HOUSTON, TEXAS -- As day one of The Texas International Comic Con "Comicpalooza" arrived, the anticipation and excitement mounts for Skirmisher Publishing and those affiliated. This will be Skirmisher's first time attending Comicpalooza, and owner Michael O. Varhola couldn't be more honored and excited to attend.
"We are very excited be here as a local company. This is big for us. We are a medium-sized fish in a small pond which will allow us to reach out to more players." Varhola said. Come check out the Skirmisher Publishing booth. The booth is set up for customers to view all products with ease. Friendly advice is a given when you approach the booth.
Swords of Kos, a new fantasy fiction novel, is on display as well. The book is the first of several in Skirmisher Publishing's new line of fiction, and written by Michael O Varhola, the companies founder and owner can be purchased at the booth.
Several books and supplements to rpg games furnish the display tables and you can find anything from The Noble Wild, Pathfinder games animal players handbook to Cthulhu scripts for Live Action Roleplaying. Miniatures can be purchased at the booth as well to go along with your RPG supplements and books.
Little Orc Wars is a fast pace fantasy battle game, where the players can use any terrain, any miniature type, and miniature catapults that you can actually fire with real ammo. In this case, the players were using candy Dots. Based off of H.G. Wells’ game, “Little Wars” this new concept brings to the battlefield Orcs, Humans, Dwarf’s and Undead, all vying for control of the battlefield. The objective of the game: destroy as many enemy troops as you can.
As the two players, Enrique Pacheco (Humans) and Scot Bucher (Orcs and skeletons) set up their armies, the tension mounts. The Orcs managed to take the village right off, pressing the humans back to the river bridge, despite the strong resistance from the humans. The Orcs appeared to have the upper hand in the beginning, but that quickly changed when the humans pushed a counterattack at their bridge, driving the Orcs back to the cemetery where they brought out their undead friends.
Just when the humans thought they had one, their bad aiming with their catapults turned deadly. The Orcs were appearing to be far more resilient with their catapults which lead to the human’s defensive line at the bridge crushed. Orc general Scot Bucher was heard saying, “And this is why we have no trees!” in response the humans inaccuracy behind the catapult.
When asked if the humans had given up, Enrique Pacheco said, “We are abandoning the fort.” The Orcs managed to clean up the rest of the humans and take the fort.