Well, at various points in time we had Pat, Josh, Rich, Mick, Jackson, Liam, Sarah and me playing games at Good Games Ballarat yesterday. Ticket to Ride – Merric, Liam, Jackson – this was fun: both of Liam and Jackson had completed at least one of their tickets (and possibly two) before I put a train on the board. I still won – and that … Continue reading A few weekend games
I’ve finally finished writing up reports of last week’s gaming. Thursday: * ASL Starter Kit #2: 88s at Zon Friday: * Runewars – first game (pictorial report and first impressions) Saturday: * Galaxy Trucker (Paul’s first game) * Power Grid (My first game in a year) * Ticket to Ride: Europe (I beat Pat!) * Runewars – second game * Galaxy Trucker (Troy’s first game) … Continue reading Runewars, Galaxy Trucker, Power Grid reports
Milsims is having their latest boardgame (and RPG) sale. Urgh. I made my order, and they’ve sent out a couple of the items to me. (They should arrive early next week) Fields of Fire – a WW2/Korean/Vietnam solitaire squad game. Monmouth – an American Revolution 2-player wargame (hey, it was $25). However, a few items have wandered out of stock, so I’ll have to wait … Continue reading Board game sale – new games
Well, I have Runewars now, and it looks pretty. For those who don’t know what I’m talking about, Runewars is the latest “coffin” game from Fantasy Flight Games: it comes in a really big box, and this game is a 2-4 player game that takes about 3 hours where you’re trying to be the first to control six areas containing Dragon Runes. You start with … Continue reading Runewars
My latest set of session reports are up: Thursday evening: * Carcassonne * Combat Commander: Mediterranean * Hannibal: Rome vs Carthage Friday afternoon: * Small World * The BoardGameGeek Game Saturday afternoon & evening: * Galaxy Trucker * Dungeon Lords * Agricola: Farmers of the Moor * Through the Ages * The BoardGameGeek Game Continue reading Latest set of Boardgame reports
My roleplaying over the weekend – this was meant to be the big weekend, with three separate sessions – ended up being quite disrupted. Martin is still ill, so we had to cancel the Friday evening session. Whatever illness he has is lingering; it’s now been 3 weeks. We’re concerned for you, Martin: get better soon! Sunday evening’s session got cancelled because of Valentine’s day. … Continue reading Weekend roleplaying
Yesterday, my copy of the Valley Games edition of The Republic of Rome boardgame arrived. Like their reprints of Titan and Hannibal, it contained some really nice components, and so it ended up on my table last night as I attempted to decipher the solo game rules. The game’s rulebook could be a lot better. Some of it works, other parts of it are obscure … Continue reading The Republic of Rome
This weekend, once again (alas), was a roleplaying-free zone. To fill in the time, I played a lot of boardgames. Then, come Monday (which I don’t work on), I’ve spent the day writing session reports – both for this week and last week. A lot of session reports. I’ve just written fourteen this afternoon. A good range of games, as well. In the past fortnight, … Continue reading A lot of boardgaming
Well, A Time of War is now out of beta, so I can download the full version of the BattleTech RPG when I get around to it. (For people who want to buy it now, it’s US$15 from www.drivethrurpg.com). I don’t know when the hardcopy will be out; the next few months, I guess. The system seems somewhat fiddly; at some point I hope to run … Continue reading BattleTech – Galtor
I’ve finished writing up this weekend’s boardgame reports. The Dungeon Lords ones have been already posted, but in addition, I played… Rush n’ Crush – Fast n’ Furious – if a little deadly (first impressions) and Our second race Middle Earth Quest – Sauron, Lord of the Rings Factory Manager – More Factory Manager Agricola – Derek and Sara’s first game – nice farms, poor houses! (3 players) Ticket to Ride: … Continue reading Weekend boardgame reports
