Nuestros wargamers han comenzado a explorar la serie “Levy and Campaign”, esta semana probando el Inferno, ambientado en las luchas entre güelfos y gibelinos en los territorios de la Toscana en Italia durante el siglo 13.
“Levy and Campaign” es la nueva serie de juegos de mesa de Volko Ruhnke que actualmente publica GMT Games.
Esta serie viene a basarse en la época medieval, cuando los señores…
New to Me #boardgames - January 2023 @gmtgames @StrongholdGames @eggertspiele @thematic_games @FlatoutGames @alderac @BGTables @atlasgames
It’s a brand new year and hopefully it will be better than last year.
Though last year wasn’t too bad, compared to the two before.
It’s January (or February, but we’re talking about January) and that means a new beginning where we’re not sure what all we’re going to play for the year.
Last year I played 111 games. When January came around, I had no idea what games those would be!
I do have…
The First Volley scenario from @GMTGames Vietnam focusses once more on I Corps action. With Marine units recently landed and the VC and NVA looking to show the USMC who is the boss.
Its just a two turn scenario but as we know there are a lot of moving parts for these things, so it will take a bit of time to get through.
Before starting I have had experimenting with conducting Security Ops in…
Breaking out Stalingrad ‘42. My friends place has a big window in the room where we game, so we get a lot of light during the day which makes some interesting pictures. I took the Soviets this time because I wasn’t quite feeling up to running the big offensives - but wow, playing defense with the Soviets is hard! The German spearheads are just so fast, it’s really hard to avoid getting lots of guys pocketed. You actually have a decent armored reserve of pretty good tank corps, but it’s just hard to compete with the agility of the large number of German mechanized formations. I’ve been playing a fair amount of Holland ‘44 recently; that game is just so constructed, while this is a panzer-pusher’s delight of wide open spaces. Anyway, it’s cool, and like all Simonitch games, it just plus like a dream for a game of this scope and scale. The 8 turn Case Blue scenario is not crazy playing time wise and is action packed. Outside of conventions I usually have to break most of these up into two sessions, but they fit quite comfortably into two afternoon or evening games. Looking forward to getting better at this one 😆 #bgg #boardgamegeek #tabletopgames #gmtgames #marksimonitch #stalingrad42 https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Mu0cKh8D6/?igshid=114zpo99glp8e
On a reçu une commande de GMT en anglais! Red Flag over Paris Barbarossa Army Group Center Salerno '43 1848 Australia Pacific War #jeuxdesociete #j2s #boardgame #boardgames #auparadisdujeu #lausanne #gmtgames #wargames (à Au Paradis du Jeu) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbpnA7GKmIO/?utm_medium=tumblr
Day: 3 I was nominated by @cryosneasel to post 10 games that i love for 10 days. No explanation, no review, just a photo. I will try to nominate a new person each day, and they can participate if they want! Today i choose @evaldssonp #Boardgames #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #gamenight #boardgamegeek #libertyordeaththeamericaninsurrection #haroldbuchanan #gmtgames https://www.instagram.com/p/BzAGeXWovYm/?igshid=olnqlbmx1r10
Luchando en este espectacular juego por ver cual especie se adapta mejor a esta tierra cambiante. #BoardGame #JuegoDeMesa #TableTopGame #DominantSpecies #GMTGames #PlayingTime #HoraDeJugar #BoardGameNight https://www.instagram.com/p/ByFcer1BYeG/?igshid=jti0ibrtpt3l
Now available for pre-order! The Last Hundred Yards is unlike any tactical wargame published to date. It introduces innovative systems intended to model Small Unit Behavior in Combat during WW2. It is fun, fast-paced, and provides a very good simulation of what it was like to command combat units at the platoon or company level. The game is purposely designed to deliver a brisk yet intensive gaming experience that forces many decisions upon you as you take command of an infantry company in Western Europe after the D-Day landings. . https://www.toysonfire.ca/shop/product/the-last-hundred-yards-73899 . #boardgames #games #wwii #ww2 #gmtgames #wargames #last100yards #dday #remembrance day #veterans #2player #tactical #platoon #company #toys #toysonfire #local #ottawa #barrhaven (at Toys on Fire) https://www.instagram.com/p/BufPc7QlK4x/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ky6zi75vcq8b
CCEurope: Escenario 4. Un grupo de alemanes consigue resistir fueran ente el fuerte ataque de las tropas USA a una casa señorial de la Francia rural. 😬 🇺🇸 #clubdreadnoughvalencia #clubdreadnought #combatcommander #wargame #wwii #gmtgames (en Club Dreadnought Valencia 1984) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrd3bsHRwZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
New to Me #boardgames - December 2022 @gmtgames @wizkidsgames @AportaGames @days_of_wonder
December was a curtailed month for games.
The last game I played was on December 13 (or December 16 if you count my Combat Commander ladder game I played on a Friday night).
Between a Sunday Funday being snowed out, Christmas falling on a Sunday, as well as the last week before Christmas being all “work from home” (and thus no games got played at lunch), it was a short month!
I still managed…
Up Front! This was actually fun to play again. I used to play this endlessly back in the 80s; I felt like it hadn’t aged well, but with Tank Duel reviving the system I’ve been curious to get it onto the table again since it was such a favorite for such a long time. The key it turns out is that it just has to be played quickly, in under an hour (the rules do make a serious effort to impress this on you, but not everyone got the memo). One of the more fascinating things about this is its sense of pacing. It really is flurries of intense action interspersed with periods of inactivity that is surprisingly evocative and usually very tense. The US, Soviets, and Germans do play quite differently in interesting historical ways without a lot of specific rules (the Japanese are cool too, but a little heavier-weight rules-wise). Really nice to get this to the table and be able to appreciate it again. So many many games since have tried to take the ideas and abstractions in Up Front and make them work in either different settings or at lower complexity levels, with kind of surprisingly minimal levels of success - the only great follow-on was the Middle-Earth CCG, although that was a substantially different game. Too bad about the Radiant Games remake catastrophe - this could really use a modern upgrade to its physical design and a larger and more evocative set of personality cards, as well as a remake of the really awful French and Italian rules plus some Chinese forces. Oh, and the scenarios should be upgraded to include more late-war US, Soviet, and German squad options. #bgg #boardgamegeek #gmtgames #upfrontgame #tabletopgames #boardgamenight https://www.instagram.com/p/B6BfDovhD-V/?igshid=22qko202yk70