Inside GMT Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Grumble Jones Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsLast year, Patch and I decided to celebrate the upcoming release of Hakkaa Päälle by playing scenario G17 “Hakaa Paalle” from Volume 29, Issue 2 of the General (pity that neither of us can afford the module right now). It’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I returned to ASL and Budapest recently with the eighth (our tenth, after playing FB18 and 19) Festung Budapest scenario, “For Want of Crust or Crumb”. It’s an odd one. The Germans are trying to resupply the city[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was back to the desert for our next ASL adventure, and Patch and I decided to go for scenario 37, “Khamsin”, from West of Alamein. Having just been the attacking Soviets in Festung Budapest, I had the defending Brits[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I headed back to Budapest after our second desert adventure, reaching the end of January 1945 with FB7 “The Terror of the Castle”. Having been the defense the last two games, I took the attacking Soviets, and while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch came over yesterday for the first FtF gaming I’ve had in months. Naturally, we played ASL. However, Patch wanted to finally give a product he’s had for ages a try: Heat of Battle’s High Ground. I remember reading about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
At the moment, Patch and I seem to be alternating between Budapest and the desert for ASL scenarios. We decided to give ASL Annual ’92‘s “…And Here We Damned Well Stay” a spin. I had the Brits again, but at[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the desert adventure, Patch and I decided it was time to get back to Festung Budapest. The sixth scenario features a Hungarian countertack up the hill on the SW map. Since I attacked up the hill last time, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My last Advanced Squad Leader game with Patch finished up very quickly. So quickly, in fact, that I’m not going to bother with the normal detailed maps. There’s not a lot to show anyway. Imagine a featureless 33×30 hex plain,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the scenarios in Out of the Attic 2 gave me an immediate ‘I’ve got to see this‘ reaction. OA25 features a defense with a combined French-British-American force in 1942 Tunisia. Patch and I initially slotted it for a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Having spent a little time away, Patch and I went back to working our way through all the Festung Budapest scenarios. This time we went with “Red Banner Days” from Journal 10, which actually happens slightly before “Siesta Time” (and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…