And now for my long-delayed post on what is possibly the biggest current player in board wargames. GMT has been around since the late ’80s and has a very healthy publishing schedule. Historically, I haven’t paid as much attention to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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When the plot resulted in a coup (which failed), the Hidden Dagger County declared war on the DDSC and attacked. Larkahn’s son Larzhak, now Duke, supported the attack, as did the White Stripe County. They were unable to use their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, internet here has been really flaky since about last Thursday. Apparently a contractor for Comcast has not been cleaning up after himself, and leaving much of Sunnyvale in poor shape. I imagine they’re getting coal in their stocking. Last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We were scheduled for a two-team SFB battle on Saturday, but Paul developed car trouble and couldn’t make it. That left us with three people and no plan B. After a fair bit of hunting around we decided to play[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Y143, the Klingon Empire successfully rooted out and destroyed a Jindarian caravan operating in the asteroid belt of the Selnar system. Unfortunately, the Klingons did not know that they had missed one Jindarian ship, although they had badly damaged[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had more SFB goodness yesterday, with Patch, Mark and Paul over for a two-team battle. Me and Mark were one team, with me trying the Lyrans and Mark with Klingons, with Patch and Paul on the other with Kzintis and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It’s been a busy weekend. There’s still things that need doing that didn’t get done. Saturday was gaming. The usual crowd, Patch and Mark, showed up for SFB, and Paul showed up to watch after expressing interest in playing. We[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, I still need to examine the GMT Games pre-order list and talk about all the things I’d salivate over if I had the money and space (who am I kidding? I salivate anyway). MMP got another nasty shock when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, finally got Patch and Mark over and we finished off our game of Onward Christian Soldiers today. It… did not go so well for me. My position at the end of the previous session (too long ago), was not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Origins is over, and the post-show discussions are abounding. ^_^ MMP did indeed release Few Returned. As I’m one of the later pre-orders, I figure I’ll get my copy late this month, maybe early August. ADB apparently had a good[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…