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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 […]
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Posted in PC Gaming on Jun 12th, 2007
I’m a sucker for flight sims. I love the idea of flying, ever since I couldn’t join the RAF because I was told I’d probably be too tall to fly fighters (something about legs staying in the cockpit when you eject).
IL-2 and Flight Sim have been my sims of choice for the last 5 […]
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Posted in Console Gaming on Jun 11th, 2007
When I say ‘arrives’, I actually mean it was brought home yesterday. A Nintendo branded stalk dropping it off over the garden fence wasn’t an option and I should consider myself lucky a full 6 months after launch that there was 1 remaining console in Game. Crazy. I picked up Zelda, an extra controller with […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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