Afour Games

Afour Games

@afour.games

Making tabletop games and content since 1998. Wargaming, Role-playing, rules, supplements, homebrew art and models. โ€ฃ www.afour.games โ€ฃ https://afour-games.itch.io ๐Ÿ œ Buy things here! โ€ฃ patreon.com/AFOUR โ€ฃ cgtrader.com/designers/rich-pl

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I've not tagged anything recent with a Painted Mini(s) of the Day for some time... And because of that monopose 2e grot, this is today's #PMotD selection. A suitable addition for a tag in #ORKtober I'd think!

Rosie's Brush Shenaniganry@rosilliad.bsky.social

All quiet on the Gretchin Front... UNTIL TODAY! Grots 19, 20 and 21 out for blood on the wastes of Gorkamorka ๐Ÿ’š

I promise, I still am working on The Last Walkers, but it takes a lot of thinking and then a lot more editing. I will be done.

I feel like a real game author! someone paid money for a thing I made, and then lodged a complaint! (unable to open pdf) which I had to do 'customer service' for! Look at me everybody! I'm doing a customer service!๐Ÿฅฐ (Also: thank you to anyone that downloads any of my games, paid or not.)

When I say I'm really struggling in the editing of The Last Walkers- It looks a lot like this [pic]. Each of the 14 'pages' contains multiple dozens of items to review. And without fail, editing one part means 5 other things screw up. I promise, this WILL get finished...

When writing rules for a table top RPG, how pedantic is too pedantic? How finely stipulated should the rules be while trying also to offer as much player agency as possible? The work on The Last Walkers revision is taking me forever!

If there is anyone out there in need of commissioned miniatures painting, I can personally vouch for just how superb Jess's work is. Picture is related: not my model, but her latest work. And it is glorious! #Nerdlings #MiniPainting #Warhammer #40k

SpookyNightsJess@jewelknightjess.com

Just waiting on client feedback before i can call him done.

Working on a little something for this game... Meet: Cobalt Snake. #Blender #Tabletop #3dPrint A super simple and quick model just to test if I could match to the unit builder. (note: the unit builder doe NOT create 3d models for you!)

Afour Games@afour.games

Would anyone care to try a mech game that isn't #Battletech ? afour-games.itch.io/minute-mechs #Wargaming #Tabletop

I have a soft spot for oldhammer 'Space Orks' so this has to be my latest Painted Mini(s) of the Day #PMotD And Freebooters too! none of this zoggin' clan nonsense... Love it! ๐Ÿค I see those other gray models at the back too... ๐Ÿ‘€

Protocosmo@protocosmo.bsky.social

The Dreadmob of Bertbad the mekboy and Ernurty the painboy. Leaving their respective clans to team up to build the ultimate dreadnought, selling their wares to the highest bidder. Today they're showing off their latest creation, the Calico Grot. #orks #Freebooterz #needling #warhammer

Well that was a painful waste of a day, it turns out Kickstarter is NOT the right platform to find funding to get my game defragg.err onto Steam. I still need to raise cash though to get it done. I am dismayed and feeling a bit pooped.

Thanks to what I can only attribute as latent ADHD, I have done ANYTHING ELSE other than completing the editing of The Last Walkers. I've set up an entire Kickstarter, painted models, created assets and doomscrolled over three days. Only 1 section of the to-do list on the editorial is checked. ๐Ÿ˜ต

I spent far too long today looking for weather icons or weather icon fonts, or SVG... I should have just done this 4 hours ago... If anyone wants some really crappy snowflake or sunshine icons - I'm setting these free as public domain art: #FreeArt #MadeByHuman #NoAI

I'm gonna call these out as the Painted Mini's of the Day #PMotD I love hoe bright they are and the cartoon/cell-shade style, such a vibrant pop! And we know they all get +1MA because ... Red.๐Ÿ”ด

AlchemistBB@alchemistbb.bsky.social

Going to the Off Season #bloodbowl tournament tomorrow and taking these lads. I loved the old orc roster and I'm wary of this new one but I should give it a try. Can't just never play them again! #minipainting

For reasons known only to my brain, I have been undertaking some QoL updates to my stupid defrag game: afour.games/diskdefrag/ I have more important things to be doing, but, it is what it is... So if you have a few minutes to waste playing a nonsense game of computer nostalgia, have at it. #Retro

Posting for the Wednesday crowd. Please enjoy my silliness. #Nostalgia #RetroComputing #FreeGame

Afour Games@afour.games

Any other forty-somethings out there want to defrag something? #Millenial #Nostalgia afour.games/diskdefrag/ A stupid game to mess about with and 'defrag' in your spare time in the small room. If you enjoy it please consider supporting me. www.paypal.com/paypalme/afo...

While I REALLY would love to host an Afour Games table or booth, I cannot afford such nice things. I'll settle for just doing what I normally do - stay at home and gaze longingly at the cool things happening all around. #TTS2026 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG

Tabletop Scotland@tabletopscot.bsky.social

Would you like to play a game? We have several submissions already on the Game Finder section of our GAME website. game.tabletopscotlan... Check them out, and if you're looking to play something else, add it! #TTS2026 #BoardGames #RPG #TTRPG

post some high scores, try the different drives and modes! by default it's on easy/relax/chill mode, try corruption or even latency mode on the cloud drive!

Would anyone care to buy a tabletop hobby game from me? : afour-games.itch.io Or perhaps commission something? #Wargaming

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Afour Games@afour.games

Feeling a little glum today: it will cost me ยฃ140 to renew my webhosting, I've made about ยฃ60 from my 'games sales'. I'm finding it very difficult to find a way to want to keep 'Afour games' going if its only sucking money from my pocket.

