A Gaming Life
Since my May Combat Commander ladder game isn’t until later this month, I thought I would share a previous supplemental adventure that I had back in February with a member of the ladder. The March ladder scenario is always taken from the Sea Lion… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report Supplemental No. 4 – Scenario 89 – Beneath a Steel Sky”
What’s this? Two months in a row where I actually do my Combat Commander ladder game report early? That’s unheard of! There must be something in the water. It’s time for another tale from the ladder! The ladder is a Combat Commander monthly tournament… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario LoM #12 – Red Sector A”
After a really bad (and late!) February episode of Tales from the Combat Commander ladder, we’re getting to March’s almost as soon as I’m done playing it! This was a much more satisfying game, and that’s whether or not I won (I’m not giving… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 93 – Foxtrot Uniform”
Welcome to another amazing tale from the Combat Commander ladder, that monthly chance for me to play one of my favourite games of all time! Run by the sensational Patrick Pence, he of Patrick’s Tactics & Tutorials fame (one day I will be featured… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 74 – Sturmgruppe Granit”
When I was first talking about movement on this list between 2022 and 2024, I wasn’t sure how much movement there would be in the Top 10. Those games are still great, shouldn’t they stay up there? Of course, some games might supplant them,… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#30-21)”
Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of bed and play one of your favourite games of all time. Ok, sure, it’s always fun, especially when you have a cool and entertaining opponent. But as for the results? Well…let’s get the preliminaries… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 69 – Compagnie Scamaroni II”
It’s only been two years, but it’s that time again! The 2022 edition of my “Top Games Played of All Time” was predicated on my having played just over 400 games. As of the end of 2023, I had played 534 games in total.… Continue Reading “Top 50 Games Played of All Time – 2024 Edition (#50-41)”
To end the year (other than tomorrow’s Friday Night Shots post and maybe something for Saturday/Sunday, I don’t know yet), I thought I’d write up one of this year’s most fascinating Combat Commander games I’ve had that wasn’t actually part of the monthly ladder.… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report Supplemental No. 3 – Scenario #42 – Rumanian Defiance”
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”