the Corner - my wife is even considering comingMaiden in Feb- two highlights in the first 2 monthsHow will the rest of the year measure up?Well, Fuck I'm Dead have a live dvd, so we can make a beer and bong night of it with that one.Also I propose we work shifts watching the Arthouse

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-88893334302452032782007-12-06T00:22:00.000+11:002007-12-06T00:24:04.205+11:00

Tha Stomp put me on to this today.Fucking word to your pants!Let's get this shit started already.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-3400758073677720422007-12-03T09:22:00.000+11:002007-12-03T09:34:27.771+11:00

Awww sheesh, I'm having no damn luck... getting Win98 running on the machine was a cinch, however getting mame going has proven a nightmare.The onboard graphics card is in the free pc, how shall we put it... shitfullI know we don't need a super cool graphics card to play MAME, & after a bit of fooling about I got R Type 2 running fine (not having sound drivers was causing alot of the drama of

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-35621344294596226252007-11-30T15:38:00.000+11:002007-11-30T16:00:56.767+11:00

Well it's been a slow couple of days in MAME land, I've got the Win98 box up and running, however I'm having a bugger of a time actually getting MAME working on it. I remember when MAME was a piece of piss DOS application that would 'just work' now it's a 32bit Windows application that essentially, runs like shit. I think it really likes DirectX & 3D acceleration & all that bizzo... So where am I

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-16609939536173755322007-11-29T03:05:00.000+11:002007-11-29T03:06:33.449+11:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-91728704807129480652007-11-27T21:27:00.000+11:002007-11-27T21:38:37.855+11:00

Well after the success of nabbing a massive monitor on the cheap which was only a matter of minutes from my house, My thoughts changed to scoring the now required dirt cheap PC for the heart & soul of the cabinet..errr.. yeah eBay... we have a history... not helped by my mate Dave who's ebay knowledge possibly surpasses mine & his level of boredom at work is at least on a par..he spent the

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-36202609911584036432007-11-27T09:35:00.000+11:002007-11-27T09:47:17.609+11:00

Well I'm getting amped about this now, there's something about the weather getting good & us having had a couple of BBQ's already that shows me just how essential it is to have a MAME cabinet sitting downstairs to entertain the kids & settle arguments..I gathered all my hardware together. a 19" monitor I snagged from work for free ages ago, works a treat although it's a touch small.. more on that

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-8470419476270489622007-11-22T10:11:00.000+11:002007-11-22T10:16:20.987+11:00

OK first things fucking last... I want a MAME cabinet just as much as you guys...Well actually... maybe not quite as much. you guys really want it... I fear that when I build it, my weekly food bill is going to triple mainly due to what i call. 'the Dorito factor'.But here's the deal, I don't actually have much of the stuff I need. I've got the controller, I've got a shitbag old 19" monitor & I

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-7885933381442027162007-11-06T21:34:00.000+11:002007-11-06T21:36:17.965+11:00

My dreams, made real.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-50655392223417606452007-10-31T02:16:00.000+11:002007-10-31T02:25:51.593+11:00

I dragged my son into playing this game, which I had and played solo when I was a kid. Nostalgia clouded my judgement.A mind-numbing exercise in resource management, this game manages to sap the joy even from combat, which becomes a depressing exercise in ratio calculation.The only fun bit was drawing the tunnel map.The marines have a sheet too, you have to keep record of bullshit on there.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-83923647021608160932007-10-30T20:56:00.000+11:002007-10-30T21:01:40.032+11:00

I was playing around with my mobile while the kids did martial arts, had a look at what new mobile games were out - and soiled my pants. You can even set it to AI vs AI, and sit back and watch animated Space Hulk carnage. Booyah.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-10357077741378434922007-10-28T20:43:00.000+11:002007-10-28T20:52:14.277+11:00

Hit with indian ink first which got down in the cracks, then undercoated with Bunners White Knights Squirts black, or chaos black with a brush to get into some deep cracks, Adeptus Battlegrey drybrush all over, lighter drybrush codex grey on top.The guy in the shop suggested another lighter (fortress or something) grey drybrush coat really light on top maybe, but I don't reckon I need it.Thinking

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-17351901240267903072007-09-28T21:49:00.000+10:002007-09-28T21:51:13.447+10:00

There are perks to living in London. Apparently there's a burger shop in Metalocalypse named after these guys...

