While this thread is not specifically for AARs I figured this section of the forum would be a good place to post pictures of your latest tabletop exploits. Anything from minis, RPGs, wargames and everything else that is played on a table will do!
I know that I for one enjoy seeing what everyone else is playing. :D
Here is one from this past weekend to get us started. My wife, a friend and I all played Power Grid. (http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651/power-grid) In which I barely pulled off a victory! It was the first time we had ever played, and I am sure we did something wrong. Btw I am the blue houses on the board.
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Last night and tonight have consisted of putting 345 stickers on small blocks for my most recent acquisition Command and Colors Ancients (http://www.gmtgames.com/p-373-commands-colors-ancients-2012-ed.aspx) from GMT. I have all the Roman units done and now it is on to the Carthaginians.
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I've considered getting Command and Colors for sometime now.
Ah yes, I remember going through that for C&C Napoleonics. Great game, but good grief does stickering all of that take awhile!
By the way, TDC, if you're looking for an actually decent set of dice for it, Valley Games makes sets of wooden embossed and lacquered dice for both of the C&C games. I picked up the ones for Nappy and they're a solid improvement over what was in the box.
http://valleygames.ca/our-games/accessories/command-and-colors-ancients-dice/
^Thanks for the link I will definitely look into getting those. I thought the dice that came with the game did not match the style of the rest of the components but these look like they do.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on March 30, 2012, 07:26:39 AM
^Thanks for the link I will definitely look into getting those. I thought the dice that came with the game did not match the style of the rest of the components but these look like they do.
Yeah, if the dice in the box are anything like the ones Nappy came with, they're horrible. Everything else in there is so nice that I was actually a bit stunned.
Below is the link to the pictures from a recent friendly FoW at the Game Vault in Fredericksburg, VA. We had a late war battle between the Germans and Americans with 5250 points per side. If you are every in the area you need to check out this store.
https://picasaweb.google.com/matthew.yeatman/GameVault?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKH34pnUoba48AE&feat=directlink
^Nice pictures thanks for sharing!
Quote from: DV8 on April 14, 2012, 06:35:13 AM
Below is the link to the pictures from a recent friendly FoW at the Game Vault in Fredericksburg, VA. We had a late war battle between the Germans and Americans with 5250 points per side. If you are every in the area you need to check out this store.
https://picasaweb.google.com/matthew.yeatman/GameVault?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKH34pnUoba48AE&feat=directlink
Great stuff. We need to get some buildings.
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A friend of mine recently purchased Combat Commander Europe. We had never played it before so we jumped into it the other night. It was a fun game although I am sure we did some things wrong. I am looking forward to trying it again.
These are some pics from the Waterloo scenario in the Commands & Colors: Napoleonics game. A buddy and I played it this past weekend. He was the French and I was the Allies. The pics were taken from my camera phone, so the picture quality isn't all that great.
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Battle of Waterloo, only a few turns after the we started. The French already had three cavalry units slashing into my lines. One of them on my left flank, one in the middle, behind La Haye Sainte, and one on my right flank, behind Hougoumont. This was due to the fact that my opponent played two Cavalry Charge cards for two consective turns and was able to move the French cavalry quickly up to my Allied lines.
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Charge of the French Guard Heavy Cavalry behind British and Portuguese lines near La Haye Sainte.
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Charge of the French Cuirassier Cavalry, behind and near Hougoumont. Naturally, my Guard Grenadiers on the neighboring hill were in square formation.
The Waterloo scenario in C&C: Napoleonics is one of the best scenarios in the game--although my opponent and I discovered after three games straight that it is tough for the Allies to win. (part of this could be due to the fact that I rolled like crap that night!) Needless to say, my opponent won all three games as the French.
^Looks like alot of fun and alot less sand then C&C Ancients :)
A great Pirate themed game that I would suggest for anyone who enjoys boardgames and Pirates. My wife even really enjoyed it.
I give you 'Merchants and Marauders.'
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/25292/merchants-marauders
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This a game of 'Nuts!' that I played a while back. I just stumbled across the picture on my computer so I thought I would share it.
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A picture from about a month ago I was able to break out my Viking and Saxon figures for a small skirmish game.
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^ What game is that?
Quote from: Bison on May 25, 2012, 09:10:18 PM
^ What game is that?
I was using a modified version of Age of Blood: 2nd Edition rules.
Yesterday evening got in some boardgaming with friends. Here are a couple shots from a game called Kingdom Builder
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^^ how is that one - it keeps taunting me at my FLGS
Quote from: bayonetbrant on September 15, 2012, 09:38:52 PM
^^ how is that one - it keeps taunting me at my FLGS
Its simple but fun with a decent amount of re-playability. The game says it good for 2-4 but its better with 3 or 4. A good game to play with the family.
This is a lovely French town that LB, George and I battled over in FoW. I was controlling the US 7th Armored Division. I'm not sure exactly what LB and George were controlling, but it had plenty of Panthers and Tigers in the force.
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Wow. I really need to make it to C-ville.
Great looking table set up DV8! You guys are luck to have a store to play in and people to game with regularly!
I mostly play with LB. Our "flexible" work schedules make it possible and we both have this ADHD gaming addiction.
Livin the dream in the great Commonwealth.
These pics are from my last 40K battle at our FLGS. The heroic Blood Angels and Dark Angels were defending this town against the Ork horde.
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I've never had the urge to play 40k but the table looks cool.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on September 28, 2012, 06:33:58 PM
I've never had the urge to play 40k but the table looks cool.
