Smudge Marks & Engel Werks Inside GMT Flash of Steel Playing at the World Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories 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. 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…
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…
[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…
Had Mark over yesterday for our sorta-monthly FtF session. It was my choice this time, so the venue was Federation & Empire. We’ve been playing (or failing to) this game for quite some time now, but Mark’s been struggling with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Apologies in advance to all those following this journal who have no interest in wargaming. I’m planning on helping a few people who are get up to speed on what’s going on (industry in general, and my own purchases/interests). To[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…