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Posted in Advanced Squad Leader, BoardGames on Oct 3rd, 2007
The Guards Counterattack is an ASL Scenario that began life as the very first Squad Leader scenario 30 years ago. It made the transition to ASL relatively unchanged and remains a classic today. Every player should play it as both sides just for the fun of having some really bit fire attacks and […]
Popularity: 40% [?]
Posted in BoardGames on Jun 17th, 2007
Tonight I talked Vicki into a game of Wings of War. I’d recently picked up 4 miniatures and two sets of the game (’Fighter Aces’ and ‘Watch Your Back!’) so we gave it a try.
We faced off with me as the Germans, with a Fokker (Fritz) and an Albatross (Ernst) vs her Allied fighters in […]
Popularity: 36% [?]
Posted in BoardGames on Jun 9th, 2007
Advanced Squad Leader, published by MMP, is often referred to as not a game but a way of life or a lifestyle game - dramatic and also a bit of a put down in terms of a definition for a game. I think when people think of games they think they should be fun, […]
Popularity: 36% [?]
Posted in BoardGames on Jun 7th, 2007
Before I start on this post, I should mention what a beautiful site this is - stunning pictures and great writing. If you have children (as you’ll see from my blog a lot of what I’m talking about here is games I play with mine) please read this post. It’s certainly thought provoking […]
Popularity: 36% [?]
Posted in BoardGames on Jun 7th, 2007
“Adult” games that are just as much fun when played with kids are hard to come by. By kids I mean around 5 and up - for those that don’t have the pleasure of knowing what 5 year olds get up to, it’s pretty much anything simple, a tiny bit of reading, good number […]
Popularity: 18% [?]
Posted in BoardGames on Jun 2nd, 2007
Sometimes you have to stick up for the kid that’s always picked on. Sometimes that’s hard to do when said kid has everything they ever wanted and will make more money in a week than you’ll ever make in a lifetime.
The post over at The Science of Apathy, Why Monopoly Sucks is pretty much […]
Popularity: 26% [?]
Posted in BoardGames on May 28th, 2007
A wet and windy afternoon indoors, with the girls happy to busy themselves playing quietly meant we got a chance to break out Caylus. This is a game, similar to Puerto Rico, of resource gathering, production and management. I’d not read very much about it and although I’m aware how popular it was, I […]
Popularity: 17% [?]
Posted in BoardGames on May 27th, 2007
Lost Cities, ah the game I can’t win. This game is deceptively simple to play, has very few rules and yet still I lose, against Vicki, who didn’t know the actual rules. In our late-night game on Friday night.
This two-player game is played with a deck of custom cards, in 5 colours, with single […]
Popularity: 17% [?]
Posted in BoardGames, Challenges on May 25th, 2007
My first game that came off the list was Hive, played against Grace. She’s 4, coming up to 5 and understands the game well enough to know when she’s going to lose, but not really about how to go about winning. She does enjoy it though and when she’s played when she’s really concentrating, […]
Popularity: 24% [?]
Posted in BoardGames, Challenges on May 21st, 2007
According to BoardGameGeek I now own exactly 100 games (technically I have to wait until Caylus arrives here, but it’s only a day or so away). You can view my collection here. In order to celebrate this milestone, my challenge is going to be to play every one of these games within a […]
Popularity: 19% [?]
