Origins Loot

"On to Paris!" and "1866" from Compass Games, "By Shock, Shot and Faith" from Hexasim, and "Talavera" from The Gamers NBS series.

This should keep me busy for awhile...

Command Ops 2 Steam Greenlight

In case you haven't run across it yet, LnL Publishing has submitted the fantastic WWII game Command Ops 2  to Steam Greenlight. I think this is a great move on the part of LnL, and rushed right over to vote for it. If you haven't played this game you're missing a treat. It'll be an even greater thing to have it on Steam.

Desert Heat

I actually play more computer games than board games, but I seem to mostly document the board games these days. Here are a few shots from the first scenario of Desert Heat,  from Lock n' Load Publishing's Nations at War series.

British armor attacking the Italians at Al Hawary

Lock n Load Tactical: Bloody Valley

I'm on a quest to play more of my board games by playing them in Vassal. I'm hoping the Vassal allows me to play more by avoiding most of the setup overhead, and allowing me to play what I might be interested in at the moment, even if I have another game set up and taking up all of my table space.

Game setup positions

Dawn's Early Light - Day One

No time to get to this during the week, but I did finish the remainder of Day One of the game this evening.

Early in the day, while their comrades of the 2nd Brigade I. Panzer hold the line around Eben, the panzergrenadiers of 1st Brigade are surprised by a morning airdrop by 2nd Guards Airborne Regiment around Stahlhammer AFB

Dawn's Early Light: Red Hammer - Setup

Beginning a game of Dawn's Early Light: Red Hammer:

Overall view of the map at setup

Tank on Tank: West Front

I've been playing a ton of Battles of Normandy the past several weeks, interspersed with the occasional turn of Campaign Series: Middle East. I really need to suck it up and post some more about both games.

Lock n' Load Tactical Series: Heroes of the Pacific

My review of Lock n' Load Heroes of the Pacific is up now at Grogheads. The skinny: a great WW2 tactical game that really captures the feel of the fighting in the Pacific. Read the article for details!

Lock 'n Load: Heroes of Stalingrad

A confession: I bought this game when it was released, played the tutorials and the first scenario of the German campaign and decided I didn't like it. I haven't touched it since. I keep hearing good things about it, though. I also didn't want the money to go to waste. So last night I fired it up to give it another try.

Briefing for the second mission of the German campaign