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1960: The Making of a President TURN THREE

February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Turn One
Turn Two
TURN 3
Phase 1
-2 blue Kennedy Initiative, Nixon first (11 to 12)
NIXON 1: Citizens for Nixon-Lodge / Event: +1 to all CP for turn (+2 rest cube) no change
KENNEDY 1: Fatigue Sets In 4CP: move to Midwest, +1 WI, +1 MN, +1 OH (to zero) (do not activate […]

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Tags: AAR · AAR1960 · Board Games

While I’m At It

February 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

I don’t want this to turn into a boardgaming blog (though I hope to have Turn 3 of the AAR up later today) but indie developer Michael Akinde has posted some of his thoughts on the Avalon Hill classic Republic of Rome over on his Imperium blog.
Still no news on a release date over there, […]

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Tags: Ancients · Blogs · Board Games · Imperium

The New Risk

February 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

Apparently there is a new version of Risk. You can read Lara Crigger’s review of Risk: Black Ops over at Gamers with Jobs. (By the way, Lara has started blogging, so let’s hope she can keep the content coming.)
I hate Risk. Always have. As fun as conquering the world sounds, especially when you’re 11, the […]

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Tags: Board Games · Review

1960: Making of a President TURN TWO

January 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments

TURN ONE.
Momentum 3 Nixon, 2 Kennedy
Initiative: 2 blue 1 red, Nixon goes first
Phase 1
NIXON 1: The Old Nixon / Event: Kennedy loses 2 momentum down to zero, Nixon loses 1, down to 2
KENNEDY 1: Lazy Shave 3CP (1 rest cube) +1 PA, +2 NY (draws 1 red, 1 blue = […]

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Tags: AAR · AAR1960 · Board Games

Top Ten Board Games of 2007

January 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

My weekend Vassal/Brettspiel/Skype sessions with Bruce and browsing at Board Game Geek have gotten me more interested in how I can make board games a bigger part of my life. To that end, I give you Bill Abner’s Top Ten Board Games of last year.
Shogun sure looks pretty.

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Tags: Blogs · Board Games

Sometimes You Need to Listen

January 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Over the last couple of years I’ve heard and read a lot of people complaining about all the tiny stickers in Command and Colors.
Brother, they weren’t kidding. That took forever. And I’m still not done.

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Tags: Board Games · Me

1960: Making of the President

January 8th, 2008 · 5 Comments

With the 2008 Election For Change now in full swing, the next gaming AAR to hit Flash of Steel will be a play by play of me and Bruce Geryk reliving history. Well, I’ll try to relive it. Bruce will try to stop it. He loves Nixon.
1960: Making of the President is an historical strategy […]

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Tags: AAR · AAR1960 · Board Games

Twilight Struggle: A During Action Report

May 30th, 2007 · 5 Comments

When I mentioned my experiences with Paths of Glory a few weeks ago, one commenter asked about doing an AAR of my futile efforts against Bruce Geryk. I replied that I wasn’t quite sure how that would work. Now we are going to find out.
Twlight Struggle is a two player card based strategy game from […]

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Tags: AARTwiStr · Board Games

Catan on Xbox

May 8th, 2007 · 7 Comments

It’s odd, but the prospect of playing an online version of Settlers of Catan with high production values has me closer to dropping coin on a console than all the zombie/alien/robot killing glamor that the living room gamers have been screaming about for years.
So it’s reassuring to read Julian Murdoch’s positive impressions of Big Huge […]

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Tags: Big Huge Games · Board Games · Consoles

Explaining the Pause

April 21st, 2007 · 8 Comments

The lack of updates in the last couple of days has been mostly because my gaming time has been consumed with two things.
First, I puttered around with the Lord of the Rings Online open beta. It’s cute, but probably not cute enough to hold me any longer than World of Warcraft did. Which means that […]

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Tags: Board Games · MMO