Latest Wargaming Acquisitions

[GroggyGrognard]

^Nice acquisitions. I bought battle pack #2 myself a few months ago along with battle pack #3 (Normandy) and the Med expansion. I almost went with the Paratrooper pack when I was trying to decide between it or the Normandy pack.

Groggy

[ArizonaTank]

Got a great deal on Blackbeard via a BGG auction.  Spent last night clipping counters and sleeving cards.  Hope to get a game in this weekend.

[Nefaro]

Got a great deal on Blackbeard via a BGG auction.  Spent last night clipping counters and sleeving cards.  Hope to get a game in this weekend.

Is that the old AH one?

I recall having that long ago.. dunno where the hell it went.   Been seeing the occasional one pop up for sale but with my backlog, it's not a priority.

[ArizonaTank]

Got a great deal on Blackbeard via a BGG auction.  Spent last night clipping counters and sleeving cards.  Hope to get a game in this weekend.

Is that the old AH one?

I recall having that long ago.. dunno where the hell it went.   Been seeing the occasional one pop up for sale but with my backlog, it's not a priority.

No, not the AH one.  Richard Berg did a complete overhaul, including a fine-tuning and streamlining of the old AH rules.  GMT published the revision in 2008 and now has been reprinted.  I haven't played the original, but I've read that the GMT / Berg version eliminates downtime, and is more what today's gamer's expect. 

The game supports solitaire play, so trying that out this weekend.

[ArizonaTank]

This being the anniversary year for WWI, I've been moving from my usual WWII fare to games of that earlier time.

Using my tax refund, I decided to do something I've never done, and get a monster.  So I took the plunge and bought the entire SPW Der Weltkrieg series, with the "Grand Campaign" module.  What really pulled me over was the availability of the vassal module.  I will never have the space to lay out the entire map, and leave it there for long periods, but vassal does it nicely. 

Also, for a monster, the base rules are pretty straight forward...only 20 pages or so.
 
So for my gaming project this year, I want to get through at least 1914 of the Grand Campaign.  Four days per game turn...20Km / hex....5600 counters...  Gonna take me a while.

I am also toying with the idea of moderating / playing a "living" vassal game...if there is interest.  Letting players come and go... Commanding entire fronts or just armies...and leaving when they want.  Kind of like the old "living games" of Europa Universalis they used to have, where one player would play a ruler, when that ruler died, then pass the game to the next player.

[Ubercat]

I nominate one of the OCS games, such as Case Blue! Oh, and I also volunteer to participate.

[ArizonaTank]

This being the anniversary year for WWI, I've been moving from my usual WWII fare to games of that earlier time.

Using my tax refund, I decided to do something I've never done, and get a monster.  So I took the plunge and bought the entire SPW Der Weltkrieg series, with the "Grand Campaign" module. 

What really pulled me over was the availability of the vassal module.  I will never have the space to lay out the entire map, and leave it there for long periods, but vassal does it nicely.  Without a vassal module, I would not have even tried this game.

Another reason I decided to pull the trigger is that base rules are pretty straight forward...only 20 pages or so.  I can handle the logistics of a large game, if I can easily keep the rules straight in my head.
 
So for my gaming project this year, I want to get through at least 1914 of the Grand Campaign.  Four days per game turn...20Km / hex....5600 counters...  Gonna take me a while.

I am also toying with the idea of moderating / playing a "living" vassal game...if there is interest.  Letting players come and go... Commanding entire fronts or just armies...and leaving when they want.  Kind of like the old "living games" of Europa Universalis they used to have, where one player would play a ruler, when that ruler died, then pass the game to the next player.

SPW publishes their base rules on the web if anyone wants to see what they are like.
http://www.spwgame.com/rules/Sterling_Standard_2013.pdf

[Nefaro]

Got a great deal on Blackbeard via a BGG auction.  Spent last night clipping counters and sleeving cards.  Hope to get a game in this weekend.

Is that the old AH one?

I recall having that long ago.. dunno where the hell it went.   Been seeing the occasional one pop up for sale but with my backlog, it's not a priority.

No, not the AH one.  Richard Berg did a complete overhaul, including a fine-tuning and streamlining of the old AH rules.  GMT published the revision in 2008 and now has been reprinted.  I haven't played the original, but I've read that the GMT / Berg version eliminates downtime, and is more what today's gamer's expect. 

The game supports solitaire play, so trying that out this weekend.

Oh WOW!

I didn't know it was revised and reprinted!  ;D   8)

It'll probably all be sold and out of print again before I get enough pocket change to purchase.  :-\

[DV8]

These are a little on the light side.  Not too crunchy.

[Bison]

I enjoyed playing Memoir 44 last year at Prezcon and the Field Commander series is something I still need to get into.

[DV8]

All I can tell you right now is D-Day Dice in hard solitaire.  It's kicking my a$$.

[Barthheart]

Showed up just in time for my birthday!

[Nefaro]

Wow, Bart.  You weren't messing around!  :D

[Barthheart]

Actually they are payment for work I'm doing for LnLP. I like getting games better than money from game companies because I'd never be able to use the money to buy actual games... too many bills need to come first. This way my wife doesn't get bent out of shape... I'm not buying games, I'm earning them.  ;)

[bayonetbrant]

sounds like a good trade

that said, given the history of NW'68, I just don't know that I'd ever support it, even though Mark has brought it "in house"