From 0ec14d4cb107f47fefdcaae65a5a15c2cb0df191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: signal9 Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2026 08:20:03 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] WIP, multiple articles --- content/bog-knights-greathelm-2025-12-31.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++ content/station-eleven-2025-12-13.md | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 82 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bog-knights-greathelm-2025-12-31.md diff --git a/content/bog-knights-greathelm-2025-12-31.md b/content/bog-knights-greathelm-2025-12-31.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a16bf4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bog-knights-greathelm-2025-12-31.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +Title: Hedge Knights of the Sunken Wastes +Category: Blog +Date: 2026-05-31 +Tags: wargaming, miniature painting, greathelm + +> Hailing from the squelchy plains of the Sunken Wastes, the Hedge Knights sally +> forth in search of riches and glory. Clad in heavy steel, their shields +> bearing the standard of their lord, a golden sun glowing on a field of argent and +> azure. They share but one pair of boots between them - to which anyone who has lost +> a shoe while trudging through the mud can attest! Their courage undaunted, +> barefoot, they march ever onward. + +Our Mordheim campaign has long concluded. With my skaven warband quietly tucked +away, I have moved on to other projects - as is often the case, too many. + +Have I mentioned we've been playing a lot of Cauldron? +[Cauldron](https://hillgiant.bigcartel.com/product/cauldron){. .anchor}. + +But then a couple of members of the Strange Artifacts crew tried out +[Greathelm](https://malev-da-shinobi.itch.io/great-helm-pt){. .anchor}, a +skirmish game currently in development by +[Malev Da Shinobi](https://www.patreon.com/malev){. .anchor}. +Greathelm is a miniature agnostic game where you play a band of six knights on +an extremely small, 8.5" x 11" battlefield. My friends seemed to have a great +time playing, enough that some of them are already builing boards. So, I reviewed +the rules and committed myself to a quick holiday project! + +Did somebody mention +[Boglanders](https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/66-boglanders){. .anchor}? As it +turns out, I had five knight-like Boglander minis, between +[Set #2, The King's Guard](https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/home/682-boglander-set-.html){. .anchor} +and +[Set #6, Armoured](https://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/home/690-boglander-set-.html){. .anchor}. +I had already based and primed them, so I was set? But wait, I need six models. +I was in luck, I had an extra, duplicate model in the bits box. A little +doctoring, cut off his head, et voila! I have my knights. diff --git a/content/station-eleven-2025-12-13.md b/content/station-eleven-2025-12-13.md index fb5c450..3dae691 100644 --- a/content/station-eleven-2025-12-13.md +++ b/content/station-eleven-2025-12-13.md @@ -4,3 +4,49 @@ Date: 2025-12-21 Tags: gurps rpgs Status: draft +I just watched the miniseries, Station Eleven, for the third time. When it first +streamed during lockdown, I was completely taken in by the characters and the +story. I immediately found and read the book which, while it differs in some key +ways from the series, continues to tell a compelling story. It's not the +world-ending pandemic that I found interesting as much as how the remaining +people had moved on. Key characters born before and after the event related +differently to one another. It is well worth the watch and the read. + +At the same time I was reading GURPS 3rd Edition, which I bought used at my +favorite local used book store, Black & Read in Arvada, Colorado. It has been +some years, I still haven't played the game. But, right away I started to think +about the world presente in Station Eleven as a campaign location for a role +playing game. There are interesting locations, like the Museum of Civilization +or anywhere on The Wheel. The Wheel itself provides locations and motion to set +a stage. There are heroes and villains, with plenty of space between for players +to create rich characters with meaningful stories. + +I wrote down some notes but never pursued the project. As I re-watched the +series, however, I felt like digging out my notes. Even if I don't put together +a game I thought it might be cool to share what I have here, with you. + +## Characters + +### Heroes + +Kirsten + +Jeevan + +The Traveling Symphony + +Clark and Elizabeth + +### Villains + +The Prophet + +The Undersea + +The Red Bandanas + +## Locations + +Locations on the wheel + +The Museum of Civilization -- 2.39.5