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Post by stevemitchell on Apr 10, 2019 21:16:57 GMT -6
Leuthen (Drums & Muskets #1) from Victory Point Games. A Prussian victory.
Objective Shreveport from Hollandspiele. A draw (1 VP each for the USA and CSA).
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Post by makofan on Apr 11, 2019 13:56:18 GMT -6
I have a 4 player game of Stellar Conquest (AH version) coming up soon so I'm running through a 2 player solo game to refresh. View AttachmentView AttachmentSweet! Would love to get in on a real game like that instead of all those stupid Euro games |
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Post by owlorbs on Apr 13, 2019 9:09:10 GMT -6
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Post by makofan on Apr 14, 2019 11:12:33 GMT -6
Played 5-player History of the World last night. I was the defending champ but never got untracked, finishing a mediocre third. It was the first time we have ever seen the player who played the Roman Empire in the 3rd Epoch win the game in a five player game.
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LouGoncey
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Post by LouGoncey on Apr 18, 2019 21:25:28 GMT -6
Played Hollandspiele’s HOUSE OF NORMANDY today. Played the first scenario.
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Post by skars on Apr 19, 2019 17:28:53 GMT -6
We have been enjoying this one, I think the second era is my favorite so far |
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Post by owlorbs on Apr 23, 2019 7:13:27 GMT -6
For Earth Day I decided to make it Leaving Earth Day. Solo set up for Leaving Earth pictured.  |
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Post by scalydemon on Apr 30, 2019 13:47:37 GMT -6
I played a game of C&C Nap with the Russian expansion Sunday. Getting excited for the release of C&C Medieval coming up in a few weeks. I pre ordered a copy from my FLGS.
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Post by owlorbs on Apr 30, 2019 14:10:45 GMT -6
I'm anxiously awaiting C&C Medieval as well. A stickering & beer session awaits.
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Post by stevemitchell on Apr 30, 2019 19:06:18 GMT -6
I played both games from Forgotten Legions by Compass. In Bloody Keren, the Italians held off the British long enough to claim a victory. But in Drive on Damascus, the British and their Free French allies swept forward to wrest control of Lebanon and Syria from the Vichy French. Two very enjoyable games using a common system.
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Post by tkdco2 on Apr 30, 2019 19:21:42 GMT -6
My friends and I played a couple of games of Survive after I ran a Rolemaster game (and after watching Hawk the Slayer).
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Post by owlorbs on May 1, 2019 11:22:20 GMT -6
My friends and I played a couple of games of Survive after I ran a Rolemaster game (and after watching Hawk the Slayer). Sounds like a good day. |
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Post by tkdco2 on May 3, 2019 0:44:34 GMT -6
My friends and I played a couple of games of Survive after I ran a Rolemaster game (and after watching Hawk the Slayer). Sounds like a good day. Between Rolemaster and Hawk the Slayer (on VHS, might I add), it was like 1980 all over again. |
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Post by makofan on May 3, 2019 13:53:10 GMT -6
Just got stomped in two player Civilization (the Sid Maier board game). The Egyptians and rationalism steamrolled to a tech win before I could get my Roman war technology ramped up
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Post by Punkrabbitt on May 5, 2019 20:37:27 GMT -6
10 days ago I played a co-op game of Rangers Of The Shadowdeep. I am setting up right now to play a solo game of Five Leagues From The Borderlands.
