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 BootsCrossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. I’ve been contemplating soloing my way as far as I can through the third General War scenario in the F&E rulebook. It would give me experience with the mid-war, which I really don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. Expansive wargames like Federation & Empire often present the player with too much to do when first learning the game. This is normal, but still creates a very steep learning curve when first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. When on the strategic defense in games, I can be quite passive. Pull in, perfect that line, don’t make waves. Give me a superb offensive weapon however, and I will start counter-punching. For[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. Well, about four months after I initially thought it would be done, the new version of the Vassal Module for F&E is available at starfleetgames.com. http://www.starfleetgames.com/documents/F&E_1.2.1.zip Creating the Vassal module has always been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. A: Two (or more) dedicated players. For many people, tactical games eventually conjure the dream of a campaign game. A kind of “super” tactical game where the consequences of one fight are seen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. A little under a year ago, I played this ‘historical’ SFB scenario with my two main gaming buddies. I was playing the Klingon force, and Mark and Patch had the defending forces. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Adapted from an old BGG Geeklist posting.] The Lyrans came in again and hit the remaining two battlestations on their border, and sent respectable force against the starbase at 0902. The Klingons came in and hit the majority of BATS[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had a day of Advanced Civ again this Saturday. Slightly different group, and the beginning of a problem (at least it’s one that’s generally good to have). I could have had seven people over. Advanced Civ can take seven people.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch made it over Sunday, and we tried out my latest game acquisition, Barbarossa: Crimea. It’s the sixth game in a series slated to someday cover all the fighting on the East Front at an operational level. Let’s hope that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As usual, the household went up to Smudge’s parents for Christmas this year. It was a pretty good gathering, and the first time we’ve gotten to see her sister and her husband in years. Everyone is doing pretty well, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…