Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsWhen I first saw the scenario “Ad Hoc at Beaurains”, I was fascinated by it. Four full boards, sixteen turns. It should be massive, but the number of actual units is actually small, and no units begin on the board[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. As I hinted when I released version 1.3.1 of the F&E Vassal module, I had something new in mind. Specifically, I’m looking to start over and do a brand new Vassal module. My[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch came over yesterday, and we played the fourth scenario from Festung Budapest: “HKL 259”. It’s a fairly small, seven-turn scenario on the southern portion of the NW map (as opposed to the northern portion that the first three deal[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Last Date: Sep 16] CG I is a relatively short campaign, running only eight days. I’m still somewhat embarrassed that I only made it through two. I actually do not remember the campaign in any real detail. I just remember[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Previous Date: Sep 15 N] After the partially successful night assault, Patch naturally immediately went on the offensive again the next date. I’d been struggling with having enough troops to go around the entire time, and this Date was no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Previous Date: Sep 15] Two of the VotG campaigns begin on the same day (differing in scope), and both are pretty obviously set up for the Russians to do a night counter-attack after the first day (thanks to some bonuses).[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Being between ASL games, Patch and I started another round of C&C:A last week, with the last scenario from the original set: Zama 202 BC. We would have done a pair of games, but the Vassal server crashed shortly after[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG Turn nine has been a turn of surprises for me. The Klingons actually cancelled a couple ships this turn, so they could support maximum carrier builds (D7V, D5V, F5V). Meanwhile, the Lyrans are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Having familiarized ourselves with the general special rules for VotG, Patch and I started the smallest of the Campaign Games included in August 2008…: After a week or two off for our respective setups, Patch and I started VotG CGI[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Once we both had Valor of the Guards, Patch and I decided to try out the set by playing one of the smaller of the fantastic number of stand-alone scenarios it has. We wanted to try a Stalingrad CG, and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…