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 Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsWith other opportunities having passed it by, I decided to try soloing “My Brother, My Enemy” for SFB from Module S2 during the holidays. It’s an interesting situation that had caught my eye when I first went through S2. Mind-controlling[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Finally had people over for a group day last Sunday. Unfortunately, that was also a drama-filled day, so it was just me, Mark and Jason active for gaming. We started off with Too Many Kobolds, a small game I just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After way too long, I finally had some FtF gaming on Thursday. Jason came over for another session of The Last Hundred Yards. Jason was generally sticking with the early materials, and we did replay a scenario I’ve played before.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Demonlord, Mark and I made a long-overdue return to Flying Colors. We went to an early battle (Seven Years War) from the Deluxe set, which meant ginning up some new counters, as the Vassal module still hasn’t incorporated those.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After trying out Wing Leader, our next Saturday game (for more complicated games) was trying out the short scenario for A Most Dangerous Time, which I got a couple years ago. It’s a Japanese design on the later part of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the fourth in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Hearts of Iron IV. See the previous reviews here: Hearts of Iron IV: Heart of Production Together For Victory: Commonwealth of Iron Death or Dishonor: Heart[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After trying out a chase in SFB, Patch and I moved back to a round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. We’re in Spartacus’ rebellion, this time with a defeat of part of Crassus’ army under Mummius from Expansion #2. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After going through First Ypres, Mark and I tried out one of the old Dwarfstar titles, Demonlord. It’s a strategic fantasy game, showing a border clash between the demons and the declining human kingdoms. You can tell that it’s by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After our Graveyard Shift, Patch and I went on to SFB, where we tried out “Flight of the Audacity” from Captain’s Log #3. It’s certainly an interesting idea. A Klingon frigate (IKV Audacity, me) works through a large and dense[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the lesser gaming hubs of early RPGs was Rockville, Maryland. Little Soldier Games started in a game store there, and Phoenix Games in a book store around the corner. Details are obscure, because there are contradictory statements, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…