A Gaming Life
What is this? It’s the first half of the month and I’m already doing my monthly Combat Commander ladder report? Isn’t it usually just squeezing it in on the last day? No! Not this month. Merry Christmas. And welcome to another tale of boardgaming… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 55 – Graveyard of the North Shores”
Welcome to another tale of warfare and adventure on the Combat Commander ladder, which affords me the opportunity to play one of my favourite games with a bunch of really cool people. The ladder is run by the ineffable Patrick Pence, he of Patrick’s… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 44 – Stalingrad of the North”
Welcome to another tale of conflict and adventure from the Combat Commander ladder, where I get to play one of my favourite games monthly online with some wonderful people. The ladder is run by the peerless Patrick Pence of Patrick’s Tactics & Tutorials fame.… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario M10 – Bulolo River Bridge”
Talk about taking it right to the end! We weren’t able to play our game until the last week of September, and then the VASSAL server went down and we didn’t finish the game until Friday, September 29th. But finish we did, and it… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario L – Slopes of Hell”
(Edit: 8/3023) – The video is live!!! (The exclamation mark is in the scenario title, not meaning that I’m very excited about this scenario…though actually it is quite good!) Two After Action Reports in quick succession, which can happen when one is really late… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report – Scenario #33 – We Go!”
Wow, this is really late. I mean, really late. Yes, this is my report for July’s ladder game. Almost a week into August! Not only that, but I am probably playing my August game next weekend. I’d better get on this! Anyway, welcome to… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report – Scenario #20 – A March in December”
This is almost becoming a regular thing. Which is great! My May opponent for the Combat Commander ladder, Ted W, was so fun to play against that we played once again in June. That was so fun that when I had some free time… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report Supplemental No. 2 – Scenario #92 – Let England Shake”
Sorry it’s been a couple of months since the first mission report from the new solo WWI aircraft game, Aces of Valor. It’s not because I didn’t want to! Things just got ahead of me. Like other German fighter pilots! How to play this… Continue Reading “Aces of Valor After Action Report – British Short Campaign – Mission 2”
Just in case you were all faked out by my supplemental after action report last week, this is the official June game of Combat Commander as part of the ladder tournament run by the indomitable Patrick Pence, he of Patrick’s Tactics & Tutorials Youtube… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report – Scenario #10 – Commando School”
Last month’s Combat Commander ladder game against Ted W was a barn-burner, very intense and exciting. After the game, we agreed that we would play again at some point, and we arranged to play a scenario of my choosing on Monday night. After looking… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report Supplemental – Scenario #28 – No Ingouf Around”