Tag: GMT Games
Posted on December 6, 2021
by whovian223
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With the successful (well, successful as meaning that I didn’t lose) completion of Mission #6 in Storm Above the Reich, it was time to move to the middle of 1943 and see if Staffel Roy could actually pull out a victory rather than just… Continue Reading “Storm Above the Reich – After Action Report – Mission #7”
Posted on November 24, 2021
by whovian223
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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”
Category: Board Games, GMT Update, NewsTags: A Distant Plain, Block Wargames, Brian Train, Card-Driven Game, Chad Jensen, Charioteer, Combat Commander: Europe, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Francisco Gradaille, Fred Serval, GMT Games, I Napoleon, Levy & Campaign Series, Lunch Time Games, P500, Plantagenet: Cousins' War for England, Players' Aid, Red Flag Over Paris, Richard Borg, Solo Games, Ted Raicer, The Last Hundred Yards, The Last Hundred Yards Volume 3: The Solomon Islands, Volko Ruhnke, Wargames
Posted on November 17, 2021
by whovian223
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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”
Posted on November 15, 2021
by whovian223
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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”
Posted on November 5, 2021
by whovian223
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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”
Posted on November 1, 2021
by whovian223
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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”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Alderac, Anno 1800, Ben Pinchback, Ben Rosset, Card Games, David Turczi, Deckbuilders, Deduction, Ecos: First Continent, Ecos: New Horizon, Elizabeth Hargrave, Expansions, Foxtrot Games, Gary Arant, GMT Games, Grid Movement, Imperium: Classics, Jared Saramago, Jason Zila, Jerry White, John D Clair, Justin Gary, Kosmos, Lunch Time Games, Mariposas, Mark Aasted, Martin Wallace, Mataio Wilson, Matt Riddle, Matthew O'Malley, Nigel Buckle, Osprey Games, Renegade Games Studios, Resource Management, Ryan Sutherland, Set Collection Games, Shards of Infinity, Shards of Infinity: Into the Horizon, Storm Above the Reich, Subastral, The Search for Planet X, Tile-Laying Games, Wargames
Posted on October 26, 2021
by whovian223
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I’m now 5 months in to my time with the Combat Commander ladder run by the ever-wonderful Patrick Pence (he of Patrick’s Tactics & Tutorials on Youtube) and it’s going great. It’s tons of fun and I’m actually doing well! (Ok, I’m actually 6… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario M6 – Breakout”
Posted on October 25, 2021
by whovian223
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It’s been since June that one of my favourite blogs, the Players’ Aid, has had a post about the monthly GMT Games update. I’ve missed it (along with all of their other posts). Life happens, I know. Both Grant and Alexander have been extremely… Continue Reading “October 2021 Monthly Update from GMT Games”
Category: Board Games, GMT Update, NewsTags: 2-Player Games, A Gest of Robin Hood, Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea, Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East, Atlantic Chase, Baltic Empires, Bear Trap, Caesar: Rome vs Gaul, CDG Solo System, Charioteer, Chariots of Fire, Combat Commander, Combat Commander: Europe, Combat Commander: Mediterranean, Combat Commander: Resistance, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Flashpoint South China Sea, GMT Games, In the Shadows, Matt Calkins, Mystery Wizard, Players' Aid, Rebel Fury, Red Flag Over Paris, Skies Above Britain, Skies Above the Reich, The Barracks Emperors, The Bell of Treason, The Last Hundred Yards, The Last Hundred Yards Volume 3: The Solomon Islands, The Last Hundred Yards Volume IV: The Russian Front, Thunder Alley, Thunder Alley Crew Chief, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea
Posted on October 18, 2021
by whovian223
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It’s time for another exciting (well, I think so) After Action Report for the Staffel Roy (a Luftwaffe squadron) as it tries to defend the Reich from American bombing. The first two missions can be found here, and that’s also where I explain how… Continue Reading “Storm Above the Reich – After Action Report – Mission #3”
Posted on October 15, 2021
by whovian223
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Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
Incredible! We did it – we played with Dave the whole Combat Commander Europe Base Game in slightly over 8 months! This was asynchronous gaming, using the Discord for file exchange and interruptions as well as VASSAL to…