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-28382394497151355202007-09-24T09:33:00.000+10:002007-09-24T09:34:30.064+10:00

Watch this

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-10904631306638088102007-09-20T05:10:00.000+10:002007-09-20T05:13:27.402+10:00

Makes me want to shade my dungeons all bluestone ...

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-32244869868551907972007-09-18T10:16:00.000+10:002007-09-18T10:53:54.392+10:00

RPG motivational posters

monkeypoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11873516100307190429noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-51202195895042476702007-09-15T19:09:00.000+10:002007-09-15T19:11:43.382+10:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-16227638915227462482007-09-12T21:54:00.000+10:002007-09-12T22:13:17.771+10:00

... but the kids shouted me down.The dungeon bits made their first appearance in-game. Still at lot of work to do on them, but they went over very well.I told the kids I was thinking of saving to take them to GenCon in Brisbane next year, but thought the money would be better spent on more dungeon set stuff. They agreed.So the door looks like this.They loaded the Cockatank with buff spells from

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-1007427278791564222007-09-09T13:48:00.000+10:002007-09-09T14:02:41.434+10:00

- beer hats resulted in hefty foam intake, once we cleared the lines and got beer pumping thru in hydraulic power-skull, resulting in a close call - near drownings on dry land.So off with the hats, on with the partay, Deicide live boring, Obituary amazing, Tokyo Fist not what I thought it would be but pretty crazy boxing movie - best watched with death metal pumping. I forgot what to write here.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-92123594623904777982007-09-06T21:45:00.000+10:002007-09-06T21:51:28.044+10:00

... and we're not getting up because we're playing PS2.It was the neighbour with the dungeons which the postie took to the wrong address.We also got furniture, which I'll show properly later. For now, you can see that when Ricki Balboa the acrobatic ninja-thief says he's bouncing off the bed to launch an attack, he can actually show you what he means.The extra bags you can see in the background

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-79839581387877983032007-09-02T08:31:00.000+10:002007-09-02T08:43:49.196+10:00

MAZE OF TORMENTAuntie Skids and Uncle Reflux got back from holidays, and Skids got a PSP, hacked with a 4Gig card full of games. Mole. When she left with it, there was some grieving. Then we made our own, except radder.POOP SHOOT

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-8922989109251767592007-08-29T11:47:00.000+10:002007-08-29T11:53:59.666+10:00

Look what Uncle Skaff got me for my birthday. What a legend.In other news, my 13 year old got good reports at parent-teacher interviews, is going to start getting pocket money and is saving up for a set of cheating dice, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 20 siders, with the high number a 2nd time instead of a "1". That's right, no 1s. Roll initiative, 20! roll to,,, 20! Um, damage 10! 10! 20! Whoah.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-6498314565316138522007-08-18T21:37:00.000+10:002007-08-18T21:58:37.738+10:00

The lizard swcoped out a treasure chest, disarmed a poison needle trap and made off with some rune-covered magic studded leather armor and a similarly runed magic sword. Meanwhile the Echidna looked down the pit, spotted really big spider webs, and scratched his head, announcing that giant spiders were most probably going to come out if anyone messed with the pit.While on the other side of the

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-60823943229543154532007-08-18T18:18:00.000+10:002007-08-18T18:22:17.030+10:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-58857167723154518752007-08-18T08:18:00.000+10:002007-08-18T08:28:41.709+10:00

Japs developed real, floating 3D hologramYOUTUBEIt's still early days, apparently it crackles like 20 bug zappers going at once while it blasts air molecules into bursts of light.But that's not the point - I am starting an AVALON 3D wishlist and encourage stupid and unfeasible contributions.- I want 3d holoterrain to float on the table, animate when you open doors, reveal secret doors and have

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-49305270469275476842007-08-16T20:53:00.000+10:002007-08-16T20:58:40.741+10:00

Which means, I'm hoping, a crash on 3E prices across the interdork. Sweet.I love buying books I don't need. Let alone one's I'll actually use."Dad, can we play Avalon?""I'm cooking tea.""Tea. Boring. I don't want food. I want to kill monsters and take their stuff."

