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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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