Rogue Stars Character Cards

Rogue Stars from Osprey Wargames is a very new ruleset. As such, it's lacking a lot of material that would make it more gamer-friendly...including a Quick Reference Card for the game modifiers and Character Cards.

In lieu of a set of pre-made Character Cards, I made my own. These files were built in Apple's Pixelmator software.

My first set of characters for the game is a 200-point squad of Heavy-World Miners. I gave the squad "Hard to Kill" and armed most of them with shotguns (stats found on the group Facebook page). These guys were named after some of my favourite Raptor second-stringers.

The miners are led by Powell. Rogue Star characters have to be built between 30 and 70 points. Powell, at 46 has a pretty low cost for a leader...but that's the trade-off for having 5 guys in the squad. He's armed with a mining pick (Monowire Scythe), pistol and a small grenade.

Swag Daddy, second in command, checks in at 42 points. He has a shotgun and sword.

CoJo doubles as the squad's medic and chief technician.

Like all the shotguns in the squad, BeBe's is loaded with Dragon Breath rounds. They have a shortened range, but cause Scorch. That means when another model is hit, damage is automatically applied to the least armoured section of the target.

Caboclo rounds out the squad. Like BeBe, he has Chucker...which allows him greater accuracy when throwing his stun grenade.

OK, another game ready to go. Cards were printed an put in plastic sleeves to write on during gameplay.

'Til next time.

Rogue Stars...First Project of 2017

For the first project of 2017, I've decided to build some models for a ruleset I picked up over the holidays: Rogue Stars from Osprey.

Rogue Stars is a Sci-Fi skirmish game based around 3 to 6 figures that uses a mission/location/complication generator to create scenarios, which players can link into a campaign. In that sense, think of it as a scaled-down Necromunda.

For this first squad, I used some very nice multi-part models from Games Workshop.

They are built from the Neophyte Hybrids box for the recently released Genestealer Cults 40K line.

This week I also added to my growing collection of Dropzone Commander terrain, with another Blotz building. These are great to build during NBA games...particularly through the first 3 quarters while the Raptors are letting opponents build a small lead that they then overcome in an always-exciting 4th quarter. ;^)

'Til next time.

Cultists Slip Into the Workflow

These 10 guys have been sitting on my painting table, and my game table, for several months now. I just needed to finish off a few details in order to clear them for good. And that happened today.

These are the multi-part, hard plastic figures from the Frostgrave collection. Pretty cool models, and every one you build is unique. I swapped out a few torsos and other bits from the Frostgrave soldiers box as well. Everything in this line is pretty good. Recommended.

I like the Frostgrave game, as well as these models. Not as detailed as metal, or recent GW releases, but still really solid for all sorts of gameplay.

Next up is more Silver Tower stuff.

'Til next time.