The Trials of Draigo - Cally 2013 Day 1 Batreps

The Trails of Draigo

It has been over 2 weeks since the dust settled on the 3rd ever Caledonia Uprising. So first off sorry it has taken me longer than usual to get these batreps written as I have been manic busy back over here in Sweden - have been shouted at by several people for the lack of blog posting of late...

Despite a small amount of snow some 80+ of the 90ish players made the journey from far and wide to Maelstrom... sorry Maunsfeld... for the weekends gaming. This included a whole convey of Scots from Glasgow and Aberdeen who managed to make it down even when people who live a short drive away didn't (yes Princess Ryland I mean you).

Team Scotland 2013 is here!

Real gamers wear kilts and nothing else

Regular readers will well know that I am a big fan of the ETC and have represented Scotland for 40k in every event they have put forward a team, and with the 2013 team selected this will be my 4th year donning the hallowed blue top for my country. Obviously no team talk on this blog would be complete without some kind of cheeky stato description of the players involved (at least it is amusing for those who know the people in question). So lets get down to business...

Baby Needs Milk Money...

I don't normally do plugs on my bog, but seeing as this is to help one of my best mates and his future spawn of the devil, I couldn't say no (especially given he asked me to be best man at his wedding). So let me introduce Gary "The Voice" Percival from the Sons of Sanguinius blog and 40KUK...

Hey all. Just put up another load of ebay stuff. Lots of random stuff if your looking for a good deal. 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/9006gary/m.html?_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1 

Skcuzzlebumm's Scuttlebutt 1 Year On

Well yeah that is right. I realised that with the new year it also means this little blog has managed to keep going for a year. Wooooo! Happy Birthday Blog! It has been a pretty fun year of writing, pondering, bantering, and ranting for me on this blog. I am guessing that the 40,000+ hits I have received over the year are testament that at the very least the google bots find what I have to say interesting. All of which is encouraging so never fear, even if I sometimes go quite for weeks on end, this blog is here to stay. So where to next?

Bliadhna Mhath Ùr!

Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! Or for you none Gaelic speakers... Happy New Year! 

2012 has been a bit of a rollercoaster for me in terms of both gaming and the real world. But I am leaving it feeling positive and inspired for both in 2013. Which certainly is a good feeling. So 2013? BRING IT ON!

GAST Masters 2012 Part 3: The Call of Cthulhu

Mmmmmm lussekatter

After some more banter, Christmas drinks and goodies (mmm lussekatter), plus having drawn a Christmas card to be sent to another Swedish gaming club, it was time to get another game in before the day drew to a close; there is no set number of games or players you should play at the GAST Masters, you just find someone who wants to play and get on with it  (the record stands at 7 games in 1 day).

GAST Masters 2012 Part 2: Starwars vs Zombies

Why not take a pic of my dice?

Continuing from yesterday's batrep it is onto game 2; twas a cold December day in Göteborg and I had just cracked open a Julmumma (Swedish Christmas beer made with Madeira, Porter and Christmas spices = yum!) when suddenly there was some mustachioed Swede pointing a finger at me and saying that he wanted me to follow him into the 'Role Playing Room'... A moment of panic flashed through my brain as I thought I was about to be subjected to some kind of 50 Shades of Grey esque induction ceremony...

GAST Masters 2012 Part 1: 40k, Beers & 'The Fly'

GAST is Göteborg's most awesome gaming club. In fact it is one of the best gaming clubs I have ever had the pleasure of been part of (though not a full member yet as Pär still needs to 'sell' me a key-membership). The club is based in what is essentially a large ground floor flat with 2 rooms for gaming and a kitchen for spraying, terrain building or more gaming. The walls are lined with shelving units that hold all manner of gaming paraphernalia including some of the most awesome count-as 40k armies I have ever seen (I hope to photograph them for some future posts). It is a true gamers heaven. People are down there most evenings of the week, playing, painting or just hanging out. The vibe and the creative energy is phenomenal. On top of all that is the fact that its members are some of the friendliest and most welcoming people around. They have really made me feel at home in the few months since I moved here. So when Joakim asked if I was entering the GAST masters, aka their Christmas party of beer, banter and 40k, I jumped at the chance...

Team Svengelska Assemble!

www.ninjabread.co.uk = awesome

The Skäggmaffian is dead! Long live Team Svengelska!

Ok what the hell is Neil going on about now? Well regular readers will recall the triumph of the Skäggmaffian at last months Varberg Team Tournament and how we faced down the Danes in round 4. It seems the Danes are clearly awestruck by our amazing gaming abilities and outrageous masculinity as they have invited us to participate as the 10th team in their ETC qualification tournament. To which we said.... BRING IT ON!!!!

Pariah: Ravenor vs Eisenhorn - A Review

Friday I decided to give myself a little treat and purchased a copy of Pariah from GW Göteborg. Since buying my Kindle I haven't bought a physical book, but I figured that since I have all the Eisenhorn and Ravenor books in hardback already it would be wrong not to continue the collection. But I must say that even that decision was a tough one for me as Pariah is only 300 pages long, quite large print, and it really did smack me that Black Library have gone down the route I feared and discussed regarding the release of Angel Exterminatus in hardback. I finished Pariah in essentially three two(ish) hour sittings. That is not a lot of book for 200 kronor. I hate to say but I feel I wasted my money and I should have just waited for it to appear on TPB. But what is done is done, now onto the review proper...

WARNING THE FOLLOWING BLOG POST CONTAINS SPOILERS

Toyz n the Hood - Gaming Teeshirts

I'm doing a quick plug on behalf of a friend and much loved member of the UK gaming community; Mr Steve Yates. Steve has set up his on little side of witty gaming teeshirts that personal I think are pretty funny and clever. The fact they are also quite cheap (monetarily) is an added bonus.

So without further ado I urge you all to go check out Steve's teeshirt designs at Toyz n the Hood