And now things begin in earnest. With both the Lyrans and the Klingons having massed everything on the borders, the Kzinti can’t defend everything, and must pick their fights. My usual plan is to go for the planet in 1001,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Mark came over on Sunday for a day of gaming. He’s been busy lately, and this was arranged on a fairly ‘last moment’ basis, but we had a good time with Paths of Glory, which is on the list of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Coalition failure in the Second Battle of Hydrax has left me a lot more breathing room than I expected, but there’s still a number of serious problems. First off, the Coalition is in the middle of upgrading three BATS[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As expected, the only Federation involvement in the game so far is sending the 4th Fleet across the border to aid the Kzinti. Belirahc tried striking into the Marquis area, but it was pretty obvious where things were headed, so[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The continuing start of the year festivities had Jason come over today for some gaming. He, like I, has been interested in GMT’s East Front Series. Of course, we ended up getting them in opposite order, with him getting Kiev[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, after way too long, finally had Mark over yesterday for a day of face-to-face gaming. The meeting was only arranged the night before, so there was the last-second hemming and hawing about what to play. I finally decided upon[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Faced with the Lyran navy solidly packed behind it’s defenses, and the Klingons massing on the border, Belirahc didn’t make any attacks on his half of the first turn, making it very fast to go through. At least his raids[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. Well, not satisfied with one game slowly grinding forward, Belirahc and I have started a second full General War game. It is the second game, which means when it comes to a choice,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. The Kzinti economy has stabilized at 60 EP. I seriously contemplated going for a DN this year, but 16 EP was just too much to sink into one ship. Instead I built a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After our previous exploits, the next thing we went for was the simplest full-map scenario from Crimea: “The Road to Sevastopol”. My dad again took the Russians, leaving me to batter my head against the defenses leading out of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
