Creating My Own Warhammer Quest 1995 - [Part one - CARDS]

Yesterday I printed out a test run on the Dungeon cards. 

Firstly I printed out the Front of the card:

Then flipped the same sheet around to print out the back:

and luckily they matched position meaning that I would be able to cut these out and have a perfect card front and back, perfectly aligned. The only problem was that with the card Front up, the back of the card was upside down, so I need to work out the correct facing that the Front facing needs to be turned to when printing the back - a task for today.

My original plan was to print these out onto A4 sticky labels and then stick them to blank playing cards, but doing that would have cost a fair bit for all the cards in the set. What I'm going to do instead is simply print them doublesided onto A4 paper (once I've figured the correct orientation out), laminate them and then cut them out, rounding the edges and sleeve the cards. 

The laminate will give them a little extra sturdiness, plus sleeving them a little extra protection.

This means I'll print out:

• Dungeon Cards: 3 sheets
• Event Cards: 3 sheets
• Treasure Cards: 4 sheets
• Treasure Pack 1 Cards: 7 sheets
• Treasure Pack 2 Cards: 7 sheets
• Treasure Pack 3 Cards: 7 sheets

31 sheets of A4 double-sided and around 124 cards in total. Just need to make sure I've enough laminate sheets and card sleeves.

The board sections will be printed onto glossy A4 stickers and put onto thick card and cut out, and that'll be the next task for the project.

Reading The Shannara Series

My love for fantasy gaming was fuelled by what I read growing up, and alongside Terry Pratchett and his Discworld series (which my wife is now re-reading), and of course Tolkien's classic works, my main source of fantasy fiction was Terry Brooks and his Shannara series.

These are classic fantasy stories loaded with Elves, Dwarves, Trolls, Demons and man, with lots of quests being undertaken with travel across the Four Lands, large battles and dungeons being dlved. It's all very Warhammer Quest/Warhammer Fantasy Battles.

I've loved these books since the 80s, and had been collecting them as a new one was released over the years. It became a yearly ritual: another new book from either Brooks, Pratchett or Stephen King.

Anyway, I've begun reading the series and have collated a list of all the books across the series to mark off as I finish them, and give me something to aim for.

Going Back to the Old World

 

I have done it, treated myself to the three core books for the game that I loved and what drew me into fantasy gaming back when I was a kid. A Christmas present to myself, this completes my preparation for hobby projects starting in the new year.

The three books arrived yesterday - boy, are they heavy combined - and this morning I briefly looked at them in their shiny clingwrap before wrapping them up and placing them beneath our Christmas tree. I don't have any models yet, and I do plan on going full on down the nostalgia-hole by getting the official Old World minis (I can hear my wallet, and my wife, screaming already!) but as I approach 54 next year, I'm going back to a time in my hobby when I was truly happy, before the anxiety and depression set in. 

Just painting the Blood Bowl models this last month has given me a lot of joy and calm, (although finding a decent colour scheme for the Bretonnians has been a pain), along with watching some Blood Bowl matches and NFL games while I paint - just like I did with 3rd edition.

So what armies am I thinking of collecting for Warhammer?

Well, my army of choice in 1995 was Orcs and Goblins, so my natural inclination is to recreate that army once again. However, I am also working on a fantasy game of my own and have gathered forces of humans and undead so I may use these as Empire of Man and Vampire Counts for The Old World, although they are based entirely different (4 infantry on 40mm square bases, 2 cavalry on 50mm square bases).

That'll give me something to re-learn the game with, but the first official armies I think are going to be Orcs & Goblins and Warriors of Chaos. In fact, I'll probably start with the Warriors of Chaos and the first purchases will be a themed army of an aspiring champion and his Marauder warband:

But that's going to have to wait until February at the earliest as I have to pay off the Blood Bowl and paints purchases - and get some games in.

Looking forward to tearing open the presents and getting some Warhammer vibes on Christmas morning - just like it was back in the day.

And no doubt my plans will have changed when it comes to actually buying the first army.