Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerHad another group game back on the 18th, this time for Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea, the last four-player game that hasn’t hit the table since the break. Mark brought his set over, and me, Jason, and Dave sat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in September, Mark and I tried out Compass Games’ series of games that started with No Peace Without Spain. I don’t pay a whole lot of attention to Compass (sorry folks), but I did hear about that game, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While I was down visiting my parents, I did a lot of gaming with my Dad. As has been usual with us lately, most of that was in Stellaris (we got some testing of the new 3.6 patch in), but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in August Patch and I played the next Y161 scenario, “…And Settle Their Hash”. A Kzinti squadron is performing drone bombardment when a Klingon squadron arrives to spoil the fun. The Klingon ships are much heavier, but with 18[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jason came over on Sunday for some FtF gaming, and he brought over Last Hundred Yards again. He’d recently been in something of a rules argument that got him fairly heated, so this was a surprise, but he wanted to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, we’re approaching the halfway point of the patch cycle between FF XIV: Endwalker and the next expansion. 6.25 came out a couple weeks ago, and Smudge and I have been spending a lot of time with the new Variant[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Dominic Lieven’s position as a professor of Russian studies shows clearly in this book. He clearly knows whereof he speaks as he tackles the last stages of the Napoleonic Wars from a Russian perspective. And he is quite right in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I decided to revisit The U.S. Civil War a bit ago, this time trying the 1863 scenario, and using the advanced naval rules. This time I took the Confederates, and was not reassured by what I saw on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had another day of FtF fun back on Sunday. Mark and Jason made it over for a four-player (with me and Dave) game of Dominant Species. It’s been a group favorite since it was introduced, so it’s a bit surprising[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Near the beginning of August, Mark and I returned to Great War Commander, with another scenario from the recent Battle Pack. This one needed a bit of fudging in Vassal, as French Legion platoons don’t exist there yet; however, they’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…