The First Ever PCTPTGTA - Rules and Contestant #1

Good morning gamers,

So I have several armies that are vying for a chance to be taken to a grand tournament his year and try as I might to figure out which one to take, I can't make a decision. Ergo, I am placing the power of deciding in the hands of our viewership. The rules for the first ever "Popularity-Contest-To-Pick-Tiberius'-Grand-Tournament-Army" are as follows:

• On March 1st, I will take a snapshot of the total votes cast in favor of all three armies. The one with the highest number of views will be the winner.
• Posts will go up in rapid succession (within a few days), reducing any advantage of one post being put up before another one.

Without any further ado, Contestant #1 is...

From The Mountain Depths: Moria Warbands

Warg Update

TGIF y'all! so progress was slowed by the holidays, but I've been working on and off to get these beasties finished. I think I'm pretty pleased with the results.

Wild Wargs of Angmar (and occasionally Harad)

Beware of Dragon, Part 5: To Fear or Not To Fear

Good morning gamers,

We've talked about the "vanilla" dragons who have no upgrades, the "utility" dragons who have a single upgrade, the "offensive versatile" dragons who have two upgrades and use their Will to breathe fire, and the "defensive versatile" dragons who have two upgrades but no fire. Given these 11 possible builds, how does one go about fighting these things? To all the dragon hunters out there, this post is for you.

Beware of Dragon, Part 4: The Defensive Versatile Dragon Types

Good evening gamers,

We've talked about Vanilla dragons, Utility dragons, and Offensive Versatile dragons. In this post, we're wrapping up the tactical overview of dragon builds and focusing on the "defensive versatile" dragon options. As mentioned in our last post, these dragons don't use the Breathe Fire upgrade, which brings a few concerns. The chief benefit to this dragon type is that your Will store can be saved for one of two things: casting magic (if you have the Wyrmtongue upgrade) or passing Courage tests (available to all three builds below). This allows you to protect your dragon either by weakening your foes or ensuring you are resolute enough to stay and fight. The concerns for this build are as follows:

Operation Tuckborough Update: Trees!

Hey Reader!

First of all, I hope that your Thanksgiving was amazing!  Over the course of the extended weekend I was hard at work with a bread knife, but not because I was baking (we'll, I was baking for the holiday, but the bread knife had nothing to do with it - I'll explain in a bit), and after a few grueling weeks at work and finally having time to upload this, I wanted to give you all an update from the weekend on Operation Tuckborough, which is my Shire board for the TMAT GT IV this March.

Per interesting circumstances surrounding the tournament last year my army, the Waistcoat Brigade (Shire LOME List, which you can find here), dropped from the tournament, and for the GT this year I am bringing more or less the same army (more on that in a future post), and will also be bringing my Shire board to the tournament to accompany them.  To add a bit more flair to the board though I decided to include my first foray into the realm of trees and woodland terrain, and today's post covers the creation of two new pieces of woodland terrain for the board.

Before launching into the step-by-step process, it is worth noting that I followed the ideas laid out by Dan at Mini War Gaming, and I highly recommend their video series on terrain building.  Really good ideas on what tools to use, techniques to provide added stability and longevity to your terrain, and just all-around good ideas, :)  So, with no further ado, let's make some terrain!