Gamers Lounge

Hello all.

I wanted to let you know that while there is a delay on the next episode(s) of the Gamers Lounge, we will be returning. I have been involved in a great deal of travel since returning from Adepticon and have been unable to record. I have a series of post-adepticon interviews lined up, along with some fantastic guest hosts for the upcoming episodes. Unfortunately, work travel has made it so I cannot record until I get back in town.

For those who are wondering, I chose the picture appropriately. I will be in Dubai UAE on my next trip. If any listeners are there, message me and we can meet up.

More Gamers Lounge will be coming, stay tuned!!!

Gamers Lounge Interview – Aetherium

In this special episode of the Gamers Lounge, Bill spends time speaking with Brian Niro and Chris Tavonatti about a new game, Aetherium. This is a fantastic 90 minute interview where you will hear all about the game, upcoming plans, and how the Anvil-8 guys experience at Adepticon went.

Check out the War Gamers Consortium Game Play video mentioned at the following link:

Check out their kickstarter at:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1648780792/aetherium

I recently picked up some markers to use as my influence tokens for WWX. I found that with my Warrior Nation I did not have enough influence tokens from the kickstarter to fill out my full influence. I emailed Will at Urban Lasercraft and he was able to grab my logo and burn it onto some acrylic tokens.

They came out very nice overall. Will suggested that I use a light spray of white while the covering was on the acrylic to draw out the etching. This worked great and I then used another suggestion to clean up the tokens once the paint had dried. The glue used for the coating can be a little sticky, making it tough to peal off the side with the etching once its painted. You can see the token in the picture to the right still has some of the detail occluded from the covering stuck in the smaller spaces. This was quick to fix with a q-tip and some windex. Once I learned that trick (again, thanks Will!!) the tokens cleaned up very nicely and easily. You can see in the final picture below the difference between the q-tip/windex method and the simple peel method. I’m still working through peeling and cleaning them up (as you can see!).

These are great and I suggest anyone who is interested contact Will and put in an order for tokens. He covers acrylic and wood tokens for a number of game systems!

Gamers Lounge  Special – Creature Caster

I have the privilege to speak with Jeremy Glen of Creature Caster about his upcoming kickstarter. Jeremy was the driving force behind Ultraforge Miniatures, those large scale centerpiece models of Demons, Dragons, and Treemen you are jealous of when your opponent pulls them out. Well, Jeremy is back with a new venture, Creature Caster, and his models are reaching greater heights of detail! We talk about his new Digital Sculpting process and how the new process differs from physical sculpting. We also delve into his strategy and approach to using kickstarter and how the upcoming kickstarter will help him launch the new company.

Enjoy!

I am currently doing some work on podcast site and feed. I am hoping to get everything cleaned up and completed by the end of the holidays. Please bear with us while we are working to improve access to the podcast.

Bill