Ghost Warrior

Hi all,

Just thought I’d start by introducing myself. I’m GhostWarrior and currently studying towards a history degree (combined with a nine month old daughter leads to an interesting work/life/game balance!)

Tabletop Wargames:

I’ve been a table top wargamer since I was 11 (I’m 28 now) and got in to the hobby through Warhammer/ Warhammer 40K. However, since I’m not the CO of a major international computer company I can’t afford GW products which (among other things) has led to a very satisfying shift towards more historical wargaming. Having recently finished an ACW and ECW 2mm campaign I’m now looking at running my own Arab-Israeli air war campaign. I still have some left overs from my 40K days including a Strom Wolves (my own chapter) command squad. I also have some 28mm ACW confederate sharpshooters and 28mm fallschirmjäger. Having a child has a major impact on your expendable income, but if you're smart then theres still a world of gaming oppertunities out there.

 Haakon, leader of the Storm Wolves 1st Company. Wonderfully painted by Tinglyed

Online gaming:

I’ve been online gaming for about the same amount of time. Traditionally my role in SB5 (as far as FPS’s go) has been the roll of Sniper. Something about sitting at the back of the map and picking off unsuspecting Machine Gunners is quite satisfying. However, I’ve recently undergone in a shift in tactical thinking and become a huge advocate of offensive spirit. This has changed the way I play a lot of online games (including Verdun, CoH2, Total War 2 to name a few), being much more aggressive and favouring the Grenadier role particularly in Verdun. In strategy games, I tend to play the assault role having a fast moving, hard hitting force focused on a point to break through the enemy lines and into the enemy rear. 

Me and Tinglyed Sturming down a trench in RO2. It was interest in the First World War (in particular in German Stormtrooper units) that really kickstarted a shift in my tactical thinking.

I’m aiming to do a weekly update with general musing about something military/ gaming orientated every Friday.

Look forward to hearing from you all in the future!

GhostWarrior

Welcome to SB5 Gaming!

Hello and Welcome!



Welcome to the online home of the SB5 gaming group, a group of friends that have a mutual love for games and gaming, both online and wargames.



Ill let the others introduce themselves, so for now a little about me...



I am Coldsteel, an aspiring Computer Game Designer and am currently working on a wargame of my own (watch this space). I have a live and let live approach to playing wargames and share the belief that if a game is not fun then its not something that I'd want to continue putting my time into. I'm always up for a challenge and tend to get stuck in when playing solo. I have a wide collection of models and armies and enjoy trying out different tactics.



Playing online is a little different - with Strategy games like Company of Heroes I take up a support role, taking up defensive positions while the others get their attack forces up, then I use a small, hard hitting force to back up the man attack and use surgical strikes to help the other guys out.

In FPS's I usually play as a either a gunner, suppressing the enemy before the others get stuck in, or I pick up a gun that spits out a torrent of bullets and a few grenades and get in hard and fast!



I also run another blog chronicling my Warhammer 40000 space marine chapter which you can check out here



I've also invested in some video capture software so hopefully you'll be able to see us play soon!



That's all for now, thanks for stopping by and I look forward to see you around!



NFTR



Coldsteel