Since we are more or less into our house, I am planning to start focusing on my gaming more. To that end, I've decided to continue building my forces for Mars Attacks and Terminator Genisys, plus I'm going to start working on modding Betrayal at the House on the Hill.
So far, I've actually got most of what I want to pick up for this game. Beyond all the Martians I've picked up, I also grabbed a ruined village set from the War Store. Between the terrain in the base game and this, I'm thinking I should be able to get pretty decent coverage on at least a 3' x 3' board. I've also really do think I'll skip using the US troops out of the box and go with my Konflikt troops instead. I already have a bunch of them, not to mention a couple of Shermans, and I think it would be pretty easy to stat up some of the US heavy infantry as well to give the home front a bit of an edge. Once I assemble some of the terrain, I'm going to do a solo push around to get my head around the rules and then go from there. I know that they have a whole campaign in the core rules so I might try that or just throw together some forces just for fun.
A year ago I picked up a couple of Terminator Genisys basic games plus the full rule book. This gave me a good selection of troops but I do want to expand them some more. Of course it would probably be good to try pushing this game around too before I get much further but thankfully the Mars Attacks terrain will work perfectly. Nothing better than being able to find multiple uses for things, especially terrain since its so important for mini games. Again, I'm thinking a solo push around for this one as well and then I'll look at expanding, though I must admit that I've already had some ideas on that front. Hunter Killers anyone?
Since I can see this game hitting our table more often, I want to do some things to pimp it up a little such as picking up minis for the various haunts you encounter. I might eventually go as far as even getting some of the item eventually but I figure the critters are a good place to start. I've actually already ordered some of the figures that I need plus I decided that I want to reskin the "heroes". The big thematic disconnect for my daughter has always been the bizarre mix of people that are in the house. Why are the little boy and girl wandering around the haunted house with an old professor and a gypsy? It just doesn't make that much sense so I picked up a bunch of Heroclix that I'm going to rebase and use. Now I'm not talking about having Spider Man and Iron Man wandering around the house; there are a good number of generic people in the Heroclix range now that I was able to pick up six new "adventurers" to explore the house that might make a little more sense than the original, not to mention be a little less creepy.
The Martian Invasion Begins!
So far, I've actually got most of what I want to pick up for this game. Beyond all the Martians I've picked up, I also grabbed a ruined village set from the War Store. Between the terrain in the base game and this, I'm thinking I should be able to get pretty decent coverage on at least a 3' x 3' board. I've also really do think I'll skip using the US troops out of the box and go with my Konflikt troops instead. I already have a bunch of them, not to mention a couple of Shermans, and I think it would be pretty easy to stat up some of the US heavy infantry as well to give the home front a bit of an edge. Once I assemble some of the terrain, I'm going to do a solo push around to get my head around the rules and then go from there. I know that they have a whole campaign in the core rules so I might try that or just throw together some forces just for fun.
Rise of the Machines
A year ago I picked up a couple of Terminator Genisys basic games plus the full rule book. This gave me a good selection of troops but I do want to expand them some more. Of course it would probably be good to try pushing this game around too before I get much further but thankfully the Mars Attacks terrain will work perfectly. Nothing better than being able to find multiple uses for things, especially terrain since its so important for mini games. Again, I'm thinking a solo push around for this one as well and then I'll look at expanding, though I must admit that I've already had some ideas on that front. Hunter Killers anyone?
More Betraying on the Hill
Since I can see this game hitting our table more often, I want to do some things to pimp it up a little such as picking up minis for the various haunts you encounter. I might eventually go as far as even getting some of the item eventually but I figure the critters are a good place to start. I've actually already ordered some of the figures that I need plus I decided that I want to reskin the "heroes". The big thematic disconnect for my daughter has always been the bizarre mix of people that are in the house. Why are the little boy and girl wandering around the haunted house with an old professor and a gypsy? It just doesn't make that much sense so I picked up a bunch of Heroclix that I'm going to rebase and use. Now I'm not talking about having Spider Man and Iron Man wandering around the house; there are a good number of generic people in the Heroclix range now that I was able to pick up six new "adventurers" to explore the house that might make a little more sense than the original, not to mention be a little less creepy.
