This was supposed to be a Salerno ‘43 day, but I did not sleep well, and have to show the apartment later this afternoon, so today will be shorter games.

We got kind of a late start on the day as we spent some time sorting the counters for Salerno...

JC and I go for another round. Our first play wasn’t really a disaster so much as an “extreme learning experience.” Since then I watched a few videos to get a better handle on the rules. We did pretty well on the first play at least mechanically. The...

One of my game goals this year is to play through the entire Lost Realm/Angmar Awakens cycle. I knocked out Intruders in Chetwood last year, so there are eight more to go. The Weather Hills is next. To get started, I’m using the Core Killer Extended

After a bit of a hiatus, I intend on a few plays of Jump Drive to keep me warmed up on the game. As usual, the goal is reaching 50 points by Turn 6. In this game, I pursued a “worlds” strategy focusing on card draw and direct scoring. It almost worked...

We beat this one first play! It’s been a while since we’ve done that. The key is questing hard and not letting up, and dealing with enemies right away.

We spanked this one in 3-4 rounds by sailing and questing so hard that we never engaged any of the ships hence never engaged any Corsairs. The key is never, ever get Off Course. Eat a little threat if necessary. In our first two games we allowed ourselves...

Back to the Great Battles of History! This time recreating the Battle of Delium. From reading, Delium saw a major innovation in tactics by the Boeotian commander Pagondas. Instead of charging straight up the middle as usual, Pagondas moved his light...

After a month hiatus, relatively short compared to most of 2025, we continue to attempt to cross Belegaer. We were properly spanked on our first attempt, could not stay on course, too many ships and boarders. The same as last time, Josh is using the...

Today was a pretty late start because I had to show the apartment to a prospective buyer. Our usual start at 10:30am got pushed out to 1:00pm. This made for a bit shorter day than our usual day.

Given the late start, and the selection of games we...

Since this game stays in Ft Wayne, I thought to get a couple more plays in before I fly home.

Game 5 Chapter 4, game 1. Showed mom how to play as a solitaire game.

Game 6 Chapter 5, first try, mom wanted to continue. We didn’t win this one, in part...

Chapter 3 introduces Farmer Maggot and Gildor Inglorion. Maggot needs to manage a Threat condition, Gildor has to play a forest on the last trick, but doesn’t have to win it.

Overall, pretty easy with the hand I drew. I did spend some time at the...

The end of another year and the start of a new challenge! To be honest, though, the real challenge is summoning the motivation to continue working when I could realistically retire. But I like the income more than the out-go, so will be continuing...

Patchwork was a gift to the folks, or really mostly my mother as she is the quilter. This was several years ago, and apparently they tried to play it once but gave up. I’m always up to try something I haven’t played, so I set it up, read through the...

More family-type games with the nephew in Ft. Wayne. We’ve been playing D&D with him as the DM, but that’s going to be harder to do when I’m not around. So we revisited Star Realms, which we’ve played only once in the past.

Game 28/52

I went first...

The Lord of the Rings Trick Taking game has a lot of traction on the forums, enough that I purchased a copy for the family over Thanksgiving. While I did not get around to playing it then, I have more time this trip to Ft. Wayne than I had during Thanksgiving...