What's on your table right now?

[Bison]

A couple of guys at my local gaming group have been playing quite a bit of USCW for the past several months and they seem to really enjoy it.  In fact, I need to sit in with them one of these nights so that I can learn it from them.

Well either USCW is positively benefiting from the cult of the new overrating or it's a good game, if BGG's rankings are any sort of indication of how good a game is in general.

[Bison]

I've have the "learning to play" scenario setup to help me teach my daughter how to play Combat Commander tomorrow evening.

But I'm using it tonight to test out a solo rules variant from BGG.  >:D

[mirth]

^ That is beautiful

[Bison]

I admit that I love the simple, sometimes chaotic nature of Combat Commander.  The trick will be convincing her it's as much fun as Dominant Species....

[GJK]

Checked out VASL lately?  Fun stuff!

[Bison]

^ I haven't, but cannot even get regular old vassal to work lately.    >:(

[Bison]

Just finished up another best of three game of dominion against the wife.  I'm honestly surprised how much she loves the game.  Combat commander weekend got bumped by a sleepover party.  Fortunately next weekend is a four day so I still have hopes.

[BanzaiCat]

Got Flash Point out - one of the four games I got for my b-day - and played it with my daughter. It's a pretty simple game but highly challenging. There's a 'family' rule set and an 'experienced' rule set, so you can play this with the little ones on 'family' mode and have an easier time.





I loved the gameplay videos of this so much I also got four expansions for it - Honor & Duty (adds a subway map and a map of a passenger aircraft on the ramp), 2nd Story (adds, go figure, a second story and additional challenges), and Urban Structures (adding office complex-type buildings). The fourth adds a couple of characters, a Rescue Dog and a Veteran. One of the other three expansions also added the Structural Engineer to the mix.

It's a LOT of fun and very chaotic, as fires can be.

Can't wait also to get Police Precinct (2nd Edition) to the table, probably today or tomorrow.

[Bison]

^ I had looked at that one, but we went with Pandemic for our co-op game.

[BanzaiCat]

^ I had looked at that one, but we went with Pandemic for our co-op game.

Which one? Flash Point?

All four that I bought can be played solo, which was a huge selling point for me. I think you can play Pandemic solo too if necessary, though I only own the app on the iPad and not the actual board game.

[Bison]

Yeah sorry Flashpoint.  I'm pretty sure you can play Pandemic solo, but I've not tried it that way.  I like to play and let the kids give the orders about how best cure the diseases.

[Nefaro]

I've seen a steady stream of great reviews for both Flash Point and Police Precinct, for family-level cooperative gaming.

Had forgotten about them.

[smittyohio]

I'm breaking out Zulus on the Ramparts this morning... I expect the British Empire to suffer an ignominious defeat.

[mirth]

Latest acquisitions. On the right, is a mounted map for GMT's Empire of the Sun.




And a nicely trimmed M1 counter

[panzerde]

 O0  Looking good Mirth! MBT is definitely going to be an acquisition here soon.