Star Wars Legion Emperor Palpatine
Coulda made him a little paler...but...
Peace...
Michael D.
Flagrant Nerd is everything geek. It's whatever nerdy, geeky, dork-a-rama subject, theme, pastime, issue, matter, interest, and/or event that I feel like blogging. So grab a Mountain Dew and some Cheetos because we all have a little bit of an inner nerd that is struggling to get out. As it has been written, "Blessed are the geek, for they shall inherit the Earth."
Monday, April 3, 2023
Can we talk...
Ok...it's been awhile. Like 5 years.
But, I'd been needing to really get back to Flagrant Nerd and there's no better time than the present (although let's face it...the '80s were pretty great!)
So Flagrant Nerd is getting a new facelift, a little more focus, and more regular posts.
Seriously. Stay tuned...
Peace...
Michael D.
Monday, January 15, 2018
Armada
Hard to believe it took me this long, but I finally made the leap to Star Wars Armada.
I mean really you'd think I'd have bought the starter box the minute it hit the shelves...but it's taken me a few years to finally pick it up and get it on the game table.
Really the starter box comes with some great stuff to get you addicted pretty quick. Note the Victory class Star Destroyer, the Nebulon-B Frigate, the CR90 Corvette and the numerous TIE and Xwing squadrons.
Interestingly, I ended up getting a few additional ships and expansions even before the starter box arrived (found a sale at Barnes & Noble and picked up the Rogues & Villains expansion, a Gladiator Star Destroyer, and then had a return credit that got applied to a second CR90 via Amazon.)
While I'll post more in depth thoughts and comments about Armada later, I will go out on a limb right off the bat to say I like Armada better than Xwing at this point. Don't get me wrong I like both games a lot...but Armada's more tactical pace and chess-like strategy and planning appeal to me more than the quick dog-fighting of Xwing. Maybe I'm just more naval officer than fighter pilot...
Peace...
Yoda
I mean really you'd think I'd have bought the starter box the minute it hit the shelves...but it's taken me a few years to finally pick it up and get it on the game table.
Really the starter box comes with some great stuff to get you addicted pretty quick. Note the Victory class Star Destroyer, the Nebulon-B Frigate, the CR90 Corvette and the numerous TIE and Xwing squadrons.
Interestingly, I ended up getting a few additional ships and expansions even before the starter box arrived (found a sale at Barnes & Noble and picked up the Rogues & Villains expansion, a Gladiator Star Destroyer, and then had a return credit that got applied to a second CR90 via Amazon.)
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| The Gladiator - smaller, faster, still packing a good punch! |
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| Rogues & Villains, 'cause sometimes you need Han Solo and Boba Fett... |
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| The CR90 Expansion - when one Rebel Corvette isn't enough... |
While I'll post more in depth thoughts and comments about Armada later, I will go out on a limb right off the bat to say I like Armada better than Xwing at this point. Don't get me wrong I like both games a lot...but Armada's more tactical pace and chess-like strategy and planning appeal to me more than the quick dog-fighting of Xwing. Maybe I'm just more naval officer than fighter pilot...
Peace...
Yoda
Post Holidays
Hey Geek Brothers and Sisters...
Apologies, but the holidays kept me pretty hoppin' and not much posting Flagrant Nerd this past month. Never fear...life has started to settle down again.
Hope y'all had Happy Nerd Holidays!
Peace...
Yoda
Apologies, but the holidays kept me pretty hoppin' and not much posting Flagrant Nerd this past month. Never fear...life has started to settle down again.
Hope y'all had Happy Nerd Holidays!
Peace...
Yoda
Monday, December 4, 2017
Fantastic Voyager
Sometimes you just have to sit back and say, 'Whoa!'
After going on 40 years and some 21 billion kilometers, the science and engineering teams extraordinaire for the Voyager 1 just fired up some positional thrusters on the spacecraft.
I mean seriously...I couldn't get my damn Subaru to start a couple of weeks ago!
Peace...
Yoda
Friday, December 1, 2017
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