One Man Warband

I've hit a bit of a painting slump, so in the interest of diversifying my hobby time I've decided to resurrect the blog! And what better place to (re)start than with a new series of articles on Relicblade ? I love Relicblade. From the moment I first saw it being played on Guerilla Miniature Games I was enamoured: quirky, characterful sculpts, smooth gameplay, and a great indie development story drew me in, and I've been hooked since. I've written about it on here in the past , but since my pledge for Storms of Kural (the most recent Kickstarter, as well as the first one I've actually been able to participate in) arrived yesterday, I decided this was a great opportunity to dig into the game in earnest. I've named this series “Relicblade Ramblings” in a nod to my long-on-hiatus “ Mordheim Musings ”, and I plan to start off by taking some time to think about the upgrade cards that are one of the game's core mechanics.  For those unfamiliar, a brief explanation...

Hollow Knight Relicblade (Relicnail? Hollowblade?) A bit of a different post this time, but something I felt like sharing. I realize I never finished the last part of my Nemesis Crown warband analysis, but I do plan on revisiting that sometime in the not too distant future. I've been getting back into Hollow Knight lately, and was inspired to make some custom cards for Relicblade based on the Knight and its equipment. Overall, I'm happy with the results. I'm not sure about balance, but I did try to keep things fair and comparable to the rest of the game. My aim was to work as much as possible within the existing framework of Relicblade, rather than create something that would require new or altered rules in order to play. To this end, I've tried to either stick to using terms and rules from the game, or introduce mechanics that are both relatively intuitive and can be contained entirely within the set of cards. You can download the whole set of cards here . Before ...