snake eyes november 2013
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GARAGE GAMERS GROUP
ISSUE # 1 NOVEMBER 2013
Astorath -Blood Angels
Space Marines
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been talking about
Warhammer Fantasy
Roleplay and how good it
would be to start a game
going.
That was the catalyst point
I guess, as a group of
Adventurers were want-
ing to join straight away.
I define Garage Gamers
Group as a group of like
minded individuals who for
whatever reason prefer to
play at home locations. I
don't want to detract fromshop locations understand,
but it wasnt for us.
We get to enjoy a variety of
games, including tabletop
and board games, and
promote the games that we
enjoy.
Garage Gamers Group
started like everything else
does, as an idea.
I wanted to game at home,
not have to pack up every-
thing and take it to a shop
to play there. claims Nick
Chase, originator of GGG.
The ideal solution was to
host games at my home. It
meant more work from a
setup point of view, but as
a collector of games and
armies over the years, I
had everything here that I
needed. I just needed the
other gamers. This began
with the occasional game
of Warhammer 40k that
was already being played
here. That and the
boardgame Battlecry. I
thought, wouldnt it be
great to round up some old
club members from my
earlier days of gaming and
form a like minded group
to play games together. No
clubhouse but all from
home.
I had the space, equipment
and games and gaming
aids. I then built 4 more
tables in my garage. I was
ready.
My son Darian, and I had
Snake Eyes the newsletter was
first created in 1997 as a club
newsletter for the Warhounds.
The Warhounds or Queensland
Miniature Gamers Club, was
formed in the previous year to
support the gaming community
as a not for profit entity.
Unfortunately no longer with us
today, the club finally suffered
its demise under inept leader-
ship decisions at the time. The
club newsletter, still under the
ownership of its creator went
into hibernation.
Discussion with early War-
hounds club President GlenTaylor in 2013 renewed the
impetus of bringing Snake Eyes
back to life for what it was cre-
ated for, as a promoter of gam-
ers and their games.
This electronic version of Snake
Eyes is the first of what plans to
be many, sharing pictures, tips
and lists from all over.
By the gamers for the gamers...
GGG members in the mid-dle of a session of WFRP...
Garage Gamers Group (GGG)
Snake-Eyes resurrection
G R G EG M E R SG R O U P
SNAKE EYESN O V E M B E R 2 0 1 3V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S O F
I N T E R E S T :
Garage
Gamers
Group.
What we
are all about
The games
we play
Game re-views
How to
make the
most of ter-
rain
Members
current &
New
Sales page
Members Gal-
lery
Hints & Tips
Contact
SnakeEyes
Promotions
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P A G E 3
Roleplay is
immersive for the
players and allows
them to expand
on their creation
of a single entity
in the
Warhammer
world
GarageGamersGroup-The Members
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
GarageGamersGroup-The Games We Play
A GGG discussion supported
any miniature based game
could be promoted by the
group. To date the followinglists the games to be played
and currently playing in GGG.
Current games include:
Warhammer 40k
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
BattleCry
StarWars X-Wing
Old West
Zombiecide
Axis & Allies
Warhammer 40k roleplay
American Civil War
Apocolypse
AD & D
Arkham Horror
Games coming soon include:
Necromunda
Wings of Glory
Flames of War (Open Fire)
Warhammer Fantasy
Mordheim
Axis & Allies WW1 edition
Game Spot-BattleCry
BattleCry is a boardgame
based on historical battles of
the American Civil War. Eachbattle represents an actual
battle including dates and
details and the original out-
come. The game comes com-
plete with hard wearing battle
board, cavalry, infantry, artil-
lery, and generals for both
sides of the conflict. Dice and
tactical cards are included as
are terrain hexes. Game scale
is 1:72 and each game lasts
approximately 60-90 minutes.
seat, as opposed to standing
over an army controlling it as
the unseen commander.
