Monsterpocalypse On a Budget Archive
-
Are 5 Defense Monsters Unplayable?
Posted on October 19, 2009 | 33 Comments“5 defense monsters are simply unplayable. They are purely ridiculous. Monsters without jump, or flight, or burrow, not worth my time. Waste of plastic. Nothing but a bookshelf piece.” – Zach You have probably read my blogs and heard me in our podcasts. You have probably... -
Monsterpocalypse on a Budget: Gakura v Mantacon
Posted on October 14, 2009 | 20 CommentsThere has been a lot of hype surrounding Mantacon. From the moment we spoiled him at GenCon, all of us started chattering about how good he was going to be. I know on the way home from GenCon we just kept talking about how good... -
Monsterpocalypse Now: Battle Report 1
Posted on October 9, 2009 | 13 CommentsSo this is the moment. I am no longer fantasizing about beating an opponents face in with Gakura. He is sitting right here in my hands. Wow does this figure look amazing. I look into the fiery red eyes of Ultra Gakura. I sit and... -
Monsterpocalypse Now! Preview: Stealth Ape
Posted on September 29, 2009 | 9 CommentsI have been long awaiting this. For the masses of you who listen to the podcast and read my blog, you know that I have been drooling over Gakura for the past month or so. Today I am only more excited to get my hands... -
Gakura or Sky Sentinel?
Posted on September 14, 2009 | 17 CommentsSo, it was relatively easy to construct what I felt was a competitive army for $30 a month in a matter of 4-5 months. So where does Monsterpocalypse on a budget go from here? Well I’m not done seeing if players can play this game... -
There and Back Again: A Monster’s Train
Posted on September 7, 2009 | 5 CommentsSo the entire ‘mission’ of this blog from the get go was to play on $30 a month. I found that with 4-5 months, as long as you stay committed to a single monster or faction, it was fairly easy to construct an army that... -
Monsterpocalypse Custom Paint
Posted on August 25, 2009 | 9 CommentsI finally did it. I crossed a line. I painted my very first miniature. I had been wanting to do a custom paint job on my GUARD force for a long time and I finally painted my first piece. I wanted to do a test... -
The Road to GenCon Begins
Posted on August 13, 2009 | 1 CommentWe had initially intended on heading out for GenCon at about 8 p.m. central time and arriving at around 5 a.m. This would give us enough time for a nap and then we could go on to the main event. Well, we ended up leaving... -
Monsterpocalypse Tear Up the Town: Round 1
Posted on August 5, 2009 | 4 CommentsWhen I started this blog a few months back, I wanted to see if I could possibly play Monsterpocalypse on a $30 a month budget. Well… Today I report to you from the first round of my very first Monsterpocalypse tournament, tear up the town.... -
Monsterpocalypse on a Budget: From on High
Posted on August 4, 2009 | 12 CommentsI’ve been posting versions of my army, which I have entitled ‘From on High’, over on the community site. Today I posted the 3rd version of the deck, From on High 1.2. I really feel as though this version of the army is getting extremely...
