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Retro musings on Warhammer and other tabletop games
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There is a new Lost Warhammer post today... but it's not by me! @graemedavis.bsky.social has written a post on his blog about two #Warhammer Fantasy Battle supplements he proposed, but which were not taken forward: Regiments of Renown and Heroes for Hire.
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June 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
There is a new Lost Warhammer post today... but it's not by me! @graemedavis.bsky.social has written a post on his blog about two #Warhammer Fantasy Battle supplements he proposed, but which were not taken forward: Regiments of Renown and Heroes for Hire.
graemedavis.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/l...
graemedavis.wordpress.com/2025/06/14/l...
Awesome Lies is now ad-free!
So you'll have to go somewhere else to find baldness cures and great opportunities to work from home.... :)
So you'll have to go somewhere else to find baldness cures and great opportunities to work from home.... :)
June 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Awesome Lies is now ad-free!
So you'll have to go somewhere else to find baldness cures and great opportunities to work from home.... :)
So you'll have to go somewhere else to find baldness cures and great opportunities to work from home.... :)
After almost nine years, my 'Lost Warhammer' blog posts are still digging into the almost bottomless pit of unpublished #Warhammer games and supplements.
If they might be your thing and you haven't read them all already, you can find them here:
awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/category/his...
If they might be your thing and you haven't read them all already, you can find them here:
awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/category/his...
May 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
After almost nine years, my 'Lost Warhammer' blog posts are still digging into the almost bottomless pit of unpublished #Warhammer games and supplements.
If they might be your thing and you haven't read them all already, you can find them here:
awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/category/his...
If they might be your thing and you haven't read them all already, you can find them here:
awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/category/his...
There is a long tradition of these pictures among GW writers. The first one I know of is Richard Halliwell in 1978 (drawn by Bryan Ansell for Reaper). There is also the one from Combat 3001 in 1981. Can anyone name the people in that drawing?
#Oldhammer
#Oldhammer
May 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There is a long tradition of these pictures among GW writers. The first one I know of is Richard Halliwell in 1978 (drawn by Bryan Ansell for Reaper). There is also the one from Combat 3001 in 1981. Can anyone name the people in that drawing?
#Oldhammer
#Oldhammer
I can't believe the publishers of the original Chivalry & Sorcery gave any thought to the eyesight of their readers fifty years later....
April 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I can't believe the publishers of the original Chivalry & Sorcery gave any thought to the eyesight of their readers fifty years later....
Re-reading Reaper... I'm sure I've seen that dragon somewhere else.
April 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Re-reading Reaper... I'm sure I've seen that dragon somewhere else.
By the standards of 1970s wargames, The Emerald Tablet was an unusually pretty set of rules.
April 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
By the standards of 1970s wargames, The Emerald Tablet was an unusually pretty set of rules.
Why was the first episode of the reissued Enemy Within campaign called Enemy in Shadows?
It was all down to a serendipitous mistake....
#WFRP
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It was all down to a serendipitous mistake....
#WFRP
awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/t...
March 31, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Why was the first episode of the reissued Enemy Within campaign called Enemy in Shadows?
It was all down to a serendipitous mistake....
#WFRP
awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/t...
It was all down to a serendipitous mistake....
#WFRP
awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/08/t...
Here they are side by side:
February 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Here they are side by side:
... copied from John Tenniel's original 1871 illustration.
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
... copied from John Tenniel's original 1871 illustration.
... copied from the 1977 Jaberwocky film poster, perhaps... [2/3]
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
... copied from the 1977 Jaberwocky film poster, perhaps... [2/3]
Copied straight from the 1985 C29 Citadel Miniature... [1/3]
January 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Copied straight from the 1985 C29 Citadel Miniature... [1/3]
For any readers of the blog who are interested, the WordPress bug that was preventing me from writing on Awesome Lies appears to have been fixed.
January 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
For any readers of the blog who are interested, the WordPress bug that was preventing me from writing on Awesome Lies appears to have been fixed.
...or even a magazine column.... :) [3/3]
January 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
...or even a magazine column.... :) [3/3]
...or a video game... [2/3]
January 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
...or a video game... [2/3]
Since WordPress is stopping me from blogging at the moment, I wondered whether I should branch out into other media.
Maybe an album... [1/3]
Maybe an album... [1/3]
January 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Since WordPress is stopping me from blogging at the moment, I wondered whether I should branch out into other media.
Maybe an album... [1/3]
Maybe an album... [1/3]
Happy Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Happy Christmas.