Hamtag

The 80’s

By Rick G / September 16, 2020 /

Another good list – enjoyed it while I’m not going out to visit family. There are bunch of games I like that came out during the 80s, now we are talking. Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Age of Canvas and Shot 1775-1815 (1981) – An SPI magazine game from Joseph Balkoski. Had a nice…

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Top 5 ‘Card Assisted War Games’

By Rick G / September 16, 2020 /

Trying to find games that use cards but not to drive movement. The cards are just an augment to the game. Judd’s picks will have me checking out several games. As for me it is a tough list to build so I’m more along the lines of Bart in this one, but I’m having trouble…

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Top 5 Non-Wargame Collections/sets

By Rick G / September 16, 2020 /

Most of my non-wargame series are straight euros or train games. I never got into families or series with anything else as much as I did with wargames. I was suspicious of what I would get from Wallace’s game subscription series, and decided to pass. In retrospect I shouldn’t have been there were some good…

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Top 5 Kickstarter’ Games

By Rick G / September 16, 2020 /

I’ve backed 13 game projects, A couple I had already played earlier versions so I knew what I was getting. Also did some expansions for ones I liked I wanted to breath some life into the game. Now if we include – p500 the number of preorders goes up significantly. Compounded – interesting trading resource…

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Top 5 Most Anticipated War Games 2020ish

By Rick G / September 16, 2020 /

Not much on the list – some p500 and kickstartersThe only kickstarters I backed this year are Race to Moscow 1941 – Logistics focus, looks like a nice different take. Tacitum – an abstract but Tony Ripley does such a nice backstory I have to support his work Usually have some P500 on order this…

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Top 5 Expensive War Game Collections/sets

By Rick G / September 16, 2020 /

SCS games – Ardennes, The Mighty Endevour, Yom Kippur, Heights of Courage, Afrika, Crusader, Guadalahara hard to think as a series since it covers such a variety. I’ve sold of some of them since they were valuable and I did have alternates, which I thought were better implementations Command and Colors – have a lot…

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Hamtag

By Rick G / September 16, 2020 /

I’ve been watching youtube channel Bonding With BoardGames.I particularly liked Hamtag (Half as Much Twice as Good) where they present a top 5 for wargames.When they restarted with the “Lite” version with just Bart and Judd I was still onboard and started adding some comments of my own.Be sure to check out Bart’s channel https://www.youtube.com/c/BondingWithBoardGames/videos…

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