First things first - you should check out my Memorial Day game of Force on Force with the boys. Set in modern Syria, with US special operators and Kurds making a lightning raid on a pesky GPS jammer that's holding up the bombing campaign against ISIS.
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Here's what everyone else has been up to:
Winners of the Internet: This title is temporarily held jointly by Kaptain Kobold for his superhero batrep focusing on Excalibur (extra points for semi-obscure comic title - I've got issue #1 in my closet) and Natholeon with the adventures of Delta Wave.
Sound Officer's Call has been busy. Here's the second half of the Napoleonics report I highlighted in my last post. Here's a 2-part World War II game with Germans and Soviets squaring off: Part 1 and Part 2. And a surprisingly good experience with Axis & Allies Miniatures.
Baron Von J has a neat battle report focusing on the French Foreign Legion in Mexico, where they have another opportunity to give their lives in a miserable place for the glory of France.
More outstanding LoTR from Into the Maelstrom. And another battle in that game by Little Wars VA with some cool terrain pieces and about a hundred models on the field.
ForkusPrimordius has an Infinity batrep up, with some great modular terrain on display.
The Man Cave's gladiator campaign kicked off. Not a genre I've ever played, but it seems one could have a good setup on the cheap.
Some gorgeous Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes over at Stalker 7's place.
Title of the Week: The Conclusion of the Bloody Battle of Hacking and Slashig with some Roaring and Rolling of dice on the Kitchen Table. Ha! Site added to the blogroll.
Rabbits in My Basement has a modern Afghanistan AAR up. And BIG Force on Force has a what-if violent Brexit game posted - here's the mission briefing and the gameplay.
Craig's got a game of Bolt Action up, with Free French versus Zee Germans.
The Fawcett Avenue Conscripts have several Necromunda games posted. Very cool.
Here's some American War of Independence played with the Guns of Liberty rules. I understand that the rules are due to be released by a commercial publishing house, looking forward to picking them up.
Preacher by Day has a couple more Pulp Alley games up - a VIP Escort and follow-on Investigation scenarios.
And finally, a Frostgrave roundup: Two from Fencing Frog - Lair of the Ice Spider and The Hanghaied Princess; The Dark Templar suffers losses in a game that got nasty (discussing the probability curves of the Frostgrave rules and coming up wanting) and chronicles his warband's recovery; and one battle shown from three different perspectives - Illusionist, Necromancer, and Druid.
That's all for now. I played another game with my boys last weekend that I've yet to write up, so check back in soon for the AAR.
Thanks for the link. Excalibur really isn't that obscure as titles go, but perhaps not as well-known now as they were then. Before Excalibur there were the UK produced Captain Britain strips; they were less well-known, but far, far better.
ReplyDeleteAs for gladiators, yes, they have a very cheap entry point. The 'in' game of the moment is Jugula, but I've played that and didn't find that it had the right feel. But a simple search will reveal plenty of options for rules, and the figures will fit for any.
Thanks for the tip - if I start a gladiator set, I'll check out Jugula.
DeleteAnd agreed - Excalibur isn't exactly obscure, but it certainly isn't a top-billed title. I enjoyed it when I was still collecting comics.