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PIRATE'S COVE GAMING BOARD – pt.2

Marko Paunović, 22nd August 2020

This article finds the second and final part of the step by step tutorial of the building process of a gaming board for a board game called Pirate's Cove that my club's (terrain workshop did a couple of years ago.

The Design:

In the previous article, Andrija and I made the basic outline of the board with the frame, ran the wires underneath the board and made all the ships. The next thing, before the actual build, would be to have all the electronics installed so the terrain could be built around it. Before installment, we needed to check all the calculations and agree on the final layout of all the features.

Electronics:

In this model we decided to fit the smoke generator (hereinafter - fogger), and in every house an LED would be built in order to evoke the effect of burning lamps or candles. As the power source for the board we chose the electricity from the grid which meant 220V AC current (in Croatia). Therefore the alternating current must be mentioned here, since the fogger is powered via the adapter from the city grid. The adapter which goes with the fogger changes AC 220V current to 24V AC also. (NOTE: If the device transforms the current from 220V AC to 24V DC for example, it is then called the transformer - author's note).

The advantage of using city power grid (ie adapters and transformers) is that there is no concern about the consumption of electricity, namely, no batteries which could be spent.

Since the LEDs are working exclusively on DC, it was necessary to connect the LED circuitry in parallel with the fogger. Apart from the fogger branch, we needed to extract one branch to go through Graetz bridge which would be connected to all the LED circuitry. As explained in a previous issue, Graetz combination (ie single-phase full-wave rectifier) only corrects the voltage, but it does not ''straighten'' it. In order to straighten the voltage it is necessary to add an RC circuit. In this gaming board, that was not necessary to make because the local electrical grid works on frequency f = 50 Hz (meaning that the voltage is sinusoidal and makes 50 cycles per second). Using a single-phase full-wave rectifier that frequency doubles, so the frequency is 100Hz. The human eye does not notice the higher frequency of 20Hz. What does this mean exactly? That our LED will be flashing 100 times per second, but you will not notice it. Indeed, it will look as if the LED were constantly lit. It should be noted that Graetz circuit losses of approximately 10% and that voltage 24V DC will therefore be around 22V DC.

The calculation of the LED circuits is relatively simple because there is a lot of repetition. Each branch (except Crew Island) looks the same and as far as the resistance calculation runs as follows:

and for Crew Island:

Here we calculate the electrical power in each branch :

which is relatively high power. It is no surprise when one considers the fact that the resistor reduces the voltage for 20V! This information is important when choosing the resistor, because when you buy it, you will need to emphasize that you are looking for such a powerful resistor. For the Crew Island two resistors of 50Ω and 0.04 W are required

This result is also not surprising because the resistor reduces the voltage for only 2V, and through it flows a current of 20mA.

We now return to the beginning - the adapter, which in this case has Imax=1200mA. The next step is to add all the currents in the branches.

So, to run all the LEDs you need 240mA which leaves 960mA for fogger to work, which after testing with a multimeter showed that is enough. If it were not,the calculation should be revised.

Finally, the elements needed for this project are:
• Fogger (with adapter AC 220V → 24V AC)
• 2 pairs of male-female Jack's
• Graetz bridge
• 7 switches
• 10 R = 1kΩ resistor R, P = 0.5 W
• 2 R = 50Ω resistor
• 27 LEDs (yellow, 3mm)
• 2 LEDs (red, 5mm → Treasure Island, the eyes of the skull)
• 1 LED (red, 3mm → Tavern Island, the upper floor tavern)
• a minimum of 10m of wire.

The Continuation of the Build

Once the electronics were installed and the Graetz bridge was prodected inside a box that was made from balsa wood, we did a test run. The LEDs indeed did not flicker, the volcano produced the fog and we could proceed with the terrain build.

The first island we tackled was Crew Island. We decided to have a small sea town with a town hall and a church with a graveyard on a hill. The streets of the town were made from plastic pieces of a 1/72 medieval castle. The buildings were built by Andrija from 1,5mm thick balsa wood and thin card. The window shutters were about 1x1mm in size and were each cut from a piece of paper. We placed most of the buildings on top of 3mm yellow LEDs that were drilled through the bottom of the plastic street construction.

