On Sunday, the gang was over for a day with a fairly unique design from the heyday of SPI—Russian Civil War. You don’t represent any one particular person of any faction, but instead promotes the same kind of chaos of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Had Mark over last Sunday for some 2-player wargaming. It was his turn to pick, but he gave me a choice: Guerra a Muerte, Men of Iron or War Galley; the latter being the only one he’s gotten to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over yesterday for another attempt at Pursuit of Glory. It went pretty smoothly, and we got through the end of Turn 3, which is pretty much an extra turn, and last time we were on a script. Mark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, we were scheduled for a continuation of an interesting Soldier Kings game yesterday, but Patch was unable to make it, so we had to adopt Plan B for the remaining four of us. Which we quickly decided was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, it’s over. It’s all over. 2008 is now a part of history. Anyway, Christmas was small. We had planed on visiting Smudge’s parent for Christmas, but snow and Baron falling suddenly ill put an end to that. Dave being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, had the gang over for gaming again yesterday. For the first time, we got a 5-crew over, and we decided to try Soldier Kings once more, but with five players for the first time. As Zjonni was the new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the Design and Effect blog over on GameSquad. Civilization-conquering space games have been popular for over thirty years (reaching back to Stellar Conquest and Star Web in the 70s). With space being really (really, really) big, and a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, I let my Dad talk me into trying a two-player game of Successors. I was hesitant, because I could tell that it really needed four players to work right. However, he’s much more interested in the Diadochi than World[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…And we ended up playing the Third Crusade scenario for Onward yesterday. After playing the small 2nd Crusade scenario twice in a row, it was almost startling to see the system back in it’s full glory. It really pointed up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, the annual vacation with my parents has started out well. Weather on the way down alternated between sunny and warm, and overcast and threatening. But, no actual rain, and traffic was pretty good other than along I-210. Took care[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…