Tag: Wargames
Posted on May 6, 2021
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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”
Category: Board Games, New to MeTags: Ankama Games, Antoine Bauza, Corentin Lebrat, Draftosaurus, GMT Games, Gregory M. Smith, Ludovic Maublanc, Roll and Write Games, Solo Games, Théo Rivière, The Hunted: Twilight of the U-Boats, Wargames
Posted on April 23, 2021
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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!”
Posted on April 22, 2021
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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”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: 2-Player Games, Abstract Games, Acquire, Agricola: All Creatures Big & Small, Alderac, Antoine Bauza, Avalon Hill, Bruno Cathala, Bruno Faidutti, Christian T. Petersen, Cooperative Games, Cryptid, David Thompson, Deduction, Dixit, Economic Games, Ed Beach, Fantasy Flight Games, Ghost Stories, GMT Games, Hal Duncan, Here I Stand, James Kniffen, Jean-Louis Roubira, Libellud, Lunch Time Games, Matagot, Miniatures, Mission: Red Planet - 2nd Edition, Osprey Games, Repos Games, Ruth Veevers, Sid Sackson, Star Wars: Armada, Takenoko, Tile-Laying Games, Trevor Benjamin, Uwe Rosenberg, War Chest, Wargames, Z-Man Games
Posted on April 19, 2021
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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…
Posted on March 28, 2021
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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…
Posted on March 14, 2021
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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…
Posted on March 8, 2021
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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”
Category: Apps, Board Games, ReviewTags: Apps, Bookmark Games, Dan Verssen Games, David Thompson, ios, Pavlov's House, Players' Aid, Solo Games, Steam, Wargames
Posted on February 17, 2021
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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…
Posted on December 2, 2020
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(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”
Posted on November 12, 2020
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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”
Category: Board Games, Top 10Tags: Andreas Steding, Area Control, Bezier Games, Bill Eberle, Bill Norton, Card Games, Commands & Colors: Ancients, Cosmic Encounter, Days of Wonder, Deduction, Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, Dice-rolling, Fantasy Flight Games, GMT Games, Hansa Teutonica, Ignacy Trzewiczek, Jack Kittredge, Jaipur, Jakub Łapot, Kevin Wilson, Lookout Games, Lunch Time Games, Memoir '44, Nate French, Ora et Labora, Peter Olotka, Portal Games, Przemysław Rymer, Richard Borg, Roll and Write Games, Sebastien Pauchon, Space Cowboys, Stronghold Games, Suburbia, Ted Alspach, That's Pretty Clever, The Lord of the Rings: the Card Game, Tile-Laying Games, Uwe Rosenberg, Wargames, Wolfgang Warsch, Worker Placement Games, Z-Man Games