Pawnderings on Games

Commentary, reviews and news about games played by adults looking for a challenge.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Dominating

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The local game Meetup has discovered Dominant Species, the hit GMT game that's gone into multiple printings. We played the first g...
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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Not good enough to win a Two on One yet

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For our second game I wanted to play something quick (we had less than an hour) and still use some toys I hadn't played with yet so I se...

One afternoon over Italy in 1917 ... a Wings of War/Glory session report

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Baracca's SPAD lines up for an early shot At the local game shop played a couple of quick games of Wings of War/Glory. Turns out the...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

The Magicking of wargames

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I played a couple of games of Wings of War and had a blast -- but also found myself with a nagging touch of dissatisfaction because of how h...
Monday, April 22, 2013

Merchant's & Marauders -- a wargamer review

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Merchants & Marauders is an unusual game in many ways. It's very heavily themed, based on historical events and features fairly intr...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Rahman Noodles

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Played the El Alamein Rahman Track scenario at the weekly game noght. As per my usual practice, I adjusted the OB to take advantage of th...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

USS Thresher -- and the risks of service

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April 10 will mark the 50th anniversary of the loss of the the USS Thresher. I remember when the news bulletin came on the TV. I was 9 and...
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Shot down in the Gap -- session report

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Played another session of Axis & Allies miniatures, once again playing an updated version of one of the the old official scenarios. In t...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Bandit's High first impression

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I had a chance to pick up a Starter for the new Bandit's High Starter set for Axis & Allies Air Force miniatures. Unlike my prac...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

4th edition Napoleon -- Familiar newness

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Columbia Games' Napoleon has been around in some form for almost four decades. While originally published around 1974 by Gamma Two games...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Ambiguous anniversary -- 10 years after Iraq, personal thoughts

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Seth In Iraq, April 2003 From early childhood I was always fascinated with the military, the history of war and soldiering. I cannot r...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Guadalcanal Diary -- AAM style

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Co. B, 5th Marines, upper right, and Co. L, 5th Marines, lower left, prepare to advance  As has been my practice, when I recently revisi...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Exciting news for Tide of Iron

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Fantasy Flight Games and a new outfit called 1A Games jointly announced that FFG has licensed the Tide of Irons game system to 1A. Details...
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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal -- Review with an eye to art

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"Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal and the other games in the Axis & Allies series are what could be called an artistic interpretation...
Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Up Front facing a bad RNC check it appears

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BoardgameGeek thread reports that some additional legal issues (not related to Up Front, itself) have cropped up that are putting the projec...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Checking out the progress of the Napoleon Kickstarter

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Allan B. Calhamer, inventor of the game Diplomacy has died

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Gamescience box Word is seeping through the Internet gaming community that Allan B. Calhamer, the inventor and designer of the boa...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

Napoleon Kickstarter starts

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OK, the Napoleon Kickstarter showed up a few minutes ago -- I may have been Backer No. 1!
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

It's a plot to take my money, I say!

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Oh, My, yet another Kickstarter project that I feel compelled to take part in! Yep, Columbia Games is joining the fun and has announced ...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Dice research

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Came across some interesting research done on 6-side dice. http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/That%27s_How_I_Roll_-_A_Scientific_Analysis_o...
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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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