Rear Guard Action

Another busy month working. My 8 months at the institute of military history is now finished. Not sure that means back to normal service ...

We're a couple of weeks on, but no reason not to briefly glance back at what I learned in Essen this year.   It was a relaxed tri...

So with Essen 2014 project accomplished , we can turn to the Essen 2015 loot. I kept it down to six games. The Ice and the Sky as well...

This year I played more games than before. The best playing experience of all was  Blood Rage . The game has the variety, screwag...

This year's visit to Spiel was the most relaxed and pleasant in years. I hadn't prepared much, I didn't tweet and I didn't ...

With Essen nearing and the Essen 2014 list still not complete, in August I managed to slip in a game of Marchia Orientalis, or the Ostmar...

There was some stuff that I hardly saw but quickly formed an opinion about: Good impression: Historia was very much enjoyed by my ...

Saturday's 'one more for the road' game was Mythotopia, Martin Wallace's new offering. It's a bit of a cop out, really,...

After our pretty successful first day in Essen , we returned still burning with curiosity and enthusiasm. Our first stroke on Fri...

I went to Essen with a rather long list of games I looked out for but it always proves hard to check everything you want and luckily you a...

And with Essen nearing, I've made my first draft of the list of games to look at. Some interesting stuff like 15 Dias , which is about...

Played with Da Mike and Da Mir last Tuesday. Good times. First time I ever played In the Name of The Rose. This is and interesting deduction...

Last Friday’s gaming session I had the opportunity to play three of the games on my list of to do’s for 2014 . So that’s off to a good start...

I've been a lucky guy over the last couple of years, with some good stuff coming in for Secret Satan, although last year's inclusion...

Here's the second part of my Essen experiences, consisting of the games I played, so with a little more hard info on the games. Look her...