Red Propaganda Posters

Next up are some Bolshevik posters.  I'm planning to try printing off some of these to add to terrain and my trains.

More to follow, the Russo Polish War ...

White Propaganda Posters

These are some propaganda posters I have collected for the Russian Civil War period.  I'll start with the Russian Whites.

More to follow...

Knave 2e and RPG You Tubers

A while ago I backed the Kickstarter for Questing Beast Ben Milton's update to his simplified OSR RPG, Knave, but I've only just got around to reading the PDF through.  It is rather good.

Knave 2e is certainly not a simple product, a very great amount of thought seems to have gone into every page.  Both design and content.  It does however cut away a great deal of the chaff to leave an elegant set of rules and concepts that should give a really enjoyable game with a focus on old school exploration.

To brush up on the my DM tips, and campaign design knowledge, I've also been watching some of the many YouTube D&D channels, especially those related to Sandbox Campaign design and DMing advice.

Here is what I have found so far:

Questing Beast - all the latest from the OSR scene, plus Ben's excellent analysis on game design. Including these on Dungeon Crawling Rules, Nine Dungeon Design Secrets, Building Living Dungeons, and how to Stop Hiding Traps.

Matt Colville - the daddy of YouTube DMing advice, there is something for everyone here.  Matt's take on West Marches and Sandboxing brought the concept to a new audience.  This one on Dead Empires, the time abyss, and an endless decline is interesting too.

The Alexandrian - an extension of Justin Alexander's excellent blog advice

Master the Dungeon - Lots on traps and game design.  The videos on using Metroid and Legend of Zelda for dungeon design were interesting, as well as this one on using resources as keys.

Bob World Builder - Bob's infectiously cheerful approach to world building

Dungeon Masterpiece -  another lighthearted and entertaining, but often thought provoking, look at RPG DMing and Campaign building.  Here is the Baron's take on the Super Metroid approach and Random Encounter Tables.

Dungeon Craft - Professor DM has lots of great advice, I especially loved his B4 - The Lost City play through video.

Loki's Lair - has lots of game advice including a great video on using a hex flower for weather.

Map Crow - great stuff on designing and drawing maps

Trekiros - a new channel with an interesting video on Random Encounters.

Yinka - discusses world building concepts, including mistakes

Ginny Di - a more new school D&D channel but with lots of good ideas, high production values and a fun presentation style.

Dicebreaker - a more general gaming channel than the others but their OSR and OSE episodes were good explainers for the un-initiated new school players.

 On Tools, there is this video from LoreTeller and a link to their resource web page.

Hexcrawls, Hex Maps, & Sandboxes Hexed Press PlayList on YouTube 

How to Hexcrawl GFC D&D goes through the process they use.

Another quite new but entertaining channel is Quinns Quest the Mothership review is great.

How I ran my West Marches - quite new school but interesting

DiekuGames - Lots of videos on a wide range of RPG stuff

Bandit's keep - rambling old school D&D wisdom

Congo Merc Vehicles Update

I've managed to get some paint on a few of my Congo Crisis mercenary column vehicles.  The variety is helping create the 'Ommegang' eclectic look.

This first one is a Willy's jeep painted as part of 5 Commando and armed with a .50 cal browning MG.

Next up is another .50 cal armed jeep, this time for one of the French/Belgian units, probably part of 6 Commando.

For a bit of armour the Mercenaries have one of the former Malayan Ferret armoured cars.

Last up, so far is the Swedish SKPF with twin browning .30 cal MGs.  I've added some gear to the back of the truck.  Most are nondescript green boxes, probably ammo.  However, I also added a quiver of spears.  This is a reference to a candid admission by Mike Hoare in Congo Mercenary, that some of his troops carried bundles of spears to posthumously issue to unarmed 'rebels'.

I still have some die-cast trucks to re-paint and a 3d printed M8 Greyhound on order, for some heavier armour.  So, hopefully more updates before long.