Inside GMT Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsBack in November, Patch and I went back to C&C:A after our latest SFB adventure. Up this time was the Battle of Aquae Sextiae from Expansion #2. This is the climatic battle of The First Man in Rome, so the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up Bertoldo the Brave, Patch and I went to our between-games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Up this time was the Battle of Scirthaea from Expansion #2. The Romans have a compact force with a lot of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The latest between-other-games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients with Patch was the Battle of Arausio from Expansion #2. Historically, this was a major defeat for Rome, and the scenario gives them one less card, less cavalry, and the barbarians[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After failing to rescue some hostages, Patch and I went to our between-games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients, with the Battle of Pydna from Expansion #1. Unfortunately, I forgot to record a log of the bulk of the second[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After our adventure in Hatten, Patch and I did our usual between-big-games set of Commands & Colors: Ancients, and up this time was the Battle of Magnesia from Expansion #1. A river cuts off some of one side of the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Patch and I finished up in Budapest, it was time for another between-games bout of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Up this time was the Battle of Cynoscephalae from Expansion #1. Somewhat unexpectedly, the Romans have a unit of elephants,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing Carrier Hill, Patch and I did our usual between other games set of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Up this time was the Battle of Raphia from Expansion #1. This is a large battle, with armies stretching across the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I’s latest ‘between bigger games’ round of C&C:A was the third of the ‘early barbarian’ scenarios from Expansion #2 at the end of April. The Battle of Clastidium gives the Gauls a bigger army (12 to 8), the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After our little duel in the Neutral Zone, Patch and I went back to CC:A for another early barbarian battle from Expansion #2. The Romans have trapped the (Cisalpine) Gauls between two forces, and have an overall advantage, though each[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch and I’s between-big-things Commands & Colors: Ancients games have now gotten two where we started with the First Punic War (featured in the original set), and we’re up to the earliest scenario from Expansion #2: Battle of Clusium. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…