Tagged: ganesha games
AAR- Trying out Galleys and Galleons
This week, I organized a game of Galleys and Galleons. As a naval game based on Song of Blades and Heroes, it is largely familiar, but also has some mechanics of its own to reflect the different focus. The two most noticeable changes are to movement and combat results. Most ships move either a short, ... Read more
Summer/Fall Campaign session 5- Trapped in the Pocket Dimension
As they enter the cavern of the clay and bronze statues, they notice a shiny silver box on the ground covered in dust laying there as if discarded. Despite the dust, the shiny surface gleams through in places. One of them picks it up (probably one of Karl’s chars) and rubs of the dust to ... Read more
CSW is hosting a game demo event at Green Fire Games
Chicago Skirmish Wargames is hosting a game demo event at a new local shop in our area! Green Fire Games opened recently, and has gaming space for 50! They specialize in board games, X-Wing, and various collectible card games like Magic The Gathering. Here is a list of planned events: Song of Blades and ... Read more
Grind Them to Dust: An OGAM Battle Report
Last month Karl and I got together at our regular club night for another game of Of Gods and Mortals, the game of mythological battles based on our favorite fantasy skirmish rules engine. It was my second game and Karl’s first, but he was very excited to try out the game after hearing about the ... Read more
Of Gods & Mortals Game Report
Song of Blades & Heroes holds a special place in the heart of many Chicago Skirmish Wargames members. It was the game that brought us together way back in 2010, and since then we’ve become experienced (some might say veteran) SBH players. So you can imagine how excited we were to read about Of Gods ... Read more
The Laird and the Druid: A Song of Blades & Heroes Game Report
Mattias and I played a fantastic, fluff-driven Song of Blades and Heroes scenario last night. I supplied some terrain, and Mattias wrote an amazing scenario around it. Here’s a shot of the table. And here’s a bit of background, courtesy of Mattias. The game is set in the Wyrdwold, a darkly enchanting fantasy setting that ... Read more
Dark Days of Qaarra, Session 3: Defense of Dustcrag Oasis
We played the third session of our fantasy campaign this past week, and the evening was dominated by one big 4-player game for Karl, Tim, Josh and me. The scenario was a continuation of the narrative established during Josh’s ill-fated attempt at raiding the desert caravan in our last session. His battered warband retreated into ... Read more
Night Herons of the Black Crown, Part 3
With the start of our fantasy campaign only a few days away, I put the finishing touches on my warband, the Night Herons of the Black Crown. These are mostly character figures, and like my earlier postings, most were acquired at Little Wars. Corvin Vunzeister, Arch-Mage of the Black Crown This year we’ve made it ... Read more
Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 7 – Escape the Iron Isle!
After seven campaign sessions and many, many individual games, we had reached the end. Our Song of Blades & Heroes fantasy campaign wrapped up Nov. 7 after an impressive run at our game table. As this was our first time running a narrative, map-based campaign, we were looking for an opportunity to go out in ... Read more
Song of Blades & Heroes Campaign, Session 6 – Exploring the Iron Fortress
Last week we gathered in my basement for what will probably be the penultimate session of our Song of Blades & Heroes campaign. Having scouted a deserted village near the Iron Fortress in a previous session, Karl and Mike sent their warbands into the grim, lightless depths below the ruined castle. In game terms, co-gamemaster ... Read more