Spirit Island

A very complex game, but an interesting puzzle.  We may have missed a few rules, as we managed to win.

African Campaign retry

Camron and I retried African Campaign.  It is an interesting battle of wits.  Cameron made a mistake, and the German panzers surrounded a couple of divisions on a 2:1 attack, with a 50% chance of victory.  But the victory didnt eventuate, and instead the German 21st Panzer division was surrounded and eliminated, along with Rommel.  So victory to Cameron.

C&C Ancients - Alex and Indians

Leon came over for a game of C&C Ancients.  We did Alexander at the Hypaspes - Alex vs Indians with all of the toys.

Sneaky FTF games

With one visitor allowed, Cass came over for a face to face game.

Field Commander Napoleon 1815

Napoleon won at waterloo.  I was so excited I forgot to take a picture!!!!

Napoleon went into battle at Waterloo, and committed a large cavalry sweep -- which never arrived.  The resulting battle was a slog, with Napoleon struggling to remain unbroken.  He managed to hang on till the evening, and withdrew.  However, he withdrew with his cavalry, and the allies broke their army up to pursue.  Napoleon then crushed the Prussians with the support of his undamaged cavalry, and then turned on the pursuing British and crushed them.

Field Commander Napoleon 1814

What a disaster.  Napoleon collapsed faster than historically.  For the first time, Napoleons stratagems didn't work -- the allies got to the front line undisrupted and showed that they could fight.

Field Commander Napoleon 1813

Napoleon won Leipzig!!!!

Milito and Keyforge reprise

We retried Milito and Keyforge.  Milito was a lot faster.  I won 3 games -- I clearly groked Milito better than Ross.  But Ross got revenge in keyforge which was another slugfest.

Some card games

Got two card games to the table I have been wanting to get out.  Keyforge and Milito.  Not sure we were playing Milito right -- the review said 30 mins for a game or less, often a lot less.  After 30 mins we were stuck fighting it out, though I was slowly being ground down.

Keyforge took a long time, but it was actually impossible for the game to be any closer -- definitely worth playing again!

Family Games

Gabrielle had just arrived.  So we introduced her to exploding kittens, which she won.  Then Quixx.

Field Commander - 1812

An unusual scenario.  Napoleon must get to Moscow, then back to Prussia.  But he suffers casualties from the weather each turn.  It is a race.  I did well, being just 1 unit short of a superior victory.

Field Commander napoleon -- 1809

Continued on with Field Commander.  Just scraped through the 1809 campaign.

Brass Lancashire

I like Brass.  Cara won by not building stuff -- an interesting strategy.

Wingspan for the win!

Wingspan is a fun game, but pretty light.  Michael wanted to try it, so the birdhouse hit the table!

Dice Men and Flames of War

Introduced Leon to Flames of War.  Leon won handily -- the German tanks couldn't kill the paratroopers in time.

Lake Trasimene and Cannae

As we work through the Punic war, we got to Lake Trasimene.  This went historically, with my Punic forces getting a resounding victory.  However, Ross got revenge in Cannae, where the Romans crushed the Punic forces!

Rooted

Wednesday Games.  We played Root.

It was incredibly close.  Rob won, with Ross 2 VP away from winning, and Mike and I well back.  BUT -- if Rob hadn't won, on my next move I would have got enough points to win.  And if I hadn't won, Ross was about to go over the finish line.

What is quick and fun -- Clank!

Regular games night.  Martha was tired, so we went for a simple game - Clank

Sails of Glory

We had some real sailors - Cameron and Cassie.  And we got lots of rules wrong.  But we had fun blowing each other up.