The fortress on Gun Island was done from the same medieval castle plastic kit. Sides of the octogonal bastions were carefully cut using a scalpel blade. The guns were salvaged from a Revell plastic ship. To finish the job, we placed a chain at the port entrance.

The body of all the islands was made from 2cm thick HD styrofoam. The beaches, cliffs and the rest of the features were modelled from air drying clay (DAS). The piers were done from 2mm thick balsa wood. Once the clay and PVA glue were dry, the islands were coated in watered down PVA glue. The top surfaces were sprinkled over with coarser sand while the beaches were covered with smallest grain sand we could find. In this case, it was chinchilla sand from a local pet shop.

With this, most of the islands were done. All that was left was to do the Pirate's Cove island and make a removable volcano. We had to make the volcano removable to make it possible to fill and empty the vessel for the water that the fogger uses to make fog. If we left the board in one piece, it would have been impossible to empty the tank which would eventually cause the formation of calk or something even worse. Again, the body of the island was built by HD styrofoam. Using styrofoam boards made it possible to have a straight cut between the island and the removable volcano. Once the island part of styrofoam was dry, the tank was placed in its spot and around it another layer of styrofoam was placed and glued to the tank from the top side. Once it was dry, we made the island and volcano features following the same procedure as we did for the rest of the islands using DAS air drying clay. Once it was dry, we textured it with sand (two different sizes).

The islands were painted using Pebeo Deco colours (Black, Brown, Ochre, Ash, White and Grey) and flocked using static grass. The trees were made from twisted wire trees bought on Ebay. When the islands were done, I painted the seas. As I wanted the blue to be really bright, I used a white undercoat that was hand painted using a large brush as I didn't want to risk botching up the rest of the work by accidental spillage by using sprey/air brush. After it was done, I mixed several shades of blue (by mixing Pebeo Deco White and Blue). Each progressive layer had more Blue in it. Before pouring in the resin, we decided to make a compass with a club sign. The painted design on a piece of paper was simply cut out and glued using watered down PVA glue. All that was needed was to mix the resin and pour it in carefully. For this, we used Gedeo Crystal Resin. A quick calculation revealed that we needed 600ml of resin in order to make the water 1,5-2mm deep. Carefully we mixed the two part resin (mixing ratio is 2:1 vol which makes it easy to work with). Once the mixture was fully mixed I added a couple of drops of Pebeo Vitrail Sky Blue colour. Be careful when mixing, because you can easily overdo it and be left with too dark a resin.

After a drying period of about 24 hours, the board was done and we could present it to the guys from the club!

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Agram Group Build #Project2 – part 5.

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	From 2021, the Association also organizes group projects for its members in which several members participate at once. The program called Agram Group Build was created after our members discussed joint projects on Wednesdays and how it would be convenient to gather more people on Wednesdays at our Hobby corner to work on a common "something"... #Project2 presents a dieselpunk diorama of a flying island with a fast food stand and several docks for flying cars, and the wonderful art of Alejandro Burdisi serves as a template. The main effects on the diorama will be LED lighting, but also the application of the tensegrity principle.

	  

	It's been a while since the last article. In the meantime, we've done the calculations for the electricity, but also confirmed the practical calculations. We decided on 6 circuits - each of which is powered by its own Cr2032 battery at 3V. In addition, we decided to create a parallel power supply for all circuits via a single transformer from 220 V AC to 3 V DC. The switch will determine which power supply is used. In theory, it sounds feasible, but it needs to be tested.

	  

	According to the sketch, the most loaded circuit is the one from the flying car, which has as many as 9 LEDs in it. Therefore, we put together a circuit with all nine LEDs on the test board - four blue, two white, two red and one green and connected everything to one Cr 2032 battery.

	  

	Everything worked so we decided to let them burn overnight. All the LEDs burned for about 10 hours. Which is satisfactory for group performances – because they will certainly burn for the duration of the performance. And for the exhibition, it will still be necessary to connect the diorama to a 220 V transformer.
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	Od 2021. Udruga za svoje članove organizira i grupne projekte na kojima sudjeluje više članova odjednom. Program pod nazivom Agram Group Build je nastao nakon što su naši članovi srijedama razgovarali o zajedničkim projektima i kako bi bilo zgodno okupiti više ljudi srijedama na našem Hobby kutku srijedom i to oko rada na zajedničkom „nečemu”… Projekt #2 predstavlja dieselpunk dioramu letećeg otoka sa štandom za fast food i nekoliko dokova za leteće automobile, a kao predložak služi nam predivan art Alejandra Burdisija. Glavni efekti na diorami biti će LED rasvjeta, ali i primjena tensegrity principa.

