The first God of War game was released in 2005 on the Playstation 2. I played it, and I’ve played every single God of War game ever since, including the latest, released in 2018, also entitled “God of War.“ Here’s a summary of the whole series: you play as Kratos, a Spartan who is the […]
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Lower Decks: TNG
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 21st, 2020
My latest Modiphius Star Trek set is one of my favorites: The Next Generation Away Team. Like the Original Series Landing Party, you get a pair (one male and one female) of Vulcan, Human, Denobulan, Tellarite and Andorian miniatures, for a total of 10 crewmen you can customize by Division as you see fit. Of […]
Forgotten Heroes 2020: Nexus
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 16th, 2020
Continuing the First Comics theme, I bring you another character from that ill-fated publisher: Nexus. Nexus was another Mike Baron creation, this time with co-creator Steve Rude. Once First Comics went under, Nexus was picked up by Dark Horse and, like other First Comics properties, made its way through several different publishers. I’m not sure […]
Posted in Conversions, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Repaints, Super Heroes 
Tags: Forgotten Heroes, HeroClix 
8 Comments »Forgotten Heroes 2020: Badger Badger Badger Badger Badger….
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 14th, 2020
How I miss First Comics. First Comics had a pretty respectable roster of publications. Most were pretty good (Jon Sable; Freelance, Whisper, Tim Truman’s Scout, and my personal favorite: Grimjack), some not so great (I couldn’t get into American Flagg no matter how hard I tried). First secured the rights to publish Lone Wolf and […]
Posted in Conversions, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Repaints, Super Heroes Tags: Forgotten Heroes, HeroClix 10 Comments »Monster May(hem) Straggler: The Dung Monster!
Posted by The Angry Piper on June 1st, 2020
First: Thanks to everyone who took part in Monster May(hem), formerly called Monster Month, but now irrevocably changed, thanks to Roger. You guys are awesome, and there were many impressive and inspirational submissions. It’s my hope to continue this annually. I’ve hosted some challenges in the past, but this one seems to be the one […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures, Painting Challenges Tags: AD&D, Dungeons and Dragons, Monster Month, Reaper 10 Comments »Fee Fie Fo Fum!
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 31st, 2020
I smell the blood of an Englishman. Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread! Not surprising, really, since I know of at least three Englishmen who frequent Dead Dick’s Tavern. Only too likely one of them would leave their spoor behind. Of course, I would never grind […]
My Dinner with Mugato
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 28th, 2020
The following excerpt is from my forthcoming book, Domo Arigato, Mr. Mugato, soon to be available at fine booksellers everywhere. From a small part in a popular 60’s science fiction show to the entertainment tour-de-force he is today, Mugato has been a giant on stage and screen over the last five decades. I caught up […]
Posted in Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Sci-Fi, WTF??? Tags: HeroClix, Monster Month, Star Trek 8 Comments »Giant Scorpion
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 21st, 2020
Monster May(hem) continues with my latest submission: a Giant Scorpion (and some smaller, yet still quite large scorpions). from Reaper. These Bones miniatures are define what an “impulse buy” is to me. I had no need for either the huge scorpion or its little brothers, yet I bought them to “pad” an order to get […]
Posted in Fantasy, Miniatures, Painting Challenges, Pulp, Sci-Fi Tags: Bones, Monster Month, Reaper 14 Comments »I Blame Roger!
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 18th, 2020
And you should, too. Monster Month is now officially called Monster May(hem). BECAUSE OF HIM. Moving on, this month’s challenge is shaping up quite well, with lots of submissions and more to come! I couldn’t be happier! Maybe I’ll turn this into an annual challenge, like Forgotten Heroes, the “rules” of which I eagerly await, […]
Beware the Owlbear!
Posted by The Angry Piper on May 15th, 2020
The sounds of pursuit fill you with terror as you try to flee. You can hear the beast gaining on you. There’s no outrunning it! You look back in panic. The ground shakes and trees sway wildly as its enormous form crashes through the brush! It spies you, its prey…and it’s beak opens wide, giving […]
