One of the games that launched to great acclaim at the end of 2006 was BattleLore, a 2-player wargame built around the Command & Colours system seen in games like Memoir ’44 and Command & Colors: Ancients. I have all three of these games, but whilst M44 has seen Randy and I play many, many games, Battlelore has been mostly unrepresented. It just doesn’t catch … Continue reading BattleLore as it should be…
I’ve just had a very entertaining evening spent playing games with Randy. Which games didwe play? War of the Ring – This game, published by Fantasy Flight Games, is pretty much the ultimate Lord of the Rings wargame, capturing the concept of the books extremely well. Although the game admits the possibility of varying from the books in some aspect (like the Free People winning … Continue reading Two-player boardgaming
One of the better card games I have is Citadels, currently published by Fantasy Flight Games. You’re trying to build a city of eight districts. Each turn, you draft one role (Assassin, Thief, Mage, King, Merchant, Bishop, Architect or Warlord) and then use the special ability of that role and (hopefully) build a district. It’s extremely entertaining and I strongly recommend it. Best with 5 players, … Continue reading Citadels
No, not the roman general. Agricola is the new Eurogame getting a lot of chatter on boardgamegeek, and I now happen to have a copy in my possession. It’s not my copy, but Mike’s, and he’s lent it to me in preparation for the game day on Saturday. It’s around 1670. You’re in central Europe somewhere. You have a 2-room hut that you live in with … Continue reading Agricola
What do I do on an Easter Weekend? I play games, of course! Strangely, there were no RPGs involved at all. Indeed, the next few weeks will be very light for RPGs altogether – Martin & Peggy are going to be away (in various places) for the next few Fridays, which knocks out Star Wars and D&D – Savage Tide. Meanwhile, come this Sunday, I’ll … Continue reading Easter Weekend
Ok, ok… I own… …21 AmeriTheme boardgames…19 Collectible card games…39 Eurogames (boardgames)…4 miniature games…14 wargames…5 “classic” style boardgames…45 expansions to those boardgames (AmeriTheme, Euro & Wargame) Actual board/wargames? 74. Getting towards that 100 figure! 😉 RPG numbers? Fairly low. Lots of D&D 3e and 1e supplements, though! Continue reading Game collection numbers
I’ve just finished punching out counters and other “some assembly required” actions for my new games. It’s funny; some people enjoy painting miniatures, I enjoy punching out wargame chits. The two wargames in question were, firstly, Combat Commander: Europe. GMT provided a bunch of small ziplock bags to put the counters in, but there weren’t quite enough. Off to my supermarket-bought ziplock bags. That took an hour … Continue reading Random thoughts on boardgames and D&D 4e
I’m afraid my next article in the Dungeon series has been postponed due to me feeling a little under the weather. Instead, I’m going to write about a few boardgames I’ve ordered and which should arrive tomorrow. (Can’t wait!) As a few of you may know, I’m a mad keen boardgamer. About eight years ago, I was introduced to a little game known as The … Continue reading A few boardgames
In one of the surprise developments of the new year, BL Publishing has decided to shut down Black Industries, the arm of the company responsible for the Warhammer Fantasy RPG 2nd edition, Dark Heresy and the recent successful relaunch of the Talisman board game. Ryan Dancey probably is nodding his head somewhere at this news of Games Workshop’s continued withdrawing from the marketplace, for BL … Continue reading Goodbye Talisman… again!
What do you do on Australia Day? Well, if you’re me, you get together with your friends and play a few boardgames. This was the first time we’d played at Craig’s place, which has advantage of being in a great position for me to get to, but the twin disadvantages of rarely being available… and needing a bigger table. Oh, the table was fine for all … Continue reading Boardgaming weekend
