Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Grumble Jones Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerHad Zjonni over Sunday for some gaming and dinner. That is, he came over and cooked dinner; he usually stays over for dinner with us on game days. Like my roommate Barron, he enjoys cooking, so this time he returned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over yesterday for our sorta-monthly FtF session. It was my choice this time, so the venue was Federation & Empire. We’ve been playing (or failing to) this game for quite some time now, but Mark’s been struggling with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang, or at least some of it over yesterday to try out GMT’s Blackbeard, which Mark got some time ago. Due to schedule constraints there were four of us (the game supports up to five), me, Mark, Jason[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today for our monthly wargaming session. It was his turn to pick, and he decided to go with a couple of shorter games to give us some greater variety. We started off with Winds of War a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With today (the 4th) being a Saturday, I got yesterday off for the Federal Holiday. Zjonni also had the day off from college, so he came over for some gaming yesterday. As he wasn’t entirely on top of things, he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well… today was meant to be a playtest of the game Metropolis (about the rise of the Greek city-states), but I haven’t received all my playtest materials yet. So, we went to Plan B: Advanced Civilization. Sadly, Zjonni has two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today to try out Stonewall’s Last Battle. It’s part of the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series, which has a pretty good reputation. Also, there’s a new game for it due out for the first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over again for gaming. With this many people, it’s not really possible to change dates at the last moment. So, of course, today is the high point of a little heat wave going though the area. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today for more gaming (this is three weekends in a row with someone…). Today was his pick, and he had decided he was interested in seeing the Third Crusade scenario from Onward Christian Soldiers, which was more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had six people over for a game of Advanced Civilization today. New record for attendance (and pushing the limits of what can be hosted)! The setup was interesting as we used my Civilization set for the board and counters, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…