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Turns 8 and 9. 3:45 - 6:15. With the battle in the balance (see here for part one and here for part two if so inclined) and the Union aimi...

I finally succumbed to the hype and picked up Fate of the Fellowship from Z-Man games. As a youth I loved Lord of the Rings but as this game...

I set up scenario two of LC-IP last night to try a solo game. In this situation war has broken out between the US and the PRC. The PRC is tr...

The last month has been a bit wargame-lite. I've gone into a different role at work which has added 75-90 minutes a day in travel / morn...

A while ago I picked up Boots on the Ground by Worthington Games in a trade. It had been sitting in a trunk for the best part of 2024, but w...

Between purchases on Amazon for Memoir '44 expansions (yes, I have gone deep down the rabbit hole - free shipping to New Zealand is a bi...

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to pick up a used copy of the  The Lamps are Going Out , produced by Compass Games. I'd been keepin...

 As a break from painting I got out my copy of Phil Sabin's Empire to play a solo game. Empire is a light wargame set in the ancient er...

If there's one thing I love about boardgames, it's setting them up. I may not get through a whole game, but I do like to get the map...

The excellent blogger Polemarch has recently put up a couple of thought-provoking posts on campaigns. The first talks about types of campai...

Following a couple of weeks of preparations, old Japan mate Pat H and myself got together online last Thursday using VASSAL for the board an...

Faced tonight with a sudden hankering to play a game, I trotted downstairs, surveyed the shelves, and settled upon Phil Sabin's Empire ....