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Undercoating Models using Gesso

Gesso? What’s that? It’s the stuff that painters often use to prepare a canvas before applying paints to it. It comes in a variety of different colours, well at least white, black and grey, and is itself a water soluble acrylic. So, why would you use this stuff and not a spray? One word – [...]

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ANNIHILATION Campaign System (Files)

Here are a couple of files that you might find useful if you plan to run an ANNIHILATION campaign -

ANNIHILATION v1.0 Campaign Rule (PDF) (as seen here and here)
ANNIHILATION Campaign Structure v1.0 (PPTX) to allow you to change the game structure and scenarios to suit your own campaign.

Feedback would be most appreciated.
Owen

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ANNIHILATION – A Campaign System for Warmachine and Hordes (Part 2)

This is the second of two articles that describe a campaign system for Warmachine and Hordes. The first part described how to compose an army and deal with attrition as it sustained losses over a series of battles. This part describes how to sequence a series of battles and determine who is the winner.
WAGING WAR
Armies [...]

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ANNIHILATION – A Campaign System for Warmachine and Hordes (Part 1)

This is the first of two articles that describe a campaign system for Warmachine and Hordes. This part describes how to select armies and manage attrition. Part two describes an example four game campaign, the benefits of winning and how to figure out who won the campaign.
OVERVIEW
This campaign system is designed to represent the initial [...]

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Learning to play Hordes: Part 4 (Mini Battle Report)

Okay, this is my last Learning to play Hordes article. Did I hear a collective sigh?! Anyway,I think I’ve got a measure of Saeryn, or at least she’s not a complete mystery to me. I had a game on Tuesday night and everything clicked. My dice luck was poor, but I managed to get a [...]

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