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FictionalReality-MAGAZINE-05, Fictional Reality Gaming -Magazine

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Fictional Reality
Table of Contents
From the Editor
Miniature Reviews
Reaper Miniatures – Conjunctivius
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Well, another GenCon come and gone and I’m left
sitting at home. Man, I have got to get out there next
year. I think I’ll start planning now just to make sure
that I actually get around to doing it. Speaking of
GenCon, have you checked out the new Dungeons
and Dragons yet? Better yet, why am I bringing that
up in a ‘zine that’s pretty much just about miniatures?
Well, I gotta tell you that after about 10 years of
staying out of the RPG aisles of game stores I
recently picked up the 3
rd
edition books for D&D and
am hooked…again. As many of you probably did, I
started my gaming life with D&D a long time ago. As
I got older I moved (eventually exclusively) into
miniature war games and left RPG’s behind. Ok, so
what does that mean for you, the reader of Fictional
Reality? Will you lose miniature coverage in
exchange for RPG stuff? No, I say again, No. I will
be expanding Fictional Reality to include articles for
the new d20 system from Wizards of the Coast, but
not at the expense of miniature war game coverage.
The size of each issue will be increasing to
accommodate these new articles and maybe you’ll
stumble across something that you’ll end up liking.
My hope is that you do.
Wizard’s of the Coast – Beholder
2
Steve Jackson Games – Paneuro Set 2
3
Excelsior – Swamp Goblins
4
eM4 Miniatures – Street Gang
6
eM4 Miniatures – Aliens
7
Mithril – Lord of the Rings figures
8
Mage Knight Metal – Golems
10
I-Kore – VASA Bikes
10
Larry Leadhead
5
Battle Report – Confrontation
11
Living Dead versus Lions
Battle Report – Inquisitor
Hell Comes to Mutie Scum-Town
22
Game Reviews
LMW Works - G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.
25
Steve Jackson Games - Deluxe Ogre
27
Contest
29
In this issue you’ll find two battle reports which log
the events of two of the most enjoyable games that I
have played in a very long time. Lots and lots of
figure reviews and a review of two games. The
second part of the VOID fiction that appeared last
issue gets finds its conclusion here and Deano lets it
rip with another installment of Standing Orders.
Congratulations go out to the two winners of last
issue’s contests (Eric Beck and Grimm). Be sure to
check out the two contests nestled in this issue for
your chances to win.
Fiction
VOID
30
Standing Orders
Battle Cry
43
Advertisers Index
Excelsior
IFC
26
Hope you enjoy this installment of FR!
Great Canadian Miniatures
19
37
Mark Theurer
I-Kore
13
21
32
As always, if you own the © to any game, miniature, etc that
appears in Fictional Reality I make no challenge in any form to that
ownership. d20 and Dungeons and Dragons are ©
Wizards of the
Coast
, Inquisitor, Orks, Warhammer and 40K are
© Games
Workshop
, Deluxe Ogre is ©
Steve Jackson Games
, VOID is ©
I-Kore
, Chronopia is ©
Excelsior
, GASLIGHT is ©
LMW Works
,
Mage Knight is ©
WhizKids
, Confrontation is ©
Rackham
Mastabas V
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MINIATURE REVIEWS
To start off this issue’s miniature reviews we’ll be
looking at two different monsters, each with a very
similar feel.
First, we have Conjunctivius from, duh look above,
Reaper Miniatures. This ‘Orb Monster’ comes in
three pieces that fit together quite nicely. The bottom
piece is really nothing more than a stand for the
floating monster to sit on and if you read my review of
the half-orc barbarian in the last issue you remember
my fondness for these metal connectors/stands. I
know that sometimes they are needed for molding
purposes, but that doesn’t mean I have to like them.
Moving on, there were a few bits of flash and mold
lines that needed to be cleaned up, but they didn’t
take too long and were not too thick or problematic.
At first I did not like the tentacles coming out of the
sides, but the more I played with them (oh, that
sounds bad doesn’t it) the more I liked them. They
can easily be bent to give the figure a more
‘attacking’ pose. The model is of good size and
would be an impressive opponent. At $4.95 it’s not
too expensive. I’ll be putting mine on a clear plastic
base, but you probably guessed that by now. On a
very light note I have to say that I love the name. If
you didn’t know, ‘conjunctivitis’ is an infection of the
eye that is more commonly known of as ‘pink eye’.
His name is certainly a play on that and no accident.
Naming an orb (eye) monster after an infliction of the
eye is just too funny.
With our first orb
monster out of the way
we can move on to the
granddaddy of eye-
terrors, the Beholder. If
you play D&D, or saw
the movie, the first thing
you’ll think of with this
figures is, “It’s kind of
small.” Yeah, it is.
Maybe we have a young
one here, but even the
new D&D Monster
Manual lists them as
being large, and to be
honest, he ain’t too big.
With that said, it’s not a bad figure or anything, it’s
just not as big as I would have wanted. If you put it
next to old Conjunctivitis it is noticeably smaller. The
Beholder came in two pieces plus a clear plastic
stand (there was much rejoicing). It did require a bit
more clean-up though as some of the mold lines
were pretty noticeable. After several minutes with a
hobby knife and file all was right with the world once
again. The eye-stalks are not all that impressive, but
the massive mouth full of teeth is nice. The figure is
a good representation of the picture on page 25 of
the Monster Manual. At $2.99 the Beholder is quite
reasonable and WOTC did a good job with it, but I
would gladly pay more for a larger model that is
closer in size to how large and powerful these terrible
creatures really are. I hope that WOTC decides to
sculpt a new Beholder model for use with the new
version of ‘Chainmail’.
If I only had one that I could pick up I would lean
more towards Conjunctivitis. The figure just packs
more of a wallop than the Beholder.
www.wizards.com
Item #40053
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www.sjgames.com
The Ogre Miniatures Paneuropean Set 2: Panzer
Company includes six “Jaeger” heavy tanks and six
“Hammer” light tanks. The figures come in a VHS
hard case with solid, soft foam inserts. A full color
graphic wrapper is around the hard case to protect it
and provide pictures of the painted miniatures. The
miniatures are loose in the box.
that was designed to mate up with a small stud on
the top of the tank’s body. The fit was loose enough
to allow the two pieces to be painted separately. By
doing so, I was able to turn the turret as I played the
game.
The light tanks, Hammer class, came in four pieces:
body, turret, radio dish, and pylon. The last three
pieces were on a sprue due to their size. Like the
heavy tanks, the casting on the pieces was clean with
some flash, especially on the pylon and turret.
The 6mm-scale miniatures are designed for Steve
Jackson’s
Deluxe Ogre
board game (also reviewed
in this month’s Fictional Reality). The box includes 54
points of miniatures for this game. The figures could
also be used for other 6mm science fiction games
such as Agents of Gaming’s
Gropos
or Games
Workshop’s
Epic
, but one would have to overlook
their modern styling for the later. The miniatures can
also be used for
Ogre Miniatures
, a variant of the
Ogre
rules for tabletop play.
The pieces of the light tank are too small to keep
separate. Their size also causes problems during
assembly. The depressions on the tank body are too
large for the small pieces to fit into snugly. As such,
great care must be taken when assembling the
models to insure that the pieces don’t get glued in the
wrong place. I found that a small bit of modeling putty
put into the depressions could fill the gap when the
piece is pressed down.
Both types of miniatures were based on the outlines
from the original
Ogre
microgame of the seventies.
This modern, angular style does not require much in
the way of detail beyond outlining some armor plates.
The boxed set retails for $19.95 and contains a
supplemental force. This box doesn’t contain enough
material to play
Deluxe Ogre
. You would need a
copy of either the
Deluxe Ogre
boxed set or the
Deluxe G.E.V. Paneuropean Starter Set
.
The heavy tanks, Jaeger class, came in two pieces: a
body and a turret. The casting on the bodies and
turrets was clean with some flash, especially between
the treads where they extended out from the body of
the tank. For 6mm scale figures, the detail was
sufficient.
The miniatures are not as detailed as some of the
new lines coming out from other companies, but they
are sufficient for the
Ogre
game system. If you play
this system, then this boxed set provides some nice
supplementary firepower for your Paneuropean Ogre
or G.E.V. assault force.
The turrets had a small depression on their underside
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