Playing the #AdvancedSquadLeader Hatten In Flames short campaign, I’m starting to get why larger battles and scenarios appeal to people. It’s cumbersome on the tabletop, but the added scope creates a narrative weight and impact that smaller scenarios can’t quite equal.
I finally replaced the old, dull incandescent light bulbs over my gaming table with white LED bulbs, and the difference is like night and day. Literally. I can finally read rulebooks, counters and maps!!
I had no idea when I woke up this morning that a 6-player game of #FederationCommander would be part of my day. It was tons of fun, as it always is. Nice to fly a Klingon D6 battlecruiser again.
The scenario involved a Federation fleet tug with two cargo pods, escorted by a trio of DDMs. It wanted to exit the map, but it had to cross some asteroids and our Klingon flotilla of three D6s. The Klingons wanted to capture the ship, so immobilizing it was the goal. We managed to do that without destroying...too much of the cargo. #HexesForever
I had the day after Turkeyween to myself, so I played through #AdvancedSquadLeader S105, Steppe Toward Oblivion. This is from the Basic Training magazine. Interesting scenario with a mostly Romanian force trying to hold onto 8 building hexes against a Soviet swarm of infantry and tanks. The Romanians have a pair of German ATs, plus an AT, two DCs, and a FT of their own. and a special VP bonus for each AFV they can knock out.
The Soviets won this one pretty easily, scoring an early critical hit one AT, while the other two malfunctioned. The DCs and FT were too far to the rear to post a threat to the tanks after that.
I will likely play this again. #HexesForever
An Afghan outpost is under attack and a Canadian force is sent to drive off the insurgents. The insurgents are deployed in three groups; two of them will attack the ANA units while the other will try to delay de relief convoy —maybe, with some luck, they could cause some casualties— but the Canadians do have serious firepower to be fully stopped.
(I got the green light to start the game after passing inspection)
Ardennes II, the SCS system game by MMP.
This is about 5 turns in (out of 16).
Germans in the north have been stonewalled, but in the center and south are making progress, despite many bridges blown by the Americans in the center.
Cubes are Victory Point locations, red for American control and purple for German control. Germans are up to 13 pts.
Oh, right. I P500'ed Next War: Taiwan (2nd ed.) a while back. I kinda forgot about it. It'll be mine soon, and it'll probably sit on the shelf in shrink for a long time...
Someday I might have time and energy for my hobby again. My job is in perpetual crisis mode, so it's sucking up 100% of my CPU cycles 24/7. #HexesForever #GMTGames #worksucks
A quick preview of the first episode of the 15th season of Mentioned in Dispatches, launching on 19 September 2025
with special guests
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@vonreisswitz.bsky.social
Kobold Curry Chef
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Armchair Dragoons