I have started with the really good stuff because the “other” “good stuff” I have some gripes with. One minor and the other major.

A Guru with gripes? Whodah thought…………….no surprise for those who know this demanding, grumpy guru.

Zombicide Second Edition

I had forgotten about this first “goody” as it is one I had put in an advance order for way back at the start of this year, so it was a surprise for it to turn up at the Post Office.

Zombicide 2nd Edition is a vast improvement on previous iterations and the need for increased strategy and tactics is required but it is still basically a very much luck-based game. That said, this edition takes an already solid game and tightens all the screws, creating a fast-paced, fun, nail-biting experience that you will not be able to put down

All of the fiddles and clumsiness of the first edition seem to have been improved upon and it is certainly a modern “Dungeon Crawl” game that should appeal

The figure quality has improved on what were already good sculpts, and this time includes children to act as “zombie bait” for the ghouls amongst you. Children have one less wound but have skills that allow them to sneak between a horde of zombies. T

The Washington ZC expansion adds more scenarios, more figures, including the President, and night and day rules.

More than eighty survivors and zombies to paint, but that’s the plus, isn’t it.

Deep Cut Studio’s gaming mat

Deep-Cut Studios customer service and quality cannot be questioned. This arrived in Oz from Europe in about a week. The details are fantastic as always and this mat is tied to the Nomad faction with its very distinctive look. If you are looking at gaming mats you just cannot go past these guys.

Warpath Plague Faction

The Mantic Warpath Plague faction minis are just great. Notice a theme here? The models are not exclusive to the faction but do have “extra bits” to make them look suitably disease ridden.

The models in this box set are all complex multi-part kits and you would expect assembly instructions to be included, or at least able to download them from their website, but it seems none are available. I was only buying these to finish of my “Plague Faction”, and will now have to spend far more time on them than I had planned. Despite this they have made a great Covid-19 project!

Kongo Kickstarter

Way back in 2017 I signed up for a Kongo Kickstarter from Acheson Creations. I thought there would be little risk as I had bought from them successfully before.

I have to say that within the hobby you are generally able to purchase quite freely with very little risk, but be careful as sometimes you might just get caught.

At the temple we say “trust needs to be earned but so does your money” – Guru PIG

After nearly four years since the pledge level was successful in December 2017, and nearly three years later than the expected completion date, yesterday I received almost all of what was outstanding. I say almost because there is at least one more outstanding figure to come.

Whilst I am extremely happy to have received more of my original purchase but three years late……….really!

This is a basic model, suitably large with the crew in very static poses.

These drums and pots are pretty standard miniatures.

This one is still outstanding.

I just love brand new shiny stuff, don’t you?