	  

	Prošlo je dosta vremena od zadnjeg članka. U međuvremenu smo odradili proračune za struju, ali i potvrdili praktično proračune. Odlučili smo se na 6 strujnih krugova – svaki od kojih je pokretan svojom Cr2032 baterijom na 3V. Pored toga, odlučili smo da napravimo i paralelno napajanje svih strujnih krugova preko jednog transformatora sa 220 V izmjenično na 3 V istosmjerno. Prekidač će određivati koje napajanje se koristi. U teoriji zvuči izvedivo, ali potrebno je to i testirati.

	  

	Prema planu, najopterećeniji strujni krug je onaj iz letećeg auta koji u sebi ima čak 9 LEDica. Stoga smo na testnoj ploči složili strujni krug sa svih devet LEDica – četiri plave, dvije bijele, dvije crvene i jednom zelenom te sve spojili na jednu Cr 2032 bateriju.

	  

	Sve je radilo pa smo odlučili pustiti ih da gore preko noći. Sve LEDice su gorile cca 10 sati. Što je zadovoljavajuće za udružne nastupe – jer će sigurno gorjeti dok traje nastup. A za izložbu će ipak biti potrebno spojiti dioramu na transformator na 220 V.

	 
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Marko Paunović, 4th September 2025

Seb's Top Tip - paintRack app

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	Here's a little tip for hobbyists that have been useful for me lately.

	It's a phone app called paintRack. 

	

	It's an app made specifically for our hobby, and has many useful features. 

	 

	Among these features are the Library where I register every paint color I own and from which paint brand. This gives me a good overview and I can always refer to it when I'm planning a project. 

	 

	Sets is where I write down my color schemes for different projects, so I'll remember them if I ever have to reproduce them again in the future. 

	 

	

	 

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	The color tools also has another useful feature where you can upload any image and select any part of that image, and it provides you with the closest color match. Either from your own paints or all existing paint ranges (you can choose which paint brands you want it to show you).

	 

	

	 

	The last useful thing I want to mention about the paintRack app is something I only discovered recently, as I'm integrating more use of AI in my work and hobby. From the app you can export your library list of paints as a file. In my case I have all my paints registered in the app, so this provides me with an extensive list of all colors I have access to. This list I upload to an AI, and this lets me have a very useful conversation with it about color schemes and paint ideas.

	 

	
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	Evo malog savjeta za hobiste koji mi je u posljednje vrijeme bio koristan.

	To je aplikacija za telefon pod nazivom paintRack. 

	

	To je aplikacija napravljena posebno za naš hobi i ima mnogo korisnih značajki. 

	 

	Među tim značajkama je i Biblioteka u kojoj registriram svaku boju koju posjedujem i od koje marke boje. To mi daje dobar pregled i uvijek se mogu pozvati na to kada planiram projekt. 

	 

	Setovi su mjesto gdje zapisujem svoje sheme boja za različite projekte, tako da ću ih zapamtiti ako ih ikada budem morao ponovno reproducirati u budućnosti. 

	 

	

	 

	Alati za boje su moja najčešće korištena značajka. Ako postoji boja koju ne posjedujem i želim znati najbližu moguću boju unutar svojih boja, pronađem je i otvorim je u alatima za boje. Netko mi je preporučio Vallejo's Light Brown, ali budući da moja lokalna trgovina hobijima ne prodaje Vallejo, provjerim koja je druga boja, na primjer iz Citadel ili AK, bliska podudarnost. Značajka vam čak daje broj koji pokazuje koliko je blizu podudaranja. 0,00 je savršeno podudaranje. Najbliže ovdje je 4,10, što je pristojno.