With my increased appetite for historical gaming & hex driven board games 40K has taken a backseat. The new 6th edition rules have brought my love of the game back. It's also the most popular game at our FLGS so getting a game is easy. Crazy stuff can happen in a game which is a nice breather from more realistic games.
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Sitting down to try and learn LnL: Band of Heroes. (Also a shameless GrogHeads merch. plug) ;D I muddled through the scenario and as you can see had the rule book open to answer questions. I liked what I saw but now I want to go back and reread the rule book to see all the things I did wrong.
What's that clear container you're using to hold counters in that shot, Tent?
Quote from: Arctic Blast on October 05, 2012, 06:24:41 PM
What's that clear container you're using to hold counters in that shot, Tent?
Just a small storage container I found at my local Wal-Mart. It was in the craft section near where all the beads and make your own jewelry stuff is. There was just enough room to store all the counters and divide them up. Best of all it fits perfectly inside the game box along with the maps, scenario cards etc.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on October 05, 2012, 08:59:45 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on October 05, 2012, 06:24:41 PM
What's that clear container you're using to hold counters in that shot, Tent?
Just a small storage container I found at my local Wal-Mart. It was in the craft section near where all the beads and make your own jewelry stuff is. There was just enough room to store all the counters and divide them up. Best of all it fits perfectly inside the game box along with the maps, scenario cards etc.
Very cool. It can be tough to find containers that will fit in short war game boxes, so that's handy. I'll have to keep my eyes open for something similar.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on October 06, 2012, 12:19:42 AM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on October 05, 2012, 08:59:45 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on October 05, 2012, 06:24:41 PM
What's that clear container you're using to hold counters in that shot, Tent?
Just a small storage container I found at my local Wal-Mart. It was in the craft section near where all the beads and make your own jewelry stuff is. There was just enough room to store all the counters and divide them up. Best of all it fits perfectly inside the game box along with the maps, scenario cards etc.
Very cool. It can be tough to find containers that will fit in short war game boxes, so that's handy. I'll have to keep my eyes open for something similar.
I took measurements of the space left in the box and was going around Wal-Mart measuring every box/container that I could find until I found this one. I got lucky with it as it fit with 1/8 of an inch clearance once inside the game box.
I'd got to a sporting goods store and hit the fishing section. There are a ton of small and different size tackle holders that might work in the same manner.
I've found GMT's counter trays to be useful. I bought a pack of 10 and now have about 2 that haven't been utilized yet. 2 or 3 fit fine in the LnL:BoH box, although I'm using about 6-7 for all my LnL counters. I have several expansions as well as the base game. 3 trays in the box probably means that you can't close the lid all the way, but do you really need to if you're being somewhat careful?
I just take the map sections and counter trays that I expect to be using and if I'm playing at home it doesn't even matter.
Trays at GMT http://www.gmtgames.com/p-173-counter-trays-10.aspx (http://www.gmtgames.com/p-173-counter-trays-10.aspx)
...and at NWS http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/cotrpaof10gb.html (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/cotrpaof10gb.html)
Quote from: Bison on October 06, 2012, 08:21:36 AM
I'd got to a sporting goods store and hit the fishing section. There are a ton of small and different size tackle holders that might work in the same manner.
Ah yes, the world of Plano. Just about every damn board game I own has at least one of those in the box. ;D
Quote from: Ubercat on October 08, 2012, 09:59:17 AM
I've found GMT's counter trays to be useful. I bought a pack of 10 and now have about 2 that haven't been utilized yet. 2 or 3 fit fine in the LnL:BoH box, although I'm using about 6-7 for all my LnL counters. I have several expansions as well as the base game. 3 trays in the box probably means that you can't close the lid all the way, but do you really need to if you're being somewhat careful?
I just take the map sections and counter trays that I expect to be using and if I'm playing at home it doesn't even matter.
Trays at GMT http://www.gmtgames.com/p-173-counter-trays-10.aspx (http://www.gmtgames.com/p-173-counter-trays-10.aspx)
...and at NWS http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/cotrpaof10gb.html (http://yhst-12000246778232.stores.yahoo.net/cotrpaof10gb.html)
Awesome I didn't know you could buy them separately. :-[
Even when the power goes out boardgames can still be played by candlelight. Here is me playing LnL Band of Heroes by candlelight after Hurricane Sandy.
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^ I hope you were playing night-time scenarios
Quote from: bayonetbrant on November 07, 2012, 10:14:04 PM
^ I hope you were playing night-time scenarios
As it turned out I did. The overall ambiance was perfect for the scenarios. I think I played the one pictured three different times. Each time different than the others. It was a great solo scenario.
LOL, do you have enough dice? ;D
Is that the scenario of the night drop with random unit generation? That one's a blast.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on November 07, 2012, 10:57:06 PM
LOL, do you have enough dice? ;D
Is that the scenario of the night drop with random unit generation? That one's a blast.
Can one ever have enough dice? ::)
Actually I don't like the dice that came with the game so I am using some of my own. Yes it is the night drop scenario with random unit generation and I agree it is a blast.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on November 07, 2012, 11:32:19 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on November 07, 2012, 10:57:06 PM
LOL, do you have enough dice? ;D
Is that the scenario of the night drop with random unit generation? That one's a blast.
Can one ever have enough dice? ::)
Actually I don't like the dice that came with the game so I am using some of my own. Yes it is the night drop scenario with random unit generation and I agree it is a blast.
Oh, nothing wrong with a lot of dice. I have 3 of those little packs of D6's and a dice bag absolutely overflowing with sets. Just kind of funny for this game. :D
Quote from: Arctic Blast on November 08, 2012, 04:01:49 PM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on November 07, 2012, 11:32:19 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on November 07, 2012, 10:57:06 PM
LOL, do you have enough dice? ;D
Is that the scenario of the night drop with random unit generation? That one's a blast.
