Smudge Marks & Engel Werks Inside GMT Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Lynn’s Book Blog Sitrep Hex and Violence Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Ravens N’ Pennies Let’s GURPS The Collaborative Gamer Don’t Forget Your BootsCrossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. The carnage from the Coalition Turn 4 offensives caused several difficult choices for me. Kzinti income is down to 2/3rds normal (and down 11 just from last turn), while Hydran income dropped 25[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. I’m sorry for the long delay in posting here, but things have been going on! Belirahc sent forces into both Alliance capitals, and those fights really dragged on. After 131 Vassal logs for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. The Coalition turn left Kzinti space in a real mess. There were plenty of lightly-defended targets, but at the same time, the Hegemony Navy was not in the best of shape itself. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. [See Part 1.] The two F5s took the blast on the #2 shields without taking internals, but the E4J was hit on the weak #3, and took 7 internals (after blowing a battery)[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Crossposted from the SFU blog on BGG. I started Turn 3 with a fair amount of confidence. Both halves of Turn 2 went well for me, and short of Belirahc slipping a large force into the capital, I was pretty[…]↓ 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…