Category: Announcements

What a day!

So glad everyone could make it out especially with all this snow.

Let’s finish off “Shatterred Grounds: Windless Wastes” with a BANG! Our FINALE is this Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 1 PM to 6 PM! During the previous 3 meetings, players would get to play with a single special ability granted to them depeding on which place they were fighting at. However at the FINALE, players will be using ALL of these abilities!

Neil put together a very interesting dea for another league! Basically, it’s a league format that would help new players get into the game- with each passing meeting, players would be able to slowly add points to their armies. So, everyone starts out very small (15 pts) and gradually adds more and more points. If you’re interested in playing, then please drop me a line!

Here’s a few quick pictures of meeting 3’s big match ups!

Regards,

iRoy

     

   

With Magic, Warmachine, Warhammer, and D&D, I completely forgot about White Lantern Sinestro!

The good people at Wizkids have posted their Brick Redemption for DC75th Anniversary and it is amazing! Luke actually just got his earlier in the week and I am going to be sending away for mine tomorrow!

If anyone here needs help filling out the forms or a receipt, I am here for you! Drop by and if it’s not too busy I can walk you through the process- it’s actually pretty painless!

http://heroclix.com/blog/2011/01/19/seeking-redemption-january-2011/

http://wizkidsgames.com/buyitbythebrick/

For those of you that don’t want to bother with the sendaway process, we will have 2 of these figs to sell when they arrive(shouldn’t be too long- approx 3 or 4 weeks). And don’t forget “Giant-Sized X-Men” arrives in March 2011 with SUPER BOOSTERS!

Regards,

iRoy

One of the best things about Sundays is the opportunity to see everyone’s painted models!

Today was incredible! Sam had his Blood Angels, Mitchell brought some Chaos Space Marines, Ron was using his Black Templar, Matt played his Dark Eldar, Garnett came with his Tau, and Albert was rocking Orks!

I was only able to take a few pictures so without further adieu, here they are:

If you’re interested in starting Warhammer 40K or would like some help painting a fig, just drop by on any of our game sessions (Sundays at 1 PM to 6 PM) and hopefully I’ll have time to help!

Regards,

iRoy

 

These guys can paint!

As a part of our “Shattered Grounds: Windless Wastes” league (2 more meetings left, Saturday Feb 26 and March 5!), we’ve decided to host a Warmachine Figure Painting Contest and so far we’ve received two entries! Mark (Cygnar: Thunderhead, pictured above) and Neil (Mercenary: Jonas Murdoch, pictured below) have put their best up to be judged by the greatest group of Warmachine players ever!

Think you can do better? Join our league before it ends, March 5 is the Finale and get your entry in quick!

Your entry must abide by a just one rule: your entry must be a Privateer Press figure that you’ve purchased from us!

Each league player will get one vote per week, and can vote for any entrant they want. The person who submitted the entry with the most votes will win a $10 ThunderGround Gift Card! Keep this page bookmarked for more updates!

Next month, we’ll host a Warmachine Terrain Building Contest– watch for details!

Regards,

iRoy

(First off, apologies for the blurry phone pictures. Got a new camera for Christmas courtesy of the Rudolphs (Thanks, guys!) that I still haven’t setup, but I will get ready for next week!)

150 points of Warmachine is a sight to be seen. We were using a 4 foot by 6 foot game board provided by Kevin G (Thanks, Kevin!) and it was quite literally full! I watched as Mischa and Ivan set up their forces… and then continue to set up their forces. Mischa had gone through six small boxes of Protectorate Of Menoth, while Ivan pulled out tray after tray of Trollblood figures. This battle was incredible- I mean even after a few hours of playing there were still tons of figures on the battlefield! I guess I should expect no less from two seasoned veterans like Ivan and Mischa; these two brothers are just amazing! Their forces are almost all completely painted- and painted quite well I should say! Their gameplay was just outstanding- take a bow you two! Great game to watch!