	 

	

	 

	Alati za boje također imaju još jednu korisnu značajku gdje možete prenijeti bilo koju sliku i odabrati bilo koji dio te slike, a ona vam pruža najbliže podudaranje boja. Bilo iz vaših vlastitih boja ili svih postojećih raspona boja (možete odabrati koje marke boja želite da vam prikaže).

	 

	

	 

	Posljednja korisna stvar koju želim spomenuti o aplikaciji paintRack nešto je što sam tek nedavno otkrio, jer sve više integriram korištenje umjetne inteligencije u svoj posao i hobi. Iz aplikacije možete izvesti popis boja iz svoje biblioteke kao datoteku. U mom slučaju, sve moje boje su registrirane u aplikaciji, tako da mi to pruža opsežan popis svih boja kojima imam pristup. Ovaj popis prenosim na umjetnu inteligenciju, a to mi omogućuje vrlo koristan razgovor s njom o shemama boja i idejama za boje.

	 

	
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Sebastian Søgård, 7th August 2025

WE VISITED: Bayerisches Armeemuseum in Ingolstadt

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Krunoslav Belinić, 7th August 2025

March to Hren28 – Armies by UMS Agram members

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Over the past few months, our team has been preparing for the Turnip28 invitational event called H.R.E.N.28 in Slovenia in July. Since the event was a success, we owe you photos of the armies that Mario, Domagoj, Seb and Antoni assembled and painted while we followed them on their journey!

MARIO: „Hugo the tiny, first captain of the Crow knights was maybe born small, but that didn't stop him from having great dreams. After the taming of the swamp bird, he now reigns over his underlings in despite of the jokes the warband tells of the "Tiny stout". He follows Boletus on his quest, but always biding his time for an inevitable coup. The model is based on a "fat knight" 3D print, which is scaled to around 30-ish%. The bird is a plastic stork toy with an added head from a toy pteranodon a friend found on a floor of a Con in Zagreb. The toilet is just a natural progression of the idea.

Followers of the cult of the roaming Proboscis and Boletus' vision. They, along with the lesser fodder, believe in staying alive only by the power of the beast of the swamps. So they listen to Boletus when he said to stay within it's shade at all costs, lest they fall behind and starve. I wanted to make a warband of wandering knights, with all their stuff on them, and the narrative of them trailing an "always moving" beast was perfect. The banners in my warband often represent not only the colors of the cult, but also their ever-moving lifestyle. Brutes made from Perry's foot knights and official torsos from Max.

Set upon his rotting steed, Boletus leads the warband, even though no one remembers how it started. It seems he and the monster were always there, the crows and scavengers alike just trailing the monster's wake. He almost never speaks, and even when he does, it's mostly a whisper. Sometimes it even seems as if the monster listens to him. The mount is a childrens toy baby giraffe, with legs reposed a bit and a mushroom for a head (I got heavily inspired by the official art from the mercenary book). And the rider is a mix of Perry minis limbs and an official torso print. I did a bad job with GS blending and tried to hide it with it looking like the skin falls off, I think it looks good (all considered).

The great Proboscis! The beast's call can be heard through the marshes, at night or day. It seldom rests, and it is seldom peaceful. The Proboscis is called many things, but none know from where it came. Boletus says that it is thawed from ancient ice and corrupted after the apocalypse, but some among the company doubt these words. Yet all in the warband know that it is the beast that keeps them fed, if they stay from it's mouth and preferably out of it's sight. The leftovers of it's meals feed them, and they follow it wherever it roams. This creature is a 3D print of a Platybelodon, to which I added fur, 4 additional trunks, dead trees and mud. I liked the idea of a sassy snob which would get comfortable on it's back, and am glad it turned out well in the end. Really satisfied with this model, and it performed admirably in my battles(when it didn't die due to my horrible dice rolls).

