CWF-2008-1-17 Apocalpyse Photos and Combat Storm Downloads

Minicast with ^Raven^ as your host discussing Apocalpyse Photos and Combat Storm Downloads. Please note Go Go Gadget Bat-o-ry was replaced with “Civilization And Its Discontent” also by Matt Searles due to technical difficulties. My apologies for this and for the disparity in the podcast. Civilization And Its Discontent starts at 8:50 and ends at 12:06.

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1) Theme, Zombie by Devin Anderson (Electronic)

2) Thursday January 17, 2008, CWF GameCast features Apocalpyse Photos and Combat Storm Downloads.

3) Our Website = www.wargamingforums.com

4) Apocalypse Photos

Apocalypse Pics from Battleground Part 1

Apocalypse Pics from Battleground Part 2

5) Music to Game By Check Out “Go Go Gadget Bat-o-ry” by Massachusetts’ own Matt Searles. Go Go Gadget Bat-o-ry was replaced with “Civilization And Its Discontent” also by Matt Searles due to technical difficulties. My apologies for this and for the disparity in the podcast. Civilization And Its Discontent starts at 8:50 and ends at 12:06.

6) Combat Storm Downloads

Combat Storm Articles on CWF

Combat Storm Video on Youtube

7) Closing comments, next cast will be Thursday January 24, 2008.

8 ) Please give your feedback on the show. We live off it and it helps us to make the show better. Send your feedback to the Contact Us Page

9) Our Website = www.wargamingforums.com and it has all the shownotes and updates

Next cast will be Thursday January 24, 2008.

Combat Storm Building Pack Video Tutorial

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So you are one of the people who downloaded the free building pack. Now, you can use some help assembling that bad boy. Its basically straightforward but a tutorial can iron out the kinks. Luckily Dave Reiter, lead designer of Combat Storm, has created a Youtube video tutorial for the building kit. It spends roughly 8 minutes to assemble the middle eastern building. But, the other items are assembled with the same method.

If you haven’t gotten it yet remember you can download the free building pack. This pack lets you make one middle eastern building, barricades, and a stone wall. Print it out a bunch of times and you have a small town. You need the FREE Acrobat Reader from Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the building pack. I have version 8.1.1 for Mac OS X Leopard and the building pack shows perfectly!

Once you have that all printed out, be sure to follow the directions in the building pack, you are ready to watch the tutorial shown below.

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Combat Storm Free Download

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Back in September 2006 we shared information on a brand new miniatures game using plastic army men. Our article, Combat Storm Game = Dust Off Old Plastic Army Men, discussed Combat Storm; a set of rules to playing with plastic army men. I’m sure we can all recall using the plastic men as children and being able to use them in a formalized setting makes them socially acceptable for adults to use.

Today I received an e-mail from Dave Reiter, one of the geniuses at Strategy Wave Studios that makes the game, about a FREE download. You heard that correctly. Combat Storm players and would be players can download the free building pack. This pack lets you make one middle eastern building, barricades, and a stone wall. Print it out a bunch of times and you have a small town.

Before you download the building pack be sure you have Adobe Acrobat Reader as the pack is a pdf file. You can get Acrobat Reader, for FREE, at Adobe Acrobat Reader. I have version 8.1.1 for Mac OS X Leopard and the building pack shows perfectly!

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Here’s the official press release from Strategy Wave Studios.

COMBAT STORM OFFERS FREE DOWNLOADABLE BUILDING CREATION PACK

WATERLOO , ON – January 16, 2008 – By popular demand, Strategy Wave Studios has released a building creation pack as a free download for their popular miniature wargame, Combat Storm. The pack contains colorful photo-realistic templates enabling players the ability to create their own buildings and scenery pieces and is available immediately via CombatStorm.com.

“We want to offer players the ability to create inexpensive terrain pieces that still maintain the look, quality and effectiveness of expensive store-bought terrain without breaking the bank. The templates are professionally done and also very easy to assemble,” said lead designer Dave Reiter.”We take pride in looking after our fanbase and offering free downloads which is something gamers will be seeing more of from the Combat Storm franchise in the near future.”

The first in a series of building creation packs can be downloaded directly at http://www.combatstorm.com/download.html.

