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 BootsAfter dealing with some space dragons, Mark introduced me to Arquebus. I actually had a session of Men of Iron with Jason earlier, but just enough time passed for me to need to re-learn much of it. Mark was also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the ninth 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…
After our ‘current SFB‘ scenario, Mark and I returned to Great War Commander, with scenario 4. This is our second visit to 1915, with action during Vimy Ridge. The Germans start off in trenches with one pillbox and some wire[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the fifteenth in a series of reviews of Paradox’s empire management games. See the earlier reviews here: Europa Universalis II: A Tale of Two Europas Hearts of Iron: Europa of Iron Victoria: Nineteenth Century Essay Crusader Kings: A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After escaping a supernova, Patch and I did our regular round of Commands & Colors: Ancients, this time playing the Battle of Baetis River from Expansion #3. Along with the Marian Legions rule (for both sides), there’s a fordable river,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
With six victories, and two defeats, I had no trouble passing to the second defense line in Mark and I’s modified Admiral’s Game campaign. No ships were destroyed, but three bases were. Five of my ships were damaged (including two[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After trying out Serbien muẞ Sterbien, I introduced Mark to the Der Weltkrieg series, with the equivalent opening of the war in Serbia scenario from the Eastern Front set. We reprized our earlier roles, so I had the attacking Austro-Hungarians[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mark and I spent a little time with a “modern” SFB scenario away from our Early Years campaign, with a Y162 scenario. This one features an early ISC force trying to rescue a colony (troop) transport from a pair of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the fourteenth in a series of reviews of Paradox’s empire management games. See the earlier reviews here: Europa Universalis II: A Tale of Two Europas Hearts of Iron: Europa of Iron Victoria: Nineteenth Century Essay Crusader Kings: A[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A little bit ago, Patch and I finished our play-through of Y161 scenarios. The finale was a fleet battle of the Four Powers War. Patch initially looked at it and refused as it had far too many ships for what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…