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  This post has been a long time coming! Who would have guessed that categorizing and summarizing all animal life on earth would be such a big ask? I had originally intended a more complicated process for selecting animals but ultimately decided I was letting perfect get in the way of finished. The Procedure First, pick a region you are trying to create an animal for. Then, pick a base animal from the Native Taarsh Lifeform or the Colonial Lifeform lists . (List to Creatures Part 2). Next, Pick an ecological niche the new animal will fill or roll on the chart below for inspiration. Then, choose an earth animal that fits both the biome and ecological niche. For example, wolves for a forest pack hunter. Finally, mutate the original animal so that it is more like the animal from step 4. I.e., more suited to its ecological niche and biome.  You can take this a step further by adding additional mutations as desired OR use your new animal as a ‘base animal’ for the Signs in...

  I played a game of Space Hulk at the club which got me on a Warhammer 40k kick again. I’ve started designing planetary campaign tiles based on old Star Smuggler planet cards and discussing campaign rule options with my friend.  An imperial fleet attempts to burst one of the Tyrant's blockades during the Badab War For space battles I decided I would use the system I’m most familiar with - Galleys and Galleons - with new ship types based on those from the game. A few slow days at work were spent drafting rules for Imperial vessels from Battleships through cruisers down to frigates and destroyers. I’ve also made up rules for signal ships and transports.  Meanwhile, in the spirit of Rogue Trader I’ve been scratch building starships out of old WWII battleships I got from an old and disused copy of Axis and Allies. The conversion was simple - take two ships of appropriate size and shape and glue them together along their keel. This produces a figure with conning tower and tur...

A few months ago my wargaming club introduced me to the game LaSalle. I found the mechanics similar to DBA and very interesting - especially the interruption mechanic. A picture from one of two 6mm battles I got to take part in as part of the club. This was my first experience with 6mm and I love the size of units and sense of scale they give the table. I decided I wanted a creative project and decided to make a pair of armies for the game using matchsticks to see how the work as a medium. I debated doing F&I or 1812 but ultimately chose to do ACW because it kept me from having to do irregular uniforms.                                                                   This is my original idea for infantry layout - each block is meant to represent a company with 8 companies total per regiment (the skirmish line not b...