What's on your table right now?

[BanzaiCat]

Not enough maple leaves.

[Barthheart]

Better...

[mirth]

Bill the Galactic Canuck

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

I've got a copy of First Martians: Adventures on the Red Planet coming tomorrow.

Thought it would be funny if, in an AAR of this game, some GH forum members were put on Mars and see how long it takes before they accidentally vent the habitation module. :)

*cough*finish outpost gamma *cough*

[BanzaiCat]

^ ;D

Oh yes, that's much higher priority. First Martians has a learning curve. I'll be lucky to even get it to my table before the end of the year.

[Staggerwing]

Here's my pic....

It's been a few decades but I thought Bill had two arms on one side of his body?

[Barthheart]

I found that cover too. It's the one I remember as well but all the rest were like this with 2 right arms, one on each side.

[Nefaro]

Here's my pic....

It's been a few decades but I thought Bill had two arms on one side of his body?

I found that cover too. It's the one I remember as well but all the rest were like this with 2 right arms, one on each side.

His left arm is backwards on that cover.

Apparently a right arm.

[Barthheart]

That's what I said, 2 right arms, one on each side.....

[BanzaiCat]

Both arrived earlier this week but I haven't had a chance to unbox either yet.

(I know, First Martians isn't exactly a wargame, and This War Of Mine isn't exactly a wargame but it does deal with conflict and surviving during a war...I'm reaching, please don't ban me).

[BanzaiCat]

Thought I'd check out the attic and yep, my copies of War at Sea and Victory in the Pacific are still there.  8)

I decided to try to give VitP a spin this weekend. At the end of Turn 2, the Japs have lost four flattops and one BB; the Allies have lost six CVs, six BBs, and five cruisers. Had three big battles where the Allies handily won one, it was kind of a tie on the second, and the third the Japanese cleaned house with the British.

It won't stay long as I need to get other things to my table, but it was nice to play this - it's been about 25 years since it's hit my table!

[bbmike]

^Nice!  O0

[Nefaro]

My eyes! 

They burn!

That map color scheme makes me suicidal.

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Played my first game of Heroes of the Falklands yesterday.  I screwed up/forgot a lot of the rules during the session but we had fun with it.  The scenario had a company of Argie parachutists and heliborne troops conducting a pre-dawn assault on couple of platoons of British Marines stationed in a small town.  I played as the Brits and it came down to the wire with the Argies winning on points 35/32.

Couple observations. 

1) Brit light armour sucks! One got taken out by a rocket attack from an Alouette helicopter.  The other got blown up by a bomb from a Pucara.  Neither managed to hit a single thing before dying. 

2)  HE rounds from LAW rockets and bazookas seem very over-powered as they negate all terrain defence.  I think I might use the depletion rule for ATGMs for LAWs and bazookas as well as the Argies were able to park themselves within a few hexes of the main building and just lob 3.5 rockets in turn after turn after turn.  Seemed a bit excessive.

3) Who knew Pucaras could be so deadly?  Air strikes seem like they're from a Michael Bay movie.  The bloody thing made 3 passes in a single turn (every time anyone rolled doubles, the Argies got an air strike and there was a special rule that let Argies roll an extra die for all attacks so doubles were inevitable).  On such small maps, it's easy for the planes to line up and nail 2-3 hexes full of targets with ease.  (and the bombs use the same rule regarding terrain so any defence benefits are negated.  Seems odd to me.  Even foxholes and bunkers seem to offer no defence)

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

This arrived today.