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2014/10/19 20:10:28
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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It has been many years since we last asked what other websites people visit for their wargaming fix, and what they like about those other websites. As such, probably time for a refresher
What other websites do you visit for wargaming information (games, painting, modelling, etc)?
Where do you go for your fix other than websites? Clubs, FLGS, local GW, school group?
How often do you share and discuss wargaming stuff outside your circle of wargaming friends (if any)?
Thanks for your input!
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2014/10/19 20:22:03
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Drakhun
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I go to a few other sites.
Coolminiornot.com - painted goodness
Museonminies.com - all things WM
Handcannononline.com - Painting, playing, converting tutorials and good articals.
Privateerpressforums.com - painting section only though.
But most of my time is still spent here on Dakka.
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2014/10/19 20:25:12
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Heroic Senior Officer
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I browse the forums of my selected game forums (FoW, Bolt Action, Firestorm armada etc) and here.
But I look at a lot of blogs as my main source of cool stuff.
Thats the cool thing about other companies, you can go to their forums if you only wanna see their stuff for a change.
But here is my main place for news and general info.
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2014/10/19 20:54:41
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Stoic Grail Knight
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LIke Swastakowey, I frequent a couple of game-specific forums since the games in question ( All Quiet on the Martian Front & Dystopian Wars) don't have a significant presence here (I realize that Dystopian Wars did at one point but it wasn't that busy). All of my "gaming affairs" stuff like news and discussion I get right from Dakka. This site's large range of opinions and the fact that it is not moderated in favor of any one game (even through 40k is such a big part of it) it why I enjoy it so much.
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2014/10/19 21:45:28
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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I frequent:
TheMiniaturesPage for all things miniatures and historicals
TheGuild forum for all things Battlegroup, and Piers' modelling and painting are top notch
Oldhammer forum
Wabforum (which is decidedly deserted nowadays)
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2014/10/19 22:19:14
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Brigadier General
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In addition to Dakka Dakka, I regularly post at
-The Miniatures Page http://theminiaturespage.com
-Lead Adventure http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php
-Chicago Skirmish Wargames Blog and Yahoo group (links in my sig)
Somewhat less often I post/read at
-Yaktribe (Necromunda forum with a couple other SG's) http://gaming.yaktribe.org
--Post Apoc Miniatures Forum http://s1.zetaboards.com/Post_Apoc_Wargames/index/
-Song of Blades and Heroes Yahoo group. https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/songofblades/info
Websites/blogs I vist.
Necromundicon/Iron Hands. http://www.ironhands.com rarely updated, but still a site I visit for inspiration as I have for well over a decade.
Amateur Hour http://mdarrow.blogspot.com A buddy of mine's blog. He doesn't toot his own horn at club, but I like seeing his work and hearing his thoughts online.
I visit alot of other blogs and groups, but usually as a result of links on one of my regularly visited forums.
Except for an occasional convention, outside of club, my main gaming outlet is Chicago Skirmish Wargaming club. We meet every other week in member's homes in Chicago and occasionally a suburban FLGS (Games Plus). Don't really discuss wargaming outside of those guys and the sites above.
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2014/10/19 22:21:40
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Serious Squig Herder
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I mainly haunt Dakka and Warseer for forums. (I prefer the news on the former, the painting logs on the latter).
Other than that I check Tabletop Gaming News, and a few sites for individual ranges I'm interested in (Freebooter, Soda Pop, PP, Rivet Wars).
I also will check out Rob Hawkin’s blog and James Wappels’ and Meg Maples’ on occasion. (For amazing terrain, painting inspiration and informative articles respectively)
That's pretty much it. Unless I'm looking to buy something. Which is usually from Miniature Market, but occasionally FRP Games, or Noble Knight Games, or somewhere else (Ebay, etc).
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2014/10/19 22:29:03
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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The Privateer Press forums and the Under-Empire, and even then, it's not often.
Dakka gets visited more often cause it's not focused on one game so I get news for a variety of them and I try to keep only 3-5 tabs at a time. With Ranger Board, a Transformer board or two, the Halo Mega Bloks fan boards, and a couple other toy and Tokusatsu boards I visit daily, it generally means Dakka wins.
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2014/10/19 22:58:26
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Stern Iron Priest with Thrall Bodyguard
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i visit Bolter&Chainsword, CoolMiniorNot, and Wamp...
i maintain my WIP thread on those three sites, and check out a few that are specific to each site...
the rest of my following of painters and news is on Facebook...
cheers
jah
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Paint like ya got a pair!
Available for commissions.
