The Burnt Bugbear Blog

Things have been incredibly busy for yours truly. Between work, the Holidays, and having a hobby desk that is overflowing with projects (the last of these is, in fact, a good problem to have), I’ve been negligent in keeping up with this little blog.      While things will be busy for a while yet, they’re not SO busy that I can’t show you a little of what’s been going on here.      Besides painting stuff for Torch and Shield (I received my PDF of the new Vaults of Zarn expansion a few days ago: I’m planning a campaign for the new year, and a review at some point), I’ve also been cracking on in preparation for a little game called Guards of Traitor’s Toll. Truly, in terms of fantasy minis and rules, my cup floweth over of late!      Yet, I would be lying if I said that the amount of prep work I’ve had to put into getting Guards ready for the table was anything less than substantial. While I own reams of fantasy terrain an...

Note: The product reviewed below was bought with my own coin, which was rightfully collected by gate guards enforcing just and fair sumptuary laws.       Some reviews are grand, planned affairs. This one is not that: it’s mostly the result of being highly impressed with the material and casting quality of some minis I recently managed to acquire. We’re doing it live!      I picked up Guardhouse Heroes on a whim as I work through the collection of minis I need to play Guards of Traitor’s Toll . Though my guard squad is done and dusted, I thought it might be fun to play with some of the special characters that have been added by the “wave 2” releases for the game. 'Tis a shame that the NPC box with some more distinct personalities (a vampire to suck the life out of the city, an assassin to terrorize its fancy pants nobility, etc.) was out of stock at my FLGS, but I suppose I can track it down in the new year. A fine box: I find the "sketchy" styl...