On Sunday, the gang was over for a day with a fairly unique design from the heyday of SPI—Russian Civil War. You don’t represent any one particular person of any faction, but instead promotes the same kind of chaos of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Had Mark over last Sunday for some 2-player wargaming. It was his turn to pick, but he gave me a choice: Guerra a Muerte, Men of Iron or War Galley; the latter being the only one he’s gotten to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over yesterday for another attempt at Pursuit of Glory. It went pretty smoothly, and we got through the end of Turn 3, which is pretty much an extra turn, and last time we were on a script. Mark[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mostly news from MMP catching my interest at the moment. Brian Youse posted on ConSim World on the 8th: “It is with great, well, shock, that we have to announce that Yanks, the American expansion for ASL, is out of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, we were scheduled for a continuation of an interesting Soldier Kings game yesterday, but Patch was unable to make it, so we had to adopt Plan B for the remaining four of us. Which we quickly decided was a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, had the gang over for gaming again yesterday. For the first time, we got a 5-crew over, and we decided to try Soldier Kings once more, but with five players for the first time. As Zjonni was the new[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, I let my Dad talk me into trying a two-player game of Successors. I was hesitant, because I could tell that it really needed four players to work right. However, he’s much more interested in the Diadochi than World[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…And we ended up playing the Third Crusade scenario for Onward yesterday. After playing the small 2nd Crusade scenario twice in a row, it was almost startling to see the system back in it’s full glory. It really pointed up[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, the annual vacation with my parents has started out well. Weather on the way down alternated between sunny and warm, and overcast and threatening. But, no actual rain, and traffic was pretty good other than along I-210. Took care[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the gang over for gaming yesterday. Mark, Patch and Zjonni came over for another go with Conquest of Paradise. While it had taken an entire session last time, the plan was to play the basic game the first time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…