Scent of a Gamer

From the computer to the tabletop, this is all about games. Updated each week-end.

Vantage single player review

My latest review copy from Stonemaier Games is Vantage. This is a game that harkens back to the venerable Fighting Fantasy or Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks, combined with open … Continue reading

April 25, 2026 · 2 Comments

More finalists from Golden Demon 2026

Golden Demon Adepticon served up a welcome visual treat for 2026. This week, Warhammer Community gave s the second collection of finalists, otherwise known as “why didn’t this one win?” … Continue reading

April 19, 2026 · Leave a comment

Wyrmspan: Dragon Academy review

Dragon Academy is the first expansion for Wyrmspan, from Stonemaier Games. For those not familiar with the base game, Wyrmspan takes the concept of Wingspan and replaces the birds with … Continue reading

April 18, 2026 · Leave a comment

Golden Demon 2026 finalists

There’s more Adepticon Golden Demon pics up at Warhammer Community. These are the finalists rather than the winners. Seeing these makes me glad I’m not one of the judges. This … Continue reading

April 11, 2026 · Leave a comment

Golden Demon 2026 – winners from Adepticon

The 2026 Golden Demon has been held at Adepticon. As always, some fantastic painting and modelling on display. Three of my favourites are below, and the full article at Warhammer … Continue reading

April 4, 2026 · Leave a comment

Warhammer 40,000 new edition

The new edition comes with some cool new box art featuring the Blood Angels fighting agasind the Orks: The box art focuses on a few individuals, but larger figured including … Continue reading

March 29, 2026 · Leave a comment

Community painted Custodes

The latest army to receive the community painting treatment are the Custodes. These guardians of the Emperor in Warhammer 40,000 are notable for their shiny golden armour, and many of … Continue reading

March 21, 2026 · Leave a comment

A flashy way to approach NMM

Non-metallic metal, or NMM, was something I tended to avoid as a painter. I had a go early on, with… results: So, yeah. I went back to actual metallics and … Continue reading

March 14, 2026 · Leave a comment

Limited colour palettes with Trovarion

The pull of miniatures painting is slowly reeling me back in. I’m not resisting, not hard anyway. It’s more about finding reasonable time in my routine to include the miniatures. … Continue reading

March 7, 2026 · 1 Comment

Under the sea: a review of Finspan the board game

Finspan is the latest entry in the -span series of games from Stonemeier Games.  Finspan is designed by David Gordon and Michael O’Connell.  Finspan plays with 1-5 players out of … Continue reading

February 28, 2026 · 2 Comments

Diablo II Resurrected gets an expansion

This expansion comes with a whole new character to explore, and some quality of life improvements which make it easier to play this legacy game. There’s also new end game … Continue reading

February 22, 2026 · Leave a comment

Star power: a review of the Euphoria board game

Euphoria is a worker placement game with a punishing streak designed by Jamey Stegmeier and Alan Stone and published by Stonemeier Games. Euphoria plays with 2-6 platers and takes 1-2 … Continue reading

February 21, 2026 · 3 Comments

3D printed terrain with Midwinter

Guy from Midwinter Minis has been playing with tabletop terrain made with an FDM printer with some incredible results. Like a lot of people, I think Guy has associated all … Continue reading

February 14, 2026 · 4 Comments

John Blanche paint set with Ninjon

I caught up with an old hobby friend over lunch yesterday. He’s a keen painter who gets through 500-1000 minis per year. Each year, he sells his results at the … Continue reading

February 7, 2026 · Leave a comment

From the stars to you: a review of SETI the board game

a well-designed and deep game that will keep your group engaged across multiple plays – 5 stars SETI is a game of space exploration and alien discovery for 2-4 players, … Continue reading

January 31, 2026 · 1 Comment

Community painted Kill Team

A new Kill Team release means a new visual treat of miniatures painted by the community. I enjoy these. It doesn’t make me want to impulse buy the new sets, … Continue reading

January 24, 2026 · Leave a comment

A new Yriel

The Eldar get some new models in this first preview of 2026 – including the first new plastic Vyper model since… well, since the first one! Of interest to me … Continue reading

January 18, 2026 · Leave a comment

The Red Corsairs emerge

The recent Warhammer previews included the Red Corsairs. These are a chaos-tainted, piratical group of Space Marines. The Red Corsairs actively recruit disaffected space marines to their cause, much to … Continue reading

January 17, 2026 · Leave a comment

Warhammer World… USA

My visit to Warhammer World in 2017 remains memorable. It’s a trip I would recommend to any fan of miniatures painting and modelling, even if Games Workshop miniatures aren’t their … Continue reading

January 10, 2026 · Leave a comment

Thoughts on 1 million miniatures

Warhammer Community posted an article about the challenge of painting 1 million games workshop miniatures in 2026. It looks like a combination hobby progress and hobby outreach event. It sounds … Continue reading

January 3, 2026 · 4 Comments
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