tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post28967600888760950..comments2024-02-12T05:31:05.189-08:00Comments on Illuminating Games: 2011 – The Year in Hobby Games, Part III: WargamesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12654412977759874403noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-79221904125935326752013-01-15T03:14:09.077-08:002013-01-15T03:14:09.077-08:00Hello! I simply wanted to say the fact that you de...Hello! I simply wanted to say the fact that you definitely succeeded in organizing a beautiful domain. Will you be so nice and give an answer to my question. Did you run in some competitions between bloggers?GeraldineCastillohttp://relaxedmoments.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-73595271925745804062012-02-16T00:28:17.142-08:002012-02-16T00:28:17.142-08:00Sekigahara is epic man! The most exciting war game...Sekigahara is epic man! The most exciting war game ever. I love playin it!Cheap BB Gunshttp://www.cheapbbguns.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-73032333317967416732012-02-06T10:23:16.665-08:002012-02-06T10:23:16.665-08:00Thanks. I was intrigued by Band of Brothers when I...Thanks. I was intrigued by Band of Brothers when I saw it on the shelf, but after my experience with Space Empires 4X I was put off investigating it. Worthington has also been pretty unreliable for me, so that was two strikes.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654412977759874403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-6650530971683180492012-02-06T00:52:41.849-08:002012-02-06T00:52:41.849-08:00Great piece, as usual. Any plans to try Band of B...Great piece, as usual. Any plans to try Band of Brothers/Screaming Eagles, Chris. I've only messed with the first scenario, but was impressed. Clean, and felt realistic (unlike CC which is fun, but is like playing a comic).doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14237949002775849205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-44650380872191304202012-02-03T15:52:53.536-08:002012-02-03T15:52:53.536-08:00Ack! You are correct. I must have had the titles c...Ack! You are correct. I must have had the titles conflated in my mind. I'll fix the piece. Sorry about that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654412977759874403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-16728258732723618712012-02-03T15:51:06.793-08:002012-02-03T15:51:06.793-08:00Did you mean "Storming the Reich"? I rec...Did you mean "Storming the Reich"? I recall "Piercing the Reich" as a Dirk Blennemann game from 1995.Felix Hackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327208602150912234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-69623084932897945752012-02-03T12:51:40.788-08:002012-02-03T12:51:40.788-08:00I spent a bunch of time with Fields of Fire back w...I spent a bunch of time with Fields of Fire back when it was new, and it's true that the rulebook was legendarily bad. But even after I spent a bunch of time working it out and figuring out how to play the game, I found the underlying game was just incredibly boring - few actual decisions, lots of chaos, extremely repetitive. It was all about discover a (randomly generated) strongpoint, flank, infiltrate, lather, rinse, repeat ad nauseam. Because of the focus of the game on command, there was very little tactical detail. Unfortunately, the command decisions weren't very interesting either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654412977759874403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-44836330193840427342012-02-03T01:08:49.015-08:002012-02-03T01:08:49.015-08:00Interesting article, great article in fact. I was ...Interesting article, great article in fact. I was surprised to see you list Fields of Fire as being "dire", when by all accounts, outside of a poor rulebook the game itself is supposed to present a fairly unique and realistic take on the actual feeling and activity of warfare with a high degree of immersion. I see that the reprint P500 hasn't passed yet, so are you talking about problems with an earlier version, an issue with the rules themselves, or the game in general?ldsdbombernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-61610005146217462012012-02-02T11:16:59.828-08:002012-02-02T11:16:59.828-08:00Serves me right for commenting based on a game I d...Serves me right for commenting based on a game I didn't like in the first place :) I played FF several times early in 2011, I always felt that CC was a great *concept* for which I just didn't like how it worked out that much, and so FF might be a different take on the concept that I might like. For me though it had the same problems as CC - slow pacing, odd abstractions, not very evocative. FF was also very reminiscent of Clash of Heroes, and I just found CoH a lot tighter and more interesting (even though CoH isn't perfect either).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654412977759874403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-45796832725871149722012-02-02T08:52:01.656-08:002012-02-02T08:52:01.656-08:00Funny, I like CC but I found FF tedious the one sh...Funny, I like CC but I found FF tedious the one shot I gave it.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12627081755365858901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-33310466633594401052012-02-01T11:47:14.983-08:002012-02-01T11:47:14.983-08:00Bataan is a cool game, but it's tough to recom...Bataan is a cool game, but it's tough to recommend to a not-really-a-wargamer. It's fairly complicated (25+ pages of rules) and in many ways a fairly classic hex/ZOC/CRT wargame. It's cool because of the way it captures the close-in see-saw battles at the various defensive lines, a lot of attack and counterattack, and it gives the two armies (US/Philippine and Japanese) a good portrayal. The system focusses on coordination, the difficulties of coordinating different units and different assets, and I think it does a good job of that.<br /><br />I have a few comments on BGG. The system in Bataan! is the same as Roads to Leningrad and very similar to Kasserine, but more of a cousin to Rommel's War or the Barbarossa series. One of the cool things for war gamers is that von Borries uses a lot of similar systems in his games, customized for the battles they are portraying and refined over the years, so even though they're individually complicated moving between them is not so hard once you get going.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654412977759874403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-64486652998423110542012-01-31T07:05:46.535-08:002012-01-31T07:05:46.535-08:00Can you write a few lines about Bataan? Im not rea...Can you write a few lines about Bataan? Im not really a wargamer, but this topic interests me.Peer Sylvesterhttp://www.spielbar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-365595162379664842012-01-30T08:17:43.231-08:002012-01-30T08:17:43.231-08:00Thanks! BoardGameGeek is the place to go ... I hav...Thanks! BoardGameGeek is the place to go ... I have a little capsule writeup of my frustrations with Combat Commander on the CC:E entry. Given I'm an ASL(SK) player, and also someone who used to love Up Front! but eventually became frustrated with it, CC:E was going to be a tough sell for me. I think if it had taken an hour to play instead of 2.5, I would have been a lot happier with it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654412977759874403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-914191259119493058.post-40309357175115164442012-01-30T07:20:19.191-08:002012-01-30T07:20:19.191-08:00Chris -- do you have a review or commentary availa...Chris -- do you have a review or commentary available that explains why you're not keen on <i>Combat Commander</i>? Generally, my own feelings about games accords with your tastes, but I rather like CC, so I'm interested to know why you rather don't.<br /><br />Thanks for your your excellent yearly wrap-ups. I definitely use them as a sanity check/buying guide on my own collection!Viktorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04867648528753994863noreply@blogger.com