INSPIRING THIS GAZEBO HUNTER #5

Donogh chats Sci-Fi miniatures, Apocalypse World, and Archer

I've always been interested in what inspires gamers to break new ground and start another

project.

This series of articles is a brief overview of things which caught my eye over the last few months - some have already prompted me to try something new, some may lurk in the long grass until their time has come. I hope that some-thing here grabs your attention and calls you to action!

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I know a lot of people enjoyed the X-Com series of PC games; Bloggity-Blog-Blog put together a great tabletop version. It just

remains for me to put together some suitable alien figures which will scale well with my 20mm moderns and this is an eminently achievable project.

Miniatures

I’m always on the look-out to integrate civilian pieces on my wargaming table. Ground Zero Games have again delivered for the 15mm Sci-Fi fan with these robust civilian vehicles. Drop-ship Horizon did a review a while back with some pictures. I haven’t been bitten by the Dark Ages bug currently sweeping through war-gaming circles. Gripping Beast’s box of 40 plastic warriors at a very reasonable price will surely make

assembling your warband much easier.

Non-Fiction Book

I finally got around to read-ing the acclaimed Lions of Kanda-har which details a daring Green Beret mission in

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Donogh

Donogh has been gaming in some shape or form since school, though with two young daughters under four I’m restrained to a couple of wargames a month and an infrequent Saturday of roleplaying with my old college group.

Though I'll happily engage in a quick pick-up boardgame or indie roleplaying game, you'll usually find me running participation wargames at most conventions I go to.

You can find my wargaming exploits at Land War in Asia and the annals of my current roleplaying campaign at Giyhonan Chronicles.

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Afghanistan where they led local Afghan troops against large con-centrations of Taliban.

If special forces gaming tickles your fancy, give the new Classi-fied book from Ambush Alley Games a look.

Role Playing Game

Rather than recommend a fiction book this issue (because I can’t suggest you read yet another Joe Abercrombie book!) I'm going

to suggest that you take a look at Apocalypse World, an indie RPG from D. Vincent Baker. This is

the book that brought me out of role-playing retirement and back into a regular game night. Everyone in the group is inspired and energised by the rules and the setting. The GMing advice therein is amongst the best I’ve ever received.

Film/TV

I am severely behind the times on this one, but I got bitten by the Archer bug a few weeks ago. This anachronistic spy comedy follows the extremely dangerous and self-obsessed Ster-ling Archer as he deals with his domineering

boss (and mother), his equally-competent colleague (and ex-girl-friend) and the dangerous game

of global espionage. It’s a hoot!

" I am waiting for someone

to introduce me to 7TV, which looks like the

perfect game to bring Archer to

the gaming table.

Random Site

Last year I threw the spotlight on the Lead Adventure Forum’s league. This time around, now that the Guild’s Annual Build is in full swing, I thought you’d be interested in taking a look. Eve-ryone undertakes a project with several discrete blocks of work. Plenty of 20mm WW2 and mod-erns, but there’s also some space-ships and 6mm Cold War to feast your eyes on.

CREDITS

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

Anita Murray & Noirin CurranDESIGN & LAYOUT

Cian O'SullivanPROOF-READERS

Charles Dunne & Sarah Condon

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