Can one ever have enough dice? ::)
Actually I don't like the dice that came with the game so I am using some of my own. Yes it is the night drop scenario with random unit generation and I agree it is a blast.
Oh, nothing wrong with a lot of dice. I have 3 of those little packs of D6's and a dice bag absolutely overflowing with sets. Just kind of funny for this game. :D
Go big or go home is what I say :)
My wife got me Memoir '44 for Christmas along with the promise to try at least one scenario with me. We finally sat down tonight for the 'promised' scenario. Needless to say she beat me ... no, destroyed me. It wasn't even close. I couldn't roll to save my life and every die she rolled inflicted damage. I swear she loaded the dice. Sorry but no pictures because I don't want any evidence. :-[
The only good to come from this humiliation is that she said she had fun and wants to play again. My evil plan is working.... I think... 8)
Not a game per se, but it IS a table full of them... ;D
My big chunk of store credit was finally finished last week for a load of games I sent along that I don't play anymore. And store credit doesn't last long with me...
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Agricola, Sentinels of the Multiverse Enhanced Edition, The Adventurers : Temple of Chac, Rattus, an extra dice set for King of Tokyo, Dungeon Twister (used copy), Mare Nostrum (used copy), Clash of Cultures, Sentinels of the Multiverse : Infernal Relics expansion (I also got the Rook City expansion but it got missed for the photo), Flash Point Fire Rescue : Urban Structures expansion, Honour the Chapter book for the Warhammer 40K : Deathwatch RPG.
Oh, I also grabbed the Railways of the Western US expansion for Railways of the World. Not sure how I ended up forgetting to put that in there, too.
Let the un-packaging and counter punching ensue. :o
Adventurers is a fun game - it's one of Bayonet Jr's faves
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 30, 2013, 05:10:23 PM
Adventurers is a fun game - it's one of Bayonet Jr's faves
I've wanted it for awhile, but it was out of print. I figure it's likely to be a hit with the nieces and nephew...and probably at more grown up game nights, too. :)
That is quite the haul AB. I hope you share some pictures when get to playing them all.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on January 30, 2013, 08:26:56 PM
That is quite the haul AB. I hope you share some pictures when get to playing them all.
Yeah, I don't order that frequently, so I don't screw around when I do. ;D
Got everything punched and packed up except Clash of Cultures and Agricola...and those 2 have the most components by far. They can wait for tomorrow. ;D
I'll have to snap a few shots the next time I get some stuff out on the table.
A buddy came over this weekend and we finally got to break out of a few wargames that we had gotten for Christmas and give them a spin.
First up my buddy brought over 1812 - The Invasion of Canada from Academy Games. We played the first intro scenario and it was a lot of fun. Here are a couple of pictures from that game.
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This is the scenario set up. As usual I forgot to take pictures during the run of play. :)
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This is several rounds into the game and as you can see our armies are gathering to do battle.
That's such a fun game. So simple that I've gotten complete non-wargamers to happily play a 5 player session.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on March 05, 2013, 07:05:24 PM
That's such a fun game. So simple that I've gotten complete non-wargamers to happily play a 5 player session.
I really enjoyed it and am very tempted to go out and buy it. Have played the second game in the series,
1775 Rebellion?
Also this weekend we got a chance to breakout Chainmail from Worthington Games. It was alot of fun and very bloody. Here are a couple shots from the game
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The opening moves as we get a feel for our armies and maneuver into position.
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Our cavalry prepares to meet in the middle of the battlefield.
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The horsemen near each other and make ready to charge while the infantry struggles to keep up.
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With a crash the battle lines collide and my forces (in blue) get the better of the enemy. At the top of the picture you can see the casualty box and the disproportionate orange and blue counters. Several turns later my cavalry had killed enough of the enemy to win a victory and force him from the table. It took some time to get a hang of the movement and how to use the cards but once we engaged in combat it got bloody very fast. It was a fun scenario and I look forward to trying another out.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on March 05, 2013, 08:26:10 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on March 05, 2013, 07:05:24 PM
That's such a fun game. So simple that I've gotten complete non-wargamers to happily play a 5 player session.
I really enjoyed it and am very tempted to go out and buy it. Have played the second game in the series, 1775 Rebellion?
I don't think it's actually out yet. Nope, right now it seems April is the release date. Then again, this is Academy games. I love their stuff, but they are so ridiculously backlogged in the Conflict of Heroes series that I treat them as 'I'll believe it's coming out when I see it in stores'.
Quote from: Arctic Blast on March 06, 2013, 01:13:12 AM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on March 05, 2013, 08:26:10 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on March 05, 2013, 07:05:24 PM
That's such a fun game. So simple that I've gotten complete non-wargamers to happily play a 5 player session.
I really enjoyed it and am very tempted to go out and buy it. Have played the second game in the series, 1775 Rebellion?
I don't think it's actually out yet. Nope, right now it seems April is the release date. Then again, this is Academy games. I love their stuff, but they are so ridiculously backlogged in the Conflict of Heroes series that I treat them as 'I'll believe it's coming out when I see it in stores'.
Thanks for that catch. I thought it was already out. I know what you mean about their backlog. I have been waiting for their Civil War game to come out forever.
Had a chance to play "Check Your 6!" today. It's a WW2 air combat game that I've been playing for about 5 years now.
Today we did a Battle of Britain dogfight between 6 Bf 109s vs 4 Spitfires and 2 Hurricanes. The game allows for a variety of scenarios, but we ran a fairly vanilla game because there were a number of new players at the table. There were a total of 6 players (3 Jerries, 3 Brits) and each person pushed 2 planes.
