Miniature Moment: The Villains of Elemental Evil

I promised myself two years ago that I would finish painting the miniatures from Temple of Elemental Evil, the board game. Now I have. Before moving on to other games, I'd like to show you how they turned out and tell you how I painted them. First up, the villains!

Swerglemergle, Arkashic Thunn and Velathidros convene.

Review: Lords of Waterdeep

Today, I’d like to talk about one of my favourite board games, Lords of Waterdeep. Chances are, if you read this blog, you’ll have played it or at least read about it a couple of times already. However, I, being the… careful… thinker that I am, recently realised that it is a D&D game set in the Forgotten Realms, and thus should have a post on this very blog, dedicated to the altar of Ed Greenwood all things Forgotten Realms.

Players get to play one of the lords of said city and strive to manipulate their way to the most victory points in order to win the game. Victory points come primarily from completing quests. It’s not the lords work to complete quests, however, that is a job for the lowly adventurer. The lords send their agents, i.e. place their workers, to various parts of the city to recruit the adventurers. When they have enough adventurers and/or money, they can complete the quest and reap the rewards. Most quests award victory points and some give more long-term benefits.