To immediately jump to the Gamefound page of the game go here: https://gamefound.com/en/projects/draco-ideas/hispania Michal: Let us start form short introduction. Please tell us a little about yourself Miguel, what do you do for a living, what games do you play? Also, what is your role in the design and publication of “Hispania”? Miguel: I am a nuclear physicist working in France on basic research, who has always been attracted by boardgames in general, but in particular by the design aspect. Since my teens I have always valued the concept of elegance in games, that I see as the ability to ..read more

Let me share with you guys exciting, new and fresh EPIC scenario for Commands & Colors Ancients. As you probably very well know, this my preferred way of playing that fantastic game – allowing more than two of my wargaming friends to take part in fierce battle! However, as I played all official and many unofficial scenarios, the time has come to do something on my own! What I decided was to focus on the Second Roman Civil War, and thus grand clashes between Julius Caesar and Gnaeus Pompey. So far with my group we played following of my designs: EPIC Illerda (49 BC) EPIC Dyrrhachium (48 BC ..read more

Recently I started to extensively play Rebel Fury by Mark Herman from GMT Games. This is a low-to-moderate complexity wargame focusing on the campaigns of the American Civil War. This is Volume 1 in the series and focuses on four 1863 campaigns (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga) and the opening of Grant’s 1864 drive toward Richmond (The Wilderness and Spotsylvania). I find this game as a great mix of new mechanics, straightforward game-play as well as exciting resolutions of the battles. It gives me a great pleasure and thus decided to do ..read more

Cuba Libre is Volume II in the COIN Series of games that use similar rules to cover (usually) modern Insurgencies and other inter-factional conflicts. This is a 1- to 4-player board game depicting insurgent and counter-insurgent (COIN) conflict during the the Cuban Revolution. This is definitely one of the more accessible titles in the series, by many treated as a perfect first position to start with. Small map, standard rules (with few exceptions), quite short game play (in comparison to other titles in series) makes it perfect training ground. In order to ease the entry to the ..read more

Guys, the time has come for a detailed gameplay example of Triomphe à Marengo – game designed by Bowen Simmons and published by Histogame. I have already discussed the historical background of that conflict as well as explained components, map and key game mechanics (links below). But how that works in practice when playing this title? First Look At Triomphe à Marengo: https://youtu.be/hmTaup3F3n0 How To Play Triomphe à Marengo: https://youtu.be/McBmlzmpFvA Example of Play for Triomphe à Marengo: https://youtu.be/s7fllXb_fmA Well, to a large extend you will be able to check it ..read more

Our experiences shows that scenarios in Frosthaven campaign are much more varied, complex and crazy than what we experienced in Gloomhaven. Even if it says to kill all the monsters, there might be a catch which makes scenario super complicated. And not necessarily some end-of-game adventure or side quest – that can await you even on rather early step of the whole game. After that preparation you probably expect that I will say we just experienced such situation. Well, you are right! Second scenario in Unfettered (Machines) sub-campaign really made us scratch our heads – and the thing was made ..read more

As you can see, we are pretty vigorously continuing the learning process of the Last Hundred Yards with Dave. Already three scenarios were played by us asynchronously within three month – which, taking into account that we are learning a new system, is a good result. Each new scenario brings some new mechanics or elements of the system to the palette of possibilities. In #1 On Their Own we just learned how to lead a single platoon, in #2 The Dark Woods we had whole company under our command. What new mechanics will #3 At Least It’s Quiet bring? Let us see! Our Combat Commander camping wi ..read more

Let me provide to you guys the latest updates from the storage solutions front – namely, what new and exciting fresh sets for our beloved wargames appeared recently on Cube4Me page. We do not stop and with constantly expanding community of enthusiasts, create new, tailor-made packages. And because the number of new titles is constantly growing, we are trying to catch up with the requests! A quick reminder too – you can find all Wargaming Sets under below link: https://cube4me.com/product-category/wargames-sets/ And now let us jump to actual games and new sets which were created! Great War Co ..read more

I admit, I was anxiously awaiting publication of this title. As an ardent fan and supporter of Mark’s Herman designs – and his openness and directness when explaining the design choices – Rebel Fury was a must for me. Finally, it landed in my hands! But what is it? What hides behind that fantastic wargame title (love it, by the way)? This is a low-to-moderate complexity wargame focusing on the campaigns of the American Civil War. This is Volume 1 in the series and focuses on four 1863 campaigns (Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga) and the opening of Grant’s 1864 dri ..read more

When I look at my “boardgaming habits”, I see games which I play sporadically, once, maybe twice and then move on; and there are also titles – a selected few – which hit the table quite regularly, be it face to face or in digital form. I am also very much interested in history, especially of the Ancient Rome – this is clearly visible on my blog or YouTube channel. You might ask why am I writing all of this? Because at the intersection of both above characteristics lays Time of Crisis – without any doubt, one of my favorite light wargames, which I love for balance of random elements (barbarian ..read more