Circa Games

dispatches from terra incognita

  • Square Pegs
  • Triggernometry
  • VSF
  • Square Pegs
  • Triggernometry
  • VSF

No Widgets found in the Sidebar Alt!

  • Ascaria,  Imagi-Nation,  Other Hobbies,  Pirates/Naval

    The Ascodali Navy

    July 1, 2020 /

    My first sub-hobby to wargaming was paper modeling. In the earlier days of web commerce, one could purchase, download, and print out paper models of terrain, vehicles, and miniatures. (And, I know, one still can, though I no longer do…

  • Colonial,  Fantasy,  Painting,  Pirates/Naval

    Sweet Jane

    June 11, 2020 /

    Here’s a roundup of some recent completions. First up is what I consider to be one of those silly Reaper fantasy figures that I will likely never use. A bard, I presume, whose “axe” is every bit a modern-day guitar,…

  • Colonial,  Fantasy,  Funny Little Wars,  Isla Victoria,  Old West,  Paint Table Saturday,  Painting,  Pirates/Naval,  VSF,  Warhammer

    A bit of a jag

    April 1, 2020 /

    Even before the recent “sheltering in place,” I seem to have gone on a bit of a painting jag — (the term is, apparently, an Americanism: a bout of unrestrained activity or emotion, especially drinking, crying, or laughing). There is…

  • Colonial,  Pirates/Naval,  Scratchbuilding,  Terrain

    Peninsular Approximations

    January 8, 2019 /

    Soon after I bought and didn’t paint a bunch of Foundry Old West miniatures (about 20 years ago), I bought some Old Glory Pirates from a now defunct gaming store in Atlanta. Both have languished in bags on the shelf…

  • Craftees,  Funny Little Wars,  Isla Victoria,  Modern,  Pirates/Naval,  Pulp,  Sci-Fi,  Square Pegs,  VSF

    More Square Pegs

    January 4, 2018 /

    Fresh from showing off my counterfeits of Matt’s figures, I should make clear that I also steal from Kenneth Van Pelt. Here are a few pictures of my Square Pegs 54mm craftee VSF soldiers (and some experiments in other genres).…

  • Colonial,  Fantasy,  Isla Victoria,  Pirates/Naval,  Scratchbuilding,  Terrain,  VSF

    Buildings from the Big City

    April 3, 2015 /

    Here are some shots of the first three, very-nearly-done, buildings for my 25/28/32mm figures. (Note that the spread for the miniature size is due to the fact that I didn’t realize that the Reaper Bones figures would be so tall. All…

  • Colonial,  Fantasy,  Horror,  Isla Victoria,  Pirates/Naval,  Scratchbuilding,  Terrain,  VSF

    A Town in Two Scales

    March 23, 2015 /

    Should you have examined my brain a couple of weeks ago, it would have seemed evident that the “28mm” synapses were firing perfectly. A smattering of the many, many Reaper Bones I now own were being painted, and I was even constructing some appropriately-scaled buildings…

  • Fantasy,  Pirates/Naval,  Scratchbuilding,  Terrain

    Gaming Table

    February 27, 2015 /

    Building a gaming table is a daunting endeavor. If one has yet to accumulate a lot of wargaming experience, he has to imagine what “features” a table should have in order to make gaming more enjoyable. Lumber and time are both valuable these days.…

  • Colonial,  Craftees,  Old West,  Pirates/Naval,  Post-Apocolyptic,  VSF

    The GULP

    January 4, 2015 /

    The very first minis I purchased in my adulthood were a passel of western figures from Monday Knight Productions. They turned out to be a mixture of 25 and 28mm, as I really didn’t know the difference then, and the site doesn’t seem…

  • Craftees,  Pirates/Naval

    Craftee Pirates

    December 26, 2012 /

    Matt Jackson, author of the blog Lapsus Calumni, posted recently about a fabulous pirate game he designed and constructed, using components secured from a local craft shop. I’ve walked those same aisles, cast my glance upon those same little wooden…

12
© Scott Larson 2021