11th May Games

We are operating in different parts of Wayland from one another last night; Alan and Rob were involved in a Warcry game in the bar area, while Steve H ran his new boardgame based on the movie 'The Thing' (John Carpenter version for those in the know) for myself, Paul, Steve S, Mark, Dave K and Andy P, in the main area. 

This was a first outing for the game and understandably things (pun intended) took a while to get going. I suspect this will run better on another occasion, but the paranoia levels were VERY high by the time we finished!

Next week, Dave K is running a Mad Dog with Guns gangster game; I wouldn't mind trying the 'Waterloo - Quelle Affair!" board game I picked up a while back as I've only played it once to date.

See yer soon

Neil

4th May Games

Shortage of players meant that the game of The Things has been rescheduled to next week. Accordingly, Steves S and H and Dave K played Quartermaster General Cold War instead; I'm told that Pravda will publish this as a great victory for the USSR (no further comment).

I'd been trying to meet up with Mike C for a Napoleonic naval game for quite a while; since he was available last night and had two friends looking for a game (both named Steve) we set up a game for our respective British and Dutch forces and set to, using my rules which had been developed over an extended period from a magazine article. It all got predictably messy with a number of ships on both sides sustaining damage, but the Dutch had a ship strike it's colours so might have come off worse overall.

Rob played Necromunda with a staff member due to Alan not being available.

As noted above, plans are afoot to play The Thing boardgame next week; this can handle up to eight players so there should be room for all. I'm running a final test game for the Battle of Britain show game this weekend and I note that the organisers of the Broadside show have given the game a mention on their Facebook page.

See yer soon

Neil

27th April Games

A lively atmosphere at Waylands last night! For our part, Dave K ran a game of The Walking Dead for Steve S, Paul, Mark and Andy P. Alan and Rob were engaged in their customary Warcry Session, and Steve H and I played a Memoir 44 Eastern Front scenario. As is the custom with Richard Borg games, your actions are governed by the hand of ards you hold which in turn permit actions in the three areas of the board. The Soviets are hampered still further by the use of the Commissar card which forces the Soviet player to select his next action card at the end of his previous move! I played the Soviets and was lucky enough to cover all the German actions and in doing so won the scenario (even I get lucky some times. . .). Mike C was also onsite with Steve's B & B playing Lords of Waterdeep, so we had a chat.

Next week, we are playing Steve H's new board game based on the horro movie "The Thing" and I'll bring along my Napoleonic naval ships.

See yer soon

Neil

20th April Games

Thanks to Mark for hosting a dungeon crawl for myself, Dave K, the Steves, Matt, Paul and Andy P last night to 'christen' his new dungeon system. Mark also kindly worked out stats for my personal character Ser Guillaume (Simon de Montfort figure painted as William Marshall) and a very useful man in hand to hand combat he turned out to be! The mission wasn't a total success as the hostage princess was bumped off before we could rescue her, but there was loads of lovely loot to compensate.

Alan and Rob plated Blood Bowl and Warcry.

Next week there is a Walking Dead game planned, and I've agreed to bring Memoir 44 for some WW2 action.

See yer soon

Neil

13th April Games

 Bit spread out again last night; Andy P and Mark played a couple of Dead Man's Hands games in the main hall, Alan and Rob fought out a Warcry bloodbath for a Cadbury's Crème Egg (TM?) - don't know who got to scoff same - while Steve S hosted a Firefly board game for myself, Steve H and Dave K. This last was a first game with all the usual trials and tribulations, but has some interesting mechanics and a nice feel for what was a very good series at the time of its release. I believe that there may be a reboot of the series in hand but don't have any definite news on this.

Next week, Mark has a brand new dungeon system to christen (probably with buckets of gore if past games are anything to go by!). I'll dust off the figures I have for this in anticipation.

See yer soon

Neil

6th April Games

This week we had three games on the go; Andy P ran Dead Man's Hand for Mark, Dave K and Steve S, Rob was playing Warcry as usual, while Steve H and I played Battle Cry. For those unfamiliar with the game, it uses figures as counters with command actions driven by tactical cards defining areas of action etc. Usually, one's hand is not ideal for the plan and last night was no exception for both of us. I just scrapped a win for the Confederacy when the right cards finally came up.

Next week, Andy P has offered to run Dead Man's Hand for Rob and one of his friends, Steve S has a game based on the Firefly TV series and I'll look out something as backup.

See yer soon

Neil 

30th March Games

Reasonable turnout last night. Rob and Alan had their usual Warcry session, Steve S, Dave K, Paul and Mark played Zombicide and Steve H and I played a Space Hulk scenario requiring the Astartes to recover a CAT scanner; this last one was a close call and will be one to play again with more players next time.

Next week, Andy P has offered to run a Dead Man's Hand game and I'll bring Battle Cry for an American themed evening.

See yer soon

Neil