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…
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Patch and I returned to Budapest for our latest ASL game. We’re approaching the end of the set, and dealing with the final desperate days for the Axis defenders. In fact, this one is something of a direct sequel to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark got me a copy of Necromancer for Christmas, so I put together a Vassal module, and we tested that back in March. (I plan on releasing it after one more test session.) As one of the old SJG pocket-box[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I returned to GEV a little while ago, playing the second scenario from that set, “Raid”, which has always been one of the most interesting scenarios (along with “Breakthrough”) of the system. While it’s on the same basic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I returned to Operation Dauntless after our Operation Mercury scenario, with the first wholly historical scenario of the set. It’s the next day (from scenario 1), and the Germans are more than willing to contest the Parc de[…]↓ 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…
Mark and I have dedicated Monday nights to ASL, as he tries to come to grips with the system as a whole (he’s an old SL veteran). Part of the plan is to play through some of the old Paratrooper[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Captain’s Log #48 had another interestingly inventive scenario in it, based on the main fiction piece of the issue. About a week after the episode “Trouble With Tribbles” the Klingon ship involved is still having trouble. The non-Klingon crew is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After The Marketplace at Wormhoudt, Martin and I went back to checking off various early scenarios, and up this time was 20 “Taking the Left Tit” from Yanks. This is the first night scenario done for ASL, and features an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Scenarios 1 & 2] [Scenario 3] As Mark and I sat back down to the “Lone Gray Wolf” mini-campaign, I wondered if it might wrap up quickly. Most of the groups available to the Kzinti can’t match the power of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…