If there was one character I’ve read longer than Judge Dredd it would be Johnny Alpha aka Strontium Dog. Alpha joined 2000 A.D. from the comic Starlord, along with one or two other characters. Teenage me would love having the opportunity to play a Strontium Dog miniatures skirmish game. He loved playing the 8-bit video games on his Spectrum and C64. This definitely would have pushed his little geek buttons.

So it would appear I was wrong about the Strontium Dog skirmish game. I double checked my assumption about the game by looking at some unboxing videos for it on YouTube. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it had complete figures inside, and not bits of plastic I would have to cut off sprues, and then having to glue together. It’s the bit I hate the most about miniatures gaming. I’m just about warming to the idea of painting the figures. I just don’t get the whole cutting, gluing, and painting for days and weeks before you can even start playing the game.

For some reason after the disappointment that was Tabletop Gaming Live I seem to have come away from the show thinking that the Strontium Dog skirmish game did involve that awful activity. Maybe my fading memory was blurring memories together. I definitely remember looking at the base set box on the stand at the show and seeing sprues. Maybe I was confusing the sprues that the games plastic counters are on with being for the figures?

So despite the very tempting bundles that Warlords offer for the Strontium Dog skirmish game I went with the starter box. I’d like to try the game before going all in. By purchasing through the official web store for Warlords I got the bonus Strontium Dog with electro-nux figure. I also added to the cart the rocky terrain pack they sell. It gives a bit more scenery to use with the base set, and also can be used with Last Days.

The nice touch with this starter set as far as I’m concerned is that it comes with some mdf terrain bits to start playing with. Luckily there should not be any major problems getting more stuff for terrain etc. Anything released for the Fallout skirmish game should be usable with Strontium Dog. I’d also look at Wild West buildings. One or two of the comic strips had them outback looking for their bounties. And it would seem that a heavy influence for those outback communities and their buildings were the old west.

I like that personal touch of naming the people who put your order together. Doesn’t add anything to the game. But it creates a connection to the company.

So once I’ve finished painting up these zombie ladies (not found how to paint the tights/stockings on these yet. Not sure best approach to use.) and a couple of squads, I’ll start on Strontium Dog.