The Moderator is in the House

Posted by Ranillon on 28. December 2009 10:30

Over the last few days I was off enjoying Christmas the forces of Chaos -- otherwise called spammers -- have been hard at work spamming this blog with "comment spam".  After nearly a hundred spam messages in three days I have decided to impose moderation on all comments from now on.  Sorry, but it's the only apparently way to stop the scourge.  So, if your comments don't pop up immediately now you know why.  At least it is better than having to remove comments completely.

The Guilty Shall Be Punished

Posted by Ranillon on 21. December 2009 21:37

I have an update as to the Armoury Games break-in -- the name of the confessed perpetrator.  Ironically, I have a picture of him because he was at the World's Largest Apocalypse Game at Origins this last year.

William Dupree

Apparently, Mr. Dupree had gotten himself in trouble on various online trading sites for "selling" GW models he didn't actually have.  Partially in an attempt to get out from beneath the problem he broke into Armoury Games to steal its GW stock.  He immediately began to ship out full or partial kits to satisfy the "sales" he made previously.  So, if you have received (or will) models from him in the last week you are likely holding stolen goods.  Don't worry -- since the kits have for the most part been sent out as individual bits Armoury Games will not want the pieces back as they are no longer fit to be sold -- and insurance will cover the losses.  Just keep in mind what happened.

He was caught thanks to an accomplice who gave up his name to the police when questioned.  In turn, William confessed when the police confronted him.  It is likely that he had a third partner named Todd Piotrowski, but so far there is insufficient evidence to arrest him (in large part because Dupree will not give him up).  The best estimate at this time is that Mr. Dupree is looking at 1-3 years of hard time.

Frankly, I have no sympathy which is why I am posting his picture and the name of his likely accomplice.  Whatever happens they shouldn't be welcome in any gaming establishment or group ever again.

Crime Solved

Posted by Ranillon on 19. December 2009 18:43

Good news -- the primary thief behind the Armoury Games break-in has been caught and has confessed to the crime.  I won't say here who he is (at least until I know it is appropriate), but it was indeed a gamer.  Fortunately, he turned out to be a rotten criminal.  Most of the stolen material has been recovered.  Hopefully, the rest will soon follow.

Looks like Christmas may be pretty good after all!

Fortress of Redemption Sprues

Posted by Ranillon on 17. December 2009 18:00

Back to something more upbeat -- here are pictires of the sprues from the new Fortess of Redemption.

 

 

The model looks great.  What is not clear is how easy it will be to combine this set with the bastion to create something new.

Break-in at the Armoury

Posted by Ranillon on 15. December 2009 17:02

This is turning out to be just a great week.  More bad news -- Armoury Games, one of the local gaming shops here in Columbus (technically in Pickerington, a suburb), was the victim of a break-in this last weekend.  The thieves took as much as half the stock, primarily Games Workshop models.

What's telling -- and disturbing -- is that the theft was clearly the work of someone who knew the shop well.  That means that in all likelihood a gamer(s) is behind this.

So, I would like to ask everyone to keep an eye open for anyone from the Columbus area with a sudden surplus of models, most likely to sell.  This is the sort of crime that gamers can't afford to let go unpunished.