Articles tagged 'gmt'

  1. PAVN lures ARVN out to play Dec 4, 2016
  2. Silver Bayonet 25th Anniversary Edition Nov 22, 2016
  3. NVA crushed Aug 7, 2016
  4. August in Ukraine, 1943 Jun 12, 2016
  5. Breaking into East Front Series with Barbarossa: Kiev to Rostov Jun 6, 2016
  6. Cuba Libre at EGO May 29, 2016
  7. Revisiting Virgin Queen Apr 23, 2016
  8. Fire in the Lake Playbook Example 3 Mar 27, 2016
  9. They Retreated to Victory, barely Nov 28, 2015
  10. Ukraine 43 first setup Nov 11, 2015
  11. Operation Dynamo from France '40 Oct 6, 2015
  12. Churchill Full Bore Oct 4, 2015
  13. Fire in the Lake Playbook Example 2 Oct 3, 2015
  14. NVA win in Fire in the Lake Sep 6, 2015
  15. Pharnaces takes a powder and other stories from Alexander (2, 3) Sep 5, 2015
  16. Mark Herman's Churchill - a first look Aug 2, 2015
  17. Fire in the Lake - the Full Monty Jul 9, 2015
  18. France '40 opening moves May 2, 2015
  19. Sickle Cut First Play Mar 8, 2015
  20. More Lake, Less Fire Jan 4, 2015

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.