Roleplay is immersive for the
players and allows them to
expand on their creation of a
single entity in the Warham-
mer world, including race,
class, occupations, skills etcet-
era. Thus, working as a group
to help thwart evil in the
GGG started Warhammer
Fantasy Roleplay in April
2013. The gaming sessions are
from the 1st edition of
WFRP, and the group are
currently making their way
through the Empire using the
Enemy Within campaign.
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
puts the gamer in the hot
Empire and sometimes be-
yond. Sessions are entertain-
ing as the players act out their
characters where necessary,
creating sometimes unex-
pected events, and generally
keep the Gamesmaster on his
toes. Sessions run every third
Sunday from 1300-1700.
Sean Federoff
Nick Chase
Jamie Federoff
Courtney Halverson
Chris Taylor
Martin Dorney
Michael Orton
Sean OHanlon
Abby Federoff
Demi Federoff
Membershipto Garage
Gamers Group is free. You
can be approached by a mem-
ber and asked if you wish to
join, or turn up and play in
one of our games. Locations,
dates and times are in this
newsletter.
Contact the Editor for more
information. See the back
page of this publication for
contact information.
Simon Manchee
Sam Corvi
Steven Azzopardi
George ElliotZachary Seib
Darian Chase
Zac Mehta
Glen Taylor
Tim Prenzler
Craig Federoff
S N A K E E Y E S
StarWars X-Wing
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Miniature Art
P A G E 4V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
When does a good well planned
photo or drawing of a miniaturemake the difference between what
you buy?
I would say pretty much most of
the time.
Most sellers use it to their ad-
vantage, be it the artwork on the
box, the magazines and the post-
ers.
The benefit to a gamer is a nicely
painted army on a fully painted
table of terrain.
I see a nice table and want to play
on it. I play a nicely painted army
and visualize what those colours
might look like on my minia-turesor be inspired to go home
and paint some more.
Not all of the time but certainly a
lot. Look at the picture with this
article. Definitely Chaos, maybe
Tzeentch or Night Lords fighting
Tau...if you have either of these
armies doesn't it evoke a want to
game want in you?
Ok maybe it does and maybe it
doesnt but...its got you think-
ing...even if your thought is onlywhy is the blood on his blade red
and not blue???
your collection. After shelling out
the big bucks to buy it all to find
some of those miniatures are now
defunct. (Chaos Dwarves come to
mind-Ed)
If you stick with the 1-2 army
selection at a time, your purchases
can be more selective which is
better for your painting, gaming
and wallet. Pre select what you
want in your army/armies, pur-
If I had any advice for the collector
just starting out, and something I
wish had of been said to me it is
this...start your collection with
NO MORE than 2 armies. If its
40k its your favourite 2. Same for
Warhammer, Flames of War and
so on. The reason for this, is thatarmies and games get a re release,
usually with nicer looking minia-
tures that you will want to add to
chase and assemble it, game test it,
then paint it up and add it to your
collection. The added bonus is you
will have two armies for when you
have a friend come over and you
have an army for them all ready to
play. Then you get to see how
your armies go against each other.Why not swap sides and play
both? With this method you can
complete your collection in a rea-
sonable time, unlike me ;)
bourne have at least 10% off on
GW miniatures and more on oth-
er brands. They charge a flat $7.50shipping fee and the miniatures are
shipped as new in box. War &
Peace games in Sydney have a
good range for online ordering
and offer reasonable discounts.
When the AUD was better to buy
overseas The Trolltrader and
Discount Games Store, both on
Ebay are good for a bargain. DGS
sends items out of box but still on
sprue, and you can swap items
after purchase. Mailing can be high
but get a decent lot and its more
likely worth it or order with
friends. Finally Aliexpress online. A
little like Ebay and if you typeWarhammer in the search bar it
will display a list of resin, plastic
and metal miniatures. Most of the
items are resin. These need a little
more work and mailing time is
long but with miniatures at a quar-
ter of the costs of the original its
a bargain. In the next issue of
Snake Eyes I will pass on my best
locations for that elusive out of
date rule book or painting guide
that youve been looking for.
