Stocking up for the Holidays with Bastion Games, Opening Black Friday 27NOV20!

       My good friend, Tom from Texas, is going to fulfill a life-long dream of opening a mega hobby shop/wargaming store this coming Black Friday. Long in the making (no thanks to Covid-19!) but well worth the wait! Located on the northwest corner of Woodward Avenue and Long Lake, Bastion Games will bring a top-flight hobby store to northwest Metro Detroit. The shop will stock Games Workshop, Star Wars (all varieties) Reaper, and Dungeons and Dragons as well as a host of other product-lines. The address is 43239 Woodward Ave., Bloomfield Hills MI 48302. The phone number is 248 499 6888 and the website is Bastion Gaming

           A stand-out feature is the availability of complete, fully painted armies that are available for sale. This shop also features a massive gaming hall and three smaller private rooms for specific themed games. Gamers wishing to try out new rules or armies can contact the store about having a game set up to play with their friends. Access to the store's large selection of ready-painted armies and extensive terrain collection makes it possible to run that campaign or mega-game that always seemed impossible. 

        I got a chance to take a sneak-peek as they were putting the final touches on. Let's take a look!

Gaming Update 20NOV20 UPDATED!!!!!!

We will be gaming at my house on Saturday November 21st at 7 p.m.

Be there

28mm Late Roman Cataphracts by Gripping Beast

       As if I needed more figures to paint! Finishing out their Late Roman collectrion GB has brought out some lovely Late Roman Cataphracts (although, with tiny changes, these would easily serve in a LOT of other armies!). Let's take a look ....

 

 the front of the box, nice artwork

Rules Review; Blood and Valor

 

       I had heard great things about Blood and Plunder (a rules for the Pirate era from the same publisher) but, having a different set that I was quite happy with, had never played them. When I saw that Firelock Games was bringing out a set for the Great War era I was interested and picked up a copy shortly after they appeared at Michigan Toy Soldier.

Gaming Update 14NOV20 Edition

 Gaming at my place  on 14NOV20 at 1900hrs

Not sure what we will be playing, maybe some Great War stuff in honor of Veterans Day

Happy Veterans's Day

 A great big Thank-You to all who have served to keep out great nation free. 

I honor your service and sacrifice.

God Bless you all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE USMC

 UNCLE SAM'S MISGUIDED CHILDREN ARE HAVING A BIRTHDAY TODAY

 

THEY ARE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FOR A UNIT THAT IS 245 YEARS OLD!

LET US RAISE A GLASS TO THE ALWAYS FAITHFUL!

THANK YOU TO ALL THAT SERVED!

Gaming Update

 Gaming will take place at my place on Friday  OCT6 NOV6 at 1900hrs, and again on Saturday OCT7  NOV7 at 1900hrs.

Be there or be reviled!

Airport Uganda 1967, building unusual "terrain" items

       R.U.P. has been building his African Cold War collection for over a decade now, it has expanded to include the Arab-Israeli Wars and some other odds and ends. Over the years I have been happy to lend my modest talents to his efforts so when he came to me about building a airliner for one of his scenarios I was glad to lend a hand. Furthermore I had an old "dusty project" in The Vault to add to the effort. R.U.P.  provided an Atlantis model of a Boeing 727 while I ferreted around in The Vault and located an old Monogram DC-3 kit. These would provide eye-candy for a scenario involving an airport. I had been intending to use the DC-3 as my transport for my AK-47 Republic army (which it will still be able to do as it will be painted in the colors of a mythical airline) but it will look great sitting on the tarmac next to the sleek jet airliner. 

       As I am an impatient man I decided to build the kits "in tandem" so I could work on one while waiting for things to dry on the other. This is a trick I learned a while back when I was mass-building 112 1/72 scale T-34 tanks for my Fall of Berlin game.

 

the kits, an Atlantis 727 at 1/94 scale and a Monogram DC-3 at 1/90th