Recent Gaming: 1861, Pax Renaissance, White Eagle Defiant
I’ve been playing some heavy strategy games lately, thanks to several willing guests.
#18xx
18Lilliput
Playing the “18xx card game” with Jacob and Geoff and it is a big hit. So much scarcity of actions makes the game seem very tight - not enough time to do wh...
18xx Order from Deep Thought Games
I finally broke down and placed another Deep Thought Games 18xx game order. I still have two unplayed 18xx game in my collection (1870 and 2038) but I feel c...
I Have Been Gaming - 1853, Duel of Ages, and more
Gaming, but obviously not blogging. Let’s talk about a few recent sessions. Matthew and I dug out Duel of Ages with the first two expansions and it was good....
18AL, or “The One We May Have Played Correctly”
JD, Jacob and I played 18AL yesterday morning and had a fantastic time of it. This is my 3rd play in about 3 months and we seem to have managed the game well...
Recent Gaming: 1850, Volldampf, Vinci
Time to catch up on some recent gaming. As you may have read in Mike’s blog, we had a very wacky game of 1850 a few weeks ago. Not knowing the exact number o...
Contrast Train Gaming
Two consecutive Fridays, two consecutive train gaming sessions. How different they can be! Last Friday I hosted an evening of 18XX gaming, a rare pleasure...
18FL with Jacob
I recently borrowed 18FL from Eric Landes to try another easier 2-player 18xx game with Jacob. We played a couple of weekends ago, again with good results, ...
1889
I used a pretty heavy hand with Jacob last weekend in an attempt to get him to try out an 18xx game with me. After witnessing my marathon game of 1825 at Ga...
18FL, Axis & Allies D-Day
I recently had one my best gaming experiences in a long while – a game of 18FL with Tim, Wes and Eric. You can read all about the details of the session ove...