Village Games' Blog - Sci-Fi Games

Zombies, Zombies and Yet Even More Zombies...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:34:00 -0600

CAN YOU REALLY EVER HAVE ENOUGH ZOMBIES?

We were lucky enough to have Chris L. run one of his world renown Zombie games at the shop the other day. He was using the All Things Zombie rules from Two Hour Wargames. They are very good rules for the zombie hordes scenarios, which give very entertaining results without too much effort.

The Town - Note the Prominent Dance Club. That is A Chris Trademark...

A Close Up of the Sacred Church - Note the Cool Long Grass Around it by Yours Truely

I was playing a pair of hostage rescue team members that I had from the Copplestone Future Wars line. Most everybody else was playing some sort of law enforcement characters (with varying degrees of dubious abilities – note the slice ‘o pizza in one officer’s hands…). The one notable exception was Jay, who was playing the parish priest and nun who were definitely on a mission to destroy the unholy. J

Can You See the Slice?

Another View of the Chris Trademark...

Some of the Rescuees

All in all, as always, it was a thoroughly entertaining game full of bizarre twists and turns. It was also chock full of Chris’ far too large zombie collection – and I guess he has been adding to it too!

Who Are These Studly Hostage Rescue Fellas?

Fighting From The Rooftop

Needless to say, having played in my share of these warped scenarios, I managed to keep my guys alive. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for everyone else though. I believe the final body count ended up being fairly substantial on both sides!

Zombies, Zombies...

... And More Zombies!

Well, until next time enjoy the pictures…

Happy Gaming!

Dan

BATTLING THROUGH THE STARS

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:14:00 -0600

CARDS IN SPACE

At the request (and challenge) of a couple of players of the Combat Cards we have developed a variant of the cards for space combat, which we have been recently testing out at the store.

The game has the same fast paced style of play as the other Combat Card games, and yet still results in lots of tactical thinking and plenty of destruction and mayhem. These are just a couple of shots from a recent game (noticed the flaming, severely damaged vessels – who said you can’t burn in space…).

There are even aspects of the game to allow boarding actions, landing ground forces on planets and other scenario driven actions. Hopefully this will lead to many exciting and interesting games!

Until next time…

Cheers!

Dan

Battlin' in No-Man's-Land

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:08:00 -0600

SKIRMISHING SIDEWAYS

The other day Chris L. and I fought a little sci-fi skirmish game at the shop. We were using the generic Combat Cards so we could use any figures. Chris used his Starship Trooper models, while I broke out some of my AT-43 models.

Chris' Troopers Advance

We decided to fight the battle on a 4’x 4’ section of the awesome trench terrain that Chris donated to the store. Instead of fighting in a standard fashion – with a defender in the trenches and an attacker approaching the position – we decided to fight sideways across the board. This made it extremely interesting, with troops running down the length of the trenches, bunker firing ports facing the wrong way, etc.

In the end we had a great game! Fragmentation and smoke grenades were flying, heavy weapons were kept pinned down and crazed squaddies rushed their foes for hand-to-hand combat. We are definitely going to try it again and maybe (we say it all the time, but hopefully this time it will stick) even put together a small campaign game of it. Time will tell…

Those Blasted Troopers Keep Coming

Until next time, enjoy the pictures!

Dan

Battletech 3-D

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:39:00 -0600

I just wanted to post a quick shot of this 3-D Battletech layout that the Saturday night Battletech players were using the other day. The basic terrain is from Heroscape, with bits of other stuff thrown in. I believe these guys play their games as part of a much larger Battletech roleplaying campaign. They are blast to listen to when they play due to their passion for the setting and the adventures.

Until next time…

Happy Gaming!

Dan

Here Come the Romulans...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:50:20 -0600

The Star Fleet/Federation Commander gang (didn’t know you guys were classified as a “gang” now did ya?) had their monthly game the other night. It was all heavy ships like dreadnaughts and battleships, with prolific amounts of damage being done to everyone.

The Slugfest in the Middle

Can the Clustering Getting Any More Confusing???

As always, everybody seemed to have a great time with lots of laughs and trash talking all around!

I Believe This Was Mark's Ship Damage Record - I Think There is an Undamaged Box in There Somewhere

Well, until next time…

Happy Gaming!

Dan

And Even More AT-43...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:52:00 -0600

BATTLING THE APES

Most of the AT-43 games at the shop lately have involved the Karmans – the space apes of the AT-43 universe. At first the monkeys were having a heck of a time even coming close to winning, but lately as more units have been released for them they are starting to see some success.

Time will tell if our simian friends will come to dominate the battlefields of the far future. In the meantime, everybody has been engaging in battles of all shapes and sizes. These are just a few pictures from the games being played.

Well, until next time, enjoy…

Cheers!

Dan

More Battles Among the Stars

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 10:44:35 -0700

AT-43 TOURNAMENT

Recently we had another AT-43 tournament at the shop. While the turn-out was a little lower for this one than last time (four players vs. 7 last go ‘round) everyone still had great time.

One of the Tables for the Tournament

The tournament was three rounds, each a unique scenario devised by the tournament director, Mike Z. And despite the relatively lower entry fee ($5) the prizes were quite nice (a unit box for the winner and a couple of gift certificates for runners up). In any event everybody had a great time - the battles were close and the laughs were plenty!

As for the next tournament, with such a low turn-out Mike was going to wait for a while until people get a little “hungrier” for it, so he is thinking sometime late summer or early fall maybe.

Red Block Heroes

The Red Block Confronts the Therian Threat

Anyways, enjoy the pictures from the tournament!

Until next time…

The Therians Pose A Problem...

Cheers!

