Well, I’m on my usual week+ vacation to see my parents. I should probably talk a little about it at some point, though it’s mostly pretty routine. Of course, part of the point is that I get some time to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Boardgaming
Had a day of Origins of WWII on Saturday. There was a certain amount of flip-flopping on attendance (Mark, sadly, couldn’t make it due to a business trip getting extended), and the weather tried to interfere with Zjonni biking through[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over yesterday for our monthly FtF and we tried out his Republic of Rome set. It’s a 3-6 player game, but there’s a variation for 1-2, and we tried that to get a feel for the game before[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over yesterday for a six-player game of Russian Civil War. We’ve played it twice before, but today was the first six-player day, and I think we were all agreed that it should do well with the extra[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Got the gang over for gaming yesterday. Had a full house—6 people! Went for the group’s fifth game of Advanced Civilization, which is always appreciated. I had considered taking Babylon, as I haven’t played that position yet and Patch has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over Saturday for gaming. It was his turn to pick the game du jour, and he for a game he’d gotten some years ago, and never got a chance to play: East Front Tank Leader. By John Hill,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over for the monthly gaming meet yesterday. The arrangements went very smooth considering that we got it put together in less than a week…. Jason has just gotten his own copy of Blackbeard and was itching to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, uncertainty and schedule shuffling led to gaming this Saturday with only three of us. A little hemming and hawing led to us trying an old, little-known game Dave has on loan from his dad: The Warlord Game. The idea[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over yesterday for more gaming. After the drought of April/May, June is pretty busy. The game du jour was the new CDG Stalin’s War, which I got on preorder recently. Mark volunteered to take the Soviets (who are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, Jason came over this last Sunday, eager for another game of Pursuit of Glory. Forewarned, I had it all set up by the time he got here. After my long, long, game with Mark, most of my experience is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…