Tag: Wargames
Posted on December 14, 2025
by whovian223
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Sorry to break the “weekly” routine, but other posts needed to happen last week. But hey, at least it’s Sunday! Ok, that’s part of the next week, but still It’s time for another look through the Boardgame Geek top game rankings, this time in… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 1301 Through 1400”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 2-Player Games, A Distant Plain, Action Selection, ADC Blackfire Entertainment, Alderac, Ambush!, Andean Abyss, Calimala, Card Games, Card-Driven Game, Castle Panic, Claim, COIN Games, Cooperative Games, Deduction, Diamonds, Dice-rolling, Falling Sky, Fireside Games, For the People, GMT Games, Lunch Time Games, Machi Koro, Pandasaurus Games, Ravensburger, Renegade Games Studios, Riftforce, Search for Lost Species, Smash Up: Monster Smash, Strike, Stronghold Games, Trick-taking games, Victory Games, Wargames, White Goblin Games, Wilderness War
Posted on December 12, 2025
by whovian223
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I must have done some really bad things in a previous life. Maybe I held an entire disco hostage, forcing them to listen to the long-forgotten Blues album by Gilbert Gottfried. This week’s Combat Commander ladder game is a testament that I must have… Continue Reading “Combat Commander After Action Report – Scenario #46 – Pegasus Bridge”
Posted on December 5, 2025
by whovian223
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It’s Friday! Time for another look at 100 games on the Boardgame Geek top rankings. Ok, last week’s was Wednesday, and the week before was Thursday. It hasn’t taken its Metamucil yet. Just go with it, ok? It’s going to be weekly, but not… Continue Reading “BGG Top Games – 1201 Through 1300”
Category: BGG Top Games Overviews, Board GamesTags: 1254, 1268, 1285, 1288, Action Selection, Adventure Games, Arcane Wonders, Artipia Games, Bad Company, Bezier Games, Capstone Games, Card Drafting, Card Games, Comic Hunters, Cooperative Games, Czech Games Edition, Days of Wonder, Deckbuilders, Empire's End, Fallout, Fantasy Flight Games, Flick of Faith, Galileo Galilei, GMT Games, Jump Drive, Lunch Time Games, Memoir '44, Moon Colony Bloodbath, Pandasaurus Games, Pretty Pretty Smash Up, Prodigals Club, Rebel Princess, Resist!, Rio Grande Games, Rock Hard 1977, Smash Up, Solo Games, Space Base, Star Wars: Battle of Hoth, The Game, Time of Crisis, Trick-taking games, Wargames, Witchcraft!, Worker Placement Games
Posted on December 1, 2025
by whovian223
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I knew November would be much better than October for my gaming, because there’s a really nice 4-day convention in November. I didn’t expect that it would be this much better, though! In November, I managed to play 36 games a total of 57… Continue Reading “November 2025 Gaming”
Category: Board Games, PersonalTags: Action Selection, Bomb Busters, Bottoscon, Card Games, Combat Commander, Cover Your A$$ets, Deckbuilders, Doomlings, Dune Imperium, Ecos: First Continent, Final Girl, Galactic Cruise, Hansa Teutonica, Inventors of the South Tigris, Inventors of the South Tigris - Era of Experts, Lunch Time Games, Prodigals Club, Rock Hard 1977, SETI, The Pursuit of Happiness, Tile-Laying Games, Wargames, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games
Posted on November 16, 2025
by whovian223
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One of the main rules of Combat Commander is “Anything can happen, so don’t give up.” Obviously the caveat to that is “unless all hope is lost,” but in Combat Commander, that “lost” level is much higher than in many other games. My November… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario 42 – Rumanian Defiance”
Posted on October 13, 2025
by whovian223
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Some months the luck gods strike you down, and some months the luck gods…well, don’t. They still needle you some, but maybe they decide to strike somebody else down instead? That’s Combat Commander in a nutshell! Yes, it’s time for another adventure from the… Continue Reading “Combat Commander – After Action Report – Scenario M8 – Closing Outer Camp”
Posted on September 6, 2025
by whovian223
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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
by whovian223
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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 23, 2025
by whovian223
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There’s something about a meaty game that plays in 45 minutes that just appeals to me. It makes for a nice lunch but it still exercises the brain a bit. Adding historical flavour is just the icing on the cake. I really enjoyed Mark… Continue Reading “Defiance or Appeasement? – Bell of Treason Review”
Posted on August 9, 2025
by whovian223
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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”