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Unpainted Lead: Tabletop Games in Digital

I remember as a kid I dreamt of a world in digital. Homework would no longer be hand written but rather typed up and brought in on 5.25 floppy disks. Yes I am aware that mentioning 5.25 floppies might date me, but at least I di...
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Unpainted Lead: Free RPG Day

To think it was only a few short weeks ago we had Free Comic Book Day. It was a moment for comic book geeks new and old to gather together and revel in the joys of their shared hobby. Comic book retailers all around worked tire...
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Unpainted Lead: Miniature Wargame History Video

Some might be wondering what happened to this week’s regularly scheduled Unpainted Lead. Some probably didn’t even notice… *sigh*. Regardless, this week is a special treat as much as it is an experiment in the...
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Skirmish in Public Day August 8th

Unpainted Lead: Gamers Assemble

It has been a long time since I had last been in a game shop. That might seem odd to many reading this, as I do write about gaming every week. Mind you I have some good excuses for this, the main three reasons round out to noth...
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Unpainted Lead: Toymallet 40 Cents

I planned to review a large and growing in popularity wargame this week. Something to change the tide of low budget, free, or out of print games I’ve written about in the past. But unfortunately due to some extreme circumstan...
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Unpainted Lead: Cover-based Combat in Tabletop Wargames

I know I’ve said this many times in the past, and I will say it again: Even though I play wargames and have made some independently, I am far from an expert in any one given area of game mechanics, design, or play. Despite th...
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Unpainted Lead: The Miniature Art of War

I never have referred to myself as a wargame tactician. Can I come up with some good maneuvers? Yep. Have I won a few battles? Sure. Do I get good die rolls on last ditch efforts to berserk an opponent’s army? Not really. The...
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Unpainted Lead: One Time at the Gaming Convention

About midway through this last December I was running a vendors table at Laughing Moon Con 3. My purpose wasn’t to sell anything, but rather to show off a web series as well as a free wargame I had co-developed to the attende...
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Miniature Wargaming? That’s so 1913!

Have you ever contemplated during a game of Heroclix, while painting a new Chaos Space Marine, or amid comparing mech stats for a Battletech game, ‘how did this all begin?’ Who thought up the idea of players moving ...
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