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2014/10/19 23:05:46
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Devastating Dark Reaper
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Warlord Games http://www.warlordgames.com/forum/
The Wargames Website http://www.thewargameswebsite.com/
Studio Tomahawk (SAGA and Muskets and Tomahawks) http://studiotomahawk.freeforums.org/index.php?sid=6fdaedd22dfc1324b7fe840da8c765db
Hawk Wargames (Dropzone Commander) http://www.hawkforum.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=9&sid=444bf50b29f325defd04ddc5d0aaa235
Dakka I check every day.
Big change from a few years ago when it would be almost all GW related forums with TMP for my historicals fix.
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2014/10/19 23:10:33
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Colonel
This Is Where the Fish Lives
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I post on B&C and CMoN from time to time. I also frequent the FFG board for X-wing and the X-wing reddit, both of which are pretty good.
I'm also active on various modeling forums (some of which have some crossover with wargaming):
Scale Model Addict (pretty cool website, they have subforums for just about every type of modeling, including wargaming, but I mainly hang out in the "Space/Sci-Fi" area)
Keeper of the Force (strictly a Star Wars modeling board)
Starship Modeler (general sci-fi board, I spend my time in the Star Wars subforum)
Britmodeller (just like Scale Model Addict but run by some Brits... really friendly and helpful people)
I also belong to my local chapter of the IPMS and they have a Yahoo Group that I check out sometimes.
I'm pretty open about my hobbies so my friends and family are well aware of the fact that I paint models and little toy soldiers, so I talk about it a lot and never hesitate to share my work with people.
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2014/10/19 23:43:52
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Other websites that I regularly visit include: Bell of Lost Souls - Primarily for Gamewire. I don't like to be on lots of newsletters, and Gamewire gives me easy access to what the bigger players like FFG, Privaterr Press, and Mantic are up to. Table Top Fix - One of my favorite websites because it provides very swift, very comprehensive information about new releases in the industry. Occasionally, as in once in a blue moon, I breeze by Warseer to correct a factual error or misconception that I usually hear about in a DakkaDakka thread. Apart from that I visit the websites of my favorite manufacturers, such as Red Box Games, Hasslefree Miniatures, Khurasan Miniatures, etc. My industry-related Google searches often take me by the Lead Adventure forums, which I read for those purposes, but reading more than a couple of forums on a regular basis is very time consuming. I sometimes visit The Miniatures Page, but the interface is clunky and the topics can be weird. I also utilize Boardgame Geek extensively when I am looking up info on a particular game, but not much beyond that.
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2014/10/20 01:31:45
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Norn Queen
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wargamerau - Australian general wargaming boards
Infinity the Game - Infinity official boards
Wyrd - Malifaux boards
Penny Arcade - general everything, but their wargaming community is pretty rad
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2014/10/20 03:43:37
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh
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Dakka gets 95% of my time, but I occasionally go on FFG and Mantic. Couple times I went on PP's website. Oh, and I spend a lot of imaginary time on the GW forums. Wait...
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Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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2014/10/20 04:24:20
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Hellish Haemonculus
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thedarkcity.net is a good Dark Eldar site, with lots of community involvement. I also love browsing the fabulous goodies at Secret Weapon Miniatures.
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2014/10/20 05:40:31
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Regular Dakkanaut
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I first registered on Warseer earlier this year, but I migrated here because there's far more activity and diversity. Warseer really isn't for someone who doesn't play GW games. And the admins here don't seem to ban users for BS arbitrary reasons.
Otherwise I browse Warlord Games' forum (not too often though), the Flames of War forum and The Miniature Page, but I'm not a member of either.
And then of course there are the irregular visits on the sites, forums and blogs that Google takes me to, but off the top of my head I can't remember the name of any of them
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2014/10/20 08:32:21
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Joined the Military for Authentic Experience
On an Express Elevator to Hell!!
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Other than this esteemed site, enjoy the video/blog style coverage on Beasts of War. Like that the guys who run it are so enthusiastic and there is such a positive vibe within their forum/commenting community.
Also,
- The Infinity, Warlord Games and Flames of War homepages for their message boards.
- TMP (The Miniatures Page) has some of the best historical miniature info, also TTN and Boardgamegeek.
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2014/10/20 09:37:28
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Fixture of Dakka
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I'm predominately here on dakka. I also spend a lot of time on 4chan's /tg/.
I also peruse WargamerAU on occasion. I have been meaning to get more involved there but just haven't found made the effort.
I don't really bother with any of the news bloggy type things outside of dakka. I figure if they have pertinent 40k related news then it'll get posted here at some point. At which time I'll see it.
Dakka pretty much has it covered for me.
