I’ve spent the morning writing a few session reports covering the past couple of days of boardgaming. It’s been a fun weekend. For once, I’m not out on a Sunday, so I’m enjoying the relaxation. Yesterday, Randy, Josh, Rich and I gathered at Randy’s place for a few boardgames. The major new game we played was Last Train to Wensleydale, a game about shipping cheese … Continue reading A few session reports
I wasn’t able to play BattleLore last night, but I did manage to play both Space Hulk and Advanced Squad Leader. Space Hulk was a lot of fun. Randy and I were playing the second mission in the set, which requires the Space Marines to hold down two access points that the Genestealers are getting into the area. I sent three marines in one direction … Continue reading Space Hulk, Advanced Squad Leader
This one’s for Martin and Bradford: Yes, the Car Wars Compendium is finally available again, as a us$15 PDF from Steve Jackson Games. It actually came out a fortnight ago, but I don’t normally pay that much attention to SJG as most of their games I don’t play. (I made an exception for Revolution!, a recent boardgame, but that’s because it arrived in Good Games Ballarat … Continue reading Car Wars Compendium – PDF
Ooh… http://battletech.catalystgamelabs.com/2009/10/23/catalyst-game-labs-offers-premium-quality-plastic-miniatures/ http://www.camospecs.com/Article.asp?FictionID=27 “Catalyst is pleased to release the first two premium-quality plastic miniatures for sale through www.battlecorps.com/catalog: the Thor and Loki Clan OmniMechs from Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade. “These extremely high-quality miniatures are the result of a match-up between Catalyst Game Labs’ insatiable desire to continue the explosive re-birth of BattleTech popularity with Ghost Studios, a manufacturer at the cutting edge of technology utilizing a seamless all-digital process from conception to … Continue reading Plastic premium BattleTech figures
There’s a game in the Alea Big Box range called Chinatown. It’s recently been reprinted by Z-Man games. The game is a fairly simple one: you trade with the other players to get sets of buildings which you then construct on the map. The more sets of similar buildings you have, the more income you make. What struck me about the game was how few rules … Continue reading Elegance and the Development of Game Systems
Tonight, I got to play Space Hulk for the first time in several years. Well, in over a decade. I never actually played the game much – one or two games at most – but I broke down and bought the recent Games Workshop rerelease of the game. Randy played the Genestealers (appropriately, his username on BGG is genesteeler), and I played the marines. How … Continue reading Playing Space Hulk 3e
I probably should have spent this weekend at the Magic: the Gathering Grand Prix in Melbourne. Instead, I spent it playing games up in Ballarat. I had a fantastic weekend – two D&D sessions, and a lot of boardgames, but, on the other hand, I didn’t get to see Daniel place 52nd in the Grand Prix (and win $200). That’s 52nd out of slightly over … Continue reading A Nice Weekend – Magic, Martian Rails, D&D and Space Hulk
Well, my acquisition of BattleTech stuff continues apace. Arriving today… Notice anything about it? You probably don’t. It’s subtle. Here’s the previous one in the series: Do you see it now? Yes, it’s no longer “Classic” BattleTech; it’s just BattleTech again. BattleTech Strategic Operations offers the following options to BattleTech games: A new abstract air-to-air combat system (and air-to-ground), which means a much easier integration of … Continue reading New BattleTech stuff
Eep. I’ve just had one of those action-packed weekends that really had just a bit too much action. Thursday, I went down to Melbourne to see my brother and his new house. He’s bought a small house in Hawthorn, where he is living with his wife and their two dogs. The weather was mostly fine – one pretty bad rain shower as I was leaving … Continue reading A big weekend
It’s getting closer to the date when the latest (4th?) edition of the BattleTech RPG will be released – “A Time of War”. Catalyst Labs have posted the Quick-Start Rules for the game, but – alas – no adventure yet. I’m getting very interested in running a BattleTech RPG campaign or minicampaign. I’ve been picking up a wealth of information about the Jihad Era, which … Continue reading A Time of War – BattleTech RPG 4E
