Another exciting Memoir 44 game, playing scenario 40: Breakout at Klin, part of the Eastern Front expansion that classicaljunkie got me for Xmas ( Read more... )

I am in a very Memoir '44 mood. If you would like to challenge me to a game this weekend I would likely be all over it. I have the basic set and the Pacific Theater expansion, the latter of which I haven't explored nearly enough of.

I have been playing it again via classicaljunkie. After much bugging I finally got her to play BattleLore with me. She didn't like ( Read more... )

For those of you just tuning in, I shall elucidate upon my gift-giving and gift-receiving policies. This applies equally to Xmas and birthdays.

In a nutshell, I do my best to avoid active participation in the gift-exchanging aspects of all of these. I do not gift people due to calendar-bound events, and expect no gifts in return.

I do like to ( Read more... )

From dougo, a boardgamenews.com comparison of the Wii's philosophy with that of Richard Borg's Command & Colors board games. C&C is Borg's suite of light, approachable wargame mechanics that Memoir '44 uses, as well as the new (and terribly expensive) BattleLore. Basic argument: just as the Wii aims to win the hearts of "normal people" who want to play ( Read more... )

I celebrated Veterans' Day today by playing Memoir '44 a bunch of times. Actually I played it three times today versus Shmike and classicaljunkie at dougo's birthday thing, but earlier this week played against meerkitty and temvald.

Between temvald and shmike we liberated Paris no less than three times, so that's only fitting.

Had a sublime game of Memoir '44 this evening. ( Memoir '44 wankery )

mrmorse and I, in our copious free time, have been trying to rework someone else's idea of mixing "Memoir '44" and "Zombies!!!" into a playable game.

Today's attempt:

Axis: 0
Allies: 1
Zombies: 6

Prognosis: Needs recalibration. (Even worse, the one Allied point was when I played a Barrage card on a one-figure unit that had already been savaged by ( Read more... )