A Gaming Life
Posts about board games
There’s nothing more Christmas-like than a battle for the ages just off the beaches of Normandy in World War II. At least that’s what Combat Commander fans think! Yes, it’s time for the December game of the Combat Commander Ladder, the monthly play of… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report – Scenario #53 – Deeds Not Words”
November was an interesting month for boardgaming. I went to my second convention this year, a relatively small (compared to SHUX, anyway!) local wargaming convention where I was finally able to get a bit of wargaming done! Considering how many wargames I now have,… Continue Reading “New to Me – November 2022”
Last week I did a post about the wonderful storage trays made by Rails On Board (Cube4Me) for my copies of Commands & Colors: Ancients and Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles. The lockable trays that will keep everything organized is just amazing, and the… Continue Reading “Imperial Struggle – More Great Storage From Rails On Board”
November was a good month of gaming, even with missing my final week’s game day and it being harder to get games in at work. I’ll of course talk about the “new to me” games in this month’s post (probably next week) but I… Continue Reading “November Gaming”
I’m kind of backing off some on the Kickstarter gravy train. While I did back Halls of Hegra a couple of months ago after some amazing video footage from my good friends Zilla Blitz and The Players’ Aid, I have come to the conclusion… Continue Reading “Empire’s End from John D. Clair – on Kickstarter now!”
Anybody who follows this blog even a little bit knows that I am a big Shem Phillips/Sam MacDonald fan. I was first introduced to Shem with Raiders of the North Sea (a game that has fallen a bit in my estimation but I still… Continue Reading “Review – Viscounts of the West Kingdom”
My good friend Michal from the great gaming blog The Boardgames Chronicle turned me on to a great series of storage solutions for some of my games (mainly wargames). Rails on Boards has created a series of game trays and card trays that really… Continue Reading “Excellent Game Storage From Rails on Boards (Cube4Me)”
What’s this? A Combat Commander ladder after action report that’s not on the last day of the month? Alert the media! Yes, it’s November and it’s time for another adventure from the Combat Commander ladder, the chance to have a monthly play of one… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario #41 – The Commissar House”
Welcome to the second in a series (of four…that’s a series, right?) of Smash Up micro-expansion reviews for one of my favourite games from Alderac Entertainment Group. If not my favourite, it’s certainly one of my most-played, mainly due to the variety of expansions… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Smash Up Micro-Expansion – Penguins”