Gary Gygax has passed away. http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/03/report-gary-gyg.html He is, and will continue to be, known best as the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, three little books that became a whole new world of gaming. Like many fans, however, “I would like[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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GMT recently put out a tentative schedule of what will be released over the next several months, going into next year. Of especial interest to me are Blackbeard, due out in April/May and Successors III (which I preordered) due in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The long-anticipated Valor of the Guards just arrived today. Contents: Two very nice poster-maps covering central Stalingrad. Five countersheets. Damn, but punch registration has gotten good. One new vehicle type: the German SdKfz 10/5. Which seems to be a late[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had the usual gang (Patch, Mark, and Paul) over for another SFB game yesterday. We did another “let’s see how this class operates” battle, in this case early dreadnoughts. DNs have been part of the game since the beginning, with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
And now for my long-delayed post on what is possibly the biggest current player in board wargames. GMT has been around since the late ’80s and has a very healthy publishing schedule. Historically, I haven’t paid as much attention to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When the plot resulted in a coup (which failed), the Hidden Dagger County declared war on the DDSC and attacked. Larkahn’s son Larzhak, now Duke, supported the attack, as did the White Stripe County. They were unable to use their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, internet here has been really flaky since about last Thursday. Apparently a contractor for Comcast has not been cleaning up after himself, and leaving much of Sunnyvale in poor shape. I imagine they’re getting coal in their stocking. Last[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We were scheduled for a two-team SFB battle on Saturday, but Paul developed car trouble and couldn’t make it. That left us with three people and no plan B. After a fair bit of hunting around we decided to play[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In Y143, the Klingon Empire successfully rooted out and destroyed a Jindarian caravan operating in the asteroid belt of the Selnar system. Unfortunately, the Klingons did not know that they had missed one Jindarian ship, although they had badly damaged[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Had more SFB goodness yesterday, with Patch, Mark and Paul over for a two-team battle. Me and Mark were one team, with me trying the Lyrans and Mark with Klingons, with Patch and Paul on the other with Kzintis and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…