Pawnderings on Games

Starting setup for the Decision Games edition The Blue & Gray system was a passably authentic depiction of civil war battles at the...

Set up for Gettysburg: Lee's Greatest Gamble The approach of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the appearance ...

The 125th anniversary of something isn't usually a big deal, but Avalon Hill decided it was enough of a hook to latch onto for the 1988 ...

Starting units Gettysburg 64 The approaching 150th anniversary of the battle has re-kindled my interest in things Gettysburg, especiall...

My Bay State friend Mark K. came down to visit for a nice full day of gaming -- our second in a monTH! It's a long drive, so we...

Wow! Just check out that layout for Ogre! Steve Jackson Games is planning to ship Ogre on Oct. 21. Meanwhile The Guns of Gettysburg i...

This photo from the Ogre Kickstarter is too good not to share. Besides showing off the super awesomeness of the new Ogre it also illus...

We appear to be just days away from having the new, 4th Edition of Napoleon in our hands. An eagerly anticipated development, to be sure. ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...