Every year, I visit my parents for a bit over a week and a half, and often get some gaming in with my Dad. This year, I had more new shiny toys to show him than usual. I had also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Since we had a bit of delay getting our next ASL game going, Patch and I played a game of Up Front on Vassal during November. I had found the two-round ‘Elite Troops’ scenario interesting when we first played it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over on Nov 23rd for one of our two-player days. Up this time was Ardennes ’44; he had gotten me a copy as a gift some time back, and we finally got around to giving it a try.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finally had another multiplayer day on November 17th, and we tried out Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea with the basic 4-player setup. We had hoped for five, but Jason had to drop out, leaving us with me, Dave, Mark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up Charging Chaumont, Patch and I did our usual between-things Command & Colors: Ancients scenario. This time was the Battle of Gabiene from Expansion #1. Another Successors battle = more elephants. This time, both sides have some, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Way back in 2010, Patch and I decided to play another DASL scenario, and picked J123 “Charging Chaumont” from Journal #8 as our next game. Unfortunately, VASL didn’t properly support the DASL overlays at that point, and we ended up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over again on October 26th, and we returned to Great War Commander with the second scenario. I took the French again, who this time are on the attack. It’s still 1914, and the French are pulling back, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over on October 12th for another day of FtF gaming. He’s an old SL-series fan, and when we first started gaming, I was teaching him ASL. Then we got involved in SFB, and then in all the other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up “Confusion Reigns“, I accepted a request for another game from Tracey. I looked around a little, and found a fairly simple and fast looking one with a minimum of fancy toys. J40 “Might Makes Right” from ASL[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark finally got back in contact, and we had a 2-player day on September 28th. It was his ‘pick’ on our schedule, and his primary desire was to try out Great War Commander. It’s a WWI variant of the Combat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
