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(Edit – 2/25/23) – Kai Jensen confirmed on Boardgame Geek that the Minor Nations battle pack will just have updated scenarios with the new Minor Nations artwork on them. I’ve asked whether or not the Minor Nations counters will be the same as the… Continue Reading “Combat Commander News from GMT Games”
With the last Viscounts of the West Kingdom Kickstarter (way back in…I can’t remember when!), Garphill Games decided that rather than release expansions for this great games in dribs and drabs, as well as then finally releasing a Deluxe box for the entire game,… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Gates of Gold”
Undaunted: Normandy is a wargame/card game combination designed by the excellent designers David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin. It was published in 2019 by Osprey Games and I actually wrote about how excited I was when it was first announced. Then I never bought it.… Continue Reading “First Look – Undaunted: Normandy app on Steam”
Shem Phillips and S J MacDonald of Garphill Games fame, seem to have a side job in addition to designing great games. They are the Adepts of Alliteration! That’s why all of their expansions have brilliant alliteration. Works of Wonder, Age of Artisans, and… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom – Keeper of Keys”
It’s the second week of the month and I’m already posting about my monthly Combat Commander ladder game? Yes, my February opponent and I managed to get our game in early this month over two lunchtime sessions. In fact, we finished on Tuesday though… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report – Scenario #82 – Hidden Guns Lash Out”
I know I’ve done quite a few posts about storage solutions from Rails on Board/Cube4Me, but they’re not the only game in town. For some games, what they offer isn’t quite sufficient, because there is literally a shit-ton of cards in them and big… Continue Reading “Clank in Space – Storage Solution From Folded Space”
January 2023 was a great month for gaming, especially with OrcaCon and everything. I’ve already told you about the new games I played, but here’s my month in review. (Many thanks to BG Stats for the ability to do stuff like this!) For me,… Continue Reading “January 2023 Gaming”
I promised at the end of last year that there would be one more of these storage solution posts coming, with me buying Almoravid from GMT Games but not having actually picking it up from our US post box. I finally did, and while… Continue Reading “Almoravid – Storage Solution from Rails on Board”
(Edit 3/1/23: And it’s now live!) (Edit 2/16/23: It’s coming 6 days earlier! The new Kickstarter date is March 1) (Edit 2/2/23: Get notified when it goes live by going here!) Two posts in a day, but this announcement is worth it! Today on… Continue Reading “Scholars of the South Tigris from Garphill Games Coming to Kickstarter March 7”