Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerAfter trying out Serbien muẞ Sterbien, I introduced Mark to the Der Weltkrieg series, with the equivalent opening of the war in Serbia scenario from the Eastern Front set. We reprized our earlier roles, so I had the attacking Austro-Hungarians[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I spent a little time with a “modern” SFB scenario away from our Early Years campaign, with a Y162 scenario. This one features an early ISC force trying to rescue a colony (troop) transport from a pair of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the fourteenth 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…
A little bit ago, Patch and I finished our play-through of Y161 scenarios. The finale was a fleet battle of the Four Powers War. Patch initially looked at it and refused as it had far too many ships for what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing First Timers, Patch and I went to our usual round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Up this time was Colline Gate from Expansion #3. This is basically the end of the fight between Sulla and Marius (who is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After failing to get some Ukrainian partisans out of a Russian search-and-destroy net, Patch and I went back to Hatten, for the third Hatten in Flames scenario, “First Timers”. I had the Americans, who are counterattacking in the eastern part[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I returned to GCACW a bit ago, and after casting around a bit ended up with this unusual scenario from Roads to Gettysburg. It is July 4, 1863, and the Army of North Virginia is headed back to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last October, I finally got to try out GMT’s 1914 series. It had looked interesting from the start, with a detailed operational look at the start of WWI, where keeping armies and corps straight was important. It turned out to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up in Piepsk, Mark and I went back to the Partisan scenarios for one set in Greece. Bulgaria claimed a part of it after the Axis victory there in ’41, and by that winter had thoroughly pissed off[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had a four-player day this last Sunday. Mark and Jason came over, and with Dave and I we tried out GMT’s Charioteer. Circus Maximus has put in regular appearances at our game days, so I was interested to see what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…