I pushed the Hurricanes (they are my models that I painted up and was psyched to get them on the table). I'm an experienced CY6 player, but I had a terrible day. I was trying to protect one of the less experienced Brit players and got myself into a bad position. My dice were also miserably bad and the other side was rolling very well - a perfect recipe for getting shot down.
I ended up losing both Hurricanes (the only player on either side to lose both his planes). I only managed a scratch hit on one 109 that did some airframe damage but wasn't enough for a kill.
Even though I had my butt handed to me, it was a fun day of gaming. I took a few pics. You'll see my Hurricanes in various states of damage. The white "smoke" is airframe damage, the black indicates engine damage. Since it was earlier war, it usually took multiple hits to get a kill. Late war games tend to produce more one hit kills due to the heavier armament mounted on the aircraft.
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Cool pix!
Where did you get that hex mat? It would serve well for a naval game.
Quote from: Staggerwing on March 09, 2013, 08:48:37 PM
Cool pix!
Where did you get that hex mat? It would serve well for a naval game.
It's from Monday Knight Productions-
http://www.mondayknight.com/Index-Mats.html
The one in the pic is my buddy's but I have a couple from them, including an sea colored one without hexes that I use for naval games (you can buy any of their mats with or without hexes).
I may have ordered my mats from a third party vendor, but they are MKP mats.
Thanks! I've been thinking about trying one of the Avalanche Press WW1/WW2 games as a minis game. Just need some cheap ship minis to make it happen.
Great pictures mirth! It looks like alot of fun.
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It's another mass of recently purchased product! Good grief...
Monsters Menace America, Agents of Smersh, the Conquest of Planet Earth expansion (which is in that base game box), Wilderness, Evo, Noville : Bastogne's Outpost (and Battle Pack Bravo) for Band of Heroes, the 2nd Story expansion board for Flash Point : Fire Rescue, another book of stuff for the Deadlands Reloaded RPG setting, the Beginner Box for the Star Wars Edge of the Empire RPG and the Ambuscade villain pack for Sentinels of the Multiverse.
One of these days I might actually remember to snap a few pics of games actually being played. ;)
Nice collection there now we demand pictures of you playing them. ;D
Quote from: TheCommandTent on March 19, 2013, 06:37:52 PM
Nice collection there now we demand pictures of you playing them. ;D
I'm playing REd Winter. It is my current candidate for "Best Game of all Time"...It Plays fast and has all kinds of great Chrome
(capturing and using enemy light MGs, people with heart conditions, frozen lakes, bonfires, field kitchens):
And the Russians take a hex! (more important than it looks since it keeps the heavy MGs from suppressing the battalion across the frozen lake). Losses on both sides have been pretty high. The Russians will probably build some bonfires to help the infantry companies recover
and the Finns will no doubt do some vicious night raids:
AB - you gotta crack open Wilderness and give us a look at how it plays.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 21, 2013, 11:02:41 AM
AB - you gotta crack open Wilderness and give us a look at how it plays.
+1
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 21, 2013, 11:02:41 AM
AB - you gotta crack open Wilderness and give us a look at how it plays.
Heh, I read the rules last night. And with the weather, today seems like a good day for it. I'll try it out and and snap a few pics and maybe throw a post together tonight.
Okay, Wilderness has been played! There are a few pics, but they're horrible. Turns out the flash on the borrowed digital camera works only on rare occasions, and the room wasn't very well lit. Weeeee!
This game is BRUTAL. If you like games like Survive! Escape From Atlantis where you and your friends just pile on and wreck each other, you will love this. At the start, each person gets a player and a player board measuring their Thirst, Level and Exhaustion level. Each person also gets 3 Event cards. Every event card can be played for a positive result for your character OR a negative result for an opponent or all opponents. Then you build the board. There are 2 corner pieces (that contain all the basic rules, so they're quite handy), and you pick 6 of the 8 boards to put between them. Everyone starts in the top left corner and needs to get across the 6 boards aaaalllll the way to the bottom right.
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This is the board. The flipped green tiles are still covered by 'fog of war' until someone reaches one of them. Oh boy, we get to cross desert first...instant thirst boost!
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And here's a player board. Thirst and Hunger go up one each at the end of each player round, though other factors can contribute to futher boosts. As they move to the right, higher numbers appear in the squares. Exhaustion goes up one at the end of every player round, PLUS the numbers in the Thirst and Hunger tracks that have been reached. If Exhaustion reaches the skull, you die. Also, you'll notice different Energy numbers above the Exhaustion track. That controls how much you can do in a turn, from moving to searching for food and the like.
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And here's a weather card. At the end of each player round (each player takes a turn that total one round), that track moves one to the right. Weather cards can allow players to draw more Event cards, but also might require drawing Sickness cards (more on these soon...they're vicious) or have other detrimental effects. The dark squares on that track mean it's night. Movement is more difficult, and hunting for food is impossible, at night.
Okay, so in to the game. Within 2 turns, one of the players (I ran 3 people) was already pretty damn messed up.
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This was in large part thanks to being blasted by the other players and forced to draw TWO Sickness cards that knocked their Exhaustion level way down the track.
It got worse. Much worse.
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We're on to the second tile now, and that tile unearthed a Snake. The black tombstone (how fitting) is the already fubar'd player. The grey one is a snake. Animals move during the same nature turn when player hunger, thirst and exhaustion increases, and the weather track is advanced. If nobody is close, a spinner is used to determine a random direction of movement. If a player is adjacent, the animal moves in and attacks.
