At long last, the new version of the F&E Vassal module is out! You can download it from ADB here: http://www.starfleetgames.com/documents/F&E-2.1.zip Please save the zip package to where you keep your modules, and then extract everything. The extensions will then[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Finally had a day of FtF gaming on Sunday. It’s been about half a year, with half the time wasted to me procrastinating, and the other half with me having projects that either chewed up weekends, or I was afraid[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the second in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Stellaris. See the previous review here: Stellaris: Paradox Among the Stars The first expansion for Stellaris was announced on September 15, 2016, after two major patches[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Patch took a while to come up with a setup for our next Hatten game (and I didn’t do much better), so we returned to Commands & Colors: Ancients, with another Expansion #3 battle. Pompey has caught two of Sertorius’[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
For a long time, I’ve been aware that almost any pre-modern wargame has problems with seasons. Carrying on a campaign in winter is the next thing to impossible, and many games ignore the entire ‘winter quarters’ aspect entirely. Even those[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
TSR’s eighth FR-series module was odd even by the standards of the odder entries in the series. It was a slim boxed set, containing a booklet of advice about how to run city adventures, four sheets of miniatures-scale maps (meant[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the ninth in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Europa Universalis IV. See the previous reviews here: Europa Universalis IV: A Fantastic Point of View Wealth of Nations: National Trade Res Publica: A Tradition of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After Unhorsing Patch, we turned to our usual set of Commands & Colors: Ancients while we prepare for the next big thing. This time was the Battle of Lauron from Expansion #3. This is the initial fight between Sertorius and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As we finished up with a supernova, I had Patch look over the list of scenarios from ASL Journal 13, and he picked a Normandy action among the hedgerows. It’s a month after D-Day, and the Iowa National Guard Cavalry[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark got Space Corp a bit ago, and we tried it out ahead of a future group game. The is about the exploration and exploitation of space, and goes through three ‘eras’, starting with the exploration of the inner solar[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…