Well, thanks to holiday business, the group of players for this month slowly winnowed down, until there were two. Patch made it over yesterday, and we had a day of Commands & Colors: Ancients again. I may be gamed out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Well, the annual trip south to visit my parents has been going well. Case in point: I finished a game of Pursuit of Glory with my Dad yesterday. I’ve had it for a year, and have been playing a game[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark came over Saturday for our monthly FtF gaming. This time was his choice, and he went for Spartacus, which he got a couple months ago. No complaints here, didn’t get it only for money reasons, and it looks very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch actually lives some distance away (near Sacramento), but he’s in the area about every other week for an RPG group he’s involved in. This Sunday, I actually got him over on one of those weekends without the rest of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over for a playtest session of Archon yesterday. Well, part of the gang. With school and work, getting everyone together at the same time is going to be difficult until just after Christmas. Anyway, we had four[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over yesterday for gaming. This time, at long last, we did a playtest game of Archon. It’s designed by Richard Berg, and is scheduled to be included as a separate game in The Glory That Was Greece, Volume[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over for gaming yesterday. We played the ever-popular Advanced Civilization with five players, and had a good time of it. The mix of powers was the same as last time, though who took what was different. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over today for wargaming. It was his turn to pick, and he had originally wanted to do Spartacus, which both of us think looks interesting. But, he hadn’t gotten a chance to get it to me ahead of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Zjonni over Sunday for some gaming and dinner. That is, he came over and cooked dinner; he usually stays over for dinner with us on game days. Like my roommate Barron, he enjoys cooking, so this time he returned[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over yesterday for our sorta-monthly FtF session. It was my choice this time, so the venue was Federation & Empire. We’ve been playing (or failing to) this game for quite some time now, but Mark’s been struggling with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…