In comes snakey. Combat is simple and brutal. Another player rolls 2 dice for the animal. The player being attacked rolls 1. If the player manages to roll a higher number on his one die than the animal gets on his 2 combines, the animal is removed and the player's hunger is moved all the way to the left. If they tie, nothing happens. If the animal rolls higher, the player's Exhaustion moves along the track a number of spaces equal to the difference between the animal roll and the player roll.
The snake rolled 11.
The player rolled 1.
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THREE TURNS IN, one of the players is already dead. Showing what a sick bastard I am, I freaking love this. ;D
It didn't take too long for one of the other players to succumb. They got stuck away from a body of water, so their Thirst was contributing 3 points of Exhaustion every turn. Then they tried hunting for food. You roll 2 dice and drop your Hunger the total number that you rolled...UNLESS you roll a one. Then you get nothing. You're lost. Not only is your turn over, but you use the animal movement spinner to shift in a random direction. Dude ended up back in the mountains. He was down to 3 points of Energy per turn. He tried to advance back in to the forest, but it was night. At night, you have to roll a die every single time you move. A 4-6 means everything is fine. A 1-3 means you're lost again.
He rolled a 2.
He ended up moving backwards, further in to the mountain range. The only way out was through more mountains...they take 4 points to move in to. He pretty much starved to death on a barren rock.
That made the 3rd player the winner, and he was down to an Exhaustion of 3 thanks to an unfortunate run in with a wolf and crossing A LOT of desert (entering a desert space during daytime immediately adds 1 to your Thirst track.
This game is brutal. It pretty much hates anyone playing it. You can and will nail each other to the wall.
I can't recommend it enough.
One quick component complaint : the markers supplied for the player tracks and weather track is the tiniest little cardboard tokens I've ever seen, so I subbed in gaming stones. Seriously, the originals are each about 1/6 the size of one of those stones. They're begging to get lost.
^That sounds like fun AB, I might have to look into getting that one.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on March 21, 2013, 10:23:56 PM
^That sounds like fun AB, I might have to look into getting that one.
I'm quite pleased with it. The rules are about 10 pages total, and that's with a pretty big font being used and images. Very simple once you get going with it. Very minimal rules look up since the energy costs for everything, including entering different terrain, is right there on the board.
This is definitely coming out at the next game night. My friends are every bit the merciless bastard types that I am. I won't be surprised if half the players (it can support up to 8, and turns are quick enough that play time really shouldn't be an issue at that number) are dead by turn 4. ;D
Quote from: Arctic Blast on March 22, 2013, 01:08:54 AM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on March 21, 2013, 10:23:56 PM
^That sounds like fun AB, I might have to look into getting that one.
I'm quite pleased with it. The rules are about 10 pages total, and that's with a pretty big font being used and images. Very simple once you get going with it. Very minimal rules look up since the energy costs for everything, including entering different terrain, is right there on the board.
This is definitely coming out at the next game night. My friends are every bit the merciless bastard types that I am. I won't be surprised if half the players (it can support up to 8, and turns are quick enough that play time really shouldn't be an issue at that number) are dead by turn 4. ;D
Good to know. A few friends of my wife and I play boardgames and this looks like something we would all enjoy. We tend to get very competitive.
Quote from: MengJiao on March 21, 2013, 10:50:40 AM
And the Russians take a hex! (more important than it looks since it keeps the heavy MGs from suppressing the battalion across the frozen lake). Losses on both sides have been pretty high. The Russians will probably build some bonfires to help the infantry companies recover
and the Finns will no doubt do some vicious night raids:
Yep. Morning comes. There are still plenty of Russians, but I really have to replay this with a better grasp of the rules that help the Russians get going on the first day:
Quote from: MengJiao on March 25, 2013, 11:11:08 AM
Yep. Morning comes. There are still plenty of Russians, but I really have to replay this with a better grasp of the rules that help the Russians get going on the first day:
Okay, different game, roughly the same scale, kutiest kampfgruppe ever!
No pictures, but I finally got in my first game of Twilight Struggle. It was alot to take in and learn but as we started to figure it out it was alot of fun!
Today my wife and I played, "Clean up the shevles that hold our games" and try to organize and actually make them all fit. Good news it work, Im just not sure how long it will last :)
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OK, we need your thoughts on Kingdom Builder and Castles of Burgundy. I've been eyeing both of those off and on for a while. If I was still back in Columbus, I'd've checked 'em out at CABS. But I'm not, so that limits me to begging for feedback from other places :D
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 01, 2013, 06:25:15 AM
OK, we need your thoughts on Kingdom Builder and Castles of Burgundy. I've been eyeing both of those off and on for a while. If I was still back in Columbus, I'd've checked 'em out at CABS. But I'm not, so that limits me to begging for feedback from other places :D
Kingdom Builder is a fun little game that plays better with 4 people than 2 or 3. Each game is a bit different as you arrange the various boards together to make the playing surface. Then random objectives are drawn that all the players use to score their "Kingdoms" with at the end of the game. It is very easy to learn and would be a great family game. Simple mechanics and rules. There is also alot of good thinking and planning ahead that could go into the game. It doesn't really compare to any other game I've played so its hard to give a reference point. There are no dice. Each turn the players draw a random terrain card and then play three of their buildings in the corresponding terrain adjacent to their existing builds if possible. If not they can place them in that type of terrain anywhere on the map (this is where the planning and thinking ahead comes into play). It would probably not keep a Grogs attention for very long but it would be great for the family or someone just getting into boardgames.
