Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsSo, 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…
After demonstrating a Fighting Withdrawal, Mark and I turned AP112 “First Ally” from Action Pack 12 as our next ASL game. Set early in the invasion of Poland it features the rare match up of Allied Minors (Poles) versus Axis[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up Bertoldo the Brave, Patch and I went to our between-games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Up this time was the Battle of Scirthaea from Expansion #2. The Romans have a compact force with a lot of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In mid-July, Mark and I returned to our SFB campaign, dealing with one of the small open-space fights we had generated. But first, we took care of other business. Mark was not really wanting to fight out the last base[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing some French Toast and Bacon, Patch and I returned to Hatten, with the second scenario, in March. I continued with the Germans, who are attacking in about the same area this time. Pre-game rubble took out Eglise Saint-Michel,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had a face-to-face game day back on the 21st. Mark and Jason came over to join me and Dave, with the headline game being a second try at Root. Random selection gave me the Woodland Alliance again, Jason got the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…