Pictures of your recent tabletop games...

[Arctic Blast]

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...



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

[bayonetbrant]

Adventurers is a fun game - it's one of Bayonet Jr's faves

[Arctic Blast]

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.  :)

[TheCommandTent]

That is quite the haul AB.  I hope you share some pictures when get to playing them all.

[Arctic Blast]

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.

[TheCommandTent]

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.



This is the scenario set up.  As usual I forgot to take pictures during the run of play. :)




This is several rounds into the game and as you can see our armies are gathering to do battle.

[Arctic Blast]

That's such a fun game. So simple that I've gotten complete non-wargamers to happily play a 5 player session.

[TheCommandTent]

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?

[TheCommandTent]

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




The opening moves as we get a feel for our armies and maneuver into position.




Our cavalry prepares to meet in the middle of the battlefield.




The horsemen near each other and make ready to charge while the infantry struggles to keep up.




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.

[Arctic Blast]

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'.

[TheCommandTent]

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.

[mirth]

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.

[Staggerwing]

Cool pix!
Where did you get that hex mat? It would serve well for a naval game.

[mirth]

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.

[Staggerwing]

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.