No more games – play what you’ve got! Part 8, Mythical Warfighting

Part 1: No more new games – play what you’ve got!Part 2, Return of the Living Deck Builders The Not Nearly As Thumbed Part 3, Hang On – Some Of These Aren’t Even On The ListPart 4, But You Can’t Just Throw Away Gifts, Obviously…Part 5, Part 5, Fortune and Zombies, Kid Part 6, MISSION FAILED!!!  I BOUGHT NEW GAMES!!! Part 7, Stop buying new games – remember?! I’ve supposedly * banned new games from being purchased in 2014 to allow us a year to play through all the games we’ve already got.  If a brilliant, must-have game emerges this... View Article

No more new games – play what you’ve got!

Inspired by chats with fellow BGG user boom04, and after reading numerous other gamer blogs about playing x games x times, I’ve decided to put a ban on new games being purchased in 2014, with the sort of cop-out caveat that ‘expansion purchases only’ are still allowed.  Whilst saving shelf space and cash and pleasing my non-gamer wife at the same time, it will also allow us a year to play through all the games we’ve already got – and there are a fair few of them, though a very modest collection compared to many other gamers.  If a brilliant,... View Article

DOTR – One Paladin (and all of his Companions) Against The World

I’d been told that a solo hero could not Defend the Realm, so I set out to prove this to be true.  One slightly cowardly Paladin set out on a one way mission into war and hell.  The following is from another play-test of the forthcoming Companions & Catacombs expansion using a single hero: The sunlight glistened on the spears, polearms and helmets of the orc battalion as they scoured the forest for their elusive quarry.  The weight of their numbers was terrifying – the earth seemed to shake as they stormed about, grunting and barking at each other.  Amongst... View Article

Defenders of the Realm – Companions and Catacombs

The following is a collection of three session reports using the upcoming Companions and Catacombs supplement for Richard Launius’ kick-arse game Defenders of the Realm… GAME 1: WIZARD + DWARFUpon hearing that they were not alone in the Realm, and that there were other eager young adventurers around willing to help them take on the malicious Generals, the Wizard headed to the Inn early, realising how valuable that help would be.  At the Gryphon Inn, his tales of the approaching generals and the inexorable spread of their armies enthralled all those present, and from a shadowy corner next to the... View Article

Defenders of the Realm – first play session report

Okay, so I’m pretty late to the bandwagon with this one.  But we’ve had trouble getting Defenders of the Realm in the UK: first it took ages to land on our shores, then it apparently sold out on pre-orders, and shipping from abroad was horrendous.  Then when it did arrive the cost was much higher than we’d anticipated. But we’ve finally managed to bag a brand new copy and might I just say: thank heavens for that! We played through our first two games at the weekend – 2 two-player games. First game I was the Ranger and Mmzomba was... View Article