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| Dystopian Legions, Arcane Legions and Star Wars, oh my. |
Actually, it was just a couple of packages ordered with Christmas money. They represent the tail end of the new "stuff" for the time being (there are a couple more orders yet to come). Then I can get down to business. Really.
What arrived, you - my likely mythical readers - ask? In perhaps the strangest combination I've ever received, one order contained a volume of the Annotated Sherlock Holmes containing Conan Doyle's four novels, and a package of 50 rare-earth magnets for some hobby-fu. I have a plan for them that I'll share once I get around to that particular project.
The other was a gaming mixed bag. There were a pair of boxes for Arcane Legions, a game that came out of the gate like gangbusters a few years back and then died a slow death. The remaining stock can be had for a song, and I liked the setting (ancient world that has been torned asunder by the introduction of magic; there are Romans riding bears! Bears!) and some of the miniatures, even if the mix of paint-your-own and pre-painted figures doesn't always look the best.
Meanwhile, Spartan Games extends their steampunk Dystopian Wars setting with Dystopian Legions, a Warmachine-scale game. I'm not sure if this is something I plan to play, or just have fun painting the figures. After all, the Britainnia starter I got included soldiers with jetpacks (wearing goggles naturally), so there's that to look forward to.
To finish, there were three figures from Fantasy Flight's X Wing game. Like MST3K's Johnny Longtorso, this is a game you buy in pieces if you want to have any real fun. Still, the game mechanics are good, the figures are nicely constructed (and pre-painted) and now I can revert to being an 8-year-old and pretend to be Luke Skywalker all over again.
Otherwise, the day was marked mainly by a slight return to work; working my way midway through Lord of Chaos; and watching more TV than I should. We'll see what today brings.
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