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2014/10/20 09:50:58
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Dipping With Wood Stain
Welwyn Garden City, Herts
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http://www.frothersunite.com/ for interesting obscure releases, decent paintjobs, honest opinions and grouchy middle-aged UK banter
http://randomplatypus.com/ for chatting to people who know what's happening on the independent side of the industry
TMP - to rubberneck at the Bedlam inmates
Dakka for mainstream stuff
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2014/10/20 15:52:07
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Fixture of Dakka
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I stick to dakkadakka for the most part. When I get caught up on my subscribed threads I'll try to find something interesting on 4chan's /tg/. I used to frequent BoLS main page, but I've come to prefer dakka to the exclusion of all else.
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Black Bases and Grey Plastic Forever:My quaint little hobby blog.
40k- The Kumunga Swarm (more)
Count Mortimer’s Private Security Force/Excavation Team (building)
Kabal of the Grieving Widow (less)
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2014/10/20 16:21:43
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Posts with Authority
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Lead Adventure Forum. A good general game forum with an astonishing lack of bickering and nonsense.
Minisculpture.
I also pass by WG3 and, though they're not wargaming forums, planetFigure, Statue Forum and ConceptArt for sculpting larks, on occasion.
Been meaning to look at the Wargaming Website too. Thanks for the reminder, Scipio.
Aesop the God Awful wrote:Warseer really isn't for someone who doesn't play GW games. And the admins here don't seem to ban users for BS arbitrary reasons
That's why I don't visit there anymore...
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2014/10/20 17:20:44
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Hurr! Ogryn Bone 'Ead!
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Only two apart from dakka (which is the best).
The Last Alliance- The Hobbit/Lotr SBG
The One Ring- The Hobbit/Lotr SBG
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2014/10/20 17:26:46
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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[ADMIN]
Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Thanks for the responses so far, great to see as there were a few I was unaware of
I want to echo Schmapdi though with tabletop fix at http://ttfix.blogspot.co.uk/ as they do a great job showing all the latest small company releases and stay on top of things to a fantastic degree, so a shout out where it is due and they are the main non-dakka site that I frequent along with the official FoW forums.
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2014/10/20 17:30:43
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Blood-Raging Khorne Berserker
I don't even KNOW anymore.
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TMP, Matakishi's, not much else.
I haven't been on Warseer since it stopped being Portent.
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2014/10/20 17:51:04
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Steadfast Grey Hunter
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dakkadakka - the best
bolter and chainsword
cool mini or not
space wolves blogspot
warseer
the warstore
games workshop
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2014/10/20 17:52:21
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Ancient Venerable Black Templar Dreadnought
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There are other wargaming web sites????
Not according to my browser history...
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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2014/10/20 19:10:05
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Fixture of Dakka
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I spend most of my internet time on Dakka in the news and P&M blog sections
I also go to cool mini or not for inspiration sometimes.
warseer but only because the people who run my local tournaments post them on there.
oh and the warhammer forums ( www.warhammer.org.uk) glass cabinet from time to time.
Other than that I sometimes visit manufactures forums but thats only to look for nicely painted minis or bat reps when I've read everything on Dakka.
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2014/10/20 19:31:44
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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I look at The Miniatures Page fairly often because they have a lot of historicals.
Apart from that I sometimes look at blogs, and of course publisher sites.
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2014/10/20 19:42:59
Subject: Re:What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Making Stuff
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Snrub wrote:I also peruse WargamerAU on occasion. I have been meaning to get more involved there but just haven't found made the effort.
WargamerAU is a handy resource for local tournament and club info, but other than that it's turned into a bit of a ghost town in the last couple of years. I still browse, but am far less involved over there than I used to be. (Making the fact that I was called a 'postcount troll' the other day even more amusing...)
I used to frequent Warseer (and Portent before it) and The Waaagh!, and still frequently check The Miniatures Page and Frothers.
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2014/10/21 14:23:32
Subject: What other wargaming websites do you visit?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Dakka for my main gaming fix
Reaper forums for their stuff and a strong KS subsection ( http://forum.reapermini.com/)
Frothers for general nonsense about minis ( http://www.frothersunite.com/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=50)
Random Platypus for more general nonsense with fewer 404 errors ( http://www.randomplatypus.com/forum/)
Wamp for painting stuff ( http://wampforum.com/Landing/index.html)
CMON for more painting stuff and info on their games ( http://www.coolminiornot.com/forums/)
and occasional visits to lead adventurers, TMP,
plus redbox games, mantic, mierce and a bunch of other single manufacturer forums more rarely ususlly when trying to track down a specific bit of info
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