Back in August Patch and I played the next Y161 scenario, “…And Settle Their Hash”. A Kzinti squadron is performing drone bombardment when a Klingon squadron arrives to spoil the fun. The Klingon ships are much heavier, but with 18[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Jason came over on Sunday for some FtF gaming, and he brought over Last Hundred Yards again. He’d recently been in something of a rules argument that got him fairly heated, so this was a surprise, but he wanted to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the eighth in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Crusader Kings II. See the previous reviews here: Crusader Kings II: The Second Crusade The Old Gods: That Old-Time Religion Sons of Abraham: A Little of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So, we’re approaching the halfway point of the patch cycle between FF XIV: Endwalker and the next expansion. 6.25 came out a couple weeks ago, and Smudge and I have been spending a lot of time with the new Variant[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I decided to revisit The U.S. Civil War a bit ago, this time trying the 1863 scenario, and using the advanced naval rules. This time I took the Confederates, and was not reassured by what I saw on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had another day of FtF fun back on Sunday. Mark and Jason made it over for a four-player (with me and Dave) game of Dominant Species. It’s been a group favorite since it was introduced, so it’s a bit surprising[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Near the beginning of August, Mark and I returned to Great War Commander, with another scenario from the recent Battle Pack. This one needed a bit of fudging in Vassal, as French Legion platoons don’t exist there yet; however, they’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After demonstrating a Fighting Withdrawal, Mark and I turned AP112 “First Ally” from Action Pack 12 as our next ASL game. Set early in the invasion of Poland it features the rare match up of Allied Minors (Poles) versus Axis[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After finishing up Bertoldo the Brave, Patch and I went to our between-games round of Commands & Colors: Ancients. Up this time was the Battle of Scirthaea from Expansion #2. The Romans have a compact force with a lot of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In mid-July, Mark and I returned to our SFB campaign, dealing with one of the small open-space fights we had generated. But first, we took care of other business. Mark was not really wanting to fight out the last base[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…