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Decrypto

Decrypto is a game that consists of communicating safely to your teammates... and I feel it takes the best parts of games like Charades, Pictionary, Codenames and furthers it's evolution. It is a very difficult game to describe... best summed up by Detective James Carter. In Decrypto, two opposing teams are assigned 4 codewords, each slotted into a team board with numbers 1-4. Players then take turns becoming their teams Encryptor.  They draw from a deck of cards and are given a 3 number code.  eg. 3.1.2 Then the Encryptor must give clues that allude to the matching codeword for that slot number so that the rest of the team can decipher the code and come up with 3.1.2.  The encryptor is not allowed to participate in the teams discussion. However, here's the catch.  The opposing team is listening to your communications as well so the clues that you give can't be too obvious as starting in the second round each team gets to attempt intercepting th
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Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King

No Peeking! Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King is a tile laying game with light Euro elements to it.  Players select one of the major Clans from the Isle of Skye; Clan Mac Leod, Clan Mac Donald, Clan Mac Neacail(Nichol), Clan Mac Kinnon, and Clan Mac Innes. Each player is given a privacy screen, Axe Token, 5 Pound Stirling, and a Castle Tile.   In the Isle of Skye scoring is done at the end of each round.  On the scoreboard there are four slots A through D.  In each round one or more section is combined in the scoring.  eg. round 1 A, round 2 B, Round 3 A and C etc.  There are 16 goal tiles in the game providing a huge amount of re-playability. After the scoreboard is prepared and starting with the first player, they each draw three game tiles from a cloth bag and place them in front of their privacy screen.  What happens next is players will evaluate their three tiles and select one to discard by putting the Axe Token in line with the tile, but behind the privacy scr

Something Different

I've been away for awhile....my Wife and Son went off on vacation for 6 weeks and I spent a lot of time playing games and not painting. So while I sort out the weeks, I did complete my 800 point army for Star Wars Legion.  Here they are on Parade! Terrain The Princess General First Star Wars Legion Tournament Started to work on painting the Galactic Empire Bigature!  - Painted a sculpture that my co-worker got somewhere. Good chance to practice with my airbrush.

Week 16-18 Journal - Apr 16 to May 6, 2018

Dear Diary.... Adding a few weeks to this post due to the fact I've been painting the same things over and over.  Nearly through the other side of the tunnel. On this week 16 of 52 I did: Apr 16 - added camo to first squad pants and other touchups Apr 17 - touched up second squad and all bases, built a Command Shuttle for Terrain Apr 18 - built terrain piece from plastcraft Apr 19 - Wash and prep squads 3, 4, two AT-RT, Bases, Barriers, measuring tools with soap and water Apr 20 - Basecoat said above items Apr 21 - Touchups on basecoat Week 17 of 52 - No Painting Apr 22 - Leaving for a Business Trip for a Week. Apr 23-29 - enjoying Nor Cal hopefully! Week 18 of 52 Apr 30 - Recovering from Travel May 1 - Detail bases May 2 - Pin models May 3 - paint up 3rd Squad of Rebel Troopers May 4 - Paint T-47 Airspeeders May 5 - Paint AT-RT #2 and part of AT-RT #3 May 6 - Game Night! - Played Unstable Unicorns and Dice Throne Season One

Star Wars: Legion Rebels Painting Diary

Star Wars: Legion Painting Diary Build Diary The models that come with the game need to be assembled.  Unlike some of the metal miniatures from Infinity with 5-10 parts these are mainly 2-3 parts.  You should make a decision to glue the arms to the models or leave them lose and assemble afterwards.  Some of the sculpts make it difficult to get areas with a brush after its been glued.  Personally for me I like to glue everything together for better priming, zenithal lighting and if you make a mistake later with a gap it will be harder to fill and colour match.   In any case you should test fit all the pieces before glueing to make sure its flush,  the injection point for the mould is where the joint goes into the body.  On some of the models there was some extra plastic in the way to allow the model to be flush.  Take your hobby knife and clean it up a bit and test fit it again until its flush. After I glued the pieces in, I highly recommend holding it into position