Finally had the gang over today for some gaming. A lot of the initial responses were along the lines of ‘I think I can make it’, and ‘that should be a good day…’, so I suggested Dominant Species which can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. I’ve actually been working on the 2.0 version of the F&E Vassal module again for the last month or two. Right now, there’s going to be three main phases for the project: *[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Not being ready for our next ASL game, Patch and I had another night of C&C:A on Tuesday. This time it was the Battle of Sphacteria from Expansion #6, which covers the end of the siege during the Peloponnesian War.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last 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 played the Battle of Olpae from Commands & Colors: Ancients Expansion #6 last night. The Spartans have a notably better force on-board, but the Athenians have four units and a leader who can pop out of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark missed gaming on Sunday, but has gotten better, and came over for some long-overdue 2-player gaming. Trying to decide what to do the night before, we gravitated to the GCACW series, and then to Mark’s just-punched copy of Battle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over for one last game day of 2014 yesterday. We were scheduled for a five-player game of Advanced Civilization, but Mark was down with the flu. Normally, this would also strand Jason, who gets a ride from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. [See Part 1.] Patch and I did the second scenario of the UL2 mini-campaign this Tuesday. I knew, going in, that this was going to be bad. It wasn’t until I started looking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m on my usual trip down south to see my parents, and hopefully get in some wargaming with my dad. After some discussion, he decided to try out the GCACW series. We went with the fourth scenario in Stonewall in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I did another round of Commands & Colors: Ancients this Tuesday, with the Battle of Tanagra from Expansion #6 being the subject (though there were no walls to fall). Both armies are roughly equal, with the Spartans perhaps[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