Knights of the Beet. Boletus hired these bastards recently, to help with some "muscle", after the beast decided the last horsemen the had were a tasty snack. He didn't know of their own agenda though. As the followers of the Beet cult, they are already converting some of the party to their vegetal religion. For they know that with time (and luck), all in the "ever marching" warband will march to the Beet. The idea for these horsemen was the first to come up when I decided to represent them all camping and living on the go. This is, in a way, a medieval parody of the way cyclists live when bikepacking - carrying all of their stuff on horses, drying the clothes on the sun etc. The models are Perry mounted men-at-arms with added official turnip torsos.“

SEBASTIAN: „These are the Fiber-nacci’s Fallow Forshippers - the 0.618th. My (finally) painted Turnip28 army. Done in the typical muddy shades of brown for Cist. Tried to give some color with their shells while still keeping the earthy, realistic tones. Knights of Shellwood cult, the sluggish Snail Knight, the shooty Snail Gunner, the wormy Toff and the rest of this empty-shelled army slumped their way into Hren28!“

ANTONI: „Starting off with my hollow, stuffed, blackpowder Fodder and my ruthless Toff, suzerain Wort (who got himself trampled by bastards after his unit abandoned him, and later drowned). I went with The Feast of Charybdis, worshipping the holy raddish (Wort only got the job because he looks like one). Huge thanks to everyone involed in HREN28 for making it such a magical experience!

The very marrow of my cult: The Scuttlers! They are extremely shy, hiding in their citadel atop a walking island. While the crab itself is a toy, the tower and the barnacles are sculpted/kitbashed (and then coated with texture paste and mud). The Citadel's handler is the genius Lord Bum, a slightly-larger-than-average goose and a master strategist. His constant triangulations enable the crab to rise from the silt exactly where it is needed ...30% of the time.

My most dangerous and elite turnip unit: The Cannonards Stump Gun. The danger they pose is mostly directed towards themselves, as they've blown up each time I have deployed them. No matter, the thrill of rolling 3d6 attacks more than makes up for the head-losing chaos.“

Domagoj: „I had a blast painting my mushroom rootlings, led by snobs finally pulled out the big pile of unpainted models - and I could not have imagined a better place to bring my friends gifts to have some fun! I called it the Alemakers legacy - based on mushrooms that are fermenting sweet mashes into alcohol. The core of the band is two units of blackbowder mushroom rootlings led by Lord Fermi, kindly gifted by @gardensofhecate (and thank u for resparking my interest in the hobby), looking for new ways to spread their spores.

The second noble to join the fray was Baron Colguts, lover of rootbeer, leading a feisty troupe of rootlings into battle - his oversized sword replacing his pistol since they have about the same range. Got this mini as a total surprise from @colecifer_xxviii who surprised me how spontaneous and kind hobbyists can be.

The third and final snob is the birdfrog arrived from @uollas_uolsh who is cooler than cool - hope he likes his model representing the key ingrident in beer making! Sir Hops with the big heavy frog cannon - for how can u make beer without adding hops?“

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Proteklih mjeseci naša ekipa se spremala za nastup na Turnip28 turniru pod nazivom H.R.E.N.28 u Sloveniji u srpnju. S obzirom da je event uspješno održan, ostali smo vam dužni fotografije vojski koje su Mario, Domagoj, Seb i Antoni slagali, a mi smo ih pratili na njihovom putu!

MARIO: „Hugo, sićušni, prvi kapetan Vitezova Vrana, možda se rodio malen, ali to ga nije spriječilo da ima velike snove. Nakon što je pripitomio močvarnu pticu, sada vlada svojim podređenima unatoč šalama koje ratna družina priča o "Sitnom stoutu". Prati Boletusa na njegovoj potrazi, ali uvijek čeka svoj trenutak za neizbježan udarac. Model se temelji na 3D printu "debelog viteza", koji je skaliran na oko 30%. Ptica je plastična igračka rode s dodanom glavom igračke pteranodona koju je prijatelj pronašao na podu Cona u Zagrebu. WC je samo prirodan nastavak ideje.

Sljedbenici kulta lutajućeg Proboscisa i Boletusove vizije. Oni, zajedno s manjim životinjama, vjeruju u preživljavanje samo snagom zvijeri iz močvara. Stoga slušaju Boletusa kada im je rekao da pod svaku cijenu ostanu u njegovoj sjeni, da ne zaostanu i ne umru od gladi. Htio sam napraviti ratnu družinu lutajućih vitezova, sa svim njihovim stvarima na sebi, a priča o njima kako prate "stalno pokretnu" zvijer bila je savršena. Zastave u mojoj ratnoj družini često predstavljaju ne samo boje kulta, već i njihov stalno pokretni način života. Zvijeri napravljene od Perryjevih pješačkih vitezova i službenih torza od Maxa.

