FictionalReality-MAGAZINE-03, Fictional Reality Gaming -Magazine

FictionalReality-MAGAZINE-03

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FictionalReality-MAGAZINE-03, Fictional Reality Gaming -Magazine

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Fictional Reality
FROM THE EDITOR
Miniature Reviews
Carnage – Benny and the Orb
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Greetings everyone! Here we are for the fourth
issue of Fictional Reality. Wow, what a difference a
few months make. It looks like Warzone and
Chronopia are back through Excelsior
(www.excelsior.cc). Personally, I hope that means
that Empire Chronopia will see the light of day. I
was in on the play testing of Empire Chronopia and
liked it a bunch.
Assassin – Hack the Barbarian
4
Fading Suns – Known Worlders
5
VOID – VASA Knights & Major Kali
7
Larry Leadhead
7
On the other hand, FASA has decided to close up
shop. Battletech fans should be glad that
WhizKids, producers of Mage Knight, picked up
that game. VOR has returned to the designer and
will hopefully find a new home soon. As of right no
I have not heard if Crucible has been picked up yet.
I have no doubt that devoted players will continue
to play it just like all of us Warzone and Chronopia
fans have kept up with those games.
Battle Report
-
Warhammer Fantasy
Dwarves vs. Empire
9
Fiction
VOID
21
Game Reviews
Close Action
25
In this issue you’ll find a plethora (Anyone
remember the ‘plethora’ lines from Three Amigos?)
of miniature reviews, two game reviews and two
battle reports. You’ll also get to read a stylized
account of a VOID battle and see a very nice
conversion over in the Slave Pit.
Cry H.A.V.I.C.
27
Slave Pit
Chronopia – Dwarf Wolf Totem
29
Battle Report
-
Confrontation
Griffons vs. Barbarians vs. Goblins 34
As always, I hope you enjoy this issue and please
feel free to drop me a line with any suggestions
about future articles, battle reports, etc…
ADVERTISERS INDEX
Also, the amazing cover for this issue was created
by Jim Callahan. Jim is a huge fan of Confrontation
and a wonderful artist to boot! This picture was
inspired by last issue’s battle report where my
Barbarians laid the smack down on Michael’s
Undead. I would highly recommend that anyone
needing some artwork done contact Jim at
bujun@darkedge.com
New Wave Entertainment
IFC
Thanks!
I-Kore
5
Great Canadian Miniatures
8
Mark Theurer
mark_theurer@netzero.net
Great Canadian Miniatures
19
I-Kore
20
New Wave Entertainment
33
Just like in every issue, I make no claims whatsoever to
the © material of any company. If you own it, then you
own it. I only make reference to it here in text or pictures
to enhance guess what, your product. Which is owned by
you by the way.
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MINIATURE REVIEW
Ok everyone, strap in for an extended miniature
review…and away we go!
overall a very clean figure. Benny carries a rather
menacing spiked club and is making a fist with his
right hand, ready to pop someone on the head.
He’s wearing a scale-mail shirt that is covered by
a sleeveless jacket. His ragged pants are
patched and stitched together and he has a
human-sized shield over one of his knees. He’s
also wearing a bandanna tied around his neck
(probably someone’s tent) and he has a huge belt
buckle. I’d have liked it to have been a Texas
Longhorn, but nobody asked me. His base
supports him nicely and he is centered on it rather
well. I’m going to drop him onto a 40mm square
base, but that’s really only my preference. He’ll
do perfectly well the way he comes.
First up on the block are “The Orb of Power and
Benny the Bouncer” for the fantasy wargame
His facial detail
is particularly
nice. He looks
just a bit
perturbed and
ready to smack
some poor sap
around a bit.
To the right you
can see Benny
painted up by
the guys at
Holistic-Design.
by Holistic Design. Since this boxed
set comes with two models I’ll go over each
individually.
Benny the Bouncer is a Giant that comes out to
beat the heck out of the miniatures of unruly
players. Benny comes as a single piece miniature
that stands 2 ¾ inches from the bottom of the
base to the tip of the spikes on his club. Mold
lines were
insignificant at
worst, except for
a ‘web’ of metal
that formed in
the cavity where
his left arm is
bent. This was
very thin and
was cleaned up
rather quickly
and without
much effort.
There were little
bits of flash here
and there, but
When compared to other giants Benny sizes up
pretty well. He stands a bit taller than the
Dungeons and Dragons Hill Giant and his club is
just a hair shorter than that of the D&D Ettin.
He’s about half the size of the quite old Marauder
Giant that GW stopped producing years ago,
pictured below.
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Benny is a very nice figure, especially for a single
piece model. Quite a few models of this size are
multi-piece figures, which usually allows for a
more animated figure. Benny looks plenty good
as he is.
The second part to this box set is the Orb of
Power. If you play of read my
review of the game you’ll know that the Orb of
Power tools around the battlefield aboard his little
chariot and wreaks all kinds of havoc. Sometime
good, sometimes bad, but always interesting.
Killer Flamingoes
The orb and chariot come as a multi-piece model
as can be seen below. The Orb, two large birds
to pull the chariot, two wheels and the structure of
the chariot itself are included.
© Holistic Design
It went together very easily and, like Benny, there
was very minimal flash and I found no
imperfections. If you look at the picture of the
painted model you can see that the birds are tied
to the structure of the chariot. Most of the chariot
is sculpted to look like wood, but there are two
large ropes that have been sculpted on at the
front. You’ll need to carefully bend these through
the holes that you can see on the birds. The
holes are attached to collars around their necks.
Do this after painting the chariot and the birds
separately and you will probably need just a tiny
bit of touch-up work. You will be making a single
pass through the hoop and then just wrap the
remaining rope back around itself. Just take your
time and be patient and it should come out fine.
If you are a player then I can
definitely recommend this set for you. In addition
to the figures, it also comes with a new chart for
Orb of Power effects with sixty nasty, and nice,
things that can happen to players.
At $39.95 it might be a bit of a budget stretch for if
you’re not a player, but there are
still some very good uses for the models. Benny
makes a very nice giant for any fantasy game and
could also double as an Ogre Chieftain or possibly
even an Ogre player character in the new edition
of Dungeons and Dragons. If I were using the
chariot in another game I would ditch the orb,
which could easily find a place in a diorama, and
drop a single goblin archer or spearman in the
seat.
The birds come on their own bases as you can
see above. I would suggest putting the whole
thing on a larger base. Rather conveniently, there
is one in the box along with all of the pieces.
Overall, a very nice set with quite a few uses.
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