WEBINAR!: DFM! and COW! Super Awesome Townhall Meeting for April 19th

...and there will be pie.

Just finished the FIRST ever DFM! and COW Super Awesome Townhall! It was awesome and we talked about the a few things. Here they are:

• Club Mission: To have fun and play games!
• Club Strategies:
  

1. Get new players in to wargaming! Magic the Gathering players.
2. Get the word out on events! More 'friends' on Facebook, more activity on the forums, more blog posts on blog! If you have an idea for an event post it here!
   
3. Schedule Monthly Events! Plan events for the whole year and promote an event 2 months out!
   
4. Involve more stores! Get games going at The Hive in Redmond, Mind Phase in Bend, and Legacy Gaming in Prineville.

• What YOU want out of the club! Mostly hold events and grow wargaming in Central Oregon!
  
• Events for the FUTURE! We are thinking about a Zombie Kill-team like campaign in October; a event where you bring a new game (any game really, except 40k and Fantasy) and play with anyone there in games like Warmachine, Infinity, Malifaux; and holding tournaments every three months.

We did agree to continue the meetings in order to check progress on strategies, finalize event planning, and share ideas about making the wargaming community more fun!

Thanks to everyone that showed. We are doing this again on April 19th at 7:00pm to 7:30pm on Tinychat.com through Facebook!

See ya'll next time,

Mat Lawson

DFM! Founder

DFM! In Bellevue, WA!

About to take this by storm!

DFM! might start up in Washington. After talking to a few stores and miniature table top enthusiasts, their seems to be a need for clubs that do not focus on Warhammer 40K. Looks like DFM! may have to step in. DFM! will focus on Warmachine mostly, but any mini game is good to go.

PLAY ALL NIGHT is BACK to ATTACK AGAIN!

We're back!

PLAY ALL NIGHT is happening on January 7th, which is a SATURDAY! Unless massive out cries are heard, then it will probably move. Let us know if you are showing or if you have issues with times or the date on the forums!

It is at the same location:

21255 East Hwy 20, Bend, Oregon, 97702


We would love to have 20 people show and game! We just need tables and terrain, so please coordinate with Isaiah!

PLAY ALL NIGHT was a SUCCESS!

We had 5 tables, but I sure we could get 5 more! Also, the party didn't stop till 2am!

First, thank you to everyone that showed: Ben S., Joshua S., Casey D., Erik D., Eric J., Dylan 'DP', Dylan S. and all the other I couldn't remember there names.

Next is our organizers: Isaiah and Ben!

To Isaiah: Thanks for this event. You did Excellent! and the turn out was greater than any event I have even thrown!

To Ben: Thanks for getting the Stonebriar Rec room, that is a great area. And I hope you and Isaiah can use it in the future. Also, thanks to you and Isaiah for the food. Thank you for everything you did.

It was great to hear of that many familiar faces and allot of new ones has show to Isaiah's event. Isaiah did great for his first event and with the help of his friend, Ben, was able to pull of the most successful wargaming event I have seen in Central Oregon. Isaiah had food, drinks, snacks and pizza running the entire night and Ben was making sure there was stuff in the service table to mid-gaming snaking. Tables were up and enough terrain to cover them!

The Event had about 15 people ranging from teens to twenties. Games of Warhammer Fantasy and 40k where on the rage. Later that night everyone was trying to get a some quick games in of Warmachine with the two local experts, Casey and Erik Dean.

The night ended for most around 1:00am in the morning and for some well after 2:ooam. Everyone who played definitely had fun and wanted this event to happen again. And guess what?

It is...

The next PLAY ALL NIGHT is January 7th, 2012 at the Stonebriar Apartments Recreation Center from 4pm to midnight! Let's get playing till the wee hours of dawn.

Note: If you have pictures for the PLAY ALL NIGHT event post them on the forum, facebook, or email them! It would be great to share everyone's experience to get more players into wargaming! Oh, thank you Dylan 'DP' for the only picture of the event given to me so far! We can count on you.

DFM! FREE EVENT!: PLAY ALL NIGHT!

Come and play! FREE!

Thanks to Isaiah and his friend, Ben, we have a location for PLAY ALL NIGHT! The Stonebriar Apartments Recreation Center, 21255 East Hwy. 20, Bend, OR 97702. This is over by the Pilot Butte Theater and the Taco Bell...yum. In the rec room there is a TV, couches, restroom in the rec area, and kitchen area.

Isaiah has planned out some free play tables for Warhammer Fantasy and 40k. Also there will be demos of Warmachine, Malifaux and FireStorm Armada. Also, Ben will have some painting demos going on and if you get bored playing wargames, you can hope on a PS3 and play Space Marine, based on an army from Warhammer 40...the Ultramarines! Also, you can see the first Squad of Ultra Moo'rines!

Show up anytime after 4pm, most likely people will setting up at 4pm then getting some games in soon after. Bring your models or just show up to see what is going on. If you have a tables or terrain and want to bring them to help out please message on the DFM! Forum...here. Any help is appreciated.

DFM!'s New Banner: The Making of...

Sweet banner and completely original to DFM!

I was looking at the banner I posted about hour ago and thought that is would be cool to share some of the photos I took of the models I used to make the NEW DFM! BANNER. So here they are.

If you are curious about how I did the photo editing and stuff. I used Paint...I am still living in the 90s when it comes to this stuff. As far as the pictures, I used the 'mirco' setting then placed the miniatures on a sheet of paper then got my cool LED painting lamp and brought it all close to take pictures. Remember, photos are all about light...more like the crisper they are...generally.

Blurry...next picture.

This one looks like a cat fight is about to erupt...not going to work.

Getting better but way to much shaft action in Colette's face...not the right action I am looking for.

To much focus on the Space Marine...kinda like all our old stories before the Erase-ning!

Getting better...I like it lets do one more do see what happens...

I got it...zooming out helped focus my fantastic Cannon Powershot SD1200 IS, f'n best camera ever made.

After about 2 hours on MicroSoft Paint...Mark III Banner complete...

...then someone talks about "Why is there no fantasy?"...g-uh. Fine, here is an orge.

Old paint files plus Mordhiem Swamp Orge equals I am not playing with the banner for another year.