Monsterpocalypse On a Budget Archive

  • Are 5 Defense Monsters Unplayable?

    Are 5 Defense Monsters Unplayable?

    “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...

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  • Monsterpocalypse on a Budget: Gakura v Mantacon

    Monsterpocalypse on a Budget: Gakura v Mantacon

    There 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...

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  • Monsterpocalypse Now: Battle Report 1

    Monsterpocalypse Now: Battle Report 1

    So 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...

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  • Monsterpocalypse Now! Preview: Stealth Ape

    Monsterpocalypse Now! Preview: Stealth Ape

    I 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...

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  • Gakura or Sky Sentinel?

    Gakura or Sky Sentinel?

    So, 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...

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  • There and Back Again: A Monster’s Train

    There and Back Again: A Monster’s Train

    So 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...

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  • Monsterpocalypse Custom Paint

    Monsterpocalypse Custom Paint

    I 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...

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  • The Road to GenCon Begins

    The Road to GenCon Begins

    We 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...

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  • Monsterpocalypse Tear Up the Town: Round 1

    Monsterpocalypse Tear Up the Town: Round 1

    When 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....

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  • Monsterpocalypse on a Budget: From on High

    Monsterpocalypse on a Budget: From on High

    I’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...

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