Dan

More AT-43

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:36:00 -0700

THOSE DARN THERIANS…

We had a relatively new player come up to the shop and join one of our regulars in a game of AT-43 the other day. I got a couple of pictures of their game since it looked really interesting as the center of the outpost was filled with Dragon’s Teeth that actually prevented the striders from crossing through, as well as four fortified bunkers!

The guys seemed like they had fun though, especially since they made a table reservation for the next week as soon as they were done.

Well, until next time…

Cheers!

Dan

The Future Just Keeps Coming

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:02:00 -0700

MORE FIGHTING IN THE INNER CITY

Just a couple of quick shots of another AT-43 game at the shop the other night. One of our members (Mike G.) hosted a game with his brother-in-law. They had requested the urban terrain for the game, and looked like they had a great time.

I believe Mike was the Therians, while his brother-in-law was the Red Block.

Until next time…

Cheers!

Dan

The Big Guy Gets In On The Action

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:48:00 -0700

I GET TO PLAY

The other day I finally got a chance to get in a game again – AT-43 to be exact. Me and Jeff P. played a combined UNA force, while Mark and Matt were the traitorous Red Block.

The game got off to a horrible start for Jeff and I. We didn’t have nearly enough leadership points and the dice just weren’t in our favor. Well, we kept on persevering (actually more accurately “whined our way through”) and things finally started to turn in our favor.

For me, my strategy of leaving my Fire Toads on a hill in a perpetual state of disorganization (without enough leadership to activate them) and soaking up as much abuse as the Red Block could dish out paid off. We slowly whittled away at the Red Block striders until the last one failed its morale check and fled.

This left a lot of Red block troopers against few UNA troops, but a couple three striders (including two Cobras). Due to time constraints, we had to call the game but I sure we could have still found a way to loose it. J

Until next time…

Dan

Hail To The Collective

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:03:00 -0700

MORE THERIAN SHENANIGANS

I got a couple of pictures of another AT-43 game at the shop (you can’t turn around without banging into one in the shop nowadays it seems J). Apparently the Therians were once again up to no good, and it was up to the heroic Red Block to stop them.

There were a few interesting moments in the game, including the wee little Kolossi staring down a wraith Golgoth.

Well, until next time…

Cheers!

Dan

March To The Trilogy

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:03:00 -0700

PLAYTESTING THE FUTURE

Blitzkrieg Commander and Cold War Commander are two of the most popular historical rulesets played at the shop. Recently the author of the rules, Pete Jones, has begun work on a sci-fi version of the rules. Now while I can’t divulge any of the rules, I can show you pictures from the various playtest games that have been going on in the shop.

Enjoy…

Dan

The AT-43 Bug Keeps Biting...

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:40:34 -0700

AT-43 TOURNAMENT STYLE

Recently we held the first AT-43 tournament at the shop. Mike Z. ran it in honor of one of our regulars’ birthday (who, incidentally, will be moving out of the state soon – we will miss you Nick!). There was a very good turnout for the inaugural event – seven players and one judge in all!

The shop set-up all of the terrain for the games – including several new pieces of terrain I had finished just for the event. Mike wrote three really interesting scenarios which the players were not allowed to see until the round it was played. The tournament lasted three rounds with players being awarded points based on generalship and sportsmanship.

The Generals Hard At Work

Everyone appeared to have a great time, with many war stories being shared at the end as the prizes were being tabulated. After the winners were announced there were many unexpected questions about when the next tournament would be, which did leave Mike scrambling for an answer (next Feb. was decided on – see the Forum posting and Event Calendar for more information).

Almost In Range...

Kolossusses In The Snow

A UNA Cobra Snake Bombards The Enemy

AT-43 is being played a lot at the store now, so if you are interested in it, have questions, or would just like to try a game stop on by the shop. The usual nights are Tuesdays & Thursdays, but games are occasionally played on Saturdays.

A Vicious City Fight

Well, until next time…

Cheers!

Dan

More AT-43

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:17:59 -0700

GRITTY INTERSTELLAR COMBAT - IN A SLIGHTLY MORE PASTORAL SETTING...

They have been playing more and more games of AT-43 at the shop lately. Here are some more pictures from recent games…

Everybody’s armies are quickly growing in size, and we are beginning to see more and more of the hero types being used – without the balance and simplicity of the game being disrupted!

They have been playing a lot of one-on-one games, but they do now and again squeeze in the multi-player team and free-for-all games as well.

Well, until next time…

Ciao!

Dan

More And More Games

nospam@example.com (Dan Hobot) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:41:03 -0700

THE AT-43 ONSLAUGHT CONTINUES…

AT-43, the relatively new game from Rackham, continues to rapidly grow in popularity at the shop. New players keep joining the ranks almost daily, with Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays all seeing games being played on a regular basis.

Fighting Across The Fortified Plains

Striders Advancing

UNA Troopers Advance

A Golgoth's Perspective

I have included pictures of some of the games that have been played lately - unfortunately the pictures aren’t the best as I was rushing to take them between the turns of my own game. They still give a pretty good idea of the forces being played, terrain used and so on.

A Wintery Battle

The Therians Advance

40K APOCALYPSE

The other day some of our 40K players managed to get in a game using the new Apocalypse rules. We pushed a couple of tables together to give them a nice big 8’ x 6’ playing surface. I am not exactly sure what the point totals were for each side, but I think 10,000 points aside was mentioned.

Apocalypse Now...

All-in-all I think everyone at the table had a great time – at least judging from the laughs and moans coming from them. I believe they are going to try and run an Apocalypse game every other Thursday night, with next one being this coming Thursday.

The guys are willing to take all comers who wish to join – with whatever size force you have, they will pair people up to field sides – and they will teach the rules to newbies, so come on down and play!

Well, until next time…

Cheers!

Dan