Grand Adventures Archive

  • Battle for Stones River 2012: Thoughts from the Tournament Organizer.             So the 2012 BFSR has come and gone, what a day it was though.  I feel like it was quite a successful tournament.  We had 67 players total, a new venue, some new terrain and some new tables.  I...

    The Istvaanians: BFSR 2012 Pictures!

    Battle for Stones River 2012: Thoughts from the Tournament Organizer.             So the 2012 BFSR has come and gone, what a day it was though.  I feel like it was quite a successful tournament.  We had 67 players total, a new venue, some new terrain and some new tables.  I...

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  • I know everyone has been waiting patiently for the results to be posted, but I do want to take a minute and say a few things… BIG THANKS goes out to my fellow Istvaanians for all their hard work leading up to and the day of.  Without their help we...

    The Istvaanians: Battle for Stones River 2012 Results are in!

    I know everyone has been waiting patiently for the results to be posted, but I do want to take a minute and say a few things… BIG THANKS goes out to my fellow Istvaanians for all their hard work leading up to and the day of.  Without their help we...

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  • Alright, as promised and as in the past, we are releasing six different scenarios of which four will be used at the tournament.  We want people to be able to run through the scenarios once or twice, so if there is something you don’t understand or doesn’t make sense let...

    The Istvaanians: Battle for Stones River 2012 Scenarios!

    Alright, as promised and as in the past, we are releasing six different scenarios of which four will be used at the tournament.  We want people to be able to run through the scenarios once or twice, so if there is something you don’t understand or doesn’t make sense let...

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  • Have you ever tried to get things ready for a 50 man tournament? Well, make that 70 players and you know what guys here at the Istvaanians are going through! This year, the Battle for Stones River tournament is going to be on the Games Workshop GT circuit. In addition...

    The Istvaanians: More Tournament Terrain Building

    Have you ever tried to get things ready for a 50 man tournament? Well, make that 70 players and you know what guys here at the Istvaanians are going through! This year, the Battle for Stones River tournament is going to be on the Games Workshop GT circuit. In addition...

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  • Hey all, I’ve been hard at work putting together additional terrain for our upcoming Battle for Stones River 2012. We listened to the constructive feedback from last year and are adding in extra line-of-sight blocking terrain to every table for your strategic convenience. We will end up with ruined walls,...

    The Istvaanians: BFSR terraforming underway!

    Hey all, I’ve been hard at work putting together additional terrain for our upcoming Battle for Stones River 2012. We listened to the constructive feedback from last year and are adding in extra line-of-sight blocking terrain to every table for your strategic convenience. We will end up with ruined walls,...

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  • What a crazy weekend of gaming!  We had our local doubles tournament this weekend, the Battle for Supremacy.  It was a pretty good turnout with 23 teams showing up from all over Tennessee.  We had three great rounds of play with little to no trouble from players or scenarios!  Always...

    The Istvaanians: Battle for Supremacy Doubles Tournament

    What a crazy weekend of gaming!  We had our local doubles tournament this weekend, the Battle for Supremacy.  It was a pretty good turnout with 23 teams showing up from all over Tennessee.  We had three great rounds of play with little to no trouble from players or scenarios!  Always...

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  • Battles raged across the continent this week.  Avignor is hell come reality for the soldiers fighting on it.  The forces arrayed against the Imperials have had huge successes this week with five victories, turning them into five new territories.  The Imperials on the other hand had three victories, only able...

    The Istvaanians: Battle for Avignor Week Three

    Battles raged across the continent this week.  Avignor is hell come reality for the soldiers fighting on it.  The forces arrayed against the Imperials have had huge successes this week with five victories, turning them into five new territories.  The Imperials on the other hand had three victories, only able...

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  • St. George Island, Florida – We took a 5 mile hike out to the end, in the rain! Last week my wife and I took a much needed vacation (or holiday for you folks across the pond!) to celebrate our ten year wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe that I have...

    The Istvaanians: Inspired from Vacation1

    St. George Island, Florida – We took a 5 mile hike out to the end, in the rain! Last week my wife and I took a much needed vacation (or holiday for you folks across the pond!) to celebrate our ten year wedding anniversary. It’s hard to believe that I have...

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  • The Battle rages on!  We had a great first week of our campaign.  There were 15 games played this week with the bad guys picking up 8 victories and the good guys only 5.  We also had 2 draws this week.  In our movement phase, our commanders battled it out...

    The Istvaanians: Battle For Avignor Week Two

    The Battle rages on!  We had a great first week of our campaign.  There were 15 games played this week with the bad guys picking up 8 victories and the good guys only 5.  We also had 2 draws this week.  In our movement phase, our commanders battled it out...

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  • So I have completed my first map using Campaign Cartographer 3!  I really like this program and it can do all kinds of awesome things, problem is I don’t know how to use 3/4 of it.  It is a very steep learning curve and it will take me a long...

    The Istvaanians: Battle for Avignor Map Unveiled!

    So I have completed my first map using Campaign Cartographer 3!  I really like this program and it can do all kinds of awesome things, problem is I don’t know how to use 3/4 of it.  It is a very steep learning curve and it will take me a long...

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