Feeling a little glum today: it will cost me ยฃ140 to renew my webhosting, I've made about ยฃ60 from my 'games sales'. I'm finding it very difficult to find a way to want to keep 'Afour games' going if its only sucking money from my pocket.

Good news (for me...) I'm done with the edit pass of The Last Walkers! I need to do a little more artwork, finish exactly 1 page of content and it's 'ready' to go! Hooray! It's only taken me about 2 months. All that work, and I doubt I'll even sell 1 more copy... But at least I did it. [1/2]

Was it fun? No, not really. Did I learn much? Only an ever growing hatred of MS word. Did I get fulfilment from the process? Not really, but what else was I going to do; get a job to actually earn income apply my skills and be productive? Don't be silly. Passion projects, aren't they great!๐Ÿคช [2/2]

Easy Painted Mini of the Day right there... #PMotD Just look at the lil' gooby lizurb face, too damn cute. Reminds me so much of my pet beardies! #Hobby #PaintedMinis #PetPhoto

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@mightylancergames.bsky.social get some more hashtags! #Warhammer #booksky #signedcopy Also- to any that see, this from my feed, why not just check these out, fun reading stuff that makes the world a little better, what's not to love. ๐Ÿค

Mighty Lancer Games@mightylancergames.bsky.social

Do not miss out on the chance to own a signed copy by the author Gav Thorpe and help charity www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28753609... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28753609... www.ebay.co.uk/itm/28753609... #nerdlings #book #gavThorpe #charity

What's that you say? A new and overly minute detail that needs revision over the entirety of the three different rules documents... ? OH boy! โ€™ or ' I know you can all see the intense difference this will make. I shall now dedicate an hour of my life to this offence! </s> I hate editing...

I should be more positive about my 'game design' projects. Around 2001-ish I wrote rules for an x-com derived/inspired tabletop game. I just found the old prototype play-pieces among some old bits. #NerdNostalgia It took 25 years for the industry to catch up with me. modiphius.net/pages/xcomth...

I've now spent a solid week in the revisions of what was previously The Long Walk, now renamed as The Last Walkers. Painstakingly editing everything to the nth degree... For a game that has sold three copies and which I don't expect to sell any significant amount post the re-release.

I'd question why I bother, but then I remember- I'm just so boring that staring at the rules of some stupid game and making excessively fastidious choices about things that only I will ever care about is just kinda my thing. #Indie #GameDesign

I'd be mad to not tag this as my choice of Painted Mini of the Day! Waaaaaaaagh! #PMotD #Minipainting #WH40K #nerdlings Superb conversion work AND excellent colours so true to the cartoons of #Ghostbusters that I used to watch as a kid.

Apostate Makes@apostate-makes.bsky.social

Yeehaw, FINALLY had the time and spoons to finish up #miniaturepainting these Puppetswar #ghostbusters #orks. I'm satisfied with how they turned out and learned a lot about the comic style of painting.

When editing, it's best to use meaningful names for internal styles or layouts. Dong so means later editing can easily be interpreted. Which is why I take such care on things like this so I don't become confused by my own previous edits. ๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿ˜… #GamesDesign #Indie #TTRPG

Afour Games reposted

Have you seen my GRIMDARK PAPER MEN? They are FREE on itch(dot)io, and can be used for sci-fi skirmish games, ttrpgs, or desk friends. Link in the reply!

I REALLY do want to finish my update to The Last Walkers (previously The Long Walk)- so many people recently visiting on itch of a version of the game that's not rightly complete. I'm considering making the page private until I can get the new release, but also, I don't want to lose the momentum!

What wonderful colour! Todays Painted Mini of the Day #PMotD The model really is a lot of fun, made even better by the vibrant detailing. ๐Ÿ‘

Well, theyโ€™re done! I did a lil resin thing at the bottom. Now to ensure this gets safely shipped across the country ๐Ÿซก #minipainting #3dprinting #rayaandthelastdragon #miniaturepainting #3dsculpts

That 28mm scale Cougar is too damn good!๐Ÿคฏ

E.S. Wynn (Ellie_Valkyrie)@ellievalkyrie.bsky.social

Just an ordinary traffic stop for Clan Jade Falcon on an occupied Periphery world. . . Speed enforced by battlemech? #Battletech #mechwarrior #paintedminiatures #28mmminiatures #Warhammer

Well dag-nabit... I love the occasional bout of Catan! Such a shame that bad things happen to good folk. I hope they are able to recover. And for those with deep pockets and big hearts, there is a donation link in the article link (of this linked repost...)

BoardGameWire ๐Ÿ”œ Spiel Essen@boardgamewire.bsky.social

The Ukrainian publisher of board games including Catan and Exploding Kittens is fighting for its existence after a Russian missile strike destroyed its warehouse, wiping out its entire stock of about 200,000 games: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...

Afour Games reposted

Coming soon... Upload any mini you own. Support it right in your browser and we will print it for you. A single end to end solution between you and our printers. #3dprinting

Very happy to report a very successful test play of The Last Walkers (previously: The Long Walk) a group of 4 players with no knowledge of the game were easily able to get going and played through two days of the game, and while the session was cut short - everyone gave positive feedback!

Ooh, actually, I have got one that I have yet to pose correctly... still in 'T-Pose' I dub it the "Leggy Mech" I really should finish stuff more often...

How can I not declare this as todays #PMoTD Painted mini's of the day. Lovely vibrant colour and gloriously 'jewelled' cockpit detailing. ๐Ÿ’›

porble@porble.bsky.social

battletech core rule book goes up for sale at gen con today. if you get it, you can find some of my work inside :) #battletech #miniaturepainting #wargaming