“FAR ALAMO”. Short Film. from Fabrice Mathieu on Vimeo.
Far Alamo is a short film mash up of classic westerns and Starship Troopers. It is very clever.
Building Rocky Desert Hills
The 1000 Foot General blog has a good tutorial on building rocky desert hills that are suitable for a wide variety of settings.
Priming With Gesso
Here’s an article on priming your figures with artists gesso. I’ve actually been using gesso to prime my figures since the late 1970s. I only use it on 25mm / 28mm figures, though. With my 15s, it is much more efficient to use spray paint.
Initiative Cards For English Civil War
The Lead Gardens Blog offers a set of iniative cards for English Civil War games. They’re designed to work with the Victory Without Quarter rules, but no doubt could be used for many others.
Warrior Poet RPG
Warrior Poet is an RPG where the players resolve conflict by writing lines of haiku. From the author’s description:
A four-player tabletop roleplaying game set in the final days of the Empire of the Moon. Take on the role of a heartbreakingly beautiful Warrior-Poet and duel using the ancient art of battle-haiku to establish dominance; to protect the Empire from threats within and without; to love, and be loved..
Seriously.
It actually looks like it would be fun for an evening with the right group.