Pawnderings on Games

Fantasy Flight previews another hero, this time the Rogue. http://new.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_news.asp?eidn=641 This is shaping up to be...

At NPR they took note of the upcoming movies based on various Hasbro toys and games: "The new blockbusters, meanwhile, feature bombasti...

While the good news is that there seems to be some movement on the licensing for Heroclix , the bad new is that WizKids has tired of mainta...

A short blog post from WizKids last week says that the licensing issues are close to being worked out. http://wizkidsgames.blogspot.com/2009...

There's a lot of satisfaction to be found in playing a game that rewards long-term plans, clever combinations and deep strategy. But som...

Played a 3-player Axis & Allies: Europe yesterday that was such a nail-biter at the end that everyone ended up standing up for the last...

Finally had the time needed to try a couple of test turns in Waterloo. it's an intriguing design, and while completely different from Bo...

After a long hiatus, it appears we're going to start seeing some action on the BattleLore front. A Heroes expansion is coming. http://w...

I'm not sure how often it will come up, but there is a possible contradiction between the rulebook and the player aid on when the initia...

Got in a three-player game of Small World. We were all newbies. There were lot of declines and inter-player conflict. so it was a wild game....

Interesting gaming reference in a mainstream magazine this month. An article in Armed Forces Journal uses the example of Leeroy Jenkins , a...

Gen. Pope stood at the treeline outside Groveton , examining the Rebel line with his spyglass. If he could destroy the Secessionist Brigad...

Game arrived today and I couldn't resist opening the box right away. After looking it over most of the afternoon I have to say I am intr...

Mark and I both went into this scenario highly dubious about the British army's chances. I got the British for the first go-around, Whil...

Now there's word on the AH boards that there may be a reprint of A&A 50 after all. http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=120473...

Mark and I continued our mini- TOI marathon with a match of Chain of Command, the second "bonus" scenario from the Tide of Iron D...

It's a trifling gesture, but I'm switching this humble blog to a green theme for a bit to express support to the Iranian people.

The Tide of Iron Designer's book includes a couple of bonus scenarios that were previously unpublished "demo" scenarios used ...

I was there at the beginning. 20 years ago I bought Bloody 110, the first game in the second series of games by The Gamers, which was predic...

So the new core set of Magic, Magic 2010 will also introduce some major changes in the game, according to Wizards of the Coast. http://www.w...