Tagged: game night
Dragon-Fall 2018 Charity Raffle- Part 3
Part 3 of our Dragon-Fall prize posts: As some of you may know, I am the Philanthropic Coordinator for Dragon-Fall 2018. This year, we have partnered with Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity: Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 100 hospitals worldwide. ... Read more
Dragon-Fall 2018 Charity Raffle- Part 1
As some of you may know, I am the Philanthropic Coordinator for Dragon-Fall 2018. This year, we have partnered with Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity: Child’s Play, a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in our network of over 100 hospitals worldwide. Over the years, you as ... Read more
AAR/Review- A Trial Run through Kobolds and Cobblestones
Chris and I recently got together for a game of Kobolds and Cobblestones. It is number 21 in Osprey’s line of games that I often call “little blue miniatures games.” This one is set in the criminal underground of a sort of neutral city where various standard fantasy races live in an uneasy peace. The ... Read more
Review/AAR- Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse
Osprey was kind enough to send us a review copy of Ash Barker’s new zombie game, Last Days: Zombie Apocalypse. We got to spend some time at Adepticon, chatting with Ash about the game, and I was very excited to read the book and try it out. The game is sort of a love letter ... Read more
The Scenic Route: A Walking Dead Campaign- Chapter 3: Runaway Train
“Runaway train never going back Wrong way on a one way track Seems like I should be getting somewhere Somehow I’m neither here nor there…” Escape! Miraculous, but it seems like you may have just done it. A train means you can move quickly and safely and hopefully get you where you all need to ... Read more
The Scenic Route: A Walking Dead Campaign- Chapter 2: UP NW
The survivors went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah! The survivors went in two by two Hoorah! Hoorah! The survivors went in two by two Mad Dog, and Me-Shawn too And they all went into the tunnels for to escape the walking dead… 12 went shuffling into the subterranean gloom holding hands like school kids ... Read more
AAR- Mech Attack: Urban Unrest.
A couple of weeks ago Terrence and I gathered for a game of Mech Attack. Though mostly played as part of our annual 28mm Mech Attack game at Adepticon, Mech Attack in 10mm is one of the games that CSW has played for quite some time. Way back in 2010 (before we had a dedicated CSW ... Read more
The Scenic Route: A Walking Dead Campaign- Chapter 1: Chicago, Overrun
You’ve been holed up in downtown Chicago trying to survive but that all changed when the dead blew through the city like a bad wind. Now you’ve got to keep moving if you want to stay alive; you’ve even been thinking of joining forces with the other survivors instead of going it alone. There’s strength ... Read more
The Scenic Route: A Walking Dead Campaign- Prelude
Excerpt from the diary of an unlikely survivor… My parents used to say there were no monsters under my bed or in my closet. Now there’s no parents and monsters everywhere. What’s left of my home and neighborhood is not even worth mentioning. They also said that time was the greatest resource we had. Now it’s ... Read more
AAR- Walking Dead: All Out War
Tim and I got in a couple of games of The Walking Dead: All Out War. I wanted to get some practice in before our upcoming Halloween campaign starts, and we needed to test out the game’s new campaign rules. We set up a simple city block, and decided to play a standard “recover the ... Read more