As always, the vipers and trolls who've come to dominate dialogue over at Lugnet jumped at the chance to spew out their trademark backbiting and venom* - but in the absence of any official comment from Brickshelf, their negativity's started to bleed over into the other communities of more legitimate Lego fans. What will happen? What's going on? No one knows. All I know over here is that it means that more than half of this site's links broke overnight. Everybody try and be patient until we get a clearer picture of what's actually going on.

	The Brothers Brick: Brickshelf gone for good?
	Brickshelf.com: Brickshelf has discontinued operation

* - footnote: yes, of course I recognize how retarded it is to backbite backbiters for backbiting. This is the kind of thing that never stops being funny to me, despite the opinion of the rest of the civilized world.

Or, you would be excited to hear that, if that's what I were here to tell you about. But the real reason I'm posting is because I want every one of you to go watch this clip on YouTube before it gets taken down. Merely witnessing it will make every one of you a better BrikWars player. It's a quick clip from Full Metal Panic Fumoffu, and and it may represent the finest grenade-based attack of all time.

	YouTube: Sosuke vs the Karate Triplets
	BrickArms, the Modern Minifig Armory

The horse and the gryphon rider painting from the last post are the subjects of two cards for the upcoming Horses chapter. The Horse is a new unit, while the Rider is just an alternate version of the Pilot with whom you're all already familiar.

	The Horse (1600x1200, 294k)
	More desktop backgrounds on the Downloads page
	Stat card: The Horse
	Stat card: The Rider (alternate version of The Pilot)
	More stat cards on the Supplements page

I was listening to the AllAboutMiniatures podcast today, and someone wrote in to say that BrikWars is the Wargames Unlimited group's single best game. All right! We're number one!

Although on closer inspection I don't really think we're a Wargames Unlimited game, I'm happy to accept the accolade.

Meanwhile, over on Classic-Castle.com, Fryslayer has put up a new chapter in what's becoming a series of comic-book style battle writeups, this time for "Attack of the Spiders."

Lastly, I've got a new desktop graphic for everyone! This one's a gryphon rider I painted up for an in-the-works mini-chapter on horses and other steeds.

	The All About Miniatures Podcast
	Wargames Unlimited
	Fryslayer's post to Classic-Castle.com: "BrikWars - Attack of the Spiders"
	"Attack of the Spiders" BrickShelf gallery
	The Gyphon Rider (1280x1024, 180k)
	More desktop backgrounds on the Downloads page

Unfortunately the Lumpley Games site seems to be in some kind of transition state between discussing the esoterics of the game and actually trying to sell it, so it's not completely easy to find all the relevant material just yet. I've gone through and collected good links here so you can connect the dots.

	Lumpley Games
	The original MechaTon rules PDFs
	A Mechaton play report between Vincent, J, and Emily
	"MECHATON: GIANT FIGHTY ROBOTS" for sale at the Lumpley Games online store

The short answer is, probably not - I don't have enough free hours in the next month to do all the necessary print layout work, and all the badgering of Wayne that I expect to make a part of that process. (Did I say badgering? I meant "consulting"). But I thought I'd talk about the plans currently in the works. I've laid out a list of the main bullet points and posted them to the Frappr forum.

Also, Fryslayer made a post on Classic-Castle.com a few months ago about custom wargaming banners. These have been the topic of much behind-the-scenes discussion over here, especially as an attractive way to show unit stats or even as special Squad-buffing equipment items.

	Plans for the BW2005 PDF on the Frappr Forums
	Fryslaer's War Gaming Banners on Classic-Castle.com