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Memoir ’44 Tourney – Jan ’12
Great War at Sea
Memoir ’44 Tourney – May ’11
Conflict of Heroes – FF5 The Bunker
The three C3i issues I own
Close up of the Objective:Kiev map. A full game is in the issue!
Wide shot of the Objective: Kiev Map
Issue #26 and it game supplements peeking out
Cover
Early game play in our attempt at Blackbeard
Trying to get a fellow player up to speed on the rules
High Notoriety = Big Points
The shuttle makes its escape!
The opening of FF 1: Partisans with the picture perfect paper board image
Close up on the PC versions for the traditional Awakening the Bear counters. 3-D soldier models are available too.
Some booty in my ship’s hold
Cpt. Hornigold was sinking KC’s left and right quickly building up notoriety and points
Card play = men in this game
Dave’s shuttle is in trouble, but makes it away anyways . . .
The damage mounts for the shuttle
Tie and X-Wing bypass each other
The shuttle making a break for it on our first match.
My pruchases from GMT’s fall sale. 3 great games!
Preview Map for Stalingrad – Courtesy of Jamm from the Matrix Forums
My GMT Collection Grows
Ardennes ’44
andean-abyss
My pick ups from the auction
Elusive Victory
Red Winter
1775 Factions
Part of 1775′s Map
Joel’s game-winning roll picking up his third colony point
“Hey, wait a minute! Jim is going to crush me!”
Jim’s revealed Super Navy!
eXpansion is underway for my yellow colonies; but Jim advances in blue
SE 4X Initial Set-up
Colony Ship Counters
The dreaded Commissar!
Action on the Western Front
Close up on the Soviets
Gene considering his moves on the Eastern Front
Me with all my kills!
Collision!
Battleship destroyed!
Bob’s frigate and cruiser destroyed!
You don’t see four natural 6s every day!
Soviets clear the board!
Initial scenario set-up
Close Combat
Hey, a laser pointer does help with LOS!
Soviet Recon Units on the Move
Mid-Turn 1 in Scenario 1
This T-64 looks good too
Some nice edges on the T-64
My first stab at clipping was with the marker counters
Part of the Massive Exhibit Hall
I even played some Pathfinder
WW II North Africa Minis
WW II North Africa Minis
WW II North Africa Minis
WW II North Africa Minis
General Ty commands the troops in his Wandering Dragon T-Shirt
The auction from the Call of Cthulhu event
The auction from the Call of Cthulhu event
The Board Games Hall
My Storage System for My Conflict of Heroes Games
Aircraft Cards
Counters Close Up
Look at this haul!
Play aid cards
Play aid screen
Bloody April Rule and Play books
Map
British Counters
Mid-game. Germans on the Move
Looks like the Soviets will take the objective. But can they hold it?
A lonely tank.
Soviet armor on the move
Panther on the hill
The aftermath of a hard fought battle. (Note the iPad app)
Scott from Matrix games tries the FTF version of Conflict of Heroes
Getting close to end game
Our host FLGS The Wandering Dragon in Plainfield, IL
Kevin and Laura, the Wandering Dragon owners, flank me
Storms of Steel: Tough infantry battle
Tanks mix it up too
Gene and Kris try to counter some awesome Soviet moves ;)
“No really, do this!”
Tough decisions for commanders
The battle rages on
Scott won the Marsh map in a drawing. Thanks Wandering Dragon!
Overhead shot of one flank
Overhead shot of one flank
Overhead shot of one flank
Jim shows his hit counter to his opponent
Soviet commander on the move
One of the great shots from CSW
Set up for the Battle of Cherkasskoye
Close up on two flanks in the battle
The other two flanks in the battle
Our commanders hard at work
Axis vs. Soviets
Laura and Kevin (owners) and me (r.)
Kevin (owner) and Gerald (r.) discuss the finer points of retail gaming
The checkout area with a nice collection of dice, shirts, and card games
More of the main product room
Days of Wonder, Rio Grande, and Fantasy Flight are especially well-represented
Naval Combat Heats Up Between the Hapsburgs and Ottomans
Joel making some moves with the Protestants
Magellan, My Saving Grace!
8 large tables in the open gaming area
Demo room with a nice collection
Kris checking out a demo copy of Flash Point
The main product room 1
France encroaches on Spain
Our Board Early in the Game
Don’t let graphics fool you, this is a pretty deep game
Unity of Command brings the Easter Front of WWII to your computer
Unit models even change with the weather like in the snow
. . .but that pesky AT gun appears again to do some damage
A different strategy in the second attempt puts the German armored in pistion
Armored losses mount for the Germans
A hidden AT gun appears to get a quick kill
The powerful KV2 lies in wait
The Soviet infantry on the hill have split leaving the mortars to target the supply wagons
The casualties mount for the Soviets
This pull ended the game that was really already over . . .
A German LMG unit prepares to take out Soviet leg units
Early round 2. The Soviets make a move, but is it enough
AT gun perched up high
The only “destroyed” marker of the game . . . and on a truck!
Quagmire in the Village
The strategic maps in GWaS: Med.
The Russian losses pile up
Russian CLs close but are ill-equipped to attack
Quzgmire in the village
Quagmire in the Village
The final move to capture the General
Kris’ position at the end of Turn 2
Kris lays down the smoke
Boromir with Song of Travel
Hunters from Mordor – Expected these guys to be harder
Our Enemies Lined Up. We ran out of table space! – Lord of the Rings LCG
Louis – We hate you . . .
Initial set up. Hidden Soviet forces visible at bottom as placeholders
Closeup on Kris’s most mobile units.
On the Hunt for Gollum
The German assault lead to some fierce, close combat
A flanking move by the Germans put the Soviets out of position
The counters in Awakening the Bear are large and thick.
Set up positions for The Gap
Ascension for iOS is a great translation of the card game’s non-digital gameplay
Yeah, it was pretty crowded
But, man, were there a lot of games, Good ones too!
The island is Sinking in Forbidden Island
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