I couldn’t let the Traazorites stand alone, so I also picked up this box of Demons of Karelon.
Azalakar is a nice chunky demon, with a big chunky blade. Don’t look at him funny, because he will mess you up.
Every big red demon needs a cute little sidekick.
And a spooky cloak monster.
Karelon seems to have a fun secondary influence of forest spirits. The Saryad gets that started.
Plus some bug-doggies to round it out.
Freeblades is a game that I’ve always seen in the distance at Adepticon, but for whatever reason never gave it a try. This year, I finally got a demo in, and when I saw they had Romans riding dinos I had no choice.
Like Relicblade, the game feels a bit like a D&D party vs party game, but as miniatures.
Unlike Relicblade, which abstracts a bunch of the details, Freeblades goes all in on detail. There are rules for countercharge and then resolving where you meet for example.
That level of detail makes it hard to play just once in a while.
One interesting mechanic is a DCC-style dice chain, where the better you are at something the larger the die you get to roll. Modifiers can change the die size, too.
When traveling I stop in at local game shops if I can find the time. It can be a nice break from whatever else is going on, and it’s always interesting to see what products are stocked where. In San Diego, I visited Bards & Cards, a lovely urban shop. These skeletons caught my fancy.
They’re probably too busy to bother you when you come aboard their dread pirate ship. Or maybe you distracted them with drink. Either way, now’s the time to make a break for the hold.
I’ve actually started playing Underworlds more often, so this hobby habit is slightly less ridiculous. I should probably work through the boxes I have before I get more, though.
The Khagra set is a nice group of chaos folks that aren’t too deeply weird. They’re just guys with cool helmets.
I wish Mr Cragan here was unhelmed. Then you could really see how dour he is.
This is a nice beefy shield.
Okay, somebody had to have weird growths. But even Zarshai here is only modestly mutated.
