The Battlefleet Gothic Campaign System
Not long ago, I put up a post discussing the various aspects and different types of campaigns you might typically encounter. This time around, I want to focus a little more on one campaign system in...
View ArticleFirestorm Armada Campaign System Part 1: Differences
As I mentioned in my last post, I’ve started a project to convert the Battlefleet Gothic (BFG) campaign system for use with Firestorm Armada (FA). This post is going to deal with a few specific problem...
View ArticleState of the Game: Battlefleet Gothic
Introduction Battlefleet Gothic is a space naval game produced by Games Workshop set in the Warhammer 40k universe. It was developed and released in the late 1990s, and eventually grew to encompass all...
View Article2015 Predictions Outcome
The end of 2015 is almost upon us! So, I figured it would be a good time to revisit my Predictions post from last January and see how I fared with my predictions! I’m going to be scoring myself on the...
View Article2016 Naval Gaming Predictions
Happy New Year! It’s time for the second edition of my annual Naval Wargaming predictions. If you haven’t yet done so, be sure to read last year’s predictions and how well I did on them! Just like last...
View ArticleAdepticon Prep: Battlefleet Gothic List Building
As you have seen from the last couple of posts I’ve done on putting together my lists for the Firestorm Armada event at Adepticon, I’ve been working on getting my ducks in a row for the con. The other...
View ArticleAdepticon Prep: Battlegroup Fortitas Background
Hello once again! Previously, I had discussed the construction of my BFG list for Adepticon. However, another one of the aspects of the upcoming Adepticon BFG tournament is that the players will be...
View ArticleAdepticon Days 3 & 4
Got a bit behind on my updates! Saturday and Sunday were very busy days. On Day 3 (Saturday), I participated in the 2nd Schaumburg Prime Offensive Firestorm Armada tournament. That meant I was playing...
View ArticleEvent Report: Adepticon 2016 Battlefleet Gothic Tournament
Greetings! This is a little bit later than I had intended, but hey, it’s only been two weeks, right? Anyway, back on 3 April, I played in the Battlefleet Gothic tournament at Adepticon. This event has...
View ArticleIntroducing the Armus Incursion: A BFG Vassal Campaign
This post is intended to establish the groundwork for the setting of the 2016 Man Battlestations BFG campaign, the Armus Sub-sector. The intent is to provide those participating in the campaign a...
View ArticleBFG Campaign: Encounter At Vestibius
Greetings! The following is a narrative battle report for a game I played recently with MBS forum member Ulric the Grey. Enjoy! The planets of the Vestibius system hung in their orbits around their...
View ArticleFirestorm Armada Vs. Battle Fleet Gothic
Introduction I recently got the opportunity to play in both the Battlefleet Gothic (BFG) and Firestorm Armada (FSA) tournaments at Adepticon. Those experiences convinced me to tackle a subject I’ve...
View ArticleCustom BFG ModCubes
Hello once again! If you recall, a while back I did a review on a nifty little product called ModCube. Towards the end of that review, I described how I made a custom set for Dystopian Wars. However,...
View ArticleBFG Battle Report
Greetings! I just wanted to share a link from MBS forum member Seahawk, who has put together a great report on the BFG game he and I played via Vassal a couple of days ago. Head on over to his blog,...
View ArticleArmus War Update
“There is no peace among the stars. For months now, the fires of war have engulfed Sub-Sector Armus. The Imperial defenders are besieged from every direction, slowly giving ground to the traitorous...
View ArticleBFG Vs. FSA, Part 2
Hello once again! It has taken me far longer than I had anticipated, but I finally got around to this, the second installment of my comparison articles between BFG and FSA. If you recall from the first...
View ArticleBFG vs. FSA, Part 3
Greetings once again! This is the third and final post in a series I’ve been working on that compares Firestorm Armada (FSA) and Battlefleet Gothic (BFG). You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. As...
View ArticleMBS Newsletter 27
We are into September, which means it’s time for another MBS newsletter! Episode 10 of the MBS Podcast is live! This time around, Greg and Andy are talking Star Trek, in celebration of the 50th...
View ArticleBFG Campaign Closeout
788.M41: An Uneasy Interlude In the end, what has since come to be known in the centuries since as the First Armus War ended not with a decisive victory for either side, but with a stalemate that...
View ArticleAdepticon 2017 Preps Vol 1: Making a List, Checking it Twice
2016 is almost over, and my gaming thoughts more and more turn to Adepticon, which is a bare three months away as of this writing! Shockingly, I’m not quite ready to go at the moment. There is some...
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