Articles tagged 'fire-in-the-lake'

  1. Fire in the Lake 19 Nov 24, 2019
  2. Fire in the Lake 18 Sep 16, 2018
  3. Fire in the Lake 17 (and more) Sep 1, 2018
  4. Fire in the Lake 16 Aug 19, 2018
  5. Fire in the Lake 15 Aug 5, 2018
  6. Fire in the Lake 14 Jun 17, 2018
  7. Fire in the Lake (13) and more at EGO May 27, 2018
  8. Fire in the Lake 12 (and more) Apr 22, 2018
  9. Fire in the Lake 11, with Playbook Example 4 Nov 12, 2017
  10. Fire in the Lake Playbook Example 3 Mar 27, 2016
  11. Vietnam Solitaire (8) and more Dec 25, 2015
  12. Fire in the Lake Playbook Example 2 Oct 3, 2015
  13. Rats and other things at EGO Sep 20, 2015
  14. NVA win in Fire in the Lake Sep 6, 2015
  15. Fire in the Lake Non-player examples Aug 31, 2015
  16. Fire in the Lake - the Full Monty Jul 9, 2015
  17. More Lake, Less Fire Jan 4, 2015
  18. NVA get creamed Oct 5, 2014
  19. Ripping the shrink off Fire in the Lake Oct 4, 2014

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.