Rise of the Kage and Docks of Ryu unboxing

My Rise of the Kage kickstarter stuff came today.  I think it's pretty awesome.  It's about ninjas so it's definitely awesome..  I've not learned the rules yet, but that's next to do on my hit list.  Lets take a look.

First the Rise of Kage core game.

Inside we get

A rules manual with kick ass cover art.  A shuriken flying towards some dude's eye and the reflection of a ninja throwing it.

A double sided game board.  It's about 2 feet by 2 feet.

A double sided boss dashboard.

Tokens and doors.

Double sided ninja dashboards.

Bases for the doors.

Some cards.  I think some are equipment and others are events.

A bag of dice.

A big bag of dudes.

Some lady samurai.  The game is set in the world of Bushido, so you get lady samurai.

The hero ninjas.

Thin guards and fat guards.  I'm going to have to reset the spears.

Unarmoured samurai.

Armoured samurai.

Guard dog.

The Daimyo.  The dude the ninjas are trying to kill.

So what about the Docks of Ryu expansion.

You get a double sided sheet with the mission layouts on it.

Another double sided board.

Another double sided boss board.  One side is blank, maybe for custom bosses.

More double sided ninja boards.  Again one side is blank.

More cards.

More ninjas.

Fishermen.

Dock thugs.

Some better armed thugs.  Perhaps they're ronin.  It doesn't matter, they have monkeys on their shoulders.

The dock boss.  He's got a wee lean, which means I'm going to have to reset his ankles.

Also I got a mystery box

Mystery box.

It's full of dudes in a different state of alert.  And stealth mode ninjas.  Basically it's full of different coloured duplicates.

Wyrd Gencon stuff 2015

My Gencon order from Wyrd came yesterday.  So what did I get I here you ask?

 

 

This bundle s the Crossroads Seven.  The guys at Wyrd ran out of packaging.  So they sent me this as way of an apology.

They sent me a Malifaux child... in pink plastic... that no-one will ever see once it's painted.  But still free stuff.

Speaking of free stuff.  This is the free Gencon mini, Miss Anne Thrope.

Tie-Punisher Unboxing

I got another new ship through the door today.  The dreaded Tie-Punisher, or as I like to call it the "Tie-Pimp Daddy".  This thing has enough ordinance to blow up the universe (it really does).

The punisher is huge.  It is a heavy bomber after all.  Lets have a closer look at it.

Now how big is it? Time for scale shots.

Tie-fighter, Tie-punisher, Tie-bomber

Tie-defender, Tie-punisher, Tie-phantom

Tie-advanced, Tie-punisher, Tie-intercepter

Lambda shuttle, Tie-punisher, Firespray

See? I told you it was big.

Both the named pilots are pretty good.  Take a look at all those upgrade slots.

The usual extra rules cards.

Some tasty upgrades

Tokens and stuff.

Solomon Grundy a lesson in grey

Back in my comfort zone painting zombies.  Well one zombie.  One really big zombie.  I present to you Solomon Grundy, the biggest, toughest free agent I own for the Batman Miniatures Game.

Since Grundy is supposed to be grey I decided to roll with that.  I used just about every shade of grey I own on him (seriously I've got six or seven).  I gave his skin a purpley wash to make it stand out from the suite.  I also decided to do his shirt a dirty white, again to make it stand out.

So how does Grundy work in game?  He's a big guy, and big guys draw gunfire.  So that's one use.  If they shoot him they're not shooting your other dudes.  He also has the immortal rule, so your opponent cannot claim full victory points for killing him, he only counts as being knocked out.  Finally he hits like a freight train... literally.  If he hits you a couple of times you're going to feel it.  So tactically what's his best use? I've found his best use is running up the field and beating as many enemies to death as he can before he gets taken out.