Von-words Archive

  • Oi!This is the final week of the HoP Idol contest over at the ol’ House of Paincakes: last week I managed to creep over the horizon by the skin of me wossnames and a similar performance this week will spell triumph, readership, modest acclaim and a cessation of interruptions to...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: V for Vondetta

    Oi!This is the final week of the HoP Idol contest over at the ol’ House of Paincakes: last week I managed to creep over the horizon by the skin of me wossnames and a similar performance this week will spell triumph, readership, modest acclaim and a cessation of interruptions to...

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  • I know, I know, I’ve been neglecting you.  I’ve spent the last couple of months actually, y’know, being Frugal.  It’s the not having any money that does it.  Most of the hobby I’ve done has been other people’s, for money, although I did find the time for a quick Warmachine...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: VOTE FOR VON

    I know, I know, I’ve been neglecting you.  I’ve spent the last couple of months actually, y’know, being Frugal.  It’s the not having any money that does it.  Most of the hobby I’ve done has been other people’s, for money, although I did find the time for a quick Warmachine...

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  • Price rises, price rises, all I seem to hear about these days is price rises!  Personally I think everything’s more expensive these days, but Dethtron (first and second links) has a point when he establishes that GW’s prices are in fact behind the rate of inflation (whether they were marked...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Frugalnomics: Increasing Cost, Decreasing Value

    Price rises, price rises, all I seem to hear about these days is price rises!  Personally I think everything’s more expensive these days, but Dethtron (first and second links) has a point when he establishes that GW’s prices are in fact behind the rate of inflation (whether they were marked...

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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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  • There’s nothing quite like attending a gaming convention with no money to sharpen the old critical faculties and make you consider the value of the beautiful, shiny objects being paraded about before your eyes.  I’d recommend it to anyone.  Leave your wallet at home.  Take your ticket and a packed...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: EXPO-say: Von’s Frugal Picks from the UK Games Expo

    There’s nothing quite like attending a gaming convention with no money to sharpen the old critical faculties and make you consider the value of the beautiful, shiny objects being paraded about before your eyes.  I’d recommend it to anyone.  Leave your wallet at home.  Take your ticket and a packed...

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  • Every so often, my blogging worlds (all this nonsense and Doctor Who fandom, in case you’re keeping score) collide.  It’s been a while since the last one, in which I was chattering about the Doctor Who roleplaying game, and so this has probably been a bit overdue. Who pundit Lawrence...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Termite Art, Branded Materials, and DIY in the hobby

    Every so often, my blogging worlds (all this nonsense and Doctor Who fandom, in case you’re keeping score) collide.  It’s been a while since the last one, in which I was chattering about the Doctor Who roleplaying game, and so this has probably been a bit overdue. Who pundit Lawrence...

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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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  • Or, as they say in the old country, “‘ere bey, where you bin?“ It’s that time of year again: the time when actual gaming begins to edge out typing nonsense about gaming on the Internet.  Life on the miniatures front has slowed down somewhat of late, since I don’t live...

    A Year of Frugal Gaming: Vonnington, Vonnington, where have you been?

    Or, as they say in the old country, “‘ere bey, where you bin?“ It’s that time of year again: the time when actual gaming begins to edge out typing nonsense about gaming on the Internet.  Life on the miniatures front has slowed down somewhat of late, since I don’t live...

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