Castles of Burgundy is alot of fun and deeper than it appears the first couple of times you play it. However, after you figure out what you are suppose to be doing than it is alot of fun and a good challenge.. It was just as good for 2, 3 or 4 players. It is somewhat similar to Agricola in that there are lots of options for you to do each turn but you are limited in what you can actually accomplish. (Not: I enjoy this game way more than I do Agricola) The mechanics are fairly easy to learn but like I said figuring out how you want to approach the game takes a game or two to understand. The game boards are excellent and help move the game along as they all contain great rule reference charts. Each turn the players roll their own two dice. These dice are then used to perform actions as they correspond to spots on the game board to collect tokens, play tokens, use tokens etc. Each player is trying to build their domain and each player can pursue a different strategy to win the most points or block other players from doing the same. I would definitely recommend this game. I think you could play this with the family if they are already boardgamers as they have a basis from which to work. It would take a bit to teach it to non-gamers but could be done. However, it is alot of fun and deep enough to satisfy a Grog without having to do with anything militarily.
Ah, BGG trading. Out goes Railways of the World (with 1 expansion), Rattus (with 1 expansion) and Mission Red Planet. In comes...
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I'm going to go giggle now.
Still the best GW game EVAH!
Quote from: bob48 on July 11, 2013, 05:09:50 PM
Still the best GW game EVAH!
I hope to find out soon.
No way in Hell I'm busting that game out until the kiddies have left the area. ;D
Quote from: Arctic Blast on July 12, 2013, 05:19:02 PM
Quote from: bob48 on July 11, 2013, 05:09:50 PM
Still the best GW game EVAH!
I hope to find out soon.
No way in Hell I'm busting that game out until the kiddies have left the area. ;D
We want pictures!
Quote from: TheCommandTent on July 12, 2013, 06:11:10 PM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on July 12, 2013, 05:19:02 PM
Quote from: bob48 on July 11, 2013, 05:09:50 PM
Still the best GW game EVAH!
I hope to find out soon.
No way in Hell I'm busting that game out until the kiddies have left the area. ;D
We want pictures!
I'll set up a trial run and snap a few pics at some point over the weekend. My initial glance has told me that the components of this game are ridiculous (in a good way).
Having recently gotten into Blood Bowl and just now reading reviews and comments about SH on BGG and in particular the horrible customer service/relations that GW has. Such a stranglehold on their IP; which they have every right but it's like they have a team of geeks just scouring the web for any hint of an illegally posted image or reference to one of their games. I guess fans of SH are in the same boat as fans of BB are in; these games have zero support and zero plans for updates or reprints. It's all about WH40K. Anyways, just yet another GW rant on some random message board. SH does look like it would be a kick-ass game however and I see a copy of it with PRO painted figures for the low price of $1500 on BGG. Yikes!
Quote from: GJK on July 12, 2013, 10:06:21 PM
Having recently gotten into Blood Bowl and just now reading reviews and comments about SH on BGG and in particular the horrible customer service/relations that GW has. Such a stranglehold on their IP; which they have every right but it's like they have a team of geeks just scouring the web for any hint of an illegally posted image or reference to one of their games. I guess fans of SH are in the same boat as fans of BB are in; these games have zero support and zero plans for updates or reprints. It's all about WH40K. Anyways, just yet another GW rant on some random message board. SH does look like it would be a kick-ass game however and I see a copy of it with PRO painted figures for the low price of $1500 on BGG. Yikes!
Space Hulk has always been a bit of a limited edition, anyway. You can get it for WAAYYYYY less than those ridiculous prices. Paint isn't worth that kind of green. Typically, around $200 will get it done. Or maybe you can find a trade of your very own! ;D
Are you looking to trade away your copy of the game already AB?
Quote from: GJK on July 13, 2013, 05:37:38 PM
Are you looking to trade away your copy of the game already AB?
HELLZ no. This is going on my 'never leaving my possession' shelf. ;D
As promised....
Oh look, a space hulk! 5 Terminators of the Blood Angels come aboard, with the mission of torching the room in the upper right. Every mission has a different lineup of Marines entering play, and these are the crew for this one.
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Those purple arrows are Genestealer entry locations. The round discs are Blip markers. Basically, the Genestealer player moves those markers around before revealing how many Stealers (1-3) they represent (or having them revealed by Space Marine movement). They cannot intentionally enter Marine line of sight as blips. Our valiant marines are entering to the left, led by Sergeant Lorenzo and his power sword/storm bolter combo. The dude in the middle is Brother Zael with the flamer. He's key to mission success. The other three are armed with Power Fists and Storm Bolters. Turns go as follows :
1. Command Phase. This is quick. The Marine player blindly draws one of 6 Command Point tokens. Each Marine gets 4 Action Points per round, and the Command Points drawn can be added to that total in any way the player sees fit. Every time the SM player uses a CP, the Genestealer player moves the token down the track. At the end of the round, it's revealed. If the Marine player screwed up and used more than he was allowed, game over. At the end of this phase, the Genestealer player flips the sand timer. To reflect the speed with which Tyranids move, the Space Marine Action Phase is timed.
2. This is where the magic happens. Each Marine is used in turn, moving, setting up in Overwatch, firing and so on. The turn has a total of 60 seconds (I believe) to cover the entirety of the Marines turn. If it runs out before you're done, too damn bad...you're done.
3. Genestealer Reinforcement Phase. Each mission allows the Tyranid player to draw a different number of Blip tokens per phase at this time, then choose which Entry points they'll use. They don't have to enter that turn...they're allowed to lurk. If a Marine is within 6 spaces of the entry point on the turn a Blip is put there, it HAS to lurk for that round.
