The fickle finger of fate  The Cylon menace rears its ugly head for the 2nd time. We get our Crimson Skies factions sorted for our upcoming campaign. ;)

Came across this post by wargame designer  Charles Vasey, who just designed Unhappy King Charles, on TOS and it really struck a chord.  We had just been talking in a thread here about how wargame designers tend to get a little less stuck in ruts than euros because they make mechanics to actually do something, not just to be mechanics.  And right out of Charles mouth: "If I am reading people correctly they view rules like (for example) the subordination rules as chrome. I (on the other hand) view them as part of the historical background without which...

There have been comedians who have done monologues about how football, basketball and baseball are sports but golf, pool and fishing aren't sports they're activities or hobbies.  I thought about starting this rant in a similar way by saying games without movement aren't really board games they're just little card games or polite parlor games.  But I decided that would be going a little too far.  I would end up with a bunch of people posting that Age of Steam wasn't a polite parlor game that it was a board game, blah, blah, blah, blah.  And that's not really the...

Done down by dastardly Donald's devious duplicity! Snapshots from JMcL63's lands of adventure We get our first game of Battlestar Galactica: the Board  Game. I give it the full RD/KA! treatment. And some other stuff. ;)

 Red November has quickly become one of my favorite games.  I even enjoy playing this game solo.  It is the best "bang for your buck" game out there. Here's why:  All that and a bag of chips? Packed into the slim silverline package comes a ton of bits and cardboard.  FFG has mastered the "cheap but cool" game corner with silverline titles like "Citadels", "Colassal Area", "CIA Vs. KGB" and "Red November" definitely has its value thing workin' You get 8 plastic gnomes, 9 plastic markers, a simple yet thematic and beautiful board, 3...