CYCLADES: DEVELOPMENT Expansion for the Age of Conan Board Game

 
This is an expansion for the Age of Conan Strategy Board Game that introduces a new set of game components, represented by tokens and cards from the Cyclades Board Game. The tokens are used to represent buildings and a metropolis. The cards represent priests and philosophers.

The Age of Conan board game actually consists of three mini-games incorporated into an overall game. This expansion adds more complexity to the game, and involves developing players’ home provinces.

Miniature Ceramic Bowls for 28-32mm Scale

As I discussed here, clay pottery was used  for a variety of purposes in pre-modern societies, and adding miniature ceramic objects like bowls and jars is a great way to make your dioramas more realistic.

This is my girlfriend's method for making a miniature bowl and it is very easy. You only need some appropriately coloured polymer clay and a craft instrument with a rounded tip. The bowl will be formed around the tip, so get an instrument that is appropriately sized.

Lord of the Rings Lego!!

A great way to introduce your kids to fantasy miniatures!!!

Printable Miniature Greeting Cards

The nice thing about designing a Hobbit hole diorama is that you can include little things that might appear out of place and even a little anachronistic in most other fantasy-medieval settings. Take greeting cards, for example. One would not expect to see these in a medieval castle, or even an elven haven. But we all know, of course, that hobbits celebrate their birthdays by throwing parties, and like giving away presents. We also know that they take great pride in writing letters to their friends and relatives. So it only seems natural that they would send each other birthday cards as well, although these may not be printed but hand-drawn.

Greeting Card 1

Hand-drawn Card

Greeting Card 2

Printable Miniature Hobbit-Hole Paintings

These two are circular because they were designed for use in my forthcoming hobbit-hole diorama.

I have circular frames for these, cut from random plastic items and painted to look like circular frames of wood, so that they can be fitted around these two to make circular paintings for hanging up on the walls.

Hedgehog Birthday

So my girlfriend made this hedgehog cake for my birthday because... well, I had made a hedgehog house in a vain attempt to attract hedgehogs into our garden, but the bloody cat hijacked the hedgehog house instead.

Wrath of the Titans Movie Review

So we went to watch the Wrath of the Titans this weekend, and really, it was dire.