Tag: GMT Games
Posted on October 26, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Posted on October 12, 2021
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Storm Above the Reich is a solo game (it can be played 2-players cooperatively, but why would you?) where you are leading a squadron of German Luftwaffe fighters against B-24 bombers who are attempting to bomb their targets. In the 1943 seasons, this is… Continue Reading “Storm Above the Reich – After Action Report – Missions #1 & #2”
Posted on September 29, 2021
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Another month and another “New to Me” games post. This is the 50th! It feels so good to finally be playing some new games. I’m trying to play some of the many games I bought during the worst of the pandemic (so this is… Continue Reading “New To Me – September 2021”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: 2-Player Games, Alien Frontiers, Alien Frontiers: Factions, Alien Frontiers: Outer Belt, Arcane Wonders, Card Games, Chad Jensen, Combat Commander: Pacific, Formal Ferret Games, Gil Hova, GMT Games, Jacob Fryxelius, Kosmos, Lost Cities, Lunch Time Games, Nick Little, Onitama, Randall Bart, Reiner Knizia, Shimpei Sato, Stronghold Games, Sydney Engelstein, Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition, The Rival Networks, Tory Niemann, Wargames
Posted on September 27, 2021
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Can it really be? Yes, this is the last post in the BGG Top 300 series, first begun back in February. It’s been a long, hard year with COVID being alternately defeated and then making a rebound and forcing people to still try and… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #210-201”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 1960: The Making of a President, 2-Player Games, Auction Games, Bora Bora, Card-Driven Game, Cédrick Chaboussit, Christian Leonard, Czech Games Edition, Darwin Kastle, Deckbuilders, Dice-rolling, Dungeon Petz, Economic Games, EmperorS4, Fantasy Flight Games, Friedemann Friese, GMT Games, Hanamikoji, Hero Realms, Imperial, Jason Matthews, Kota Nakayama, Lewis & Clark: the Expedition, Libellud, Ludonaute, Lunch Time Games, Mac Gerdts, Power Grid Deluxe, Ravensburger, Régis Bonnessée, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Robert Dougherty, Samurai, Seasons, Stefan Feld, Tile-Laying Games, Vlaada Chvátil, Wise Wizard Games
Posted on September 20, 2021
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Another month and another great game of Combat Commander, this time of the Pacific variety! Once a month, those of us on the Combat Commander ladder led by the illustrious Patrick Pence are able to immerse themselves in vicious combat against a very capable… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario A – Grassy Knoll”
Posted on September 17, 2021
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It was a close one this week. Yes, I almost didn’t get this post done so that it would post this week at all. That would break my streak and we know that we can’t have that. But here it is! We’re three episodes… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #230-221”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Alien Frontiers, Area Control, Battle Line, Card Games, Clever Mojo Games, Colby Dauch, Corey Konieczka, Dead of Winter: The Long Night, Deckbuilders, Eagle-Gryphon Games, Economic Games, Escape Room, Exit: The Abandoned Cabin, Fantasy Flight Games, Funtails, Glen More II: Chronicles, GMT Games, Hidden Traitor, Indonesia, Inka Brand, Jeroen Doumen, Joris Wiersinga, Kosmos, Mac Gerdts, Markus Brand, Matthias Cramer, Miniatures, Navegador, Plaid Hat Games, Reiner Knizia, Rio Grande Games, Rococo, Rondel Games, Rune Wars, Splotter Spellen, Summoner Wars: Master Set, Tory Niemann
Posted on September 13, 2021
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Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
With the great pleasure let me invite you to already our 11th Combat Commander Europe scenario which we played with Dave in our epic goal to have all Base-Game covered in a sequence. That particular battle is very…
Dude! Take Your Turn! 