Jason came over Sunday last week for a long-delayed FtF game. We had decided to go back to Men of Iron, with Jason wanting to get into the Infidel set. After a bit of indecision, we went with the first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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After going on patrol, Patch and I went to our normal round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. This time was “Plain of Alsace” from Expansion 3. Germanics versus Caesar, with both sides about equal, but the Romans have Julian regions,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Hatten, the next big game with Patch was a round of Star Fleet Battles. None of the Y164 scenarios really appealed, but there’s a number of ships with a Year In Service of Y165, which means there’s already a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Getting Out of Hatten, Patch and I did our usual between games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Up this time was the Battle of Bibracte, the earliest scenario in Julius Caesar’s career. The Helvetii have a force of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After wrapping up our long, long session of The Little Land, Mark and I decided to try out Congress of Vienna, largely with an eye to introducing it to the full group. With two players, one is France, and the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After seeing the SturmTiger in action, Patch and I returned to Hatten, with a morning American assault to retake the town. They get 4.5 turns to take a building and make sure there’s no GO Germans in four others. After[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After way too long, Mark and I returned to (C&C) The Great War, with the second scenario on the Battle of Loos. This is supposed to be the main attack, and the German trench setup is more compact, with a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After a round of SFB, Mark and I went back to Compass Games’ No Peace Without Spain series for our Sunday games; in fact, we tried out the original game. It was our first time with this particular one, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last year, Mark and I got The Little Land from Compass’ Company Scale System. It’s an offshoot of MMP’s Grand Tactical Series, and we’ve been wanting to see how it compares, though the initial Pacific island fighting titles don’t appeal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For our regular round of Commands & Colors: Ancients between bigger games, Patch and I ended following “Mortal Wounding” with the first scenario of Expansion #4, the Battle of Tigranocerta. We’re still on red-block Romans, but Tigranes gets four Heavy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…