Inside GMT Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories 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 today (the 4th) being a Saturday, I got yesterday off for the Federal Holiday. Zjonni also had the day off from college, so he came over for some gaming yesterday. As he wasn’t entirely on top of things, he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well… today was meant to be a playtest of the game Metropolis (about the rise of the Greek city-states), but I haven’t received all my playtest materials yet. So, we went to Plan B: Advanced Civilization. Sadly, Zjonni has two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today to try out Stonewall’s Last Battle. It’s part of the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War series, which has a pretty good reputation. Also, there’s a new game for it due out for the first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over again for gaming. With this many people, it’s not really possible to change dates at the last moment. So, of course, today is the high point of a little heat wave going though the area. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today for more gaming (this is three weekends in a row with someone…). Today was his pick, and he had decided he was interested in seeing the Third Crusade scenario from Onward Christian Soldiers, which was more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had six people over for a game of Advanced Civilization today. New record for attendance (and pushing the limits of what can be hosted)! The setup was interesting as we used my Civilization set for the board and counters, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As neither of us had anything important going on for the day, Zjonni came over Sunday for some gaming. We’ve been meaning to get together for a while now for something with just the two of us, and we finally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark made it over here today for a game of Carthage. He got me a copy for Christmas, and I’ve been eager to try it out since, so it came up as my pick for our FtF sessions. There’s four[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…