Combat Storm is a 2-4 player miniature strategy wargame game that uses green and tan plastic army men as game pieces and a large playing area as the battlefield.

In Combat Storm, players custom-build their own squads of plastic army men, selecting from troops such as Riflemen, Support Infantrymen, Snipers, Special Forces Soldiers, Demolition Experts and Anti-Armor Experts. Each troop-type has its own unique characteristics, weapons and specialties, allowing for creative and tactical game-play. In addition, players can also deploy tanks and transports into battle to provide additional firepower and support.

The Combat Storm Rulebook is available through online ordering via the Combat Storm website: http://www.combatstorm.com.

Apocalypse Pics from Battleground Part 2

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More images have arrive from the Apocalypse Mega-Battle held at Battleground Games on Saturday, January 7th. The event was a huge success with lots of carnage and explosions. We will be sharing pictures, video, and audio from the event with you as it is made available to us.

The images below were sent to me by Commissar Grey on the BG forum. He also helped to create the tables and a lot of the terrain on them. Be sure to head over to the official BG forum to see the original images and all the new stuff people are posting.

If you have any pics, video, or audio from the event please send it attached in an e-mail to cwfgamecast [at] wargamingforums [dot] com.

See if you can ID the people in the pics. I’ll give you one to start off. Third pic down is my friend Steve’s stomach.

Leave a comment with their name and what pic they’re in. We’ll make captions as necessary.

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Inside No Quarter #16 Jan. 08

Wondering if the new No Quarter is worth purchasing? The table of contents below tells you what issue #16 covers. There’s great Monsterpocalypse coverage along with a preview of the Warmachine Legends Warcasters.

Over 90 pages of Privateer Press goodness all for just $5.99 plus a great special offer for a limited edition Eiryss. You need issues 14, 15, and 16 for the Eiryss model.

  • Fire in the Hole p. 2 “Letter from the Editor-in-Chief.”
  • Bosun’s Call p. 4 “Letters to the Editor and general shenanigans.”
  • News From the Front p. 6 “Events and important news from around the world.”
  • New Releases p. 8 “The latest Privateer Press products for January and February.”
  • Monsterpocalypse! p. 12 “Privateer Press’ Next Big Thing is truly monstrous in size.”
  • Birth of Legends p. 14 “The look at what Legends has in store, starting with warcasters.”
  • Talkin’ Trash p. 29 “Oi! Don’t be a lippy git. Learn to talk the Iron Kingdom’s way, mucker.”
  • Recent Battles: Warmachine p. 30 “Things get hot at the border of Khador and Cygnar.”
  • Hosting a Terrain Party p. 39 “Get your buddies together, it’s time to make some terrain!”
  • Terrain: Staging the Battle (Part 2) p. 42 “Fzill up your new gaming table with this easy-to-make modular terrain.”
  • Modeling & Painting: Painting Stone & Gems p. 48 “Ron Kruzie shows you how to simulate stone and gems.”
  • Modeling & Painting: The Feralgeist p. 51 “Tips and tricks for mastering the feralgeist’s eerie pallor.”
  • Painting Challenge: Rock Hard Challenge p. 53 “Rocks are hard, but is painting rocks even harder?”
  • Guts and Gears: Stormblades and Stormguard p. 54 “Charge it up with these elite warriors of the Cygnaran army.”
  • Sign and Sigil: Magic Bullet Theory p. 60 “The two main schools of the IK’s gun totin’, spell-slingin’ gun mages.”
  • Secrets of Five Fingers: Gobbers and Bogrin p. 70 “Underfoot or overhead, gobbers and bogrin are here to stay.”
  • Rank and File p. 74 “Tactics and tips for maximing single-wound troopers in Hordes.”
  • The Pendrake Encounters: The Scylla Flock p. 82 “Polly want a cracker…crammed with necrotite.”
  • The Gavyn Kyle Files: Mikael Kreoss p. 86 “Revealing the man behind the mask.”
  • Parts Bin p. 90 “A look at individual parts available in the Privateer Press Store.”
  • Drawn & Quartered / Player Gallery p. 93 “IK inspired comic and some of the best fan-based paint jobs around.”