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November 2021 Monthly Update From GMT Games

It’s good to see the Players’ Aid back to doing some posts! They’re still just interviews right now (or they were, until they posted something non-interviewish this morning after I had written all of this last night!) so I’m going to continue doing a… Continue Reading “November 2021 Monthly Update From GMT Games”

Expansion Review – Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars

Roll Player has been one of the greatest purchases I made during the pandemic lockdown in 2020-21, when I was trying to buy some games I could play at home. My wife and I played it a bunch of times! As part of buying… Continue Reading “Expansion Review – Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars”

Review – TEN

Feeling a little grey? Suffering from a lack of colour in your life? Have I got the game for you. TEN is the new card game published by Alderac Entertainment Group (AEG) and it is bright! Just look at that box. The game was… Continue Reading “Review – TEN”

Storm Above the Reich – After Action Report – Mission #6

It was do or die time for Staffel Roy as they were attempting to defend the Third Reich from Allied B-24 bombers in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. The final mission of the first “season” in the campaign game for Storm Above the Reich,… Continue Reading “Storm Above the Reich – After Action Report – Mission #6”

Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 35 – Spartakovka Salient

After two months in the jungles of the Pacific Ocean, November’s Combat Commander Ladder scenario takes us back to the Eastern Front in Europe, namely the Stalingrad Battle Pack for Combat Commander: Europe. This is my sixth month of playing in the Combat Commander… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 35 – Spartakovka Salient”

Thoughts on Ultimate, Deluxe, & Collector’s Editions

Back in January 2021, there was a blog post on Boardgame Geek about a new complete set of the “Railroads” game coming this year. This would be the classic Russian Railroads, the German Railroads expansion and the American Railroads expansion. I made a note… Continue Reading “Thoughts on Ultimate, Deluxe, & Collector’s Editions”

Review – Crave

I’m not sure if Vampires will ever go out of style. Is it the exotic nature of them that can sometimes turn erotic? (Please, nobody bring up Twilight….crap, too late) Whatever it is, vampires are all over pop culture, and even in a few… Continue Reading “Review – Crave”

Storm Above the Reich – After Action Report – Missions #4 & #5

This is another combined report of Staffel Roy’s campaign in Storm Above the Reich with two missions in it, mainly because Mission #4 basically had nothing happen. I mean, things happened, but at the end of the day, nothing was shot down, no bombers… Continue Reading “Storm Above the Reich – After Action Report – Missions #4 & #5”

Garphill Games Announces the “South” Trilogy of Upcoming Games

(Edit: 4/26/22) – The Kickstarter’s live! Go here to back it. If you’ve been following this blog for any amount of time, you know how much I love Garphill Games and their trilogies. Architects of the West Kingdom is one of my favourite games… Continue Reading “Garphill Games Announces the “South” Trilogy of Upcoming Games”

New to Me – October 2021

Now this is more like it. October was a great month for gaming, with me playing 19 different games in the month. This included six new to me games and two new to me expansions! What a cornucopia of games! Well, those aren’t games,… Continue Reading “New to Me – October 2021”