Finally had another day of face-to-face gaming back on the 17th (I’ve been bad about cat-herding lately). And while Patch couldn’t make it, everyone else did, so we had four for a day of some shorter games. Up first was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Boardgaming
After our adventure in the desert, it was time for Patch and I to return to Budapest one last time. (Well, final return to Buda; I hope to talk him into “End Station Budapest”, which takes place in the other[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up The Lone Grey Wolf, Mark and I cycled to Great War Commander, picking up with the third Mons scenario from the British expansion. I had the attacking Germans again, as they try to take a hill, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A little bit ago, I got onto the Space Empires Discord server. The main person behind it (d_demon) is definitely a fan, and I have no idea just how many games he’s been involved in over Discord. Shortly after my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up “Stand Fast”, a look for shorter ASL scenarios led me to 183 “The Pouppeville Exit” from the current version of Yanks. It has quite a publishing history, originally presented in the General as ‘quick-play’ SL/COI scenario F,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A little bit back, Mark and I finally got GMT’s U.S. Civil War to the top of the ‘to try’ list. There’s single-year scenarios, and the rules recommend the 1862 scenario as a better beginner one than 1861, so we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Scenarios 1 & 2] [Scenario 3] [Scenario 4] Once again, I had hopes of drawing an easy fight as Mark and I got back to “The Lone Gray Wolf” back in May. But, Mark rolled a 1 again, which made[…]↓ 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…
Our latest multiplayer-day went through a few revisions on the way to happening. It was going to be five people, but Mark’s work called him off to France for a couple weeks (…there are worse fates), and then Patch’s work[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last Sunday, Jason came over and we continued our series of games of Pursuit of Glory that got interrupted last year. Neither of us had strong inclination either way, so random draw gave Jason the Central Powers. We got through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…