Space Hulk Limited Edition: Thoughts

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Jonathan J. Reinhart
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Recently a friend of mine purchased the Space Hulk Limited Edition and invited me to square off in a 1 vs 1 match.  I’m familiar with the second edition of the game and thought it’d be fun to play this limited edition.  It was.

There’s been a lot of hype and reviews of the game.  Most of the reviews I’ve seen have great things to say.  The Table Top Battlefield podcast did an entire episode (Season 3 Episode 19 (listen here)) reviewing the game with several of the hosts declaring it a contender for game of the year.

Playing this with my friend was a lot of fun.  The tiles look nice, the models are expertly sculpted, the printing is good, and game play is a blast.  But, I have one huge concern with this game.  The lack of value.

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Server Move = Potential Downtime

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

We are hosted by BlueHost, which is a wonderful hosting service for blogs running WordPress.  They have informed me that they will be moving us to another less populated server within 48-72 hours.  The server we are currently on is getting fuller and BlueHost wants to ensure that they provide optimal service.  They will try to do the actual move overnight to minimize the impact.

We will be actively monitoring the situation during the move.  There shouldn’t be any hiccups, BlueHost is very good, but any server move comes with some risks ranging from data loss to extended downtime.

During the move there may be some problems accessing the blog.

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War at Sea: Flank Speed Stat Card Movie

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

I thought it’d be fun to do something special for everyone who loves the digitized War at Sea cards I’ve shared.  We recently finished digitizing the Flank Speed stat cards and they look incredible (I know I know…self praise is no praise).

Using my iMac I crafted a movie slideshow of the Flank Speed stat cards, set it to music, and have it ready for your viewing pleasure.  I need to mention that it is a little long and those of you with slow internet connections will not want to view the movie.

If you’re afraid that your connection isn’t up to par then please do not view the video.  Otherwise…

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How to: Contact Wizards Customer Service

Posted on September 20, 2009 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

You just bought the latest War at Sea booster, opened it in excitement and found that one of the models does not match the corresponding stat cards.  You freak out and worry how to rectify the problem.  We’re here to help.

First you need to take a deep breath and then exhale.  Breathing is important.  Next you need to contact Wizards.  The Wizards of the Coast website is not the easiest thing to navigate for this information.  We learned this process for product replacement as detailed in War at Sea Factory Mistake = Stellar Customer Service.

If you follow the below steps you will learn how to successfully contact Wizards’s Customer Service and, hopefully, receive the right miniature/stat card.

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War at Sea: Flank Speed Stat Card Gallery

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Jonathan J. Reinhart

This is the complete Task Force Picture Gallery. It shows all cards personally scanned in by me at 600dpi per card. Please note all our stat card scans (including these) are released under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share alike 3.0 Unported license (as is everything on this blog). You must adhere to that license in order to use the scans.

I hope you enjoy the card gallery.  Don’t forget to use the 2010 Starter Stat Cards, Flank Speed Stat Cards, Task Force Stat Cards, and Base Set Stat Cards.

You can enlarge any of the pictures simply by clicking on them. This will take you to a larger version where you can see all the text on the Special Abilities.

Before you click READ MORE please note that the gallery has 60 high resolution pictures. That will be resource heavy and if you use dial-up it will take a very long time to load. Dial-up users are better off going to Flank Speed Gallery Folders and peruse the folders by nation.

If you wish to download the complete gallery you can find the 6.7mb zipped file at Flank Speed Stat Card Gallery Zip (right click, save target as).

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