Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsAfter going through the introductory scenario, Mark and I turned to the first scenario in Operation Mercury, which depicts the initial German landings near Rethymnon. This uses the main Rethymnon map, but as a practical matter, only a bit more[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing the first two of a three-set of scenarios on Crete from For King and Country (and originally from ASL Annual ’89), Tracey and I went for the third, after swapping sides. So this time I’m the invading Germans,[…]↓ 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…
After our last adventure in Korea, Patch and I decided to return to Action Pack 3 for our next ASL game. It’s a couple of weeks after the previous scenarios in that package, and the main part of Gruppo Nord[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
During December, Mark and I returned to Great War Commander, and tried out the first scenario from the British expansion. It (and the next two scenarios) are set during the battle of Mons on 23 August. It features a German[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I had some extra time off around the holidays, and we decided to have a couple of extra sessions to try out Operation Mercury, and start remembering the Grand Tactical System rules (which we’ve played years ago with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The first actual scenario of Operation Dauntless stands apart a bit. It’s the only one to take place on June 16, it is slightly ahistorical, as it supposes the 12th SS Division fought in place instead of withdrawing to a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After going through the last tutorial scenario for Operation Dauntless, Mark and I spent a little time with the classic pocket game GEV, and it’s initial “Breakthrough” scenario. I haven’t played it in decades, and while Mark is well aware[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Scenarios 1 & 2] Mark and I returned to the “Lone Gray Wolf” mini campaign a bit ago, as my C6 dreadnought continued making its way back to friendly lines. This time was a proper challenge, as the pursuit group[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It took a while, but Mark and I finished going the Operation Dauntless tutorial scenarios a little bit ago. All of the last three were certainly interesting exercises, and the last one in particular has had some knock-on effects (which[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…