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Combat Commander Europe – #7 Bessarabian Nights

Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
Unbelievable, but this was already 7th Combat Commander Europe scenario we played with Dave since January. Recently we added – to our daily routine of exchanging the game log files via Discord – one live session per week.…

Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario #23 – No-Man’s Land

After taking the month of June off for personal reasons, I was eager to play the July scenario for the Combat Commander: Europe ladder (run by the illustrious Patrick Pence). After winning the May game (my first official win!), I had already moved up… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario #23 – No-Man’s Land”

Combat Commander Europe – #6 Paralyzed from the West Down

Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
With great pleasure I would like to invite you guys to already 6th installment in our ambitious project – playing with Dave all twelve Combat Commander Europe Base Game scenarios. With every game we learn more and more…

Concordia Digital Edition in Beta Soon!

Just saw a tweet and received an email today from Acram Digital, the brilliant programmers behind Istanbul and many other great boardgame apps. Remember I mentioned that Concordia is the new game from them? They just released a trailer for it and the beta… Continue Reading “Concordia Digital Edition in Beta Soon!”

Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #270-261

I know it’s been a while (my last post was May 28), but here were finally are with another entry in the COVID-long series of posts about games on Boardgame Geek and whether or not I’ve played them. Thankfully, it looks like the main… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #270-261”

Dominion App From Temple Gates Games – Beta First Impressions

It’s really cool to be involved with something that not everybody else has access to. Hell, that’s why I started this blog! Not that this has really manifested too much, but I did manage to get into the beta version of the Dominion app… Continue Reading “Dominion App From Temple Gates Games – Beta First Impressions”

Review – Raiders of the North Sea Big Box

One of the first posts I did on this blog talked about how board game box inserts can be so important. The problem with even good inserts has always been “what about the expansion(s)?” That’s a viable point. I’ve seen many games where the… Continue Reading “Review – Raiders of the North Sea Big Box”

Classic Dominion Coming Digitally by Temple Gates Games

Boardgame Twitter was all abuzz this morning with the final announcement that the classic deck-building game Dominion, the game that started it all, will be coming out later this year as a digital app! The card game was designed by Donald X. Vaccarino and… Continue Reading “Classic Dominion Coming Digitally by Temple Gates Games”

Review – Speakeasy Blues

There have been a few games published recently about Prohibition and various alcohol-related activites. I fully endorse more of that! *hic* One of the ones that looked really cool but I never pulled the trigger on buying it was Speakeasy Blues. When the pandemic… Continue Reading “Review – Speakeasy Blues”

Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario #112 – Sonnenwende

You may have noticed that I’m kind of obsessed with Combat Commander right now. If not, I don’t know how you could have missed it. Patrick Pence, of Patrick’s Tactics and Tutorials Youtube fame, runs a Combat Commander ladder on Boardgame Geek where players… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario #112 – Sonnenwende”