MEGC Community

MEGC is not just one person, or the staff members of Miniature Empire.  It is a community of people who meet up, discuss and lark around with on a regular basis!  Whether it's over games, recent events or general misfortunes, there is always a talking point within the community.

As such, I'm here today to promote a few members of our club who have decided to run their own blogs.  These are great guys who are passionate about their hobby, have some great miniature showcases, and offer valuable point of views on many gaming topics!  so if you have time, please go check them out and join in with the discussions!

The Flaming Heretic
Lover of WarmaHordes and of all games in general!  Check this guy out for amazing miniatures and an incite into Trollkin gameplay!

Riot
Fancy a blast from the past?! Riot is covering old skool Bloodbowl, his current project is creating a full stadium for Bloodbowl!  Follow this guy for an amazing journey through the eyes of a veteran Bloodbowl player.

Cubantrog
A newer gamer amongst our midst.  He is detailing his Warhammer40k journey with Dark Angels.  Witness Cubantrog grow his Dark Angels and his painting collection!

MEGC Plays... SAGA

It's Friday 24th January, after a Christmas of eating, drinking, painting, modelling and procrastinating, the regulars of Miniature Empire finally get together for the weekly Friday gaming.

As the official Blog for Miniature Empire, we will endeavour to bring you regular battle reports! Showcasing the amazing paint jobs of our gamers, and the table top visions we create on a weekly basis.

This week, we bring you SAGA, MEGC (Miniature Empire Gaming Club) style!  Our SAGA enthusiast George brought us SAGA and we decided to try fuse it with Warhammer Fantasy to create our own "SAGA The Lusturian Chronicles".  So not only do we have the savage vikings or ticky welsh, we have appearences from the Lizardmen of Lustria, the Local Pygmy Tribes, Elves from both sides of the coin and even Skaven rats!

So this week we have The Feast of Crows!  Featuring the Vikings, Welsh, Pygmy Tribes and Lizardmen.  All the Fantasy elements of our SAGA are taken from previous battle boards and altered to reflect their own characteristics!

After set up, it was clearly obvious that the Vikings were going to have a royal rumble with the Lizardmen, and the Pygmy Tribes had a hankering for some Welsh meat!

Needless to say, the Vikings and the Lizardmen had a few casualties this game, considering that the Lizardmen were an off shoot of the Viking Battleboard!

Lizardman warlord goes up against 4 Berzerkers, needless to say, my Warlord didn't survive 32 attacks...

Having fought off the initial reptilian assault, the Viking Hearthguard bear the brunt of a flank attack from a sneaky second unit! 

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, the Pygmy warchief wrecks havok amongst the welsh warriors!

Having though the lizards would be an easy kill, the welsh Hearthguard tried to sneak a few kill points, only to have their ponies eaten by ravenous Lizardmen warriors.

By the end of the night, the dust settles to leave the Pygmies and the vikings standing.  The vikings walk away with 31 kill points and 31 lizard handbags to take back to their lady friends.  The Pygmies on the other hand feasted themselves on 29 kill points worth of prime welsh meat.

With thanks to Riot for the photos.  He's a fellow gamer here at MEGC, so please check him out and his amazing content on his blog.

http://riotvilleonfire.blogspot.co.uk/



A Tale of Four Gamers: The Beginning

Some time ago, one of the regulars from our gaming club posted this into our forum.

Many moons ago I used to really enjoy an article in White Dwarf magazine (back when it was worth reading) known as ‘A Tale of Four Gamers.’ The basic idea was that four gamers (I guess the clue was in the title) set themselves a modest budget and deadline each month to buy, assemble and paint models. The intention was that within an agreed time they would have built a small force for Warhammer Fantasy Battle (around 1000 points) for the table top. Along the way they would game with the endeavours of their hard work. Having lost my way a little on the gaming and painting side of things lately I guess I need something to motivate me into starting a new project. A Tale of one Gamer sounds a bit lonely (sad!?) though so was wondering if it would appeal to anyone else?

 Needless to say, such an idea was very popular amongst our group of players, and within a small amount of time, a handful of people had bought small armies and were getting ready for such a small campaign.
We have set our self up with the following restrictions,

•  a player who goes by the name of "WinstonSmith" would narrate the campaign.
• We start off with 750pts
• Models and units must be painted in order to participate

Given that many of the people of gaming club haven't played Warhammer Fantasy before, this was a great way for us to get armies painted and experience a slow climatic themed campaign.
Hopefully we should be able to show of some of our work over the coming weeks!

So as such,

These were my first purchases. In the upcoming blogs, I'l be introducing our other participants.  And over the coming months hopefully you'll see us grow marvellous armies follow our campaign games.

If you would like to become more involved with our gaming club, please find us here on our forum.

Or for updates on our events and endeavours, please like our Facebook Page

New Year New Start?

Way back in 2013, Miniature Empire started to gain popularity and started to develop a strong core of loyal gamers and friends.  Coming into 2014, the club is still going strong and the store is still here even though we have had a few bumps along the way!

My name is Delano, most people call me Lano, and I help run this store along with the store manager Damon. We are a small bricks and mortar store in Gant's Hill.  We offer a wide range of gaming products from Games Workshop boxes to Reaper Miniatures.  Situated in the middle of our store is a large gaming table which is free to use.  So whether you are an experienced gamer, beginner or looking to get started, please come pay us a visit!

This first blog post is just here to start a new journey, one where the gamers, modellers, painters and friends of Miniature Empire Gaming Club can share and converse about all aspects of our hobby.

I hope you will stick around, and look forward to hearing about what you guys have to say!