My usual Vietnam (and most other games) opponent AS and I have been playing Silver Bayonet intermittently since it first came out in the mid 2010s. We've played all the scenarios except 9 and 11. I'm discounting Scenario 12 as it's a counterfactual...
Solitaire game, amd a really bad showing. It went 8 rounds, although the last round was a really good one. I haven't had a lot of luck the last several games I've played, or I've lost some of my insight into how to play it well, or both.
The stats...
Backstories: Alone Under the Ice, first played in February cooperatively with Stuart. I didn't quite get the hang of how the game worked at that time, so I decided to take it for a solitaire spin.
The game works more or less like Buffalo Castle,...
May has started slow for games. I've been traveling though, so it makes sense, especially when visiting family. They are the most enthusiastic of game players, but it's usually not too difficult to get a game of something going on. The games they do...
My usual opponent and I really enjoy hex and counter games, it's our favorite type of game, and games in the Next War series really scratch that itch. We get one on the table about once a year. We previously played the India-Pakistan game in early...
We continue to work our way through the Cadet Manual with today's installment being Scenario #5. JC took the Klingons, I had Federation. Somehow, during Turn 2, I managed to allow him onto my tail, where he shot out all my shields and inflicted enough...
Knowing when to cut and run is a great skill to have, because there's nothing like continuing to invest in sunk cost projects. Given a recent opportunity to cut my losses on the many in-draft articles here on this site, I naturally decided to double...
Teaching game for JC. He got pretty good card draws, and trounced me 56 to 39! He seemed to enjoy it and may get a copy for himself to play during an upcoming family visit.
(Game started March 10, 2025.)
I've been doing a bit of spreadsheet programming lately. Both in terms of creating programs within spreadsheets, and programmatically creating spreadsheets, specifically on Google Drive. I'm paying for a Workspace account...
High Frontier with Politics and Terawatts! I had Nasrida, opponent B612 Foundation.
Quick start with Core + 0 + 1 then 5 cycles. We both got out GW thrusters and freighters. AW was able to promote to a TW thruster, which was pretty cool.
I took an...
This game went from really bad to almost good.
Another solitaire game, which went 7 rounds for 51 points. Inspired by some discussion on the forums, I used an Explore token for the first time in several years. I had started with a Military strategy...
and I played Cadet Scenario #4 which intrroduces the Energy Allocation Form, albeit in a reduced capacity. I took the Klingons, JC the Federation to protect the stranded Freighter Dakota. The game went 3 turns, with the Federation making a successful...
Back to GBOH with my usual opponent, this time for Hoplite, a new title for me, and probably the last title I will purchase in this series. In fact I'm considering selling half of my existing titles, and may only keep Hoplite and War Galley. I like...
Another couple of Star Fleet Battles games, Scenarios 2 & 3 from the Cadet Manual. This Cadet manual is working really well for us. It's a programmed instruction, with just enough rules in each scenario to demonstrate an important mechanic in game...
My usual HF opponent is on for a 5 cycle game of Core and Module 0. We're going to try and bust this one out, so that we can do 6 and 7 cycle games in a timely manner.
While we ended up getting a late start, around 2 pm, I had the game already set...
Back at JC's for more Star Fleet Battles. This time we went for the Cadet Manual programmed instruction, arguably where we should have started in the first place. However, I think our first game with Captain's Basic was probably correct, as it exposed...