Tag: Wargames

New to Me – April 2021

April was not a good month of gaming for me. In March, I played a bunch of live games on Boardgame Arena to really pad my stats and it was a lot of fun. In April, however, I didn’t even really do that. I… Continue Reading “New to Me – April 2021”

Combat Commander: Europe on the P500 list!

A rare double post for me (and that makes 6 this week!). Also a rare Friday night post. But I couldn’t hold my excitement until Monday. I just read the GMT Games April Update and my eyes almost bugged out. Combat Commander: Europe is… Continue Reading “Combat Commander: Europe on the P500 list!”

Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #280 – 271

Wow, it’s been over a month since the last edition of the Top 300 boardgames on Boardgame Geek. I think that’s a bad sign. Is it a bad sign? Is it because of the funk I’ve been in over the last month or so?… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 300 – Play or Played – #280 – 271”

Combat Commander Europe – #4 Closed for Renovation

Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
When you said A you should say B – the saying goes. Our Combat Commander Base Game campaign with Dave continues. We just recently tackled scenario #4 Closed for Renovation. The possibility to exchange files via Discord and…

C&C Europe – #3 Bonfire of the NKVD

Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
We can’t stop. We started to play Combat Commander Europe scenarios with Dave in January and already finished four of them! It really got to us 🙂 All of this in PBEM form, using Discord to exchange files…

C&C Europe – introduction continuation – #2 Hedgroves and Hand Grenades

Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
I am continuing our Combat Commander Europe games with Dave. We had such a blast with the first scenario (see here: Once again introducing Combat Commander Europe – #1 Fat?Lipki) that is was a no-brainier that we will…

App Review – Pavlov’s House

One genre of games I haven’t really gotten into, mainly because I haven’t had the opportunity, is solo gaming. There are many great-sounding solo wargames out there, but the idea of spending 2-3 hours playing a game on the table by myself just doesn’t… Continue Reading “App Review – Pavlov’s House”

Once again introducing Combat Commander Europe – #1 Fat Lipki

Originally posted on The Boardgames Chronicle:
I am big fan of Chad Jensen creation – Combat Commander series. I mainly play the European version – you can see my detailed review on this – and whenever possible, advocate to other players the advantages of…

Caesar: Rome vs Gaul PBEM Report

(Edit: For those of you coming here from the Boardgame Chronicle article about our game, welcome! I hope you check out the rest of the blog. If you’re finding this page some other way, check out that blog for the Roman side of things.… Continue Reading “Caesar: Rome vs Gaul PBEM Report”

Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #140 – 131

Welcome to this week’s edition of BGG’s Top 200 games! The series where I look at those games in the BGG rankings from #200-101, ten games at a time. Two weeks in a row? That’s gotta be a record. Things are actually looking pretty… Continue Reading “Boardgame Geek Top 200 – Play or Played – #140 – 131”