After a seeming eternity away, word is filtering down across the AFOL forums that the Little Armory is coming back and bringing all its custom minifig weapons and equipment back to market. This is great news for anyone who missed them the first time around and whose minifigs are still looking for more ways to kill one another. Keep an eye on the Little Armory site for further bulletins as events warrant.

Little Armory Toys

McDo and Cyborgorc Productions have put together a show-stopping stop-motion tribute to BrikWars. They present Once Upon a Stranded Toybox, in which the armies of Dark Owl and Indianapolis Jack brave blood, destruction, and musical numbers in “an epic battle for the universe, and one piece of pizza!”

Doodstormer’s been hard at work in his home sticker factory, making custom uniform decals and accessories for new minifig factions and game styles.

	Doodstormer’s custom characters
	Armies of Terra
	Capture the Flag squads for FPS-style battles

Another summary post this month – February sees a bunch of folks playing their first battles, or at least posting pictures for the first time. My favorite line comes from spacetime_d20′s write-up for the Archipelago Gaming Guild’s game, describing Sandra’s retroactive base placement strategy:

“Sandra, in charge of Archaeologists Inc., went first. Her first move was to snag the nearest treasure chest. After being informed that she would come up half an inch short on the movement, she nudged her base that much to the left. Presto! Within range to loot the chest!

My response: ‘She’s got the hang of this already!’”

	Feb. 06: Carrnevil9′s “Vikings vs. Exo Pilots” Play-n’-Post Solo Battle
	Feb. 19: James+burgundy’s “zomibe batle” BrikWars forums thread
	James+burgundy’s “zomibe batle” BrickShelf gallery
	Feb. 23: NELUG’s “Battlestationesque Alien Spaceship Game” BrickShelf gallery
	Feb. 26: The Archipelago Gaming Guild’s “Capture the Flag” illustrated write-up
	Feb. 29: G-Man’s “Battle at the ruins of Tel’far,” a very creepy forum thread
	GJanse’s “Battle at the ruins of Tel’far” battle writeup on BoardGameGeek

January’s been a busy month on the forums. Battle photos were zipping by left and right faster than I had time to post them. Here are links to some more of this month’s highlights:

	Jan 01: Gorchek’s solo mercenary campaigns
	Jan 12: Moron Studios’ Undead Survival Mod
	Jan 13: The Lizard King’s Space Troopers vs. Pirates vs. Imperial Soldiers vs. Knights battle
	Jan 15: LegoEggo’s Viking Massacre
	Jan 19: Moron Studios’ First Big Battle
	Jan 20: Captainnomouth’s First Battle for Emerald Base (Warning! annoying music)
	Jan 26: Piltogg’s play-n’-post battle, in honor of Olothontor
	Jan 26: James+burgundy’s Zombie Massacre, in honor of Piltogg
	Jan 26: Several battles on the Battle-Gaming of Massachusetts site
	Jan 27: Matt S.’s solo BrikWar
	Jan 27: Kidko’s Battle of the Sol Dies

Following Evil Tobbacconist’s call for the forum community to join together and develop the greatest army ever devised, events took a metalocalyptic turn when resident genius Almighty Benny commandeered the reins.

Skipping the lubricating preamble of an opening act (we can only assume that if there was a lead-in band, it arrived pre-slaughtered by the metalness of what was about to occur), the members of FjordHammer burst forth from their Battle Stage to wreak destruction over all lesser forms of warfare.

	Almighty Benny introduces FjordHammer in the Community Built Army thread on the forums
	Skitzo’s FjordHammer gallery on BrickShelf

Leonardo812 has posted to the forums to announce his brand new BrikWars trailer. Using brick-based stop-motion animation (and some voice acting help from Moronstudios), he’s managed to perfectly capture the fun and adrenaline-packed excitement of an actual BrikWars game in progress.

	Leonardo812′s BrikWars Trailer on YouTube
	The BrikWars Trailer thread on the forums

A couple of big Lego conventions are coming up for their second showings – Brickvention 2008 in Melbourne, Australia is less than two weeks away, and registration has just opened for Brickworld 2008 in Illinois in June.

As usual, Brickvention has both public and demonstration BrikWars events on the program, with prizes this year provided by Aussie Custom Decals, the official distributor of BrickArms in Australia.

	Brickvention 2008 in Melbourne, Australia
	BrikWars at Brickvention 2008
	Aussie Custom Decals on BrickLink.com
	Brickworld 2008 in Wheeling, Illinois

Olothontor and Kidko have found a novel use for the BrikWars forums – they organized a live feed for their Saturday battle, each posting photos and play-by-play commentary during their opponent’s turn, allowing the forum audience to watch the battle in progress and comment along the way.

The battle itself is the usual chaotic explosion-packed romp. Although sadly lacking in the obligatory catclysmic world-destroying fireball at the end, the event bodes well for similar exhibitions in the future.

Meanwhile, Moron Studios are back again – this time with a new memeber, Oppo. His inaugral Vikings vs. Skeletons battle, “Almost Agro Arena,” saw more intensive use of the Medik than any battle report to date, including a botched operation towards the end with impressive results.

	The Saturday Smash Off thread on the BrikWars Forums
	Almost Agro Arena on the Moron Studios site