For those of you like myself who haven’t been initiated into the game/”way of life” that is Warmachine, what I’m going to do is describe this particular game by comparing it to another game called Warhammer 40K and then explain it in terms of “time taken to play“. So,  150 points of Warmachine is pretty close to to an Apocalypse game- well, as close as we’ve had here anyways (that’ll change in March 2011 when we’ll host Apocalypse!). An Apocalypse game is a 40K game using 4000 or more points per side, which is enormous- to give you perspective, a normal 40k tournament army is roughly 1850 or 2000 points worth of figures- so an Apocalypse game can be more than twice the number of figs as a tournament army. Scary!

If you’re wondering how long it took to play out, well since this was a league game for our “Shattered Grounds: Windless Wastes” league it had to end at 6 PM at which there was no victor. This game could’ve gone on for a few more hours in my opinion. At 6 PM there were still lots of figs on the table. In 5 hours of gameplay, neither side was able to vanquish the other. I guess we’ll have to wait until next week, when these two meet again to play in our league!

Regards,

iRoy

Couple of the regulars remarked about this on the weekend. 

They asked, “Hey, Roy- isn’t “Prerelease 4 more of a Postrelease than a Prerelease?”

Good question.

You know, I kinda like the sound of it too- it’s catchy!

“Postrelease 4” all the facts and details found here: http://www.thundergroundcomics.com/?page_id=254

Thanks to Chris and Preston for their insight on the matter!

Reagrds,

iRoy

Kinda wishing I had a crystal ball that I could look into to see what’s coming up for Magic.

Looks like WOTC is keeping things tightly under wraps- even the name of the next set! Will it be called “New Phyrexia” or “Mirrodin Pure“? “New Phyrexia” has sucha nice ring to it, don’t you think?

Hopefully, I will have more info for you when they send out their Game Day kits (Saturday, March 5 at 1 PM)! Until then, you guys better hold off on getting “Mirrodin Pure” tattoos…

Regards,

iRoy

As you probably know, I had a mild bout of food poisoning at our Saturday Prerelease for “Mirrodin Besieged“! As a result, we weren’t able to host the normal booster drafts/side events that we would normally host and now I have approx 5 booster boxes of the limited printing of Prerelease Faction packs.

What I would like to do is run another Prerelease at the end of the month, in effect, this would be our forth Prerelease for “Mirrodin Besieged” (1. Midnight Prerelease, 2. Prerelease Day 1 Saturday and 3. Prerelease Day 2 Sunday). So, if you missed any and/or all of those events, then Prerelease 4 is perfect for you!

What I need is at least 8 people to come in and prepay for a Prerelease on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 1 PM! Just follow the side navigation link for all the details!

http://www.thundergroundcomics.com/?page_id=254

Don’t want to play in the Prerelease but want the faction packs? I’m selling them here in the store too! Phone or drop by for pricing! 

Regards,

iRoy

With the release of “Mirrodin Besieged“, we’ve seen an influx of new players! If you ever wanted to try the game, you’re welcome to drop by at any of Magic event days to meet people, trade, or even learn how to play!

If you wanted to try the game before you make a purchase, the good people at Wizards Of The Coast (WOTC) have sent me sample decks, which contain no rare cards but are perfect for new people to learn to game with. I can give these away for free, but I will have to limit them, since I only have a few left.

Regards,

iRoy

After 4 demos run once a month for the past 4 months, we’ve jumped into the “Iron Kingdoms” World of  Privateer Press!

“Warmachine” is a tabletop miniature wargame where players use Warcasters to harness the power of large, armored War Jacks (walking, steam-powered tanks! In GW terms, they would be very close to a dreadnought.)! If you’re a fan of things steampunk, then this is the game for you! For those of you who are fascinated by large, terrifying War Beasts (like giant werewolves or fire breathing dragons), then Privateer Press has something for you too; it’s there companion game to Warmachine, called “Hordes“!

Please feel free to drop by any Saturday and play in our events! Starting Saturday, February 12 at 1 PM we’ll be hosting “Shattered Grounds” (provided our kits arrive in time), which is a league for Warmachine and Hordes!

Regards,

iRoy