The NEW New Boardgames Thread

[Tamas]

Looks like I'm gonna start the twins out wargaming this upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

Federation Commander might be simple enough for 7 year olds. They'll be disappointed there are no Tribbles to kill though.

It you are serious about this, there are plenty of gorgeous looking modern boardgamers that are great for hooking children into boardgamimg.

[Ed Anger]

They'll be fine with D-7 battlecruisers.

[The Brain]

I bought Cthulhu Wars. I can't say no to Sandy Petersen.

[Tamas]

Alright: Balance of Powers VASSAL module is ready:
http://www.vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Balance_of_Powers

Here are the rules:
http://compassgames.com/downloads/boprules4115.pdf

I have been testing it on my table and via Zun Tzu so whoever is interested I am ready to play whenever. I suggest playing the 1914 scenario at least one before anything more involved.

[Ed Anger]

The Fed Ex guy brought much loot to the Anger Stronghold. After a ritual sniffing of each other's butt, 3 packages were left.

More inbound.

[Kleves]

Has anyone played Star Wars: Armada, Hearts & Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975, or Mr. Madison's War: The Incredible War of 1812? If so, any thoughts?

[The Brain]

Did anyone play the Axis & Allies 1940 stuff? Europe and Pacific? Any thoughts?

I played Axis & Allies in the 80s and it's a nice game.

[Berkut]

No it isn't.

[Maladict]

Did anyone play the Axis & Allies 1940 stuff? Europe and Pacific? Any thoughts?

I played Axis & Allies in the 80s and it's a nice game.

It's fun for what it is. The two combine to make a more complex game than the 80's version, but still kind of clunky and unbalanced. There are some rule sets to address some of the issues.

I think I played the global game about 5 times with a group of friends. I did start to find it lacking too much in depth eventually, even for a beer and pretzels game, and bailed out.
It also takes ages to complete, I don't think we ever made it past 7 turns. And at nearly 200 euros for both I think it is overpriced.

But if you liked the 80's version, you'll probably like this one too.

[Barrister]

No it isn't.

It's a fine game for kids after they've mastered Risk.

For adults, however...

[The Brain]

Thanks for the info. Berkut you freak.

[crazy canuck]

No it isn't.

It's a fine game for kids after they've mastered Risk.

For adults, however...

For kids it takes too long.  The boys and I played it a grand total of 1.5 times for that reason.  By the time they get old enough to sit through a multi hour game they have much better things to do.

[celedhring]

Axis and Allies was an excellent gateway drug to get my non-wargaming friends into wargaming, back in our late teens-early 20s.

[The Brain]

Hey Ed, did you use the counter from Enemy Coast Ahead: The Dambuster Raid already? You know which one.

[Delirium]

Mark Simonitch posted that he has finished his side of his new strategic ACW game.  Let's hope it doesn't suck.  Map is pretty good, as expected:

Promising indeed. Also looking forward to the remake of another old VG game: Pacific War.