4. Genestealer Action Phase. This is where the badness happens. Each Stealer and Blip token gets 6 action points. Genestealers are also a Hell of a lot more mobile (Space Marines can't move laterally or turn 180 degrees like Stealers can). On the other hand, Genestealers have no ranged attack capability. This works the same as the Space Marine Action Phase, only it isn't timed and there are no Tyranid Command Points. One note : Blip markers CANNOT be moved into line of sight of a Marine. Only revealed Genestealers can do that. Blips can be revealed at any time, so long as they haven't already moved in that round. If a Space Marine's movement reveals a Blip, they Tyranids are immediately placed. Placement is done by the Stealer player if reveal was voluntary and the Marine player if it wasn't.
5. Mission Status Phase. Check if either side has won or lost based on mission victory conditions, ensure the Marine player did not overspend on Command Points, remove all Flame and Guard Action/Overwatch Action/Jam tokens. Go back to 1.
First contact!
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Lorenzo is in Overwatch (that's what the green token next to him means), so he fires every single time a Genestealer performs an action within his line of sight. Each fire means rolling two dice, with a 6 on one of them resulting in a kill. He rolls...doubles. That's bad. That's a jammed weapon. No command points left, so I can't clear the jam. They draw closer, but can't quite reach him before they're finished moving (jams automatically clear at the end of rounds). Meanwhile, several more have come flying down the main hallway and killed one of the other Marines, meaning Zael is now out front. Oh hey, let's use that flamer...
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The good...flames ignite an entire board section for the entirety of a round, including the Genestealer half of the round. Every target in that section is rolled for, and anything higher than a 1 on a D6 is instant death. The bad...it only has 6 bursts. Now it has 5.
A few rounds go by, and the Marines are kicking ass.
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Brother Valencio is on overwatch. This is the definition of a target rich environment.
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Unfortunately, the weapon jams on the first kill and I'm horrible for remembering to save a Command Point or two for these situations. That leads to this.
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Meanwhile, another Marine has died in melee.
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Genestealers roll THREE dice in melee, standard Marines one. Highest number wins. This was a slaughter. Luckily, the Tyranid doesn't have any actions remaining which would let him rip Zael apart from the back (he's heading towards the upper passage which Valencio is in), as that would end the game immediately.
Valencio buys it. Lorenzo moves up to guard the main intersection. Zael is down to one last blast after torching two more Genestealers. Space Hulk is a fickle bitch.
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And now it's Zael alone. He's surrounded. Firing to save himself would end the mission. His life is forfeit, so he decides to take a last ditch shot at melee'ing his way through and heading towards the goal.
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He does actually kill two hand to hand! But it doesn't end well.
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For those wondering, there are 12 Space Marines, every single one of them with a completely unique sculpt down to battle decorations, halos, ribbons and trophies. 6 are variants on the standard Power Fist/Storm Bolter Terminator. There's one Sarge with a Power Sword (Lorenzo) and a second with a Thunder Hammer/Storm Shield combo. Brother Claudio has two hands worth of Lightning Claws. Zael has a flamer. Brother Leon's packing an Assault Cannon. Finally, there is a Librarian with a Force Axe and Psi points to spend on powers.
There are 24 Genestealers in 12 unique molds, two per look. There is also a Brood Lord.
20 doors with stands, 22 different blip counters, a pile of indicators for entry points and the like, a dozen Ladder markers and 67 board pieces. This is by far the smallest map. The board pieces not only have fantastic art on them, but some of them are actually textured. It's ridiculous. It's absurd. It's awesome.
Looks like fun!
But you haven't painted yer mini's yet!?! :o
that's a good read - you really ought to set that up as its own AAR thread :)
Good stuff AB thanks for the pictures
AB - I saw Agents of Smersh in your acquisitions above. I ran into those guys at Origins and the dude seemed really nice and the game looked neat. Any thoughts on it?
Quote from: Barthheart on July 16, 2013, 05:15:02 AM
Looks like fun!
But you haven't painted yer mini's yet!?! :o
Two reasons :
1. I haven't even owned it for a week, and this was the first time I've actually had a chance to bust it out.
2. I've never painted a mini in my life. These would be a GREAT choice for a first project...if I wanted to quickly hate painting and never do it again. ;D Something much lower detail would be a better first shot. I may paint up Last Night on Earth at some point...how can you make a walking rotting corpse look wrong?!
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 16, 2013, 05:49:21 AM
that's a good read - you really ought to set that up as its own AAR thread :)
Thought about that about two minutes after I posted this. ;D
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 16, 2013, 08:06:56 AM
AB - I saw Agents of Smersh in your acquisitions above. I ran into those guys at Origins and the dude seemed really nice and the game looked neat. Any thoughts on it?
I'm a bit mixed on it.
Quick synopsis for those who don't know what it is : Agents of Smersh is a storytelling game set in a campy 60's setting. Each of you plays a cheezy spy trying to thwart Dr. Lobo from destroying the world. You have your own ability scores that can be changed during the game as rewards for successfully completing encounters. Basically, eacvh player moves to a location on the board and an encounter is read from the book (which is massive). Having certain abilities lets you auto-succeed, otherwise you need to roll dice. There are custom dice in a draw bag, and you draw one die for each point you possess in the listed attribute. Some are great dice, some are horrendous. Roll success, and you pass. Fail, and you...fail. As you play, you gather evidence tokens that need to match what Lobo has at the level he's reached by game's end.
