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Category Archives: Boardgames
Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012 – “We’re going to need a bigger goat”
Back at the end of March, I went to the Society of Ancients Battle Day in Bletchley, near Milton Keynes, UK. The aim of the day was to re-fight the battle of Plataea (479 BC), using a variety of rulesets. … Continue reading
Society of Ancients Battle Day 2012
Saturday 31st March 2012 is the ninth annual Society of Ancients Battle Day. This years sees a refight of the battle of Plataea from 479 BC – ‘The day the Greeks decisively defeated the invading Persian army to secure their … Continue reading
Samurai Battles? News of a new C&C game from Zvezda
Boardgamegeek are carrying news of a new game by Zvezda in their Art of Tactic series, the first of which was Barbarossa 1941. This new game will have a Samurai theme, and use figures from Zvezda’s excellent range of 1/72 … Continue reading
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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 84
Download Episode 84 Welcome to Episode 84 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I look back at the new releases and news from around the wargaming world that have caught my eye in the last couple of … Continue reading
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Shiny new games…
Several of us at Scimitar have taken advantage of the current sale at Heron Games to add a couple of board games to our collections. Though not in the sale, Pete did take advantage of the order to get hold … Continue reading
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Recent Gaming (15th February 2012)
I meant to post this last week, but got distracted with editing podcast episodes… I’ve been playing miniature games for several weeks at Scimitar Wargames Club, so it was nice to have a change of pace and play some lite … Continue reading
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Adventures in Ankh-Morpork
Last week saw my latest boardgame purchase – the collector’s edition of Ankh-Morpork, from Martin Wallace – arrive just in time to take it along to Scimitar Wargames Group. I had played the final pre-release version of this game at … Continue reading
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Incursion boardgame on offer…
SNAFU, the first expansion for the Incursion boardgame from Grindhouse Games, was released a few weeks ago. The book contains 19 new scenarios for the game, including several that use both sides of the board simultaneously – which is a … Continue reading
Manorcon 2011 – Day 3
Day three, and back to the marathon gaming that is Manorcon. A slightly later start today, and an earlier finish than expected, which meant that we didn’t get as many games played as I anticipated. First up was World Without … Continue reading
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Manorcon 2011 – Day 2
Up early and off back to Leicester University, just to make sure I got a parking place. A 9am start, and a swift game of 7 Wonders – just to get us in the swing for the days whilst we … Continue reading
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Wonder-full game
It was primarily a boardgame session at Scimitar this week, with only one miniature wargame being played. On the other boardgame table, the guys were played Mansions of Madness (the new Cthuhlu themed game from FFG) for the first time. … Continue reading
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New LOTR Card game from FFG
I promised myself after Warhammer: Invasion that I would not buy another LCG. Then Fantasy Flight Games announced The Lord of The Rings: The Card Game at GenCon last year, and I was tempted. This week, they have been uploading … Continue reading
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The Dark Elves arrive
I’ve been a fan of Battleground: Fantasy Warfare ever since it came out. If you are not aware, BGFW is a miniature wargame, but played with cards rather than miniatures. Each card represents a units, and each has a top-down … Continue reading
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Ninjato – a great looking game…
I mentioned in my ‘Review of the Year’ podcast that I was looking forward to several new boardgame releases this year. I did mention one release, which I couldn’t at the time remember the name of. That game is, of … Continue reading
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Discworld games – like buses?
A couple of weeks ago I made a very enthusiastic post about the news that Martin Wallace was releasing a game themed on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels in October. Well, hot on the heels of that news is the additional … Continue reading
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Exciting new game from Hasbro
It’s not often you can say those words, but in this particular case I think they are true. Purple Pawn have just released pictures of Battleship Galaxies taken at Toy Fair 2011, and I must admit, it’s looking pretty good. … Continue reading
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Those nice people at GMT Games…
Having got hold of Commands & Colors: Napoleonics, I was slightly disappointed to discover a problem with my copy. One of the sheets of scenery was missing a hex. However, following an exchange of email with GMT Games, they have … Continue reading
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A Few Acres of Snow…
Other than Ankh-Morpork, Martin Wallace and Treefrog Games are only producing one other game this year… A Few Acres of Snow will be the latest in the line of 2-player games produced by Treefrog (following Waterloo, which I loved, and … Continue reading
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Gaming Heaven coming in October 2011
Boardgame News today posted the fact that a conjunction of one of my favourite game designers with one of my favourite authors is due to occur this October. Ankh-Morpork, a boardgame based on the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett, is … Continue reading
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Hobby update – 16th Jan
Whilst I’ve been away over the past week I haven’t had chance to do much on the gaming front. However, the one thing I did manage was to get all my wodden pices for Command & Colors: Napoleonics fully ‘stickered … Continue reading
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