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The Weturn of the Wii?

A few months ago, I bought our two young sons a second hand Wii console and some games, with the intention of getting them used to the controls, gestures and concepts of games with wireless controllers before we eventually upgrade them to a Nintendo Switch. The waiting period has been unintentionally extended, as they are both having a blast with the Wii and the stack of games I've picked up.

Kill Team: This Means War!

So, recently I took my freshly built and painted Drukhari Wyches Kill Team over to Warhammer World to play against my good friend Kei and his Adeptus Mechanicus team. It was a lot of fun, even though Kei annihilated my Wyches very quickly indeed, which tells me I need a bit more thought in terms of their tactics and using their skills to their fullest. Of course, this also meant that I would

Femforce 186 - A Personal Milestone

I've been writing stories for AC Comics' Femforce title since the middle of 2015, and in that time have scripted team stories as well as solo adventures for Stardust, She-Cat, Ms Victory, Tara, Nightveil and my own creation Violet Shadow. It's been an amazing experience so far, with the advice of Mark and Stephanie Heike making the stories the best they could be for the long-running superhero

I Was A Game Snob

Hello 2019! Happy new year and all that. I thought I'd start as I mean to go on and write about something I love - tabletop gaming. It wasn't always that way, though... 



The big hobby interests in my life are by far Warhammer 40,000, Warhammer Age of Sigmar, Magic the Gathering and the various things that go hand in hand with those. It wasn't always the case though. For a long time I was a

Warhammer 40,000 Battle Report: The Blightorum Scourge Part 1

The past couple of weeks have been somewhat hectic at Castle Hawnt, which has left little time for big games with the kids, although several small scale skirmishes have taken place and these have been able to push our family game narrative forward. Here begins a series of reports from the battlefield, as lived by Adeptus Astartes of the Ironwing, Salamander and Ultramarine chapters.



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Warhammer 40,000 – Indulging in Aeldari

In my early days of gaming, my favourite alien races were the Genestealers/Tyranids and the Eldar. These two offered different ends of the spectrum in terms of foes for my Space Marines and the other forces of the Imperium that I'd filled shelf after shelf with. With the Tyranids there's the relentless hunger for violence the myriad clawed beasts thrive on, while the Eldar offered a regal,

Magic The Gathering - Deck Building Zen

When a buddy at a local gaming store heard I'd found my MTG mojo again while showing my 6 year old son how to play, he passed us a huge bag of cards to explore. That was an awesome gesture and we're hugely grateful, as not only can my son check out more of this glorious game, but I can revisit cards and combos that I'd long since forgotten in the 15 years or so since I played a lot.

While I'm

Impellitteri - 'Run For Your Life' Music Video

Y'know, solid and straightforward melodic metal still makes me damn happy. The cuts from this new Impellitteri album are kicking my backside and making me kinda consider returning to music mags one day so I can spew forth my relentless worship for old-school neoclassical shred. This band is firing on all cylinders creatively and giving their audience exactly what they want. It's paying off, as

VOXCAST - The Official Warhammer 40,000 podcast - Episode 1

Voxcast, the official Warhammer 40,000 podcast, is underway now with this splendid first episode. Featuring a relaxed yet engaging interview with designer Jes Goodwin, it's exactly the sort of content I've wanted to watch. There's a great deal of value in it thanks to the length and the insights provided, and it'll certainly be interesting to see who comes on in future episodes. 



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FEMFORCE 184 – MY BIGGEST ISSUE YET

Amongst the 76 pages of superhero adventure in Femforce Issue 184 from AC Comics are no less than FIVE new stories I've scripted, making this the biggest entry in my Femforce career so far! The stories I'm involved with this issue include one for She-Cat, two for Ms Victory, one for Tara and one for Stardust. I love writing these characters (with Stardust just edging out in front to be my