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Brant Guillory, 6 August 2020
So yeah. We had a convention. It was online, and it was virtual, and it wasn’t what we’re all used to. But we darn sure took our best swing at it! (more…)
Turn 14 could be the last turn. Will it be?
(ed note: we’re a little late this week because of the convention. sorry!)
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Will Turn 13 be lucky or unlucky for the British?
Brant Guillory, 23 July 2020 ~ #UnboxingDay
As discussed in this Spring’s podcast about alt-history games, the idea of rearranging the circumstances that got us to the start of a particular war have always been fascinating. So when I got a chance to get ahold of Gathering Storm from GMT, I jumped at it, and looking forward to chance to give this one a play
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Michael Eckenfels, 23 July 2020 ~ #UnboxingDay
I’d been interested in Time of Crisis (let’s call it ToC to avoid the alphabet soup of a title) for a while, for a variety of reasons. The main reason was, it’s an approachable, lighter strategy game, with some Euro-gaming feels to it via abstract government systems and troops, as well as deck-building. Though, luck plays into it quite a bit via die rolls and to an extent, card draws. (more…)