Folks, in today’s post we are having a look at Moonstone Games’ Mushrooms and Mayhem box. Moonstone is a whimsical fantasy skirmish game for two to four players who fight over who collects the most Moonstone. You take control of fairytale-inspired characters to fight over the Moonstone before the breaking of dawn.
I was looking for something as a palette-cleanser for once I get back to army painting, and stumbled over this. There are a few factions in this game: fauns, faeries, goblins, humans, gnomes and spirits. There are giants and trolls, also, which different factions can use. I ended up choosing the Mushrooms and Mayhem box, although I came close to picking Booty’s Bilge, another Goblin box.
Honestly, the design of the characters is appealing to me, and I think I’ve found the perfect palette cleanser set of miniatures. The boxes have about three resin miniatures, which is about the limit of what I consider ideal for a break during a big project. These will be joining a certain other game for when I’m looking for a change of pace.
Unboxing Mushrooms and Mayhem
So let’s get into it, shall we? We have a nice glossy box right here and when we open it up we have the cards and, sandwiched between thick foam, we have the bases and miniatures. As I said before, the miniatures are resin and contained within a Ziploc bag. The cards themselves are double-sided and also have texture to them, which is a nice change. I’m currently buying these for the miniatures, so I have zero clue how “good” they are to play in-game!
I mentioned that the miniatures are resin, so whether or not it needs it, they get the soapy bath-action to be on the safe side! After rinsing them off and leaving them to dry whilst I drink a cup of tea, I am ready to build. Each character is on a separate sprue, so no hunting around for random bits, which is a good thing and saves time. Looking at the parts themselves, there seems to be genuinely very little clean-up required. A few easily corrected seamlines and a bit of a wisp of flash. It took me a while to notice, but I did see an entire singular air bubble, also very easy to fix! The harpoon that Seasick Stu will be carrying was slightly bent, but nothing a bit of hot water couldn’t sort out!
Building Moonstone miniatures
OK, so we have here the three separate miniatures that I cleaned, and I’ll clip them off the sprue. As previously said, there is a small amount of tidy up that you would expect on any miniature. There are certainly no major issues that required my attention! I used Gorilla Super Glue Gel to glue the parts together after test fitting. Fitment of these miniatures was good, Seasick Stu went together smoothly.
There was a tiny gap on Shabbaroon’s chest that I filled with a bead of greenstuff. I suspect that was probably my fault for not clearing a tiny bit of sprue, though. I’d say the only miniature I ran into issues with, was with Boom Boom McBoom (great names, by the way). He carries his blunderbuss across his chest, and attaching his forearm to his elbow required a fair amount of pressure. This is because he’s moving left knee and elbow together, requiring enough pressure to push the forearm into position. Once I realised that I need to use more pressure, I glued it into place! I don’t believe this was a casting or warping error, but just down to close tolerances, more than anything else!
Wrapping up Mushrooms and Mayhem box
Since taking the main picture I have primed these miniatures and hopefully, soon I will be doing a painting video! I’ll do a post on the painting and a link to that YouTube video will appear, maybe even linked here. I have not yet started that video, however, so you shall have to wait. This was my first kit from Moonstone Games and I must say I was very pleased with it! Lovely, characterful sculpts that were great to put together!
