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ULTRAMODERN WARFARE
This article is one I'm hoping to offer to Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy magazine as a quid pro quo for some advertising space. If they bite (and, thus far, I've had a nibble) then...
2021-05-26 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostPOD Test has arrived and it looks good...
...ish.
It is (almost literally) 99% perfect. The borders around the text on the back of the book are too narrow to my eyes, but they're not wrong.
So what I'm going to do is r...
2021-05-25 11:20:06 +0000 UTC View PostPrecinct Omega Podcast - News #39 - Crowdfunding
When a microenterprise wants to create something new, how do they do it? In the modern age, crowdfunding has become a core part of the business plan of any small creative business, and in the table...
2021-05-21 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNew Infinite Dark Advert
I thought you guys might like to see the new art for our Miniature Wargames advert that will be published in June.
I'm going to need to update my website to add a link to Wargame Vault for In...
2021-05-20 10:11:36 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark Design Blog #7 - Campaigns
Campaign play is one of those things that every wargamer says they want but only a tiny number ever actually use, and I’ve always thought that was a huge shame. But having run wargaming clubs and...
2021-05-19 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostREVIEW - IN HER MAJESTY’S NAME 2nd EDITION
More general content I've written for Tabletop Games UK. The site owner, there, is going through some personal challenges right now, which has put a stop to most new content, so this stuff may ...
2021-05-18 08:35:57 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark POD Update
My files were approved today and the proof copy has been ordered. Current lead times are 2-3 weeks, but they often do better than that. So I'm cautiously optimistic that we'll see the POD edition a...
2021-05-17 13:21:25 +0000 UTC View PostPrecinct Omega Podcast - Design #12 - Close Quarter Battle
Another unscripted ramble through my brain, as I talk about my personal experience of CQB (spoiler: none) and how my understanding of it is informed by my studies and training. I have a bit of a go...
2021-05-14 11:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostBattle Report of the Month (May)
Your deadline for submitting an entry for the Battle Report of the Month is the end of Sunday 16th May. So if you've not played a mission yet, this weekend is going to be your best opportu...
2021-05-14 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHorizon Wars: Infinite Dark Cover
I know you guys already saw the art, but I thought you might like to see the cover design.
2021-05-13 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostFriday Livestream 7th May 2021 - Urban Concrete Scatter Terrain
My latest Livestream is no up on YouTube as an Unlisted video.
After a lot of interest in my urban scatter terrain, made from old Jenga sets, I thought I'd do a focus on how I made and painte...
2021-05-12 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark Design Blog #6 - Missions
‘The thing with space, see, well, the thing with space… the real thing with space… the thing most people don’t really appreciate until they actually get there… Space, you see, it’s ...
2021-05-12 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostTHE LIFECYCLE OF THE TABLETOP WARGAME
This is another article I've written for Tabletop Games UK, which I'm releasing early to patrons for your consumption. I'm currently trying to sort out some access issues with TTGUK, but this s...
2021-05-11 08:25:27 +0000 UTC View PostPrecinct Omega Podcast - News #38 - One Year of Podcasting!
A short episode, this week, because I'm taking it a bit easy. Back to normal service next week. But as (a) I'm taking it easy, and (b) it's 12 months since I started this series of weekly pod...
2021-05-08 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark - Cover Art
Well, I think it's pretty awesome.
2021-05-07 15:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark - I'm done!
Deep breath in. Deep breath out.
The manuscript is off to the proof-reader for final checks, but otherwise the book is done. I'm still waiting for the cover art from David, but the preview sk...
2021-05-06 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark Cover WIP
I'm loving how David's work is taking shape, here. We're getting a real sense of a mash-up between Hornblower, Star Trek, Honor Harrington and Warhammer 40k.
In the last day, I've also finali...
2021-05-05 15:55:33 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark Tokens
With Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark on the cusp of its end-of-May release date, I tho...
2021-05-05 11:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostInfinite Dark Design Blog #5 - Pilots
This is an advance post that will appear on the Precinct Omega Blog on 12th May 2021.
T...
2021-05-05 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Friday Livestream - The REAL History of Horizon Wars
To help de-conflict what the different games are in the Horizon Wars family, I thought I'd talk about it in last week's livestream.
Took me a while to sort this out.
As ever, y...
2021-05-03 09:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe Infinite Dark Design Blog - Parts 1-4
Again, in line with the request from patrons that they get a one-stop-shop for my online content on the Patreon, here are the first four parts of my Infinite Dark design blog.
Ob...
2021-05-02 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMission of the Month May 2021 - Publicity Stunt
Operation Kurgan will be conducted in the full glare of media attention. Mars has a complicated relationship with its media. On the one hand, they are respected and mostly trusted. On the ...
2021-05-01 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostRule of the Month - Capture
A feature of Operation Kurgan will be an increased focus on taking targets alive, representing the fact that the Martian forces are under far more public scrutiny than their Venusian count...
2021-05-01 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post~Defence Mech Compendium~ May 2021
The monthly compendium is a way for new patrons to find easy links to the most popular and significant content in the Patreon. This compendium contains all of the content available to Defence Mech ...
2021-05-01 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPrecinct Omega Podcast - Design #11 - Aotrs Shipyard
I met up with Alex Handley of Aotrs Shipyard to discuss his work designing an enormous range of spaceship miniatures ...
2021-04-30 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostTHE APPROACHING 3D STORM
I was recently asked if I would begin to add to the Patreon content I create for other outlets, like my own blog at Precinct Omega and Tabletop Games UK. I'm quite happy to do so, but there is ...
2021-04-29 10:39:29 +0000 UTC View PostFriday Livestream 23 April 2021 - Hobby Time
As promised (and requested), here's last week's Livestream video. This brings you up to date with the current livestreams. From now on, I'll be posting the previous week's livestream here eve...
2021-04-28 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Horizon Wars Setting
In response to several requests, now, I'm going to start posting the unedited footage from my Friday livestreams: first, here, and then the following Friday, I'll make them public on YouTube. But t...
2021-04-26 14:38:40 +0000 UTC View Post