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Author Archives: Ruckdog
Sails of Glory Unboxing
Last week, Sails of Glory finally hit the high seas after 2 years of development and a highly successfully Kickstarter campaign (of which I was a backer!). My Kickstarter fullfilment actually arrived last August, but given that I was on … Continue reading
Posted in Historical Naval Games, Review
Tagged Age of Sail, Sails of Glory, Unboxing
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Pirate Attack!
The merchant ship SS Kiel plowed through the Baltic, en route to her home port as part of Prussian convoy PC-63. Her captain nervously paced the bridge; though the transit had been mostly uneventful, the convoy escorts had peeled off … Continue reading
2013 Painting Contest
Man Battlestations recently ran a painting contest to celebrate our first anniversary of being online! We had a great response, with many talented painters contributing some truly beautiful work to the contest. In the end, we had a tie for … Continue reading
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Display Base Tutorial
Stitch_Reloaded, who recently joined the Man Battlestations forums, has posted a very nice tutorial on the construction of Display Boards. Be sure to take a look! http://manbattlestations.com/forum/index.php?topic=296.0
Posted in Modeling
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X-Wing Miniatures Game
Landlubber recently posted this battle report on the forums, and given the popularity of X-Wing, I thought you all might enjoy it! – Ruckdog Played my first full game of X-Wing tonight at Gamer’s Haven in Colorado Springs. First time … Continue reading
Dystopian Wars: Rof Vs The Russian Coalition, 1225 Points
Hey everyone! It has been far to long since we’ve had a full battle report posted here on the blog, and this time around it is on a large 1,225 point game that I and MajorMcNicol (aka Ian) played yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Battle Report, Dystopian Wars
Tagged Batrep, Dystopian Wars, RoF, Russian Coalition
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Announcing the First Annual MBS Painting Contest!
It’s hard to believe, but Man Battlestations has been online for almost a year already! To celebrate, we’ve decided to host a naval miniature painting contest. Any naval miniature, from any game system, is eligible for submission. First prize is … Continue reading
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Line Ahead: What makes a Naval Game?
Welcome to the second installment of Line Ahead! During the first post of this series, I mentioned that one of my entering assumptions was that naval gaming is a unique sub-genre of war gaming. At the time, I was willing … Continue reading
Checking In
Hello fellow gamers! I apologize for not posting much recently, I’ve been very busy with my new assignment and so I have not had as much time for the blog. Never fear, though, MBS is not going anywhere. I just … Continue reading
Posted in Space Naval Gaming
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Kicking off the X-Cam
Yesterday, MadDrB and I met at the Game Vault to pit my Republiqe of France forces against his Blazing Sun fleet for the first few games of this fall’s DWVA X-Cam. For those of you who have never heard of … Continue reading