Archive

Archive for the ‘website’ Category

Philadelphia 750pt Combat Patrol League

December 15th, 2009 tjkopena Comments

combat-patrol

Just put out on the PAGE Center City listserv:

40k players,
I’m happy to announce a special event we’ll be running this winter: A 750pt Combat Patrol tournament league.  Hopefully everybody can and will join in, I think this will be really fun.  We’re going to be pushing this out to the players at Redcap’s as well as Internet forums, hoping to reach out and find even more players around Philly.
Details are online, but basic scheme is: Reg is $3, all going toward prizes for the winner.  The tournament will run for 5 rounds.  For the first 3 rounds, pairings and mission rules we be posted.  Players will then have 2 weeks to meet up and play their matches, either on their own or at PAGE or Redcap’s.  It’d be great to have everyone get together at Redcap’s to play on Saturday, Jan 16, but it’s optional.
The final 2 rounds will be held at PAGE the last week in February, Sunday the 28th.  If we get a bunch of non-PAGE people to sign up it could be a really big night of 40k, and we might make the final missions pretty dramatic and exciting to match!
Pretty standard Combat Patrol rules apply, caveat a 750pt limit rather than 400pt.  All those details are on the web.  Missions will be narrative oriented, following a storyline through the tournament. Most will have asymmetric scenarios—matches will be two games, with players alternating roles.  Should take about 3 hours total.
Let me know if there are questions, and start getting your strategery on!  Jason and I have already started whipping up 750 pt lists so we can ensure we get all our preferred units painted! In addition, Redcap’s just happened to have 750pt 40k gaming on their schedule for this Saturday (Dec 19th) at noon.  That’d be a great chance to start trying out your list.  I’ll be there, and it’d be great to see some other PAGE players there as well!
Thx

Hopefully the missions and rules may be of use to others outside the Philadelphia area, and it’d be great to meet any Philly area lurkers out there!  Expect bat reps, narrative updates, and mission scenarios to show up on this blog as they develop.

More Info!

New Camera: Canon S90

December 12th, 2009 tjkopena Comments

As an early Christmas present to myself, I recently ordered a new camera, a Canon PowerShot S90.  My fiancee got a new bicycle, now well outnumbering my own, so I figured a self-present was justified.  Before ordering I debated a lot between the S90 and several other options, namely the Canon G11 and Panasonic Lumix LX-3.  The full debate and the rationale for that type of camera (high end point-and-shoot, as opposed to a cheaper point-and-shoot, DSLR, or 3/4) will have to be the subject of a longer future post.  However, it came today, and—damn—am I impressed already.  First of all, it only took two hours to fully charge, is tiny, has an amazing screen, solid looking menu system, and worked right off the bat downloading to my Mac (Linux will be the big test later).  But, what about the real deal?  How’s it shoot?

In a word: Incredibly.

Freshly armoured Sergeant Titus and battle brother await reinforcements arriving from the background!

Freshly armoured Sergeant Titus and battle brother await reinforcements arriving from the background!

titus-preview2

Click on the photos for the true glory to show through.

I think those look pretty good, and that’s without doing anything except autocorrecting the white balance afterward.  No adjusted shutter speed, timer & stand, lightbox, or anything.  By the time I get all that set, I’ll have to have learned to paint much better for the minis to do the photos justice!  Expect many more pics to show up in this blog from now on.  Awesomesauce!

Alien Altars

I’ve just wrapped up and posted a new, recent RocketShip Games project: Alien Altars.  It’s a set of templates and a tutorial walkthrough for constructing a simple but fun terrain piece.  Beginning terrain modelers should be able to knock it off in short order, and if done up with a little flair can serve as a great centerpiece for a game table.  This is part of a few terrain projects I whipped together one weekend to support a larger than usual crowd at PAGE Sunday Night Fights a few weeks ago.  Hopefully the templates and walkthrough are of use to others as well looking to get into building their own terrain.  Check it out!

RocketShip Games: Alien Altars

RocketShip Games: Alien Altars

RocketShip Blog

The teeming hordes of 40k blogs finally got to me, as well as experiences running a blog for another endeavour, so RocketShip Games now has its own blog as well…

Tags: