X Wing

The X Wing game box arrived today from Mr Amazon. The models are very nice, but feel quite delicate. The rules look very straight forward and what's more there isn't a lot of them which always pleases me. I watched the demo on Fantasy Flights website and the rules look good fun. Considering I haven't read the rules in full or played a game yet, I'm already hankering after the expansion packs. Why do you ask? well I've now grasped that they contain cards for different pilots like Wedge Antilles of Rogue Squadron fame. I've already been told off for making flying noises with the models. What would she say if she could hear the music in my head... dum dum dum duuumm dum dumdum duuumm ...

X Wing

Fantasy Flight games have launched a Wings Of War style Star Wars fighter combat game. I'd seen the marketing on Tabletop Gaming Network (TGN) website and it looked interesting particularly the miniature ships. The game has everything you need in the box including the highly detailed painted miniature ships, the ships are a nice size as well around 2" high and 2" wide, including the base.

I saw the game at Derby and recommended it to Chris, who like myself is a fan of Star Wars. He duly purchased it and some expansion packs. It's first game outing was yesterday. I wasn't in attendance but Guy's feedback that it was fantastic with 3 games played in 2 hours, which included learning the rules has convinced me to go out and invest in a set. As I have nephews who enjoy the odd game and they are due a visit I had enough ammunition to clear the purchase with the financial commissar  Mrs Gregory.

I've looked around the web and at the time of writing Amazon is the cheapest at £24, particularly with free delivery. Interestingly some of the the expansion packs are cheaper as well, but the cost of postage from those suppliers through Amazon means that people like Wayland games are best for your add on Advanced Ties and Y wings at £12 each.

So now armed with all this knowledge I will part with my cash and await my delivery to start dog fighting in a galaxy far far away.....
               

What's in a name?

I've now finished adding my photo archive and I've set labels and search descriptions for each post. The next step is to add my notes and provide more info on the pictures and the scenarios being played in them. In a pause in all this activity I'd like to share more of why I've set up a blog.

The main reason is I've never set a blog up before, or regularly used one, and I fancied giving it a go having read many of the other wargames blogs out there. I enjoyed seeing what projects other wargamers were working on and what shows they'd been to and the games they's played. Some are really useful with scenario ideas and others have figure comparisons which are my favourite. It is so hard today to know if figures will be compatible with such variations across manufacturers. I'm not sure if my blog will be that useful in this respect as I try to buy periods from the same maufacturer. However my collection has dozens of different figures, some I know the manufacturer some I don't. Such are the joys of buying second hand and inheriting collections.

So why the title 'The Megalomaniac' . Well that's easy to explain. When I get in to a wargaming period I rarely think small, and I love big games. I also have a tendency never to class an army as finished, and I keep adding to them. Naturally there are exceptions to this. I currently am enthralled with 7TV and it's sister 7ombieTV. This is a skirmish game inspired by TV and film. So by nature a few figures per side. The Megalomaniac recognises he only needs a few figures, but with a such a rich source of inspiration he has a mercenary cast, police cast, teen investigator cast, survivors cast, welsh rugby supporter cast, sky raider cast, zombie cast etc. I can proudly boast that this mania is inherited.