Fantasy Games

MORE GREAT GAMES

I got in a few great games over the past week - DBA, Hordes of the Things and, of course, Blitzkrieg Commander.

DE BELLIS ATIQUITAS

This is a great game! I really enjoyed the simplicity of the rules, but it still had complexity in the strategy and tactics. We are having a dickens of a time getting the rules in for sale though, so I think we will provide a store/library copy for players who want to starting playing until we can get more copies in.

My first armies (which will be DBM compatible) will be European (First) Crusaders vs. Saracens for some fun fights in the Holy Lands!

HORDES OF THE THINGS ("HOTTS")

This is a derivative of DBA for fantasy armies. Again a blast to play! You create your own armies from unit types and battle it out. Us can use figures from any manufacturer as long as you follow the basing conventions. This is another game I am going to have to build and paint armies for...

BLITZKRIEG COMMANDER

We got in another game of BKC as well this week - this is fast becoming one of the favorite games up at the shop for us miniature players!

Technically I was actually assisting a new player (Welcome to the BKC family Mark!) as he learned the game. It was a mixed bag understrength Russian tank battalion (T34/76's, T34/85's and KV-1's) with an infantry company, commanded by Chris L., trying to stop a breakthough attempt by an understrength German panzer regiment (mostly Panthers & a few Tiger I's).



As usual, it only took the new guy a couple of turns to grasp the rules and he was off. Of course his pregame plan looked nothing like what actually unfolded on the battlefield! The command & control checks were all over the board with long streaks of failures and equally long success streaks.



In the end time ran out and the battle was determined to be a draw, but everyone had a great time! Chris and Mark are fun opponents, which only adds to the good time.



Hopefully we will be able to get in a few more games this weekend!

Until next time...

Dan