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.
Entries Tagged as 'Board Games'
1960: Making of a President TURN ONE
January 28th, 2008 · 6 Comments · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games
What We Are Doing Some Basic Terms TURN 1 Troy plays Kennedy, Bruce plays Nixon. The card played is listed. If CP is spent, the states that have changes in support are noted. Blue numbers means a Kennedy lead, Red a Nixon lead. START: 314-223 Phase 1:
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Sometimes You Need to Listen
January 25th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Board Games, Me
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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1960 AAR Pre-Game: Basic Terminology
January 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games
Before Bruce and I get into our write-up about 1960: Making of the President, there are some basic terms and concepts that should be explained. We’ll get into more sophisticated stuff in context. If you want to read the rules, you can find them here. Each player plays five cards in sequential phases until the […]
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1960: Making of the President
January 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games
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 […]
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Twilight Struggle: A During Action Report
May 30th, 2007 · 6 Comments · AARTwiStr, Board Games
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 […]
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