Jašući na svom trulom konju, Boletus predvodi ratnu družinu, iako se nitko ne sjeća kako je sve počelo. Čini se da su on i čudovište oduvijek bili tamo, vrane i strvinari podjednako su samo pratili trag čudovišta. Gotovo nikad ne govori, a čak i kad govori, uglavnom je to šapat. Ponekad se čak čini kao da ga čudovište sluša. Konj je dječja igračka žirafa, s malo uvučenim nogama i gljivom umjesto glave (jako sam se inspirirao službenim crtežima iz knjige o plaćenicima). A jahač je mješavina Perryjevih minijaturnih udova i službenog otiska torza. Loše sam napravio posao s GS blendingom i pokušao sam to sakriti tako da izgleda kao da koža otpada, mislim da izgleda dobro (sve u svemu).

Veliki Proboscis! Zov zvijeri može se čuti kroz močvare, noću ili danju. Rijetko se odmara i rijetko je miran. Proboscis se naziva mnogim imenima, ali nitko ne zna odakle dolazi. Vrganj kaže da se odmrznuo od drevnog leda i iskvario nakon apokalipse, ali neki među društvom sumnjaju u te riječi. Pa ipak, svi u ratnoj družini znaju da ih zvijer hrani, ako ostanu podalje od njezinih usta i po mogućnosti izvan njezina vidokruga. Ostaci njezinih obroka ih hrane i slijede je gdje god luta. Ovo stvorenje je 3D print Platybelodona, kojem sam dodao krzno, 4 dodatna debla, mrtva stabla i blato. Svidjela mi se ideja drskog snoba koji bi se udobno smjestio na njegova leđa i drago mi je da je na kraju dobro ispalo. Jako sam zadovoljan ovim modelom i izvrsno se pokazao u mojim bitkama (kada nije uginuo zbog mog užasnog bacanja kockica).

Vitezovi Repe. Boletus je nedavno unajmio ove gadove da pomognu s malo "mišića", nakon što je zvijer odlučila da su posljednji konjanici koje su imali ukusan zalogaj. Međutim, nije znao za njihove vlastite namjere. Kao sljedbenici kulta Repe, već preobraćuju dio skupine u svoju vegetarijansku religiju. Jer znaju da će s vremenom (i srećom) svi u "vječno marširajućem" ratnom odredu marširati do Repe. Ideja za ove konjanike prva se pojavila kada sam odlučio prikazati ih sve kako kampiraju i žive u pokretu. Ovo je, na neki način, srednjovjekovna parodija načina na koji biciklisti žive kada se bicikliraju - nose sve svoje stvari na konjima, suše odjeću na suncu itd. Modeli su Perryjevi jahači s dodanim službenim torzovima od repe.“

SEBASTIAN: „Ovo su Fiber-naccijevi Fallow Forshippers - 0.618. Moja (konačno) obojana vojska za Turnip28. Napravljena u tipičnim blatnjavim nijansama smeđe za Cist. Pokušao sam dati malo boje njihovim oklopima, a da pritom zadržim zemljane, realistične tonove. Vitezovi kulta Školjkaste šume, tromi Puž Vitez, Puž Topnik koji puca, crvljivi Toff i ostatak ove vojske s praznim oklopima utonuli su u Hren28.“

ANTONI: „Počevši s mojim šupljim, prepariranim, crnim barutom Fodderom i mojim nemilosrdnim Toffom, suzerainom Wortom (kojeg su gadovi pregazili nakon što ga je njegova jedinica napustila, a kasnije se i utopio). Odlučio sam se za Gozbu Haribde, štovanje svete rotkvice (Wort je dobio posao samo zato što i sam tako izgleda). Veliko hvala svima koji su sudjelovali u HREN28 što su ovo iskustvo učinili tako čarobnim!

Sama srž mog kulta: Potapači! Iznimno su sramežljivi i skrivaju se u svojoj citadeli na vrhu otoka za hodanje. Dok je sam rak igračka, toranj i školjke su oblikovani/obrađeni (a zatim premazani teksturnom pastom i blatom). Citadelom upravlja genijalni Lord Bum, guska nešto veća od prosjeka i majstor strateg. Njegove stalne triangulacije omogućuju raku da se izdigne iz mulja točno tamo gdje je potrebno... 30% vremena.

