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May was a busy month!

I mean, not March busy, but definitely better than April busy.

There was a 14-hour boardgame marathon where I ended up playing 8 games a total of 14 times.

Just in one day!

Then a couple of Sundays had multiple short games after playing the main event, which is always fun.

This month, I turned it around b...

There were no conventions attended in May, but there was a 14-hour games marathon where a bunch of games were played.

So I knew this would be a lengthy post!

This month, I actually played more new to me games than I did in March after a 3-day convention, which really surprised me.

Part of that was the marathon (six), but there were also a couple ...

In many tactical wargames, especially pitting small units like squads and stuff against each other, smoke becomes very important.

Even more so when there’s a lot of open ground to cover.

Welcome to another tale from the Combat Commander ladder, that monthly tournament run by the arresting Patrick Pence, he of

Those of you who have spent any time following this blog (not just reading a post or two here and there) know that Combat Commander (from GMT Games) is one of my favourite games out there.

I’m even part of a monthly ladder tournament where we get to play once a month, and many people are open to pick-up games here and there.

This means...

It’s always interesting when good games are reimplemented.

Will the new one keep the same quality or charm as the previous game?

Will it make it better?

Is it being designed to correct mistakes from the original?

You get that with games like Dune Imperium and Dune Imperium: Uprising, wh...