Had Mark over yesterday. We had planned this to be a play through of the 3rd Crusade in Onward Christian Soldiers (which I haven’t played yet, so I’d like to try it), but he had an urge to play Commands[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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A little while back, I got in the new edition of Successors. Generally, it’s a four-player game, and we currently have four in the regular group. But, Jason tends to get busy between teaching duties and working on his advanced[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Y155, an Orion “Horde” attacked and destroyed Federation outpost K4. This was a prelude to a massive smuggling operation in which weapons and contraband purchased from the Klingons were smuggled into Federation space. The three usual suspects (me, Patch,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark over yesterday for some gaming. First, he showed me game I hadn’t heard of, Cowboys, and we did a really fast two gunmen shootout (maybe 45 minutes including absorbing the really short rulebook?). Anyway, it seems to have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s heeere…. My copy of Successors just showed up today from GMT. I thought the game looked really interesting when Avalon Hill first published it over a decade ago, and now I actually have a copy. Physically, it looks very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Patch, Mark, and Jason over for wargaming again yesterday. I was a little surprised when Soldier Kings came up as an idea last time. We’re a bit uncertain on the balance, as it seems too easy for Britain to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Went up to a wargame club in Oakland today. Found out about it through BGG, and gave it a try. Not hard to get to, and in a very nice game store (they have a second floor for all the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had Mark, Patch, and Jason over again for gaming yesterday. This time it was Conquest of Paradise, a kind of simple civ-game set in Polynesia. While we’d read the rules ahead of time, that was about it for preparation. So,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Been meaning to get to this for a while. But I’ve been waiting for my good copy of AP4 to come in (see below). Origins, one of the bigger gaming conventions, happened a week ago, which means that there’s also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Been a busy weekend. Saturday was the Midsummer Art Festival at the Triton Museum. We did our usual thing and got out the pavilion and panels and set up a nice display. Friday had been a really hot day, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…