Moja najopasnija i najelitna jedinica za repu: Topnički panj. Opasnost koju predstavljaju uglavnom je usmjerena prema njima samima, jer su eksplodirali svaki put kad bih ih rasporedio. Nema veze, uzbuđenje bacanja 3d6 napada više nego nadoknađuje kaos od kojeg gubite glavu.“

Domagoj: „Super sam se zabavio bojajući svoje korijene gljiva, predvođen snobovima, konačno sam izvukao veliku hrpu neobojenih modela - i nisam mogao zamisliti bolje mjesto za donijeti poklone prijateljima da se malo zabave! Nazvao sam to Alemakersovo nasljeđe - temeljeno na gljivama koje fermentiraju slatke kaše u alkohol. Jezgru benda čine dvije jedinice korijena crnih gljiva predvođenih Lordom Fermijem, ljubazno darovanih od @gardensofhecate (i hvala vam što ste ponovno probudili moj interes za hobi), tražeći nove načine širenja svojih spora.

Drugi plemić koji se pridružio borbi bio je baron Colguts, ljubitelj rootbeera, koji je u bitku predvodio žestoku skupinu rootlinga - njegov predimenzionirani mač zamijenio je pištolj budući da imaju otprilike isti domet. Ovaj minijaturni mač dobio sam kao potpuno iznenađenje od @colecifer_xxviii koji me iznenadio koliko spontani i ljubazni hobisti mogu biti.

Treći i posljednji snob je ptica-žaba stigla od @uollas_uolsh koja je super kul - nadam se da mu se sviđa njegov model koji predstavlja ključni sastojak u proizvodnji piva! Sir Hops s velikim teškim žabljim topom - jer kako možete napraviti pivo bez dodavanja hmelja?“

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Marko Paunović, 6th August 2025

WE TOOK PART IN: H.r.e.n.28 in Slovenia

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Our guys have returned from a successful trip to Medvode in Slovenija where they attended H.r.e.n.28 international invitational event organised by our friends at AmuletD20.

This is a short report consisting of their photos and some thoughts about the event.

MARIO: “ I was delighted with the imagination, effort and goodwill of the organizers. I met new and familiar good people, I think that is the best part of such events. Conversations with artistic passion are always inspiring and I will remember them for a long time. The game itself is very fun (I came with very little experience) and with the help of other players I think I picked up a lot. The terrains and scenarios are the stars of the event with their diversity, and the icing on the cake was the Sunday game Dredge28 designed by Vane, which turned out to be very chaotic and fun (I guess I am a "cannon guy", when it comes to ships). “

ANTONI: “ As we waited outside the club entrance, I don't think any of us had any idea what was in store for us: atmospheric music and lighting, floor-to-ceiling fog, and six gorgeous, made-from-scratch tables. The table allocation system itself went much smoother than I expected - each of us was given a map with our own route through the tables (the first of three games is on the Wall of Teeth table, etc.) so there was never any confusion about who we were playing the next game with and where, since competitiveness and winning were not the focus. When I found out that the table scenarios changed from game to game, I was even more thrilled; there were more scenarios than players! No pair of opponents had the same experience, even if they were playing at the same table. Long breaks between games and a constant flow of coffee allowed us to share unique impressions and there was no stress if someone's game dragged on. As for the company, food and drinks, I take my hat off to the entire AmuletD20 team who entertained us, fed us and made the event possible! 10/10 “

SEBASTIAN: "I’ll never forget the moment we all entered the Amulet d20 space on Saturday morning, ready to begin the event. It was an amazing experience when they opened their doors, and the players got to see what the organisers had prepared for us. Atmospheric ligthing illuminating the whole space, omnious soundscapes coming from the speakers and beautiful boards spread throughout - inspiring, well thought-out boards, with lots of variety, specific lore and flavor, and of course all very playable. I played The Big Fucking Cannon board where Luka shot me to pieces at the end of round 3, The Great Wall of Teeth where the Giant Tongue tabled me (with Dorian’s help of course, particularly his Stump Gun) and Greater Ptui where by killing Vitek’s rootling too close to the glorious hole, his virgin sacrifice was accepted and I lost the game in less than 10 minutes. Overall had a blast, and the Dredge Race on Sunday was exactly as we had hoped once Vane finally let us in on the secret game he had created for the event - chaotic, fun, weird, difficult and flavorful. Huge credit to the organisers for pulling together such a great event, and I truly hope I’ll get to attend something as great as this in the future."

