This past Saturday I attended a regional convention called Siege of Augusta in Augusta, GA. First, I would like to say congratulations to the hard working staff and volunteers for hosting an excellent event! This is a unique convention. For the past 20+ years, it has been almost exclusively a historical wargame (miniatures) convention. In…
Tag: GMT Games
End of Year Closeout – Finishing What We Start
Now that the holidays are imminent, I thought I would throw around some of the things I plan to work on over the holidays. Normally I take the week of Christmas off, but having just started a new position I don’t have that luxury this year, but I will still get some time off. It…
Promoted to Developer – Charge to Glory
In a recent post I spoke about getting hired as game developer for a new game by designer Richard Berg, well I can now tell you that all the minutiae has been completed. So, with that being said, I am officially the Developer for Charge to Glory. Charge to Glory will be the fourth installment in the Glory…
Refocusing on My Existing Game Collection
The other day I talked about not having enough time to give all my games (wargames & RPGs) the love they deserve. I have decided I am bound and determined to spread some of my gaming love around to other games in my collection. First up, will be wargame titled Hopelite and an RPG titled Adventures…
Can’t Manage My Gaming Interests it Would Seem
I recently had a conversation with one of my good gaming buddy’s and reminded me we hadn’t gamed together in quite some time. He and I typically play hex-and-counter historical wargames. So, it got me thinking about why I hadn’t been playing wargames lately and it would seem that I have driven headlong into RPGs…
Quick Review of the Adventures in the East Mark RPG Box Set
Several months ago I backed the Adventures in the East Mark Kickstater by Extra-Dimensional Publishing on one premise alone, it was a variation of 80s D&D Red Box set that I grew up with. I was hopeful that it would be identical or at least similar to the Red Box. Finally, I got a chance…
Trading Makes My World Go Round
Do you like trading? I have found over the past year or so that I to tend to trade for my more of my new acquisitions instead of buying them. That is not to say that I don’t buy new and used copies of games and books, but when possible I prefer to lighten the…
Poppies Will Grow on A Distant Plain
Last we played A Distant Plain by GMT Games. What a game it was! I do not feel versed enough in the game or the series for that matter to give you a full on review, but I would like to give you some of my initial thoughts and future plans. We wrangled up four…
Taking “A Distant Plain” for a Test Drive
This weekend several friends and I will be getting together to try A Distant Plain by GMT Games. This is not a review, but rather my impressions of the game after only reading the rules. Before the first COIN game was released, I spent quite a bit of time reading the draft rules; at that…
Rolling Boxcars 