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		<title>I&#8217;m Jinxing it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That's right; I'm doing it.  Even after the last two disappointing Protectorate previews I'm going to talk about my hopes for the upcoming Exemplar Errant Officer and Standard Bearer.  Errant themselves are solid, and if the Temple Flameguard are any precedent their UA will boost them into the realm of teh win.
In Mk I, Errant were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2010/02/18/im-jinxing-it/</link>
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		<title>Workhorse Brush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I upgraded my brushes to Winsor &#38; Newton Series 7's a few years ago, I started paying more attention to brush care.  With the brushes' higher cost, I wanted to get as much life out of them as possible.  For me that meant keeping an older brush around to do my painting dirty work.
Before I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2010/02/08/workhorse-brush/</link>
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		<title>¿Qué pasa con todo el azul?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My painting has been progressing slowly but steadily.  Nowadays it seems like I can only spend so much time with the brush before I need a break.  But I recently made progress on a handful of miniatures so I figured it was time to add to my (lacking as of late) collection of WIP shots.
First [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2010/02/01/%c2%bfque-pasa-con-todo-el-azul/</link>
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		<title>St. Louis Privateer Weekend III: June 4th &#8211; 6th, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ye be warned... For the past 2 years the best players from around the nation have descended on St. Louis to participate in one of the most intense and grueling Warmachine and Hordes competitions known to man and beast, including the first official MkII Hardcore tournament. The St. Louis Riverdogs are pleased to announce our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2010/01/25/st-louis-privateer-weekend-iii-june-4th-6th-2010/</link>
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		<title>Borderlands: No Heaven</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, if the title of this article doesn't make sense and you haven't seen the original gameplay trailer for Borderlands, go check it out.  The music is the song No Heaven by DJ Champion.  It's not the kind of music I usually listen to but the trailer had it stuck in my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2010/01/22/borderlands-no-heaven/</link>
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		<title>Packing Away the Cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the release of Prime MkII, I finally went through my MkI faction decks and gold card collections.  They've all been packed away into a three ring binder.  I'm not sure what use I'm ever actually going to get out of the collection again but my packratitis makes it so I can't just toss 'em.

The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2010/01/19/packing-away-the-cards/</link>
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		<title>The Fallacy of Risk vs. Resource Resource Management</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of the time when an experienced player is trying to explain Warmachine and Hordes to a potential new player, they'll use a common phrase to compare and contrast the focus and fury mechanics that drive the two games:
"Hordes is Risk Management, where Warmachine is Resource Management."
I cringe every time I hear that.
The analogy comes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/12/28/the-fallacy-of-risk-vs-resource-resource-management/</link>
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		<title>Hero Quest: Return of Zargon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since my Sunday gaming group is waiting for after Christmas to kick off our upcoming campaign, Hardarian Blackleaf, Ale, Mr. Wizard Nickelbane III, and Elfin John continued their Quest (tm) to become Heroes (tm).   The story was thin but the cardstock terrain was think as... well... cardstock.   And so the smiting commenced!
We ran through a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/12/23/hero-quest-return-of-zargon/</link>
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		<title>Revolving Door Villains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a running joke that in high-magic fantasy games, death is naught but a revolving door and the party cleric is the doorman.  I haven't played much 4e myself, but I've heard many of the epic-level abilities start out "Once per day, when you die..."  If there's a bigger way to hang the "death doesn't [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/12/04/revolving-door-villains/</link>
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		<title>Earthdawn 3e: Character Generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ At the last session with my group, we came up with character concepts and had decided to do the actual generation this week. I wanted to get it taken care on my end prior, so that I could both familiarize myself with the changes to 3e character generation enough to answer questions and be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/11/30/earthdawn-3e-character-generation/</link>
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		<title>The Missing Piece</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've talked before here and on the Iron Agenda about being more than ready for the arrival of MkII, but I'm still hesitant.  I've finally realized why I haven't been willing to forsake MkI completely - the lack of official stat cards.   That in turn made me realize just how convenient stat cards are for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/11/25/the-missing-piece/</link>
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		<title>Field Test Eve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow the Hordes communities will be whipped up into a frenzy with the release of the Hordes Field Test Rules.  While there will undoubtedly be players dissecting the rules and identifying the merits and flaws of various models logically, the amount of outcry promises to be very entertaining.  I can't wait for the circus to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/11/23/field-test-eve/</link>
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		<title>Photography Woes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been less than satisfied with most of the pictures from my last few rounds of miniature photography.  I'm not sure what the problem is, but my color balance has been all kinds of out of whack.  Even the manual color balance option on my camera hasn't been able to produce the results I'm after.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/11/20/photography-woes/</link>
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		<title>Diminutive Denizens Update: Nov 11, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<ul>
<li>Uploaded new miniatures:<ul>
<li>Added the Officer &#038; Musician to the <a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_loe_striders/">Striders, Legion of Everblight Unit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_loe_typhon/">Typhon, Legion of Everblight Character Heavy Warbeast</a></li>
<li>Two <a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_loe_warchief/">Warmonger War Chiefs, Legion of Everblight Solos</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_wm_pom_fireofsalvation/">Fire of Salvation, Protectorate of Menoth Character Heavy Warjack</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_wm_pom_blessingofvengeance/">Blessing of Vengeance, Protectorate of Menoth Character Light Warjack</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Update to the generated RSS feed to better integrate with feed readers.</li></ul>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/#20091118</link>
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		<title>Earthdawn 3rd Edition: Initial Paces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I finally got a chance to try out the Earthdawn Third Edition rules last Saturday when a friend ran Misguided Ambitions, the demo adventure available on the Earthdawn home page.  Though there were some obvious tweaks and mods to the Step System to help streamline play, the game still feels very much like Earthdawn.  Considering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/11/17/earthdawn-3rd-edition-initial-paces/</link>
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		<title>Nostalgia Night: Hero Quest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While my role-playing group is between campaigns, we're filling our weekly sessions with boardgames and one-shots.  Last week was a blast from the past: Hero Quest by Milton Bradley.  I couldn't find the doors and a few figures were MIA (the elf in particular) and had to be proxied, but the old school charm remained.
