AAR: Bolt Action: A Game Demo.

 
     On another day of Saturday gaming at our local Hobbytown, U.S.A., I met up with a gentleman named Neil to run a demo game. Normally, Kalissa and I tend to do these games at other conventions, so it was nice to play one in our area. Neil brought some British Paratroopers, but had to borrow a tank. So one of Kalissa's Cromwells would do. We did not really need to have tank, but I wanted to try to represent as many rules as possible in one game. I played rather normal, but left some moves to force certain situations. The whole point was to have fun and try out rules while still playing a full game. This was why I set up a table with a bit of everything other than hills and water features. Besides, I had to represent the game as best as possible.
    So how was the game? It ended in a Draw. We played a basic "Meeting Engagement" mission to just kill. I lost two German squads, a sniper, a Panzershrek team, and a Marder III. Neil lost a FO, a sniper, a Cromwell Tank, and one squad of infantry. We managed to make it to turn seven, which spelled the end to a Marder III. Death by PIAT! It was all good fun like demos are suppose to be. Hopefully, we will have a rematch in the near future.

AAR: Lord of the Rings:Battle Companies Game 1

    Kalissa and I went down to our local Hobbytown, U.S.A. for gaming night that happens on Thursday that last after the store closes. This is pretty nice of the owner to do, since it promotes more playing during the week. We decided to go after hearing that a guy named John was going to start up a campaign of Lord of the Rings: Battle Companies. So went jumped right on in! Plus, it gives me an indirect reason to make more Lord of the Rings boards. The horror!
    The pictures in this post are of the first game in a series of games. This was a two versus two player game where there were two companies of men Rohan and another two of Mordor Orcs. Of course, I went with the side of Evil. I can easily laugh diabolically throughout games. I think I will do this now!  MmweeooHAHAHAHAHa! Either way, the first game was a victory for the Orcs. I hope that this will continue to move into the orcs' favor. It has been fun. Next week, we will have game two.

AAR: Ronin: Swords Flying High!

   Kalissa and I have quite a few rules sets and figures laying about for one type of game or another. Since Ronin is a project for the upcoming Historicon 2019, it only seems fair to practice a bit with the rules. This is especially true when you have not playing Osprey's Ronin in three years. We were going to play another game today, but our recent lack of sleep has taken a toll on multiple games. Besides, we did pretty well for playing this game in a little over an hour with six turns!
      In our game, the goal was to try to capture an objective in the center and carry it off the board. I realized that we had a whole bunch of treasure chests that I have not painted at home at the beginning of this game. We used a glass bead as our marker.  I decided to play the Sword Training School for my side. I am sure there is a better name for them. Kalissa had her fundamentally peaceful Sohei monks.  So I have all of my guys armed with Katana blades versus a mix of weapons like bows, Tempos, and various other stabbing objects. The good news was that I had more numbers, but they all had no armor. My idea was to rush the objective under fire in hopes that I would not be shot.
     The plan I had worked. I nearly lost anyone to firearms or bows. I managed to roll very well throughout the game where it became better to fight and kill rather than take the objective. Needless to say, after all was said and done, all of the Sohei had be murdered. Murdered made more sense, since there were some rather overkill rolls in my attacks. Both Kalissa and I thought this game was way more violent than the last time we played it. Either way, I have some Koreans and Chinese to paint up for another faction to test out. Maybe, that will tip the balance of power in the game next time.