What's on your table right now?

[Bison]

Theoretically it's a game of logistics, but really it's just a highly stylized version of Agricola.  :D

[mirth]

Theoretically it's a game of logistics, but really it's just a highly stylized version of Agricola.  :D

You really know how to hurt me.

[Bison]

Never the less it's a fun game with war themes and elements. 

Honestly it's a resource pickup and deliver game more like Steam or similar railroad games with a good amount of take that elements to make the "race" fun and challenging.

[mirth]

Sounds cool.

[Bison]

The stack:
Unconditional Surrender, which is on hold until my mounted map boards come in next week.  I got a good deal at the FLGS.
Great Battles of the American Revolution.  It's the new tri-pack of games.  Pages through the rules.  Beautiful boards but perhaps too much production value given the limited number of scenarios.
Wilderness War.  CDG.  Frankly not a lot of options for this particular conflict.
C&C Napolean.  Should have the blocks stickered sometime this decade.
Clash of Giants: Civil War.  Rules read just need to put the map under the plexiglass and play.  Simple rules.  Not sure how I'll like some of the abstractions like artillery. 

[mirth]

I'm getting my mounted map boards for US on Saturday.

[Bison]

Nice!  It'll be interesting to see how well the hexes line up between the boards. 

[mirth]

They'd better line up perfectly 

[Bison]

Yeah!  The owner and I were talking about similar boards from like US Civil War and he said that he still puts them under plexiglass.  I don't recall exactly the paper map alignment exactly, but I think the board splits countries like Poland and Czechoslovakia in half.

[mirth]

I'll put mounted boards under plexi for the protection.

[Bison]

I need a bigger piece of plexiglass.  I think mine is something like 36X30 or something like that but I know it doesn't cover the two maps for Ukraine 43 completely.  I want to build a 48X48" table topper.  Felt lining the bottom and a piece of plexiglass to cover paper maps. 

[mirth]

I need a bigger piece of plexiglass.  I think mine is something like 36X30 or something like that but I know it doesn't cover the two maps for Ukraine 43 completely.  I want to build a 48X48" table topper.  Felt lining the bottom and a piece of plexiglass to cover paper maps. 

I need a larger piece of plexi as well. I like the table topper idea.

[Bison]

I've got a quick, simple design planned, but the most expensive thing is the plexiglass.  Plywood, wood trim, and felt less than $30 easily.  Plexiglass is going to most likely double that cost.

[mirth]

That's still not too bad though. I need something like that myself. Could be a nice DIY project for after the holidays.

[bob48]

The stack:
Unconditional Surrender, which is on hold until my mounted map boards come in next week.  I got a good deal at the FLGS.
Great Battles of the American Revolution.  It's the new tri-pack of games.  Pages through the rules.  Beautiful boards but perhaps too much production value given the limited number of scenarios.
Wilderness War.  CDG.  Frankly not a lot of options for this particular conflict.
C&C Napolean.  Should have the blocks stickered sometime this decade.
Clash of Giants: Civil War.  Rules read just need to put the map under the plexiglass and play.  Simple rules.  Not sure how I'll like some of the abstractions like artillery.

I have it, and while the arty rules do seem strange at first, it does sorta work. For a pretty simple game system, its actually quite good fun to play.