Below you will find an After Action Report from Neil Stevens covering the Battle of Cape Santa Maria scenario from Serpents of the Seas, part of the Flying Colors system. Enjoy!
Stealing Spanish Treasure on the High Seas – The Battle of Cape Santa Maria Read Post »
After Action ReportBelow is another fantastic article from The Boardgames Chronicle, this time discussing his experience with the solo mode for SpaceCorp. If you would like to read this article on his blog, you can find that here. Enjoy! -Rachel
SpaceCorp: Discovering the Game via the Solo Mode Read Post »
After Action ReportI would like today to come back to one of the most epic boardgame sessions I have possibility to experience. This was a full, six-player play of Here I Stand (HIS). Yes, we decided to re-enact struggle in the Europe during the time of Reformation. This was our second play of HIS – I need to
Here I Stand: Full 6-Player Game After Action Report Read Post »
After Action ReportThe Campaign With the sixth installment of the Belisarius Campaign, we are getting close to the end of this epic tale, the tale of the greatest Byzantine general, beautifully told by the Commands & Colors: Medieval game. So far, he was mainly successful in his endeavors against Empire enemies, but will he still be after the battle below? Let
Commands & Colors: Medieval Belisarius Campaign Part 6 – Callinicum (531 AD) Part 2 Read Post »
After Action ReportThis article continues the account of how the German Communist Party (KPD) attempts to launch a revolution during the early years of the Weimar Republic. If you are interested in the background to the events described here, Part 1 can be found here. Disclaimer: all game art, components, and descriptions of rules appearing in this
Struggle for Power in The Weimar Republic: KPD Play by Play, 1919 to 1921 (Part 2) Read Post »
After Action Report, Designer BlogsAs it is not so easy to get the players for Great Battles of History (GBoH), sometimes the best option is to play solitaire, trying to win against yourself! One of the greatest installments in this series is SPQR. It allows you to replay a variety of engagements, and the latest Deluxe Edition covers all the expansions. As I
SPQR Session Report: Bagradas Plains (255 BC) Read Post »
After Action ReportBelow is the fifth in a series of articles from The Boardgames Chronicle playing through the Belisarius campaign in Commands & Colors: Medieval. You can find the first four articles in the series here. Enjoy! -Rachel
Commands & Colors: Medieval Belisarius Campaign Part 5 – Callinicum (531 AD) Part 1 Read Post »
After Action ReportIntroduction I came to designer Gunnar Holmbäck’s The Weimar Republic with the resolve of a time traveller determined to change History, a resolve nurtured by a grandfather’s subscription to Berlin’s Die Rote Fahne (The Red Flag), German New Wave director Margarethe von Trotta’s film, Rosa Luxemburg (1986), the Weimar era novels of Alfred Doblin and,
Struggle for Power in The Weimar Republic: KPD Play by Play, 1919 to 1921 (Part 1) Read Post »
After Action ReportBelow is the fourth in a series of articles from The Boardgames Chronicle playing through the Belisarius campaign in Commands & Colors: Medieval. You can find the first three articles in the series here. Enjoy! -Rachel
Commands & Colors: Medieval Belisarius Campaign Part 4 – Satala (530 AD) Read Post »
After Action ReportIntroduction: Designer Mark McLaughlin and I, unlike years past, no longer reside in the same area of the USA (a great disappointment to us both). I’ve lived about the country during my business career and now retired to a home in Charlotte, NC. Consequently, we try to get-together in-person at least annually and I recently journeyed to