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-75622854534990325272007-08-16T19:49:00.000+10:002007-08-16T20:06:28.716+10:00

...because I went stupid nutty on ebay and bought 4 books chockaplop with Demons for Avalon.DENIZENS OF OGDENIZENS OF DIANNORDENIZENS OF VECHERONDENIZENS OF VEREKNAThe bad news is, I am going to need a shipping crate full of sculpey to make these dudes, PLUS this guy stung me pretty hard on postage. Ouch.The good news is, I spent so much, these bad boys ARE coming on line in the campaign no

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-39621279782364006042007-08-12T22:09:00.000+10:002007-08-12T22:46:15.329+10:00

The lizard had a listen at a door and could hear someone mumbling/chanting in the next room - a hobgoblin wizard alerted by the goblin massacre, frantically prepping spells to face the invaders. So the party huddled, and the Echidna sepped up to the plate. "I smash the door off its hinges with my spikey ball."The wizard was inside, behind a metal curtain."I tear down the curtain and throw it on

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-75598663034540538572007-08-09T14:52:00.000+10:002007-08-09T15:01:28.242+10:00

His name is Ricril Belbin, I call him Ricky Balboa, and I get yelled at for it every time. He's a frill-necked lizard, hence the tentacle dredlocks

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-66723004663633161682007-08-08T19:55:00.000+10:002007-08-08T19:57:35.810+10:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-63905628479802573202007-08-06T19:43:00.000+10:002007-08-06T19:47:47.734+10:00

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-46894356488458460802007-08-02T22:58:00.000+10:002007-08-02T23:04:57.211+10:00

...to spend money on stupid toys, but my excuse bag is getting fuller and fuller in preperation:Penny Arcade's take on Eye of Judgement

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-76219083096190459632007-07-27T10:57:00.000+10:002007-07-27T11:05:57.266+10:00

What I (for stomp) needs....We have a functioning old as shit IBM laptop (no not that one you gave me Skaff, even older & crapper) I think it's about a 333mhz job, by all rights it should be getting kicked to the kerb. but it's gone 1 last chance to live a rad life as something which for now... will remain a secret...We need an OS on it - nothing flashy All it's going to do is show a few JPGs or

eightballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10819682883309930106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-10759220734210930632007-07-23T16:34:00.000+10:002007-07-23T17:51:46.609+10:00

Long Overdue.Went to Wagga to visit the Grandparents, ebetered a D&D competition at the library, they were giving away one D&D basic game set each day. Left the house on about day 3 to walk to the library and enter again, the mobile rang to say the 6 year old had won. So we went and picked it up, hoorah.It's kind of this one, but different. Has lots of painted plastic minis, and gaming tiles.

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-79730614698542424682007-07-20T23:40:00.000+10:002007-07-20T23:42:10.487+10:00

Yo! Nerds!Who's read some Star Wars books?If you, or anyone you know has sunk into this pit of nerdity I'd like to know which ones are worth reading.Tell me, now.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-48218320434895702162007-07-20T20:07:00.000+10:002007-07-20T20:09:43.840+10:00

Future Pinball!Create your own tables! Download heaps of others! Waste more time!

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-3533886184891732982007-06-26T12:47:00.000+10:002007-06-26T13:43:02.215+10:00

My son rang me at work yesterday to get the OK to open this package.You can imagine my glee at the dungeon maps printed on the backing card behind the minis. The Bookmarks of Doom are cool too.The owlbear is going to make the cockatoo, and the kobold is the lizard Rogue.I have my work cut out for me with the conversions. I know what to do with the cocky and have bits coming off ebay, but the

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-65026549826210292262007-06-21T22:30:00.000+10:002007-06-21T22:39:10.776+10:00

Stomps tales of adventure are stirring epics, they are beginning to awaken something deep inside of me that desires a triumphant return to Australia accompanied by the smashing down of fist-fulls of D6s in rage.In the meantime however, I am curious, how did you people manage not to tell me about this:Skate.Fuck.

skaffenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02033987966185739031noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-15778149705699361452007-06-14T13:45:00.000+10:002007-06-14T14:41:26.848+10:00

Several hours later the party have nearly reached the village.The Cockatoo is dragging the wagon, the Echidna is pushing it and the injured Bunnies and the Hamster are inside the wagon. The rest are hanging around behind.A crazy goblin runs out of the forest towards them, holding a spear and shaking a fist blazing with magical fire, screaming "I'll turn you into ash, my pretties!". From his

stompboxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702766828013144522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7475130.post-56421799165625585902007-06-13T12:44:00.000+10:002007-06-13T13:39:28.960+10:00

Both kids are home from school with colds, and the wife's at work, So we got our game on in Avalon. (Dork note/Spoiler alert: Heavily Hacked version of DnD Module "Scourge of the Howling Horde" used as basis for this Adventure. If you've stubled across this blog by some cruel twist of fate, and intend to play that Adventure, turn away now - although I thinks it's safe to say that in Avalon,

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