As a gamer for many years, I have
always tried to combat the ongo-
ing conundrum of what you wantverse what youre willing to spend.
I hate the rising costs of minia-
tures and good terrain and rule-
books as much as anybody, there-
fore am quite mercenary when it
comes to the purchase of these
items. I present this column to all
of those gamers looking for that
other option. When the main-
stream miniature sellers are not in
your price range, there are alter-
natives. Milsims
(www.milsims.com.au) in Mel-
Hints & Tips
The Collector is agamer with 24 years
in collectable games
and wargaming...
When the
mainstream
miniature
sellers are not
in your price
range, there
are
alternatives
From the Collectors Vault
S N A K E E Y E S
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Earlier in the year I had the opportunity to join in on a game of American Civil War at member Glen Taylors place. I have had
very lile to do with ACW so this was a rst for me. The gures were 15mm metal range from Eureka miniatures.
Marn Dorney kindly loaned his terrain for the game and my opponent was Chris Taylor, brother to Glen. Chris had played a
lile more than me, however Glen and Marn were the ACW gamers aer all, so they maintained a close hand in the game asrule adjudicators. The ruleset used was one the Glen had purchased online from the author called Command Combat.
The layout was 3 inch foam sheets 6 x 2 feet, with hills and roads modelled onto the terrain. I took command of the Confedera-
cy and Chris took the Union.
The game allows for extra terrain so we both used this to our advantage, adding a
creek, fences and trees to the base layout. The bale direcve was to reach an ob-
jecve in each others deployment zone. Both armed with a mixture of infantry, arl-
lery and cavalry we faced o against each other.
The game incorporates an amount of realism. Arllery unless set up unlimbered must
be moved from the limbered when travelling, to the unlimbered to ulise their eec-
veness so the tacc of when is the best me for this to happen is paramount as the
cannon have a good range. The bale was set in 1861 so most of the weaponry espe-
cially for the Confederates were basic. Command stands must be used to enforce any orders to their maximum eect however
this puts your commanders at greater risk of enemy re. Infantry regiments are very unstable under re and will rout if they
come under too much re. I sent my cavalry across the board only to have them turned back by cannon re, and spent the
rest of the game trying to roll well enough to bring them back into the game as an eecve unit. In the end this was the com-
mon element on both sides however Chris managed a win geng his troops closer to the objecve by end of game.
The game itself plays over 20 rounds. We had managed 7. It was enjoyable though me consuming. It did however give me an
incenve to start collecng 28mm Perry Miniatures ACW so I am happy with that. For anyone wanng to collect 15mm metal
ACW both Eureka miniatures (aforemenoned) and Stone Mountain miniatures have a great range.
Picture on le shows Confederate Cav about to charge
into Infantry...some arllery hurrying down the road to
back up the Johnny Rebs, whereas Union arllery is
already entrenched upon the hill
Picture on the right shows the view of the cavalry 2 turnsbefore as they move into posion...
ACW at Glens Garage
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S N A K E E Y E S
I used bronzed flesh for the face, and inked the face with brown ink. I allowed this to
dry, then, leaving the shadowed effect around the eyes, lightened the face using
bronzed flesh again. The jumpack was painted identically to the body with the excep-
tion of using a layering technique on the red. The scrolls on the body and skulls were
coloured with the bone scheme already mentioned. Gold was base coated onto the
belt, knee pads, jewellry and pauldron edging, then inked with brown wash and high-
lighted with shining gold. The blood drop imagery on Astoraths left pauldron was
highlighted with an orange/red mix brighter then the armour highlight. Lastly the pu-
rity seals on the armour were painted red, and the base and sand were coloured with
snakebite leather and drybrushed. I use course beach sand on all of my bases. All in
all it was a fun miniature to paint and nowhere near as daunting as I first suspected.
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S N A K E E Y E S
ark Heresy is a role playing game set in the grim darkness of the 41st millennium , the decaying darkfuture of Warhammer 40,000.
