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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Game Expedition report -- A Bad Day for the British

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Well, the inimitable Mark K. and I got in a full day of gaming, and as Mark's suggested Blog Post title hints, it wasn't a good day ...
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Friday, January 29, 2010

Gaming Expedition

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I'm about to head up to the wilds of the Bay State's Merrimack Valley for a game session with the indefatigable Mark K. tomorrow in ...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Is the Collectible Game era coming to a close?

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I noticed this interesting discussion over at ForuMini , the Website devoted to Axis & Allies miniatures. The short version is that the ...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

In praise of dice

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Dice from Gale Force 9 I'll admit it. I like throwing dice. Yeah, I know there are those who disdain a "bucket of dice" in a g...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

What the UPS guy left on the porch recently

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I haven't bought too many entirely new games recently, opting instead to beef up existing parts of my collection. Among the few games I ...
Monday, January 25, 2010

Congratulations on Boardgame Geek turning 10

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Friday was Boardgame Geek's 10th anniversary . Congratulations!
Sunday, January 24, 2010

Session Report for Fighting Sail Lawrence vs Broke

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Earlier I had looked at the famous engagement between the frigates Chesapeake vs. Shannon using For Honor And Glory rules. I noted that t...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Good, the Bad, the the Munchkin -- Door deck

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Continuing my ruminations on The Good, the Bad, and the Munchkin. In Munchkin-series games treasure cards are important, but it's Door c...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Good, the Bad, and the Munchkin -- Treasure Deck

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In another one of my running projects on questions that suit my fancy, I'm going to look at the cards of various Munchkin series games a...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Interesting imminent game release from Worthington Games

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Worthington Games has a list of upcoming games available for pre-release sale prices on their Website, among them are this interesting one b...
Sunday, January 17, 2010

Koh-what? A World War II naval battle you probably never heard of.

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The Dhonburi in action "against French imperialism" World War II was a frustrating experience for the French Navy. Equipped with ...
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Saturday, January 16, 2010

Heroscape Day at Arkham Asylum

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I organized a Heroscape Play Day today at the Arkham Asylum comic store in Norwich today and it went rather well. Turns out there are some H...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

Making choices -- Why I bought Twilight Struggle

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As I noted a few days ago, at least 212 wargames or expansions were published in 2009 alone, a truly amazing number. Such a vast selection ...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

"I didn't know that!" Wargaming and perusing through History

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One of the alluring things about wargaming for me is the discoveries it can bring. Today happens to be the anniversary of the Battle of Aud...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Axis and Allies miniatures -- jeeps

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I'll be posting, on an occasional basis, musings about particular pieces in the Axis & Allies series of miniatures. There's prob...
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For anyone who thinks wargaming is dying -- 212 games/expansions were published in 2009!

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Here's the list compiled by Alan Poulter. This far exceeds the glory days of SPI. From the list I bought: Memoir ' 44 Tigers in the...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Gaming events calendar in southern New England

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Every Thursday - The Grid - Manchester Every Friday - Central CT GO club meets in Middletown 1st and 3rd Friday is the Central CT Wargamer...

No Cherry on top -- A Lost Worlds session

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The Old Warrior's one-game winning 'streak' comes to an end ... Flaming Cherry hated the job she had signed up for. A famous ...
Sunday, January 10, 2010

Battle Above the Clouds component review -- a new look for GCACW

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Up to this point the "look" of the Great Campaigns of the American Civil War has been remarkably stable since the first game (Ston...
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Saturday, January 9, 2010

Sometimes the only way to win -- cheat! A Lost Worlds session report

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Well, maybe not exactly cheat, but definitely not a fair fight. The Old Warrior finally breaks (temporarily as it turns out) his string of d...
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I've been a gamer since 1969, a military officer since 1979 and a journalist since 1988.
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