Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerAt first glance, this is just a new history of the start of Islam, and how the Arabs came to dominate such a large area, one of those parts of history that often defies analysis. And Holland loops this book[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Way back in 2010, Patch and I decided to play another DASL scenario, and picked J123 “Charging Chaumont” from Journal #8 as our next game. Unfortunately, VASL didn’t properly support the DASL overlays at that point, and we ended up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over again on October 26th, and we returned to Great War Commander with the second scenario. I took the French again, who this time are on the attack. It’s still 1914, and the French are pulling back, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over on October 12th for another day of FtF gaming. He’s an old SL-series fan, and when we first started gaming, I was teaching him ASL. Then we got involved in SFB, and then in all the other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up “Confusion Reigns“, I accepted a request for another game from Tracey. I looked around a little, and found a fairly simple and fast looking one with a minimum of fancy toys. J40 “Might Makes Right” from ASL[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the third in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Crusader Kings II. See the previous reviews here: Crusader Kings II: The Second Crusade The Old Gods: That Old-Time Religion The next expansion for Crusader Kings[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark finally got back in contact, and we had a 2-player day on September 28th. It was his ‘pick’ on our schedule, and his primary desire was to try out Great War Commander. It’s a WWI variant of the Combat[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jason came by on the 14th of August, and after some discussion, we had decided upon another stab at Pursuit of Glory. I was starting to contemplate the best way to pack up at the end of the day if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up our latest ASL game, Patch and I spend a couple weeks with our usual between-games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. This time was the Battle of Paraitacene from Expansion #1. Both sides have a core of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the thirteenth 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…