
So, with Osprey’s Rogue Stars ( Rogue Stars: Skirmish Wargaming in a Science Fiction Underworld (Osprey Wargames)
) winging its way to me through the post (yes, I succumbed to it in the end, the temptation was far too great!) I really look forward to getting it so I can have a really good read to ingest all the lovely space opera
flavour I’m hoping there to be!

I’ve not really had much chance to peruse any osprey wargames
rules other than Frostgrave
, but I have read my share of other Osprey books
(I absolutely love the Jason and the Argonauts
book, review of which is here: Osprey Adventures: Jason and the Argonauts Review)
All these ideas flowing, with plenty more to come I expect, especially when I get a good browse at the rules and fluff has got me thinking. I am going to need a new baseboard or two and maybe some playing mats
, plus a fair bit of 28mm scifi scenery
will need to be made, not to mention getting the minis
together (I think I have plenty of miniatures
to fit this game already, but I have seen a load that I wouldn’t mind getting…!)

I’ll try my best to do to create more min scenic tutorials, just like the Grim’s Dungeons of Doom series!
What I would like to do is take this opportunity to invite you on my journey too, I’ll document my thoughts, ideas, miniatures
purchases & painting, scenery tutorials and so forth, similar to Grim’s Dungeons of Doom and even share any battle reports along the way.

Both spotlights are working! There will be no escape for trespassers!
I suppose that this is going to start me off with a new article series as a result, but I reckon that those 28mm Sci-fi gamers of you out there (especially warhammer 40k
, Oldskool Rogue Trader
and other Sci-fi wargames
that are available) will find plenty of useful stuff for them to justify it.
I’m thinking that I’ll make an interior set of terrain
similar to Grim’s Dungeons of Doom, but not too much, that way it’ll be interchangeable with the walls, floors and other fantasy scenic stuff (the cavern walls will fit nicely in an Alien planet theme, maybe some alien flora and fauna, but then I’m going to have to do a few 28mm Sci-fi buildings
and maybe something along the lines of the old Necromunda
scenery
from the 90’s. Where ever possible, I’ll point you in the way of useful resources and info too, which will be a nice change to 15mm model making in the Sci-fi wargaming
I’ve got used to.
Like I’ve said, I imagine that there’s going to be loads of ideas free-flowing, but I really want to know what you think too. Is there anything I should be trying out? What scenics do you want to see me make? Just let me know by commenting below, tell me about your ideas or your experience of Rogue Stars
gameplay.

I’ll be back later with some possible miniature choices, that is, once I’ve plundered my lead piles…:)
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