The Night of the Nosferatu is upon us, as the city falls into the darkness of Old Night, the Ancient beyond reckoning, Nosferatu move from chilling nightmare to terrifying reality. Whether on the streets of the […]

From the depths of ancient forests the Lycaon are rising. No longer able to sit by and watch as their secretive world is menaced by the march of technology, they have stirred their followers to find and destroy […]

So this is the first in my: “painting revealed” for Empire of the Dead. I have picked up a couple of the Special Characters so far and have painted up one of them (Cedric Hyde) and have had the pleasure of […]

Ok so I have had the Rulebook and the Lycaon Faction boxed set for some time now and have lovingly assembled them, painted them (I will be doing a post detailing the paint job I have done on these awesome […]

Well, Empire of the Dead has really taken over my Hobby Life!

I have now read through the rules a couple of times, digested the background material and have played a couple of games and I’m in love with a […]

The website (with forum) for Portal Wargaming, a growing community of gamers, with over 100 members meeting 3 times per week in Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, UK! We currently play host to all major Wargames, […]

I have looked at the Empire of the Dead for a while and my excitement, for this Weird Victoriana Game, has grown tremendously as more and more of the Concept Art was released (these can be seen in my other […]

First off I was very gutted over the past weekend as I had been offered the chance to go to Salute for the very first time….for FREE!!! I had however got prior arrangements to run the Saturday Club for Portal […]

So Where am I at with my SAGA Project?

Ok so I am having a Whirlwind of a time at the club at the moment playing games of everything from World of Warcraft TCG and Magic the Gathering to Dystopian Wars and […]

The Colossal Crusade is about to Begin!!!

Ok, so the announcement for the New Expansion Books that include Colossals For Warmachine and Gargantuans for Hordes came a long time ago but images for items […]

So as the time approaches for the Empire of the Dead to be released by West Wind Productions I find myself trawling through the interweb looking for new bits of information to tempt me futher into being distracted […]

Empire of the Dead from Westwind Productions hasn’t even hit the shelves yet and they are already releasing some stunning concept art for future character releases to get us in the mood.

The more I look at […]

Ok now Beasts of War broke the news of the Storm Eagle Gunship for Space Marines being released just before April 1st. Because of this everyone was believing that this was another hoax like the Necron Vehicle […]

Standing firm against all odds
guarding the most sacred home
we protect the realm of gods
our destiny is carved in stone

The work of the past couple of weeks has paid off, I have my 6pts of Vikings […]

As you will have gathered from my other posts I have decided that for my New Years Hobby Resolution I am going to start Saga as one of my 2 new game systems/armies for the year. I then had the joy of deciding […]

Could this game be a distraction for me in 2012?

Every year I plan out my Hobby in the form of a New Years Hobby Resolution. I sit down and scour the Wargaming World for new games and armies that stand out […]

My third trip to Malifaux saw me starting a Ressurectionists crew. I chose the Undertakers Lot boxed set for 2 reasons……. 1: I loved the Mortimer model & 2: it was only £13 from Wayland Games. I […]

During 2011 I started the wonderful game of Malifaux!! I absolutely adore this game and it’s fate card system! I began playing with an Arcanists Crew led by Ramos and then after a Tournament with that crew […]

As I have mentioned I got a little side tracked on my New Years Hobby Resolution 2011 by a wonderful game called Malifaux. I began my exploration of the setting of Malifaux with the Miners & Steam Fitters […]