Matt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/10/28/nostalgia-night-hero-quest/</link>
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		<title>Anticipation: Borderlands</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Due in no small part to the obsession of Ravious, our resident representative of Spugnation, I've started getting excited for the upcoming release of Borderlands on the PC next week.  The group of friends with whom I play online games  typically enjoy both RPG and FPS style games, so this seems like it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/10/22/anticipation-borderlands/</link>
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		<title>A First and a Last in St. Louis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Warmachine MkII has brought positive changes to the Warmachine community, it unfortunately coincides with the closing of Game On!, a game store that has always been a strong supporter of the Warmachine community.  On Wednesday the 14th, we had a last blast 35-point Mangled Metal MkII event - our first MkII event in St. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/10/20/a-first-and-a-last-in-st-louis/</link>
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		<title>Warmachine Weekend 2009, Day 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carl, better known as Clutch, does a fantastic job organizing Warmachine Weekend every year in Springfield, Missouri.  He always packs a ton of events into the weekend and Privateer Press and  Meta-Games Unlimited provides some fantastic prize support.  In addition EXPLOSIVO!!! has outdone himself with this year's  awesome trophies. You should see the finished versions!
I'm [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/10/16/warmachine-weekend-2009-day-1/</link>
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		<title>Diminutive Denizens Update: Oct 10, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
<ul>
<li>Uploaded new miniatures:<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_loe_ethagrosh/">Thagrosh, the Messiah</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_loe_elylyth/">Lylyth, Shadow of Everblight</a></li>
<li>A pack of <a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_loe_incubi/">Incubi, Legion of Everblight Solos</a></li>
<li>Two <a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_loe_deathstalker/">Strider Deathstalkers, Legion of Everblight Solos</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/gallery/pp_hordes_minion_gudrun/">Gudrun, the Wanderer</a></li></ul></li></ul>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/dd/#20091014</link>
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		<title>Photography Slackage</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking over my painted miniature gallery, it looks like the last time it was updated was August 8th.
Of 2008.
It would be fair to call that significant slackage.  It's not that I haven't painted anything since then, I just haven't taken the time to photograph my miniatures and post. Yet.  Time to shame myself into action.

I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/10/13/photography-slackage/</link>
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		<title>Exemplar of Hate</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I sat down with my Bastions the other day to prep them for painting, I decided to knock out Rhoven’s Honor Guard at the same time.   It’s been a couple years since I painted any exemplar models and I remembered I hated painting their armor, but I forgot just how time consuming it was. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/09/29/exemplar-of-hate/</link>
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		<title>BACKSTAB!  +4, x5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes getting a group of characters emotionally invested in their adversaries can be tricky.  There are tried and true methods like having the adversary take something (or someone) of value from the characters but if done poorly it can come off as an uncreative cookie-cutter set up.  Not only can it fail to get the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/09/25/backstab-4-x5/</link>
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		<title>Warmachine MkII Rules and Cards Released Early</title>
		<description><![CDATA[To our players:
We have decided to do something radical. We’ve been paying a lot of attention to our forums and talking with our players at the conventions this summer and it’s clear that the anticipation for MkII is driving everyone a little batty. Many are excited, some of you are a little afraid, but the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/09/21/warmachine-mkii-rules-and-cards-released-early/</link>
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		<title>Miniature Sealant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once a miniature hits the table, it's inevitably going to be subjected to the rigors of gaming.  Even the most careful of gamers will have accidents.  It's painful to see hours of hard work spent painting a figure vanish in one quick tabletop accident, but that's why most gamers seal their miniatures after painting them.
So [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.dankelzahn.com/blog/2009/09/21/miniature-sealant/</link>
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