{"id":7317,"date":"2019-02-20T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=7317"},"modified":"2019-02-20T00:25:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T07:25:04","slug":"what-is-dead-may-never-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/?p=7317","title":{"rendered":"What Is Dead May Never Die"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In addition to the treasure chest painting, I also did some board game pimping over the weekend.  Since my wife and I finished up Pandemic Legacy Season 2 and have a good nine month wait for season 3 to drop, we thought we&#8217;d try out some of the other non-vanilla flavors of the Pandemic series, namely the Fall of Rome version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6767-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6767-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6767-198x198.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6767-400x400.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6767-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6767-88x88.jpg 88w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6767.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>When I opened the box, I immediately thought, meeples? I don&#8217;t need meeples! And then I remembered I had an old, dead minis game in the form of Arcane Legions that used 25mm pre-painted roman figures.  After pilfering the dusty boxes, I found that I had enough to complete a lot of the player pieces and it fell into place quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6771-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6771-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6771-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6771-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6771-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6771-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6771.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was able to get enough Roman soldiers but found I had more figures and decided replace the pawn tokens as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6770-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7311\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6770-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6770-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6770-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6770-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6770-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6770.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had just about everyone reasonably filled but then I came across the last role, the Praefectus Classis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6772-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7313\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6772-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6772-198x149.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6772-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6772-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6772-900x675.jpg 900w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6772.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After I painted the treasure chests, I turned to one of the simple, unpainted figures from the set and painted him up simply like the pre-painted figures in the collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6773-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7314\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6773-600x800.jpg 600w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6773-198x264.jpg 198w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6773-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pimpmyboardgame.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Pandemic_Fall_of_Rome_6773.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not a stellar job but it fits in with the other pre-painted figures and will be good enough for a board game pawn. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to the treasure chest painting, I also did some board game pimping over the weekend. 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