Author Archives: Chris

The New Rabbit Hole?

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15 years after it was released, we played a game of Memoir 44, at Dice Tower West in Las Vegas.

The game itself was on my radar for many years, but for one reason or another I simply ignored it.

But once Nels and I played a game, we both agreed that it was a good game.  So much so that I finally ordered a copy of the base set, which appears to be out of print.  Along with all of it’s expansions.

I’ve been able to find a few of the expansions locally and online, and I’ve picked up a couple and may end up getting more of them in the future.

Right now my white whale/holy grail is the Pacific Theater expansion, which has always been my chosen area of interest in World War II.  I seem to be able to find all of the expansions EXCEPT this one.

Here’s hoping I can find a copy.  Or it gets reprinted in the near future.

 

Red Alert!

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Today I discovered that Modiphius Entertainment has a skirmish-level miniatures rules set for their Star Trek Adventures RPG miniatures.

And they’re free!

I took it as my excuse to finally pick up these sets:

I may pick up Klingons later.

Battletech

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I just spent my morning working on something that may never see the light of day.

 

I created a ‘Mech lance for Battletech.

Gavin’s Grenadiers, a mercenary unit consisting of the above silhouetted mechs.

I also created the Mechwarriors for them:

The names came from an online random name generator.

This is how my brain works sometimes.

I see little plastic or metal game pieces for a game that I haven’t played in years (hell, decades) and I’ll come up with more backstory than necessary for them.

If I had the energy to do so, I’d come up with fiction about them, but I’m not that well versed in Battletech fluff/background.

The Hand of God

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Another scenario/test, this time playing with pilot cards/tokens and Talents/Flaws.  I also added terrain (asteroids and a planetoid).

Vipers triumphant

And for the third game in a row, the Cylons simply got bad draws from the damage countersBoth Colonials sustained minor damage while they shredded the toasters…