Pathfinder Floods TotalCon 25

There are going to be a TON of Pathfinder events at TotalCon this year. So many, in fact, that a gigantic post was made to the TotalCon listserv. Rather than paraphrase and re-word the posting, as is my want,I’ve pasted the post below. Hopefully, you are interested in at least one of these events. They look amazing!

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Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011

Today is New Year’s Eve and as is the custom we are reflecting on the past year while also looking forward to the new year.

Two thousand and ten saw many changes at the CWF Game Cast. All of them proved good in some way and some of them proved excellent in every way. It saw the end of a lengthy hiatus on the blog with one of our first ever instances of live blogging for the 3rd Annual 40k Megabattle hosted by Battleground Games & Hobbies. Sporadic posting focused on War at Sea before exploding with reviews such as our first Editor’s Choice recipient 12-7-Games who received 96% out of 100 in our review.

The growing number of blog posts only tells part of the story. We picked up our first sponsor, 12-7-Games, as after they read our review. Their sponsorship has allowed us to do things we’ve only ever dreamed of. We ran our first contest where contestants had to state how gaming positively, or negatively, impacted their lives. The winner received their choice of Axis & Allies Minis or War at Sea booster. We accepted submissions on our Twitter feed (please follow us), which received much love in 2010, on our blog and on our brand new Facebook page (now with 40 fans, please keep them coming). Tone Knight of the United Kingdom won and received his booster courtesy of our sponsor.

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War at Sea: V Stat Card Gallery

This is the complete Set V Picture Gallery. It shows all cards personally scanned in by me at 600 dpi 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 Condition Zebra Stat Cards, 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.

THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. SCANS WILL BE ADDED WHEN AVAILABLE. PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS AT BOTTOM OF THIS POST FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Adler Hobby Hosts 2 FoW Events @ TotalCon 25 in Mansfield

Adler Hobby is a dedicated game store in New Hampshire that has a strong focus on Flames of War. The owner is a friend of a gaming buddy and he has invited us (through my gaming buddy) to come up to NH and visit their store. We’re hoping to make that happen in the new year. But, the really good news for all of you is that Adler Hobby is making an appearance at Total Con 25 ( February 24-27, 2011) in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

Adler is hosting two FoW events. The first is a 1,500pt Early War, Blitzkrieg event on Saturday, February 26th 10am-5:30pm (awards at 5:30pm, last round ends at 5pm). It will have three 2-hour rounds with 1/2 hour breaks in between each round (used to switch tables and tally scores). There will be prize support including support from Battlefront Miniatures and painted platoons provided by Adler.

The second is a national qualifier event on Sunday, February 27th 9am-3pm (awards at 3pm, last round ends at 2pm). Bring a 1,750pt Mid-War force for this five hour event. All Mid-War lists are welcome but this is a Mid-War Monster Mega Battle-Qualifier. Keep that in mind when prepping your list. There will be a huge prize packet for this event and of course it will be a national qualifier if they get enough people to qualify.

You need to pre-register for each event by calling Adler Hobby. Please call them at 603-465-7072 and tell them you want to register for the FoW events at TotalCon. Gordon is the owner of Adler Hobby and he wants you to send your pre-registration army lists to his e-mail address of adlerhobby@yahoo.com.

Please let him know you found out about this from the CWF Game Cast!

Merry Christmas, Mr. Reinhart

Referencing a classic Mr. Bean episode in this article title is my way of leading into a, hopefully, brief writing on my first Christmas as a married person.

Like the famous television episode my Christmas had its turkey stuck firmly on head, surprise gift, and Christmas cracker. My wife and I celebrated our first married Christmas together wanting to make it extra special for each other. We take turns with each other’s in-laws for major holidays where Christmas Eve was spent with her side of the family this year.

For me the most important part of any holiday is a time to spend with the important people in our lives whether they’re friends, family, or pets. Most, if not all, holidays have become engulfed in the flames of commercialization in which we all, to some degree, light a match. Here on this blog, and in our podcast, we partly succumbed with our annual Holiday Gift Guide. The giving and receiving of gifts, material or otherwise, has a place but should not have the spotlight.

Sitting in a comfortable chair eating delicious homemade meatballs my wife and I opened presents from her family. A Keurig, “Grandpa Cheese”, Zombie Dice, coasters made from computer circuit boards, a DVD of Glee, books, and ornaments appeared in due course. Each item was received with much appreciation but what really stood out was the thought and love behind each present. One family member recalled my incessant and effervescent babbling about Zombie Dice knowing the gleam in my eye projected a strong attachment to the game. Another knew of the special place and fond memories that a certain cheese had for my wife when her grandfather, deceased, would give it to all in the family who would, independently, identify it as “Grandpa Cheese.” Each gift given showed keen observation by the giver into what would make my wife and I happy or make our lives a little easier.

The same held true when my wife exchanged gifts with me on Christmas morning, after I woke her at 8 saying “we have to see what Santa brought the bunnies and if he ate your cookies.” A nice pair of jeans for me to wear with the Noble Ape and Model Rail Radio t-shirts, that my co-host Tom Barbalet sent, encouraging me to stick with my weight loss plan. A gorgeous black french cuff shirt along with a white one to accompany the blue cuff links she gave me a few years ago.

She enjoyed the new scented lotions and oils that assists in pampering herself after a hard day working in the city followed by caring for our two bunnies and myself. A gold watch so she never has to dig out a cell phone to check the time and a gold heart pendant necklace accompanied some dangly earrings for when she wants to get dressed up or just get dressed for fun.

There were some “gaming” related items that found my way such as a Nook Color eReader, which blows away reading ebooks on our iPad, and the Xbox 360 that has both of us enthralled with Left 4 Dead and Halo Reach. That last device will be making appearances in future podcast episodes detailing my experiences with a new console along with entreaties from me for people to kick my butt on Xbox Live (gamertag cwfgamecast, what’s yours?).

What really stands out isn’t the gifts we received, my parents suffering from a bad cold (nor my wife and my coming down with an awful cold), but the time spent together as a team to pull off an amazing holiday meal for my mother-in-law, my wife, and myself with our two bunnies in the other room playing with toys from Santa and family members. It is remembering the look on my wife’s face as we picked our our first Christmas tree, my trip to a local store at 10pm two days before the 25th because we didn’t have garland, and working together to decorate our first home.

Whether you celebrate Christmas or nothing at all I hope you spend the time with someone you love. I’m lucky enough to share this time with my wife and that is the best gift of all.

Please look for new episodes of our podcast to commence after New Year’s Eve/Day and new content on this blog to arrive near then, also.

This post marks the 523rd for the blog in our 4+ years of blogging and podcasting (decade plus of discussing wargaming on the web transforming from a static website to an online message board to a blog and a podcast).

Thank you for sticking with us. We promise to bring you many interesting and wonderful things as we prepare to say goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011.