Inside GMT Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Grumble Jones Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsAfter our last ASL game wrapped up, Patch and I got going on a round Space Empires 4X, while it was still fresh from our December FtF session. We went with the Large 2-player scenario, with no advanced rules, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the eleventh in a series of reviews of Paradox’s empire management games. See the earlier reviews here: Europa Universalis II: A Tale of Two Europas Hearts of Iron: Europa of Iron Victoria: Nineteenth Century Essay Crusader Kings: A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Smudge and I are still going strong on FF XIV, and the last three months has been spent with various tasks, but we’re spending more and more time on the storyline, and are about ready to transition into Stormblood. Overall,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch did our usual between-big-projects game of C&C: Ancients recently. This time out it was one of Alexander the Great’s big victories: the Battle of Gaugamela from Expansion #1. The Persians definitely have a bigger army, and have two heavy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s a few things that Patch and I keep coming back to for more of in ASL, and looking through the Croix de Guerre scenarios, I spotted one with Vichy French versus Free French in the desert, which hit three[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch made it over again for one final FtF game day of 2018 on the 29th. I had just gotten my own copy of Space Empires 4X, and we arranged to play that, which meant a lot of hurried counter[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch made it over for some FtF gaming back on the 16th, and after some looking over the various things I’d gotten over the past few months, we ended up trying this scenario from Winter Offensive #3. It’s been a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After the disaster and near-ending of the game last turn, this has slipped far down the priority list, but the game does continue. Bryon (and I, to be honest) is hoping we can get this to the introduction of PFs,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I have just finished off another round of Commands & Colors: Ancients between our bigger games. This time was the Battle of Megalopolis from Expansion #6. A Spartan rebellion while Alexander is off campaigning in the east, it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I recently finished off a try at this old scenario (I think it’s from the original pocket edition) in the Basic Set. It has some of the ‘feel’ of the Original Series adventures, and is a neat premise:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…