Anyway, back to my thoughts. It's a lot less chaotic and random than Tales of the Arabian Nights typically is. On the other hand, that lack of random chaos makes it a bit more predictable. I've soloed it a couple of times and we've played it as a group once. All three times, the game ended up being a complete cakewalk. There's an expansion either out now or coming soon that apparently can help deal with that, but I already dropped $60 on the game. So I'm thinking about putting it up for trade, but I'm not sure yet.
Seeing those Space Hulk pics reminds me of Doom: The Boardgame a bit.
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Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 01, 2013, 06:25:15 AM
OK, we need your thoughts on Kingdom Builder and Castles of Burgundy. I've been eyeing both of those off and on for a while. If I was still back in Columbus, I'd've checked 'em out at CABS. But I'm not, so that limits me to begging for feedback from other places :D
Kingdom Builder is a fun little game that plays better with 4 people than 2 or 3. Each game is a bit different as you arrange the various boards together to make the playing surface. Then random objectives are drawn that all the players use to score their "Kingdoms" with at the end of the game. It is very easy to learn and would be a great family game. Simple mechanics and rules. There is also alot of good thinking and planning ahead that could go into the game. It doesn't really compare to any other game I've played so its hard to give a reference point. There are no dice. Each turn the players draw a random terrain card and then play three of their buildings in the corresponding terrain adjacent to their existing builds if possible. If not they can place them in that type of terrain anywhere on the map (this is where the planning and thinking ahead comes into play). It would probably not keep a Grogs attention for very long but it would be great for the family or someone just getting into boardgames.
OK - I got to play this one at lunch today, and it's a fun game, at least the first time through.
Because of the "you must play adjacent to your existing pieces if you can" rule, there's a LOT hanging on your initial play on the map, so you need to be very careful about where you drop your initial settlements. After that, you're adjusting on the fly, but a lot of that adjusting is reacting to your opponents' disruptions of your plans. If you don't have a plan when you start, you're fooked.
Quote from: bayonetbrant on January 08, 2014, 03:45:33 PM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on July 01, 2013, 07:48:56 AM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on July 01, 2013, 06:25:15 AM
OK, we need your thoughts on Kingdom Builder and Castles of Burgundy. I've been eyeing both of those off and on for a while. If I was still back in Columbus, I'd've checked 'em out at CABS. But I'm not, so that limits me to begging for feedback from other places :D
Kingdom Builder is a fun little game that plays better with 4 people than 2 or 3. Each game is a bit different as you arrange the various boards together to make the playing surface. Then random objectives are drawn that all the players use to score their "Kingdoms" with at the end of the game. It is very easy to learn and would be a great family game. Simple mechanics and rules. There is also alot of good thinking and planning ahead that could go into the game. It doesn't really compare to any other game I've played so its hard to give a reference point. There are no dice. Each turn the players draw a random terrain card and then play three of their buildings in the corresponding terrain adjacent to their existing builds if possible. If not they can place them in that type of terrain anywhere on the map (this is where the planning and thinking ahead comes into play). It would probably not keep a Grogs attention for very long but it would be great for the family or someone just getting into boardgames.
OK - I got to play this one at lunch today, and it's a fun game, at least the first time through.
Because of the "you must play adjacent to your existing pieces if you can" rule, there's a LOT hanging on your initial play on the map, so you need to be very careful about where you drop your initial settlements. After that, you're adjusting on the fly, but a lot of that adjusting is reacting to your opponents' disruptions of your plans. If you don't have a plan when you start, you're fooked.
Agreed. You can really screw yourself over if you don't pick a starting spot that will do well to help you achieved the conditions listed on the point cards.
This past weekend I got a chance to game with the one buddy of mine who enjoys wargames.
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Here were the games we decided to pick from
Unfortuantly I didn't get pictures of everything we played.
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The above is a small scenario we used to learn Infantry Attacks: August 1914
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An ambush scenario from Combat Commander: Pacific
The Combat Commander series may be my favorite wargames at the moment. I really enjoy the mechanics and the scenarios.
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I've played about 4 of those
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 20, 2014, 11:27:11 PM
I've played about 4 of those
I am a bit surprised by that. Is it due to not having time/opponents or lack of interest in the period or game itself? Or just never getting around to them?
Mainly playing other stuff. You don't have any W@W games in there, or ADP, or Maneouvre, or any of the old SPI games I've got :)
To be fair, you're not going to have any pix of Orange Crush, either, since I'm still working on it ;D
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 21, 2014, 07:41:12 AM
Mainly playing other stuff. You don't have any W@W games in there, or ADP, or Maneouvre, or any of the old SPI games I've got :)
To be fair, you're not going to have any pix of Orange Crush, either, since I'm still working on it ;D
Key word there is old :P
So now we have a name to this "secret game to rule all games" that you are making.
Quote from: TheCommandTent on February 21, 2014, 08:06:31 AM
So now we have a name to this "secret game to rule all games" that you are making.
hardly a secret (it's been on CSW almost 7 years now (http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?14@@.1dd2a88d/0)... sigh...), and not the game you're thinking of
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 21, 2014, 09:15:07 AM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on February 21, 2014, 08:06:31 AM
So now we have a name to this "secret game to rule all games" that you are making.
hardly a secret (it's been on CSW almost 7 years now (http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?14@@.1dd2a88d/0)... sigh...), and not the game you're thinking of
Ahh, my bad on that. So does the one I thinking of have a name or is that still just an idea?
Quote from: TheCommandTent on February 21, 2014, 04:21:43 PMstill just an idea?
show up at Origins and you'll find out ;)
Quote from: bayonetbrant on February 21, 2014, 05:15:36 PM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on February 21, 2014, 04:21:43 PMstill just an idea?
show up at Origins and you'll find out ;)
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I would if I could.