I don't do shows any more, but I won't bore you with why.
However Brigade Models do, and they will have my Heroes and Villains range of figures with them at Hereward this weekend.
Go and buy them all, twice!
Tag Archives: croms anvil
Crom’s Anvil Figures At Hereward
- Friday, 31 August 2018 10:30
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Crom’s Anvil – Free Oases
- Friday, 24 August 2018 12:46
- Written by Mike
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THE FREE OASES
A small walled courtyard with a domed building, these are built over sources of water in the deep desert and are free for anyone to use, protected by ancient gods and their unseen priests, these structures are kept in a fair state of repair.
The spilling of blood in these places is said to visit terrible punishment.
Simurgh's High Priest of Apis would like to point out that any resemblance to the Horned Bull of Apis and said religions colours on this shrine are coincidental and that any 'terrible punishment' can not be attributed to Apis or any of it's lethal but peaceful followers.
Apis be Praised!
Crom’s Anvil – Comic Book
- Tuesday, 07 August 2018 11:24
- Written by Mike
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I have added a new section to the Crom's Anvil website that features comic book style game reports of Burning Sands, my new Fantasy rules.
I decided not to offer a mechanics overview on the site, rather those can be found here on TWW in the fantasy forum.
Instead I wanted to try and capture a bit of the comic book feel that helped inspire the rules.
Clearly it is a bit tricky as you can't pose the miniatures, so they do look the same in each frame, which is not the best, however I think they are still pretty neat and I will be using them to Chronicle the adventures of Erland and Eydis.
Here is the first page to give you an idea of the feel:
Check out the Chronicles page for more!!
Burning Sands Fantasy Rules
- Tuesday, 31 July 2018 09:43
- Written by Mike
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The 'hottest' game of the year is here!!
As some of you here will know I have been writing some rules to compliment my figures and now they are on sale!!
Burning Sands is a fantasy skirmish game with a desert feel.
Sand and Sorcery!
It is designed with a view to creating legendary tales of high adventure featuring your very own hero.
It is not as complex as a traditional RPG, nor as basic as a wargame.
Think of it as a sweet spot between an RPG and a tabletop skirmish game.
Your hero will have stats, abilities and gain XP to improve as you play.
Depending on what your hero is trying to accomplish, games could be quite short, taking only 10 minutes to play or an hour or so.
A simple straight up fight encounter will probably take only 10 minutes to play through.
If you want a traditional length game of say an hour or more, then the idea is to have a story with lots of little chapters that link together.
For Example:
Chapter One: Dinner for Wolf (Erland has to fight past some wolves to escape the tomb he slept in)
Chapter Two: Eydis at the Oasis (Eydis is attacked in the night by some bandits)
Chapter Three: A Chance Meeting (Erland and Eydis both end up in Simurgh which is attacked by bandits that tracked Eydis there)
Chapter Four: A Test of Faith (Thankful for their help in defending the town, the high priest offers a reward to Erland and Eydis if they can recover a treasure stolen by some tribesmen)
Each chapter is in its own right a little game with a unique table top set up and goal. Played on their own they would not take long, but play them together in one session, and you have the start of some pretty cool Chronicles.
The rules are quick, simple and provide a core mechanic that is easy to learn but also allows for plenty of modifications, think of it as a toolbox where you can pick and pluck the bits that suit your style of play.
With this in mind they have an advanced rules section for more detail.
Whilst aimed at 15mm figures you can easily use it with other sizes simply by changing cm to inches, or some other simple conversion.
There will be continued support for this game both in terms of rules and supplements as well as models from Crom’s Anvil.
Here is a 'game report' I did of the first chapter for my own Chronicles:
Crom’s Anvil – Shamans Cave
- Thursday, 19 July 2018 11:09
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The village of Utuseb lies several days south of Simurgh.
Rarely do either settlements have much to do with the other.
Some say that the rise of the cult of Apis in Simurgh has dark and ulterior motives, the priests of Apis of course maintain their good intentions.
One of which is to protect the faithful of Simurgh against heretical and evil sorcery, the kind that Ekwensu the foul necromancer of Utuseb practices.
Ekwensu of course says different.
His magic is an older, more primal and thus a more natural magic than those practised by 'civilised' men.
Who is to say for sure, maybe you can travel to Utuseb and talk with Ekwensu in his cave?
Resin model with 4 metal skulls.