Dragon Fall 2019 is over, Operation Phoenix has ended. Dice have been returned to their storage box and miniatures have been retired to the shelf above the hobby station. Thus, it’s time to get my thoughts of the event down on paper, well, the electronic version of paper. Firstly, what is Dragon Fall. It’s annual… Read More Operation Phoenix 2019 – Paul’s Recap
Glory by Hogg Publishing arrived at my door just a few weeks ago after I backed it on Kickstarter on a total impulse last March. When I saw this on KS I was immediately drawn in by the incredible artwork and only became more excited after reading about the game. Could this be a dungeon-crawler… Read More Glory
October 25th through the 27th saw the arrival of Dragon Fall 2019. At this event, Chicago Dice’s own Andrew and Dexter were running the inaugural Operation Phoenix, a spiritual successor to old favorite Bolt Action tournament, Operation Sting. I was one of the 14 players participating this year, fielding a U.S. Airborne army based on… Read More Operation Phoenix 2019 – Ben’s Recap
A good friend of the Chicago Dice crew organized a full weekend of games, beers and friendship. Here is a breakdown of what Ben and I played over the weekend. 1775 1775 from Academy Games is possibly my favorite team game. There is an incredible combination of broad strategic decisions and edge of your seat… Read More What we played
After eight weeks of battle the Summer Offensive has finally come to a close. Overall we are thrilled with how it went and we came away with a bunch of ideas for how to improve upon the system for a future campaign. We’d like to throw a big shout out to the players who participated,… Read More Tyton Summer Offensive – Results!
When coming up with our 2019 theme for Adepticon Bolt Action Doubles, we decided to run a horde of Inexperienced American soldiers supported by equally Inexperienced armor. There was an overall theme of North Africa as a sort of event-within-an-event, and we chose to represent those first American units getting involved in the war, when… Read More Smoke Markers
Once again this year I participated in (and Andrew ran!) the Bolt Action Combat Patrol event at Adepticon. This event is always a good time, with small but fast-paced games. Game One – Partisans vs Germans My first game was a matchup against some DAK run by Al. We were playing a scenario where the… Read More Adepticon 2019 – Bolt Action Combat Patrol Recap
Latest post in the Showcase series showing my entry in Crystal Brush 2019. The photos were taking on my phone using the MacroMat from Tablewar. The miniature is from Nocturna Models. I entered this model into Crystal Brush at Adepticon 2019. It’s the first time I have ever painted a large scale model and I… Read More The Crusader
The latest smash hit from CMON, A Song of Ice & Fire: The Miniatures Game, showed up BIG at Adepticon this year. Not only was the two-player starter set added to every Premium and VIG swag bag, there was a host of events and tournaments running all weekend long. Andrew’s thoughts – Let’s get the… Read More Adepticon 2019 – A Song of Ice & Fire: TMG – Recap
Adepticon 2019 has come and gone. Let’s look back at the insanity that was Bolt Action Doubles! We tried something new this year for Doubles. We worked with the TOs to create an event within the event – The North Africa Club Challenge. This resulted in 14 of the 30 teams bringing Bolt Action armies… Read More Adepticon 2019 – Bolt Action Doubles – Recap