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Naši dečki su se vratili s uspješnog putovanja u Medvode u Sloveniji gdje su prisustvovali međunarodnom pozivnom događaju H.r.e.n.28 koji su organizirali naši prijatelji iz AmuletD20.

Ovo je kratki izvještaj koji se sastoji od fotografija i nekih njihovih misli o događaju.

MARIO: “ Bio sam oduševljen sa maštovitosti, trudom i dobrom voljom organizatora. Upoznao sam nove, i sreo poznate dobre ljude, smatram da je to najbolji dio ovakvih događanja. Razgovori sa umjetnickim žarom su uvijek inspirativni i pamtit ću ih dugo. Sama igra je vrlo zabavna (došao sam s jako malo iskustva) i uz pomoć ostalih igrača mislim da sam pohvatao puno toga. Tereni i scenariji su zvijezde događaja sa svojom raznolikoati, a ŝlag na kraju je bila nedjeljna igra Dredge28 koju je osmislio Vane, koja je ispala jako kaotična i zabavna (izgleda da sam "cannon guy", što se tiče brodova ) “

ANTONI: “ Dok smo čekali pred ulazom u klub vjerujem da nitko od nas nije imao ni približnu predodžbu onoga što nas je čekalo: atmosferična glazba i osvjetljenje, magla od poda do stropa i šest krasnih, od nule izrađenih stolova. Sam sustav raspodjele po stolovima tekao je mnogo glađe nego što sam očekivao - svatko od nas dobio je mapu s vlastitim putem po stolovima (prva od tri igre je na Wall of Teeth stolu itd.) tako da nikad nije bilo nedoumice oko toga s kim igramo sljedeću igru i gdje, s obzirom da kompetitivnost i pobjeda nisu bili fokus. Kad sam saznao da se scenariji po stolovima mijenjaju od igre do igre bio sam još više oduševljen; bilo je više scenarija nego igrača! Nijedan par protivnika nije imao isto iskustvo makar igrali na istom stolu. Duže pauze između igara i konstantan priljev kave omogućili su nam da podijelimo jedinstvene dojmove i da nema stresa ukoliko se nečija igra odužila. Što se tiče društva, hrane i pića, skidam kapu cijeloj AmuletD20 ekipi koja nas je zabavljala, hranila i omogućila sam event! 10/10 “

SEBASTIAN: "Nikada neću zaboraviti trenutak kada smo svi u subotu ujutro ušli u prostor AmuletD20, spremni za početak događaja. Bilo je to nevjerojatno iskustvo kada su otvorili svoja vrata, a igrači su mogli vidjeti što su nam organizatori pripremili. Atmosferična rasvjeta obasjavala je cijeli prostor, svemogući zvučni pejzaži dolazili su iz zvučnika i prekrasne ploče koje su se bile posvuda - inspirativne, dobro osmišljene ploče, s puno raznolikosti, specifičnom pričom i okusom, i naravno sve vrlo igrivo. Igrao sam na ploči The Big Fucking Cannon gdje me Luka na kraju 3. runde upucao na komadiće, The Great Wall of Teeth gdje me je Divovski jezik izbacio na stol (uz Dorianovu pomoć, naravno, posebno njegov Stump Gun) i Greater Ptui gdje je, ubivši Vitekovog rootlinga preblizu slavnoj rupi, njegova žrtva djevice bila prihvaćena i izgubio sam igru za manje od 10 minuta. Sveukupno, bilo je odlično, a Dredge Race u nedjelju bio je točno onakav kakav smo se nadali kada nas je Vane konačno pustio u tajnu igru koju je stvorio za događaj - kaotičan, zabavan, čudn, težak. Velike pohvale organizatorima što su organizirali tako sjajan događaj i iskreno se nadam da ću u budućnosti imati priliku prisustvovati nečemu ovako sjajnom."

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