WARMACHINE

Just a moment ago I was trying desperately to start studying English for my English test the day after tomorrow. Then I had a great idea. What if I decided to write something to TRK instead of reading boring rules from the grammar book. That's more like a style for me I thought! I can learn English in front of the computer. Fantastic!

I am going to tell some of my thoughts of Privateer Press' miniature game WARMACHINE. (Yep. Its WARMACHINE, not Warmachine)

I have decided to start collecting and playing WARMACHINE. I got this idea when I was at ropecon this year. I saw guys playing WARMACHINE intro game and it look tempting. I didn't fell in love for that game right from the start. At first it more like looked interesting contrast for GW's games. Funny-looking robots smashing each others. Sounds like a great idea for me.

Some weeks after ropecon I heard that our dearest friend Olli the second had started WARMACHINE. That made me think the game even more. I wanted to find more information about this mysterious game. I opened my firefox, went to google.fi and searched for WARMACHINE. I found a site of the company which makes them. There was a good gallery with beautifully painted WARMACHINE miniatures.

I also found out that Finnish miniature forum Sotavasara (I almost wrote SOTAVASARA :D) had a lot of discussion about WARMACHINE. There was a presentation about the game written by Matti, the admin of Sotavasara forum. When I read it I was completely sold (can I say in English? :P). The game sounded a great fun with lots and lots of tactical elements. Every unit has tons of special abilities and it offers a lot of challenges for players. I would have thought that WARMACHINE is more like a showcase game, not a real tactical wargame like Warhammer. I thought like that because WARMACHINE game is more like a small skirmish than a huge epic like Warhammer.

The best thing about WARMACHINE is the miniatures. I have heard they are better quality than GW's models and I really like their theme. GW has a grim darkness theme but WARMACHINE is something completely different: it has humour. Warjacks are almost as cute as halflings or goblins but they are ten times as big. WHOAA!

Armies in WARMACHINE are a lot of smaller-sized than Warhammer armies. This gives me a perfect oppoturnity to make über showcase army. I'v failed it thrice but I won't make it this time. I have decided to start with mercenaries army. I will make a complete Rhulic army. Rhul is a kingdom in Iron Kingdoms (fantasy world of the game). Rhul is a land of dwarfs and it sounds like a good choice. It's been years when I have painted dwarves. Rhulic warjacks are the funniest-looking ones of the game in my opinion and that's my biggest reason for choosing them.

At last but not the least, HORDES. Its a game a lot like WARMACHINE but it has more fantasy elements. Both WARMACHINE and HORDES are based on a same Iron Kingdoms fantasy world. The best things about HORDES is that HORDES armies can play against WARMACHINE armies.

The biggest problems of WARMACHINE are availability and price. They are metal models so its reasonable that they cost more than GW's plastics.

I'm not trying to brainwash you guys. I just want to make you think of alternatives. Games Workshop is not the only miniature company and only way to find out if its the best or not is to try the others.

All of you guys know how fast I get ideas for new projects but after some days they are gone. I really hope that this isn't like that. Wait and see. That's all I can say about it right now.


Here are some links

Privateer Press
Roolipelit.net, a netstore which has all the models for WARMACHINE
Peliarkku. Same thing with this one but this one's cheaper.
Matti's presentation

Every WARMACHINE and HORDES race has its own starting box which costs 46 e from Peliarkku and 50 e from Roolipelit.net. Basic rules can be found from the net and rules for each unit come with the model. If some of you are interested in one ore both of these games, I suggest to download Armies of Immoren. It's an army builder program for these games.

Well, that's much more than I thought I would write so I guess that's it. Enough schoolworks for today.

Thanks for reading.

EDIT: I forgot to mention one thing. A couple of days ago I made some very sweet WARMACHINE terrain. They are really good for WM. They are so steampunk!

Tour de Europe - Day 7 - 8

Braving the Italian traffic for the better half of the day was indeed tiring. Things got worse when our hungry party couldn't find a restaurant, resorting to spewing obscenities in hopes that one would turn up. When we finally found a place, we were reminded of the local custom of "siesta", that is, going for an afternoon nap in the middle of the day. This of course meant that no restaurants were serving food.

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Campaign Turn 2 Offensives

The offensives for the second turn are in, and it is time to schedule games. This I will do on an individual basis, however, I would very much appreciate other players arranging their games (eg. Oliver vs. Olli).

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Campaign Turn 2 Begins

The second turn of the campaign begins. The ownership of territories is now as shown above. Please all factions send me (email or sms) the co-ordinates regarding their next move.

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Please note that only essential posts from the IGC regarding the campaign will be posted here. Visit the IGC site for battle reports etc.

Tour de Europe - Day 6 - 7

One of the most fascinating parts of the day was when we descended past the snow line. Quite abruptly, the snow covering the ground gave way to green grass and foliage. Due to the snow we had set off quite late today, but we were determined to reach lake Garda before the day was over. The mountain scenery was as mind boggling as ever, and we headed to a glacier which was near our route.

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4 Different Blogs?!

Oh no! All of you guys have an own blog (except Tony). Reading TRK is more and more difficult. Oh yeah. I have to visit IGC every now and then too. In the old times it was a lot easier. All of us wrote things to TRK but now we have to make more complicated. It would be nice if you would at least post entire post. Not like just some lines and then continue reading... If you guys keep on doing what you do now someday I get bored and forget TRK blog. It would be better for you too if you write at TRK because then I might even send comments.

Make Up Lyrics for Rock N' Roll, Guys! Competition!

Dear readers,

The title sais it all. You have to make up lyrics that are suitable for all ages (Not kiddy music though) and fit the song (See download or listen link at bottom of post). The song has a rock style to it. Very ACDC. I personally liked the idea of making it relate to food, but you can decide that!

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Campaign Turn 1

The Kingdom of Bahdul advances uncontested towards the coast. The Thallssocracy of Venusia, The Free State of Bavaria, and The Federation have all sought to conquer the central highlands, and area of great strategic importance.

The battle for the highlands will be a Regicide game, see original campaign post for other game settings.

The preliminary date for the game will be on the 25th, Saturday. However I have yet to make contact with most players and this date is likely to change, further details will be posted later.

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