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MORE BLITZKRIEG COMMANDER

A couple of weeks ago we played another game of Blitzkrieg Commander, this time though it was Northwestern Europe September 1944.

It was a significant game in that it was the inaugural game for Chris L.'s newly painted American micro armor army. And what a nice job he did. It was also significant in that we had a new player in Robb playing the game. Despite being hammered as part of the Germans, he enjoyed the game and is looking to building an army of his own.

Other than that though, the game was completely forgetable for the Germans.



Above you can see the table as the action really started. The German battering wasn't so much bad rolling on their part - although I wouldn't characterize it as "good" either - but that the American player was ON FIRE!



Several of the American units got off multiple orders in a row, before the Germans could even think of reacting. We'll just say it was a resounding first battle for this American army and leave it at that - although the Germans are already plotting for a rematch...

Here is a final shot of some of Chris's tank - he really did do a nice job on them:



RECON TIME AGAIN

This Saturday is the local ReCon miniatures convention. I will be running a demo game of Blitzkrieg Commander so if you are interested in learning how to play, stop on by. You can get more information on the con at the MMGA website: www.mmga.org

WORLDWIDE D&D DAY

This Saturday is also Worldwide D&D Day, and we have a whole buch of activities planned at the shop. Check out the Village Games Forums for more info.

Until next time...

Cheers!

Dan

ALL THINGS ZOMBIE

A couple of weeks ago we played a giant game of All Things Zombie - another one of those great games from Two hour Wargames. It uses the same mechanics as the NUTS! and Chain reaction games but with twists to create the classic Zombie Horror film feel.

Here is a picture of the table as we got going. All of the terrain is Chris L's, and pretty much everyone you see around the table is playing (we had at least 7+ players).



The objective of the game was to find the two missing teens and get the safely to the church. My team found them right away, but unfortunately that meant a long run across the entire board to the church. All of the townsfolk came together to work as a team to try and shepard the victims across the board - which we did manage to do. Unfortunately a few of the gun toting townsmen didn't manage to survive, but I am pretty sure they will get another chance at life...er, unlife...



It was a great time for everyone, so we have added it to our stable of Thursday night games we'll regularly play.

Until next time...

Dan

Last Saturday, I finished two armies for The Hordes of the Things ("Hotts") - the rules for fantasy army combat from the DBA/DBM folks.

I made special bases to allow my D&D miniatures to be used to form the units. They are only temporarily mounted in the bases though, so I can remove them to play a D&D minis game, or to use them for regular D&D.



I ran several games for new players, all of whom enjoyed the rules and figures very much. Several commented on using their D&D minis in a similar fashion. The possibility of a Village Hotts tournament was even thrown about!



As you can see, I have included some pictures of the battles between an orcish army complete with a behemoth giant, and an army of heavily armored knights, men-at-arms, a flaming elemental behemoth, and a magician. I am hoping to finish an undead army soon too.



Well, until next time...

Cheers,

Dan