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 BootsGot the gang over for gaming yesterday. Had five people total, and ended up playing Blackbeard. Had the usual painful beginning as setup is fiddly, and there’s lots of different things to do, all of which work a bit differently.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. As I mentioned earlier, I got the new 16-page updated version of Scenario 603 (keep in mind the original is three pages). I had actually been well aware of it, and had done[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. One of the basic principles of Federation & Empire is the ‘supply grid’. This is a network of bases that provide supply to all friendly units in range. In the General War era[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. I’ve been contemplating soloing my way as far as I can through the third General War scenario in the F&E rulebook. It would give me experience with the mid-war, which I really don’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. Expansive wargames like Federation & Empire often present the player with too much to do when first learning the game. This is normal, but still creates a very steep learning curve when first[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. When on the strategic defense in games, I can be quite passive. Pull in, perfect that line, don’t make waves. Give me a superb offensive weapon however, and I will start counter-punching. For[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. Well, about four months after I initially thought it would be done, the new version of the Vassal Module for F&E is available at starfleetgames.com. http://www.starfleetgames.com/documents/F&E_1.2.1.zip Creating the Vassal module has always been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. A: Two (or more) dedicated players. For many people, tactical games eventually conjure the dream of a campaign game. A kind of “super” tactical game where the consequences of one fight are seen[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog at BGG. A little under a year ago, I played this ‘historical’ SFB scenario with my two main gaming buddies. I was playing the Klingon force, and Mark and Patch had the defending forces. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
[Adapted from an old BGG Geeklist posting.] The Lyrans came in again and hit the remaining two battlestations on their border, and sent respectable force against the starbase at 0902. The Klingons came in and hit the majority of BATS[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…