Players take the role of an Acolyte in the service of a powerful Inquisitor . Your mission to root out and
confront threats to the Imperium , standing with you is the rest of your cell or party made up by other play-
ers. The Inquisitor will task your group with all manner of missions and you will encounter mutants, witch-
es, aliens, traitors and even Daemonic powers all while knowing that failure could doom millions of people
or more.....
Each PC (player-character) has to select a career path (similar to D&D class) which determines your start-
ing gear and skills. Each career has different skills , talents , strengths and weakness. Also there are
many alternate career options that you can take as you gain in rank.
Once high enough in rank PC's can then ascend to 'Throne Agents' . Where before the PC's were Aco-
lytes following orders, Throne Agents have far more personal power and authority , but the dangers are
deeper and a miss step can doom worlds.
Dark Heresy is a game of desperate fights , dark corruption , mystery, sci fi horror and consequences .
The players work for big important people , and must face horror and death while wielding big guns with
big explosions and the whole 40k galaxy as a background.
"Innocence proves nothing"
Zach Seib runs a Dark Heresy campaign every second Sunday at Sams Garage. According to the GGG members that
played in the first session, they had a blast, taking down everything Zach threw at them. I get to join them in their sec-
ond outing, having rolled up a Commissar, and managing to fluke an armoury requisition of a power fist...now I just
have to learn how to use it. More on Zachs game next issue.
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Members Gallery
15mm American Civil War -Confederate troops part of
Glen Taylors conngent...Western Town at sunset
BaleCry pre bale set up at Craig Federos
Two examples
of Simon
Machins
painng, the
Ork Stompa
le and
Balewagon
One of many to come examples of aenon to detail. Pic
shows laundry coppers in western laundry building by
Marn Dorney see also upper right shows grocery store
A game of Zombiecide in play with the GGG
members...
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It became a challenge to get through
all of the missions in the book but in
the end we did. The Union winning
roughly 40% of them so it has now
set the stage for Nick to take the
Union forces while I return as a
Confederate.
Will keep the group updated asevents unfold.
Hi. I come from an Army background and have
always been interested in some form of tactical
games. As I had never been introduced to varie-
ties of games outside chess and perhaps monop-
oly, these were the only games that I played.
I have always been a lover of history and with
that historical battles. When a good friend ofmine, Nick Chase introduced me to a game of
BattleCry I was hooked. We randomly selected
the sides. I ended up with the Union Forces and
Nick with the Confederate.
The boardgame itself has about 30 missions, all
with historical briefing. The rules suggest that
after each battle that players swap sides and play
the same mission again. We didnt however
and, at my insistence I stayed with the Blues.
Although I have an adequate grasp of tactics, the
game still gave me a workout, with me winning
one in three battles. Each battle usually lasted anhour to 90 minutes, so at most when we did
play, we usually only had time for a few games.
(BattleCry) is an American Civil
War Avalon Hill game available from
various suppliers at a RRP $75
Phone: 0419 729794
E-mail: [email protected]: Garage Gamers Group
GGG or Garage Gamers Group is a collection
of gamers with similar ideals about what
makes a game fun and how to have fun with
it
Snake Eyes is the GGG newsletter, available
for free to members and selected
organisations
GGG supports a gamers for gamers attitude
Garage Gamers Group
Members Spotlight - Craig Federoff
Trademark names in the newsleer have been used without permission & only used for promoonal purposes for the GGG. They include: Games Workshop &
associated trademarks, Milsims, Aliexpress, BaleCry, StarWars X-Wing, War & Peace Games, Avalon Hill, Arkham Horror, Wings of Glory, Flames of War, Zombie-
cide, Eureka miniatures, Stone Mountain miniatures & AD &D. Picture are the property of the editor & have been used with the permission of members of the
GGG. Other pictures have been used without permission but for the same reasons aforemenoned above.
Game of BattleCry set up and
ready to play...