Pawnderings on Games

Happy Halloween!

My eldest daughter is sending me a copy of this abstract strategy game called Dragon face that she thought I'd like. And while the game ...

Test of Fire is one of the more delightful little games to come around in the last few years. Designed by the notable Martin Wallace, probab...

A few other new arrivals of note: Victoria Cross II (shown above). This is a redo of the venerable (and inaugural) Worthington Games title. ...

As usual, good stuff seems to come in bunches. Today Fortune & Glory: The Cliffhanger Game arrived at the local game shop and Star Trek:...

Battle of Jena set up Any day now I expect to get the new game in Worthington's Napoleon's War series, but they've already post...

Reader Rose King lists 10 real howlers here . It's hard to argue that any of them are good games, that's for sure. I remember Dr. R...

I haven't had a chance to do much blogging these past couple of weeks, but it's not because I haven't had some game-related news...

Days of Wonder's site has a link to order a new campaign book. It says there are 11 different campaigns involved, which is similar tot ...

Test of Fire -- action around Henry House Hill It's not just politics that seem to be becoming more polarized -- my tastes in games are ...

About 50 or so re-enactors gathered to commemorate the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon this week. 2011 is, of course the actu...

It's ideal when you can open a box with a game that came in the mail and less than 24 hours later see it hit the table, but that happy c...

USS Montana Rich Baker's blog revealed 8 sip images with data cards that will likely be the 8 ships in his Opening Salvos for Set VI -- ...

It's not well-known, but Brazilian troops saw ground combat in Europe in World War II. As a matter of fact, the Italian campaign was...

I don't know if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but I didn't see it at first glance: Gale Force Nine reports that there license...

As we start to batten down the hatches in preparation for the arrival of Mean Irene, it prmpted some pondering on the effect of weather in w...

Yes, I hauled out one of my all-time favorite game -- a set of miniatures rules from the 1980s called The Complete Brigadier. Coverin...

My first impression of the Archibald, the human cannonball hero in Invasion From Outr Space was that he was a hard hero to use effectively. ...

1977 OGRE Wow, this news from Steve Jackson is a real bummer. Jackson: I haven't done a good enough job recently of commun...

Tried out a recent cooperative game called Forbidden Island at the local game shop and liked it enough that I brought it home, where it ...