tips and fiddles Archive

  • I’ve just been searching the interweb and came across this hobby site. The article I had originally followed was for using pink and blue foam for terrain, but on the main site (http://www.stormthecastle.com/) this article and video caught eye – making plastic from milk. To be fair he uses vinegar...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Making Plastic from Milk?

    I’ve just been searching the interweb and came across this hobby site. The article I had originally followed was for using pink and blue foam for terrain, but on the main site (http://www.stormthecastle.com/) this article and video caught eye – making plastic from milk. To be fair he uses vinegar...

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  • Enough, I say!  Enough! I wrote a post.  It was about increasing prices and decreasing points values and the two-way gouge perpetrated by miniature wargame companies.  It wasn’t bad.  I’m just sick to the back teeth of doing nothing but advise people on how to negotiate with these big bad...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Some Frugal Alternatives To Popular Spendy Games

    Enough, I say!  Enough! I wrote a post.  It was about increasing prices and decreasing points values and the two-way gouge perpetrated by miniature wargame companies.  It wasn’t bad.  I’m just sick to the back teeth of doing nothing but advise people on how to negotiate with these big bad...

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  • A while ago now, arabianknight posted about his proxy Trenchers for Warmachine, and made a convincing case for the act of proxying the more generic-looking miniatures in a Warmahordes army. Now, Warmahordes is my tournament game, insofar as I have one at all, and so the decision is largely made...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Warmachine On The Cheap

    A while ago now, arabianknight posted about his proxy Trenchers for Warmachine, and made a convincing case for the act of proxying the more generic-looking miniatures in a Warmahordes army. Now, Warmahordes is my tournament game, insofar as I have one at all, and so the decision is largely made...

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  • Okay, not fifty, but I’m sure Paul and I can manage a few. Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a gamer.  Shouldn’t be too hard; you’re reading this.  Now imagine that you buy most of your gaming gear from one company, and that that company isn’t necessarily offering the value...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Fifty Ways To Leave Your Gaming Company

    Okay, not fifty, but I’m sure Paul and I can manage a few. Imagine, for a moment, that you’re a gamer.  Shouldn’t be too hard; you’re reading this.  Now imagine that you buy most of your gaming gear from one company, and that that company isn’t necessarily offering the value...

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