CWF Stargate SG-1 RPG Update

This past Friday night a bunch of us got together to roll out our characters for the Stargate SG-1 RPG that CWF’s own Steve is running. Unfortunately, we received bad news that one of the players dropped out.

The evening went well with Jared, a Battleground Games employee, Steve, and I getting together. Traffic and getting stuck at work held me up but at 7 we rolled our characters.

Jared chose to be an Air Force soldier, he’s commanding the team, and I rolled out a Diplomatic Corps Scientist named Benjamin Nam’a’taht. Although I don’t have Jared’s stats in front of me I do have mine and thought I’d share.

Strength – 10 (No Mod)
Dexterity – 9 (-1 Mod)

Constitution – 13 (+1 Mod)

Intelligence – 16 (+3 Mod)

Wisdom – 12 (+1 Mod)

Charisma – 20 (+4 Mod)

Vitality – 24

Wounds – 13

Defense – 12

Fortitute – 2

Reflex – 0

Will – 5

Action Dice – 3

Inspiration – 1

Education – 3

Initiative – 1

Plus I start with a P30 rifle, the standard SG-1 Rifle. I also have maxed out in Appraise, Computers, Cryptography, Cultures, Diplomacy, Electronics, First Aid, Languages, Listen, Mechanics, and Xeno-Languages. Additionally I have started to have ranks for Knowledge of the Gaould (sp) and Gestapo. Some basics are I know a ton of languages, ten in total, ranging from English and Japanese to Ancient, Ancient Egyptian and Goa’uld.

The game starts this coming Friday and should be a blast. Stay tuned for updates.

CWF-2006-09-27 Solo-Cast w/ Combat Storm, Stargate RPG Night Preparations, & Promo Ideas

This solo-cast is with Jonathan. Today we discuss Combat Storm, Stargate RPG Night Preparations, and Promo Ideas. We also have some tunes for you too!

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1) Theme, Zombie by Devin Anderson (Electronic)

2) Wednesday September 24, 2006, CWF Game Discussions Podcast, Welcome, name, Combat Storm, Stargate RPG Night Preparations, and Promo Ideas.

3) Music to Game By
Check out the ambient song “On an Eagle’s Wing” by Under Feather.  In the show I mistakenly call the artist Uncle Feather.  My apologies.
4) Our Website = www.wargamingforums.com

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6) Discuss Combat Storm
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Combat Storm = Dust Off Old Plastic Army Men @ CWF

7) Stargate RPG Night Preparations

8) Promote New England Podcasting

9) Promo Ideas & Name Change
Test Promo @ CWF

10) Recent Blogging

Hasselfree Miniatures New Releases @ CWF September 26th

August Podcasts Available as Single Download @ CWF September 25th

Imperial Literature: Monthly Writing Workshop @ CWF September 24th

11) Closing comments, next cast will be a Duo-Cast on October 1, 2006.

12) 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

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

15) Exit Theme, Pop Science by Devin Anderson (Electronic)

Next cast will be a Duo-Cast on October 1, 2006.

Hasselfree Miniatures New Releases

We normally spend a lot of time talking about GW, MGP, Privateer Press and some of the other big gaming companies.  But, we cannot forgot the mini companies that make stellar models and don’t get a ton of mainstream press.

Hasselfree is one of those great mini companies.  They produce a wide range of incredible models that begs my wallet to spit out its contents.  One such model is their new release Deth & Taxxis.

Deth & Taxxis is a zombie queen, Taxxis, and her troll, Deth.  The model costs 8.50 GBP as a special pre-order price until October 2nd.  Be sure to get it at this great discount!

Hasselfree has an entire line of Zombies that you need to check out.  You can order all their products from their official website.  If you like them enough be sure to ask your friendly local gaming store to either stock Hasselfree’s minis or to special order them for you.

In closing we want to talk about a work in progress that we absolutely love.  It doesn’t have a name but it is a tigress (see photo above).  What endeared us to it is all the muscle work.  You can really see the muscles on the legs and torso and it is incredible.  Can’t wait to see the finished model.

Combat Storm Game = Dust Off Old Plastic Army Men

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Yesterday I got an interesting e-mail from Dave Reiter. At first I wondered if it was spam but then I looked at the subject and it seemed like it could be a real e-mail for me in light of this blog and podcast. On opening it I was made aware of an interesting new game called Combat Storm by company Strategy Wave.

Combat Storm, or Operation Plastic as it used to be called, is different from any other game company I’ve seen. It has managed to create a rulebook and system for playing with plastic army men.

I fondly remember playing with plastic army guys as a kid in the ’80s. Bought them at the corner store for a few bucks giving 100 or so. Out on the grass and in the house they fought over everything. Having a formalized rules system for this is a nice way to recapture one’s childhood yet adapt it for “grown-up” play.

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Test Demo Promo

We’ve started to work on a promo for the podcast.  Right now it is just me doing the different parts and without any real sound effects.

But, we’ll add in the proper sound affects and get others to do their parts.  Please let us know what you think of the promo.  If you like it we’ll use it and if not then maybe we’ll still use it or try something else.

Anywho, listen to it below.