Fistful of Lead

Fistful of Lead core rule book
from Wiley Games

Fistful of Lead (FFoL) has been on my radar for a while now. I'm not sure exactly when it started, but my first game of it seems to have been a Revolt in Austria run by Jon Lundberg at Historicon 2023. Number One Son and I played in that game and had a lot of fun, although I don't think I was quite convinced about it at the time.

Since then, I've run several public games for unexpectedly large numbers of players. This got me thinking more about which rules were suitable for large numbers of players in games like this, as well as convention games. I ran I Ain't Been Shot Mum for six players, which felt like I was stretching it, and I ran Blood Red Skies for nine players, which it handled well. Thinking back to FFoL, I decided I wanted to try it again, with the idea of me running it in mind.

Thus it was Number One Son and I returned to FFoL at Historicon 2025, playing in Never Easy for Easy Company by Ed Watts.

Dirstside 2 Vehicle Generator Restored

Random Giant Sci-Fi Tank!

It's taken...awhile, but my Dirtside 2 Vehicle builder is active again. I know several people have been waiting. Sorry to be such a slacker. You'd think I wasn't a technology professional, but the cobbler's children have no shoes...

Bugs, Mr. Rico!

One hundred of 'em! As Nick Hawkins has noted, rubber cockroaches look surprisingly effective on the table, and are extremely cheap. I finally got around to ordering 100 of them off eBay, I really have no idea what I'll do with them, maybe 5150 with Nick's modifications. They just looked too cool not to have.

Together, They Chase Time!

A little diversion away from painting 15mm WW2 figures all the time. This is Reaper Miniatures Chronoscope 50178: Andre Durand, Time Chaser. Since I had already done up the other Time Chaser, 50001: Sascha Dubois, I thought it would be nice to have him, too. He's a nice looking figure-- could go Pulp or Steampunk with him easily enough, or even a 40k dude with a power fist. I, of course, actually have no use for him in any of those roles right now, but wouldn't let that stop me from buying him! He's part of a team-- He's a notorious womanizer with a steam powered bronze fist. She's vivacious mutant opera singer from a secret island of lost women. They chase time!