About Miniature Wargaming

Welcome to Miniature Wargaming!

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About the Author

My name is Ian Navarro, a miniature wargamer and hobby enthusiast from the Philippines. I started playing miniature wargames in 2000 but I've been into tabletop roleplaying games for as long as I can remember.

I got my feet wet via 3rd edition Chaos Space Marines, then flitted around with Mordheim and Black Templars Space Marines. But I made my mark in the local community with my push on Warhammer Fantasy with Vampire Counts in 2002. I started improving my gaming as well as my painting, as well as joining tournaments. Eventually I got to organizing the events and using my website development skills to help further the community - which was then structured into Lito Tan's Rolling Hills Gaming Club.

In 2005, I became one of the founding members of WARMACHINE Philippines and have succeeded in making the gaming group recognized by Privateer Press' own No Quarter publication via the WARMACHINE Philippines blog. In 2008, I became an official Press Ganger for Privateer Press.

Presently, I continue to help further the hobby and the community. I still paint, play and make terrain in addition to other things - organizing events/tourneys/megabattles, administration duties on the blogs and forums, developing and updating the map-based game tracking systems.

I play a lot of Khador, some Trollbloods, and some Legion of Everblight from Privateer Press. I also play with Necrons, Imperium Space Marines and Chaos Space Marines for 40K; and Vampire Counts and Daemons of Chaos for WFB. I'm also looking into Anima Tactics, Infinity the Game and Pulp City.

I believe (and have proven) that the gaming community can exist with various game systems. I have played casual games, participated in tournaments and organized events for BOTH PP and GW (and hopefully for the others, too, later on). The gaming community may seem fractured with the game of preference, division in individual belief, distance of venue, etc. - but so long as guys still get together and enjoy the games - the gaming community can still thrive in this world of instant noodle mentality.

I hope this blog will be of help to you. Thanks for reading.

+++ Ian "shink1m" Navarro
+++ Good luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. +++ Everyone will always have a reason to backstab everyone else. Everyone will always have a reason to spend. Everyone will always have a reason to hate. Everyone will always have something to complain about. Such is the way of the world. +++