Planning my first game of Fate Accelerated edition and as a GM!

So the plan is to run a RPG at Essex Warriors his sunday using FATE accelerated edition (FAE)

Rules available for free or pay what you want on their site here along with the intro blurb  I offered up to temp people in:

My first go at running an RPG, using the FAE system and set in the 40k universe (mostly). A warp storm dissipates after 500 years, fringe worlds are now accessible that barely know of the imperium, a canny Rogue trader could make a fortune from xeno tech, information and who knows what exotic wildlife or other things may be found.

Your on the crew of such a trader and get to be first on a new world, who will you meet? What will you find? Will you survive to claim riches or meet a grizzly end?

Rules are available here for free on a pay what you want basis
http://www.evilhat.com/home/wp-content/uploads/FAE.zip

I stated up some player characters here for them to choose from

5 player Characters to choose from can be found here along with the Captain who will be a NPC.

If you specifically want a different type of character do let me know, Gender and name can be changed on them all if desired without changing the rest of their stats, background

https://drive.google.com/open…

The Rogue Trader Noxius Ignis (Baleful fire)

The Tamasi System, imperial records show last contact with any planet was over 500 years ago. Imperial control slipped more than 1000 years ago. This far on the fringe of known space many worlds are little more than rumours and guess work.

Ministerium records indicate a Mission in place at some point and a mid tech level on most planets, but the Warp storms and length of time since last contact makes it unlikely knowledge of the Emperor has been maintained outside of mythical folk lore.

We head into the unknown more than normal even for a Rogue trader.

Our holds empty and our crew ready to find fortune and fame.

Rumour states an imperial fleet is enroute to either quarantine or conquer the system and its worlds.

But our immediate concern is other competition from rival traders, Xeno especially the Tau who have been encroaching in other nearby systems spreading their greater good.

Maybe even the Inquisition or other imperial departments making a play for knowledge and power.

All we have is our speculation, as we drop out of warp we home in on what seems to be the central planet based upon communications and the presence of other star going vessels.

Tamasi prime, as we close in it becomes obvious this is the central world, we register one Tau ship in the vicinity, a number of other unknown ships and some local inter system only ships lacking the trace of a warp drive.

Population seems sparse with a few urban centres and plenty of rural towns, it's a big planet with a variety of terrain it looks like.

We look to halt in 5 days joining others in orbit, it looks like despite the various Xeno and entities present there is a peaceful accord for now at least up here.

Who knows how things on the ground are... Captain says a select team will take the bulk lander down to the capital to suss it all out before further action, part of me hopes I get to go.. the rest of me is terrified

I will try and write up how it goes next week some time along with photos of all the miniatures I plan to use! including a new 40+ still on the painting table.... not sure they will all be ready for Sunday or even come up in the story as we play through but lets see!

I have 3 players signed up which is hopefully about right 

Rome: a passion and long term project

So I have always been enamoured by Rome and its history, yet my wargaming past has often seen me shy away from it as a period.

Maybe its by slow painting or the fact sci fi and fantasy took such a forefront along with WW2 etc but I have always wanted to spend more time playing in the time of Ceaser and the Republic

Whilst I have less time to paint delaying any rush into building a legion!

I have had a passing acquisition of gladiators and their ilk

I picked up Songs of Shadows and Dust a Ganesh games rules set for skirmishes in Roman cities between gangs or followers rather than mass battles

I really want to get some proper games in and to that end have been starting on some suitable figures, mostly using the Numidian infantry box set I picked up on the cheap, otherwise I have plenty of Gladiators and now other Roman types to populate the streets and arena

Some of the kit based Raptors below

Some pugilists two bought and two kit bashed

Three Tribunes and a guard

Three Senators out enjoying the games perhaps, also an experiment using nail art gems for rings and such, think it works fairly well on the right models

The Emperor and his aide and a guard

A kit bashed trainer/dokter to referee and train fights/fighters 

Finally got hold of a copy of this OOP ruleset by Warhammer historical

Even includes rules for fighting Ostriches! 

very detailed and lots of information, well worth picking up 

Pre weathering and basing

Bargain Playmobile arena, this thing is pure massive!

OOP for awhile but since I saw it I had to have it to base my arena around, I have lots of ideas to develop it but may end up looking like this for awhile!

Tempted to keep the playmobile statues lol

£22.50 including p&p the next two I saw went for over £70 each! so well chuffed

Two pugilists prepare to fight

Essex Warriors: Konflikt 47 (Bolt action) WWW2 6 player 15mm game

Seems like ages since I have got a game in at the club, and thats because it has been!

To make up for it I joined in a great 6 player 3v3 game of Konflikt 47 to try out the new version of their Bolt action rule system taking it into Weird WW2

I was one of the three German commanders taking on the American forces

A meet and shoot battle this time, no fancy objectives or anything like that lol

Great fun and for once my big gun Panzer Mech thing hit its one dice shot every turn making light work of the allied armour

usually on these systems one dice role even needing a 3+ means most turns I will either miss or hit but do no or little damage! not this time though halftrack, sherman tesla tank and another halftrack gave my tank commander a 3 for 3 result this game

The Allies withdrew at the end of turn three having lost all their heavy weapons with out reply

Great game, thank you to Mike at the club who as is often the case provided all of the terrain and miniatures in use

Added below here are a couple of the other games going on, a Pike and shot game very colourful, and a American Civil war game using Sharp practice which I think is the base for a couple of open day and show games in the coming months

For those in the UK near Essex it is the Essex Warriors Open day next weekend on Sunday 25th in Writtle from 10am, bring and buy, couple traders and lots of games on show pop down and have a look

This Sunday at Essex Warriors in Writtle

Some photos of a few of the games taking place at Essex Warriors in Writtle yesterday.

Apologies to those I missed capturing.

I took part in an epic Kings of War game,  6 players, 2500 points each, total 15,000 points on the table.

Ended as a draw, right flank went to the Rats! I took the elves out in the middle despite their horrible beast of a dragon, and then the left flank ended in a draw when they ran out of turns making it 1-1.

Great fun

Also being played:

New version of Sharp practice, Napoleonic skirmish game by Too Fat Lardies, was well attended and looked fun.

Fields of Glory battle,

Some DBM as usual,

A big WW2 Jungle game in Burma?

a WW1 game using Square bashing by Peter Pig