Wednesday 9 January 2013

My first magazine article


My first magazine piece, about basing miniatures, came out today, in Wargames, Soldies and Strategy 64.  Woo hoo!  If you want a copy, you can buy it here.  WSS is a great little magazine, and I hope to post there fairly regularly.

Interestingly, Guy the Editor comments that I must disagree with Dr. Phil Hendry's approach to basing.  I actually really like Phil's bases, especially those on his Roman and Sassanids.  He is very consistent, which is what I aim to be, too.

In other news, we played our first game of the New Year last night; the classic Avalon Hill boargame Successors.  This will hopefully make a great background for a campaign, later in the year, once I have enough miniatures painted.

22 comments:

WarRaptor said...

Congrats! I saw this article (I get WSS in PDF form) and was excited when 'I know him!'. Good article on the basing too. Thanks for your info!

Jonathan said...

Congratulations on a great article!

Caliban said...

Congratulations, and good luck with the campaign.

fireymonkeyboy said...

Really looking forward to the campaign. Olicanalad did something similar with Carthage vs. Rome at his blog. This is going to be awesome.

fireymonkeyboy said...

Also, congrats on the article.

Inkub said...

Congratulations, always satisfactory to see own name in the print:)

Prufrock said...

Well done, BRB! About time, you got something in a glossy ;-) Will be keen to see how you approach the campaign. Successors was a game that slipped through my net, unfortunately. Should've got a copy when I had the chance. Still, it was a good lesson to learn!

Again, congrats on the article.

Cheers,
Aaron

BigLee said...

Congratulations. I look forward to reading your article.

Paul´s Bods said...

Excellent. Congratulations :-D
Cheers
paul

BigRedBat said...

Cor, thanks all!

Aaron, you could be in luck, GMT are reprinting:-

http://www.gmtgames.com/p-396-successors-reprint.aspx

Cheers, Simon

DeanM said...

Congrats, Simon. Hopefully the first of many more to come in the future. Best, Dean

Curt said...

Bravo! Congratulations! I can't wait to see it once it makes its way across the pond.

Dalauppror said...

Got my paper issue today:)

Very nice article Simon !

Agree about the "good basing makes greate miniatures look twice as nice!" or bad basing makes good minis look not nice at all...or as i try to do good bases to make my moderate minis look good;)

Best regards Michael

Ray Rousell said...

Congrats about the article! Its quite rewarding having your name in print!

legatus hedlius said...

Well done! I'm hoping to pick up mine in Smiths in Oxford Street tomorrow!

Handgrenadealien said...

Your basing legacy will live on Simon, hope to see more in future. Successors is a great game once you have deciphered the badly proof read rules
Regards HGA

BigRedBat said...

Hi HGA, I'm not sure I want a basing legacy, I'd prefer to live forever! ;-)

Have you downloaded the amended rules on the internet? There is an updated set with all the errata included and some changes. We used those yesterday, very useful

Thanks everyone! Simon

Rodger said...

Congrats!That is really cool.

Simon MacDowall said...

Well done. I will have to get a copy!

Silver Whistle said...

Congratulations, you know you are doing something right when your work gets published in a magazine.

Secundus said...

well done, just seen your basing piece.Simon.

Jason said...

Successors is a great base for a campaign and a fun game in its own right.