Silver Bayonet 15 and Star Realms 2

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Played a full game of Silver Bayonet Scenario #10 this afternoon with AS at EGO. By "full game" I mean we played until victory conditions were exerised. In this case, it was the PAVN having enough steps so far into the Chu Pong there would be no way for any FWA units to catch them.

Many, many question result from this game:

  1. Can air strikes be conducted against arbitrary hexes with Hidden Movement markers, without having an adjacent unit?
  2. How do helicopter gunships work? Specifically, the ARA.

Here's the situation at the end of the game (Turn 4):

PAVN win, Silver Bayonet

A follow up game of Star Realms

It turns out AS has played Star Realms, and is in fact pretty good at it, or at least better than I am at it. He went for early Blob and whacked me good before I was able to get some decent offensive capability put back together. I may have been able to save the day with some very strong bases and a very strong Federation hand, but sadly, EGO closed early today and we had to pack up by 5 pm. So I conceded the game.

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What to play next?

Deciding what to play next is always a tough call when faced with a closet full of games, all of which were purchased with intent to play. Here's one I'm dealing with the decision.

  • Something New: this means both something new to me and a game which has been published recently, within the last two or three years.
  • Something Classic: I've acquired a number of games properly considered "classic" which haven't yet been played. The current example would be PanzerGruppe Guderian.
  • Something Again: mastery requires constant practice, which means playing games many, many times to allow nuance to appear.
  • Something Vietnam: as I'm on a Vietnam binge. I don't have all the Vietnam games ever published, but I can say that I have a lot of them, and probably more than most people.
  • Something Obscure: as it's fun to poke around in the dustier corners of game design.
  • Something Different: break away from the same old publishers and try a game from one of the new kids on the block. Or, conversely, dip into legacy with a classic tried and true.
  • Something Light: once in a while it's nice to actually finish a game all the way through in one sitting, in an hour or two.
  • Something Heavy: if possible, it's nice to set up something big and complicated which can be left out for days or weeks or even months, for a leisurely stroll through a very large or long game.

There are surely many more ways to choose, but the above method keeps me busy enough, helps me get both breadth and depth into my play, and provides me with a sense of progress.

The odd man out

When there is an odd man out:

  • Have a solo game ready to play.
  • Keep score or advise on a game in progress.
  • Referee a game in progress.