Tag: Combat Commander
Posted on September 6, 2025
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Have you ever played a game where the worst mistake you made in the game was 2-3 days before you played it? Now I have! Welcome to another adventure in the exciting Combat Commander ladder, that monthly tournament of one of the finest games… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario C – Ichiki Attacks”
Posted on September 1, 2025
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It’s nice when a month of gaming comes together in unexpected ways is better than you expected it to be. I was surprised by July’s gaming numbers, considering I was off. August came around and I was going to be missing one Sunday due… Continue Reading “August 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Action Selection, Bezier Games, BG Stats, Card Games, Castles of Mad King Ludwig, Combat Commander, Cooperative Games, Days of Wonder, Five Tribes, Garphill Games, GMT Games, Kosmos, Mancala games, Stonemaier Games, The Gang, Tides of Trade, Tile-Laying Games, Wargames, Wayfarers of the South Tigris, Wingspan
Posted on August 9, 2025
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After getting my July Combat Commander game done on July 1, July was a long month to wait for another one! I was going to set up another one in July but ended up not doing so. Thankfully my August game was also done… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 27 – Carentan Causeway”
Posted on August 1, 2025
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Being off for almost the entire month of July, I wasn’t expecting much on the gaming front. However, I managed to attended a Wednesday night meet-up a couple of times, which greatly helped take the place of our normal lunchtime games at work, at… Continue Reading “July 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: 2-Player Games, Arcane Wonders, Bezier Games, BG Stats, Card Games, Card Shedding, Combat Commander, Contracts, Cosmodrome Games, Daily Magic Games, Dice Drafting, Dice-rolling, Drafting Games, Favor of the Pharaoh, GMT Games, Little Dog Games, Lookout Games, NEOM, Push Your Luck Games, Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria, Smartphone Inc, Spring Cleaning, Tile-Laying Games, Wargames
Posted on July 4, 2025
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Holy crap, it’s the first week of July and you’re seeing yet another tale from the Combat Commander ladder from me? That’s right, we actually got our game done on July 1. That’s dedication! And both of us having Canada Day off and lots… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 18 – Bridge Hunt”
Posted on May 31, 2025
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I wasn’t expecting too much out of my May gaming period, mainly because of Mother’s Day and two Vancouver marathons meaning that we didn’t have our usual Sunday gaming place for three straight weeks. Suddenly, though, the light appeared and we had an alternate… Continue Reading “May 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Action Selection, BG Stats, Card Drafting, Civolution, Combat Commander, Delicious Games, Dice Drafting, FloodGate Games, GMT Games, Pegasus Spiele, Sagrada, Sagrada - Great Facades: Life, Schmidt Spiele, Shipyard (2nd Edition), The Taverns of Tiefenthal
Posted on May 24, 2025
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Combat Commander can be a weird duck sometimes. One day, luck is swinging wildly like a drunk pool player swinging his stick around because he scratched on an easy 8-ball shot. The next day, things pretty much go in a straight line, from one… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 118 – No. 4 Commando”
Posted on May 1, 2025
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As expected after last month’s post, where March had a huge number of games because of a convention, April came back down to earth with a much fewer amount of games. However, it was much better than February! Which means it was a good… Continue Reading “April 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board GamesTags: 2-Player Games, Bezier Games, Combat Commander, Contracts, Delicious Games, Faraway, Faraway: People From Below, GMT Games, Kosmos, Lost Cities, Lunch Time Games, Minigolf Designer, Pandasaurus Games, Rebel Princess Deluxe, Resafa, Rio Grande Games, Tile-Laying Games, Trick-taking games
Posted on April 11, 2025
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Combat Commander can be a game of wild swings of luck, back and forth so much that it might make you dizzy (and make bad decisions). Sometimes, though, there is just one swing. You know how, when you were a kid, sometimes your dad… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario LoM #11 – La Villa Strangiato”
Posted on March 8, 2025
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Never has a scenario title been so apt! As you shall see. The subtitle for this post is The Ballad of Sergeant Hawes. Welcome to another tale from the Combat Commander ladder, that monthly tournament of one of the greatest games out there. Administered… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 86 – Keep Calm and Carry On”