stop 1 on the End -Dithering Express

I have made up my mind.  The table stays as it is.  It really isn't worth the effort for the minimal gain.

Deciding Stuff

Decision #1:   Do I update the Table?
Do we switch from 5x5  to 6x4?


Pro:
Makes table "regulation size" for a lot of games and game mats/accessories
Gets us more room to move around the sides.


Con:
Got to find a way to attach a chunk of plywood to a table base.
Is the whole thing effort for very little advantage


Urgency:
I have some plans to make some game mats.   I need to know my table size before I do so.


Decision #2:  What happens after Andrew leaves us and we're done with Blades in the Dark?


I enjoy playing the game, but don't really want to GM it.


Choice 1:  Back to D&D Wilderlands:
      Pro:  Can easily use pre-made modules and Random-rolls to play game without much prep.
      Con:  We've played a lot of D&D lately, might be time for something else


Choice 2:  Miniatures Games
       Pro:  something different, plan for 2-sided games so if its just are 3 super-regulars (Dave, Jason, Tim) we can play regardless of who else shows.   I'm getting into project mode.  We can change week-to-week, until we decide on a campaign in a month or 2.  I have enough stuff that I don't need to buy or make anything unless I want to.
     Con:  definitely planning and set-up, but right now I can handle that.


I could also set up a series of miniature battles in a mini-campaign (2-4 games) where the first few help determine the set up for the climax battle.


Choice 3:  New Campaign
       Pro:  campaigns are what we do.   I have some back-burner ideas, mostly Savage Worlds based.
       Con:   Got to get set up in about 3 weeks.


Decision #3:  How To Get Numbers Up
I'd really like to see one more regular guy.  Since Andrew's out from October to January, if I understood him correctly, and Marlon is about 50/50 lately, I feel we're really a man short.  I'd like to have a reliable GM and 3 players.   Do we try to press Robert (see if someone can give him a ride?) or Chuck?   Do we try to get Bob fired from his job?   Do we try to recruit online or at the Comic Store bulletin board?  Anybody know anyone (preferably ornery old men)?
If we do some miniatures or board games, I can probably get my brother and/or Chuck for 1-2 games.


We'll need to talk some of this out, but it helps me to get my thoughts straight by writing it out.

Of Course, When Worlds Collide

Of course, there turns out to be HO wild west equivalent of the merchant block, with a sheriff's office and everything.

I suppose I could rustle up some cowboy figures in HO scale.   Of course we did use the 25mm figures with the HO buildings in Mutants and Muskets and that worked out OK.   I suppose I could just use the cowboys I've already got with HO buildings.  


What is a boy to do?

More Future Thoughts

Another thought, I had bought some H/O scale (18-20mm) plastic 1920's cops, gangsters and WWII guys 2-4 years ago.   They actually match the bulk of model railroad buildings in size.    I have some rail-road buildings from my teenage years that we used in the Mutants and Muskets campaign, if they were cleaned up a bit, combined with my Road Template mat we used for the first Wilderlands game, and any new purchases, it might make for a good gangster or pulp-hero throw down.


Here's a "Merchant's Row" building set that would be kind of awesome and is not outrageously expensive:

Maybe shoot for a pulp miniatures game or two, maybe a new savage worlds campaign.

The Road Ahead

Since it appears that we've got one more Blades in the Dark session before Andrew returns to the realm theatrical until New Years, we've got to think about what we're going to do next.  I've got a strange desire to branch out miniatures-wise.  I'm thinking of doing some Wild West figures in 54mm scale (i.e., green army man size).   Then maybe doing a short RPG campaign or just some miniatures battles.   I know its kind of stupid to wander away from my 25mm size, which has the advantage of making the figures useable in all sorts of other games.  Maybe I'll talk myself out of it.  Luckily I can't seem to find cheap and awesome Wild West buildings in 54mm right now, or I'd be unstoppable.

Marx Reissue of Cowboys, Trappers and Miners in 54mm

New Elf Miniatures

I painted a few elf miniatures last week:

1)  Totally gay wood-elf druid

2)  Wood Elf Archers

3) More Elf Archers

Good-Bye to RPG.net

One of the first websites I started to visit back in the late 90's was "RPG.net"  it has reviews, columns and forums on all sorts of RPG topics.


Now, I go over there and I feel like everyone's taking crazy pills.   It's all 'gender' this and "oppression" that and "trans" this and "trigger warnings" that.   I don't want to have to deal with these crying campus garbage babies on a gaming site.


This week I'm looking there and this chick drops this huge turd of a post about how the "gaming community" has a "white male terrorism" problem.   Check your drama, princess.   Somebody was mean to you on the internet once or twice, now there's a shock.


That's it.  I'm gone.   I'm erasing every link I have to that place.   I guess I'll never leave "The Miniatures Page" again.