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Post by owlorbs on May 6, 2019 18:13:12 GMT -6
Played a few games of King Arthur's Knights (1978) by Greg Stafford.  |
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Post by Starbeard on May 7, 2019 9:25:25 GMT -6
Played a few games of King Arthur's Knights (1978) by Greg Stafford. There's one that's always been high on my radar, but I know little about it and don't know anyone who's ever played. Care to give a quick review and verdict? |
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Post by owlorbs on May 7, 2019 10:37:40 GMT -6
Played a few games of King Arthur's Knights (1978) by Greg Stafford. There's one that's always been high on my radar, but I know little about it and don't know anyone who's ever played. Care to give a quick review and verdict? I think it's a great game if you like games such as the original Dungeon! TSR made their own version with Knights of Camelot (I like them both but prefer this one). Gameplay is simple but flavorful - very narrative. The standard game is to attempt to join the Knights of the Round Table by proving your worth in combat, romantic dalliances and managing pagan magicians. Or in game terms, to collect a variable amount of treasure and Chivalry Points. You choose one of three levels of knight to play, Knight Errant, Knight at Arms or Great Knight. The less powerful you are the more encounters you can avoid and the fewer number of treasure and CP's you need to win a spot at the round table. Turns are simple being mainly Move/Encounter/Resolve. All encounters are resolved with a single 1d6 roll and modifiers on the appropriate chart. The game is suitably brutal and character death abounds. There are many different quests and adventures to be had to gain wealth and CP. Each (colored) kingdom on the map draws from its own encounter deck. Yellow (magical) spaces usually contain a nice treasure or quest item but also have a nasty guardian. Where else can you die of a broken heart on your first turn? Awesome. |
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Post by Starbeard on May 7, 2019 10:59:52 GMT -6
Sounds fantastic, I need to hunt down a copy. Thanks!
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Post by makofan on May 7, 2019 13:40:41 GMT -6
Played a few games of King Arthur's Knights (1978) by Greg Stafford. There's one that's always been high on my radar, but I know little about it and don't know anyone who's ever played. Care to give a quick review and verdict? Sweet! As a Pendragon nut, I would love to have this game. |
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Post by LouGoncey on May 9, 2019 17:21:27 GMT -6
Parroting others on this board, I played a scenario of C&C Ancients, also getting ready for the release of C&C: Mid.
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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2019 20:42:23 GMT -6
Just getting ready to play Dark City Games, The Thing in the Lake.
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Post by stevemitchell on May 9, 2019 21:32:20 GMT -6
I played Borodino, a game in the Triumph & Glory series from GMT Games. This is a real slugging match, with two big armies facing each other with virtually no room for maneuver, so it's all straight-ahead attacking at first. Eventually, though, the French captured the Great Redoubt and the Lesser Redoubt, and then blew a large hole through the Russian left flank, through which Murat's cavalry began pouring. A decided victory for the French.
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Post by stevemitchell on May 17, 2019 14:51:54 GMT -6
The Triumph & Glory series from GMT only ran to two boxed games and one magazine game. But a French designer, with permission, used the system as the baseline for the Jours de Gloire series of battles, with many small changes, but still recognizable as being from the same game "family." I finally got one of these on my table in the form of Montmirail 1814. Here the French, with mostly Guard units, are advancing to fight two converging Coalition columns--one Russian, one Prussian. The Russians stood up to the Guard pretty well, but the Prussians were shredded by the attacks of Ney and Mortier. La garde triomphante!
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Post by stevemitchell on May 19, 2019 17:32:36 GMT -6
Napoleon and Blucher fight to a draw at Vauchamps 1814 (part of the same package with Montmirail.
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Post by scalydemon on May 21, 2019 11:28:25 GMT -6
I attended ChitCon VI a local mini Wargame Con here last weekend.
Played
Julius Caesar (Columbia games)
Time of Crisis, with new expansion
C&C Ancients Epic (with 8 people)
Maria (first time playing this, great fun, 3 player game)
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Post by rsdean on May 21, 2019 14:42:06 GMT -6
I was at Huzzah, an excellent small convention in Portland, Maine, over the weekend. I was in one Command and Colors ancients
Scenario (Gaugamela) rendered with miniatures, and collaborated with a friend to stage four games using 40mm home cast figures representing imaginary 18th century countries. Two were using home rules, and the other two used the new rules by Howard Whitehouse, A Gentleman’s War.
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Post by stevemitchell on May 21, 2019 15:37:00 GMT -6
How did you like rules for A Gentleman's War?
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Post by rsdean on May 22, 2019 19:09:39 GMT -6
How did you like rules for A Gentleman's War? Pretty well. There are a few things that are more complicated than I would like (close combat, for example), but we only had a couple of very minor questions after playing, so they were clear enough. I hope to have another go this weekend. |
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Post by stevemitchell on May 23, 2019 11:52:07 GMT -6
Thanks! I think Mr. Whitehouse puts out some pretty interesting rules. Hadn't heard of this title before, but it's now on my Amazon list.
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