The club is STILL looking for a more "permanent" or "stable" meeting place where the meetings can be scheduled further in advance and more regularly. If you know of a place that is cheap, please speak with Mark or Alfonzo regarding such a spot!  

CLUB INFO:

Don't let the club's name fool you. A variety of games are played in addition to wargames. A few of the gamers are really into wargames. If you like boardgames, we are sure that you can find and get into a game you like to play. We are very patient with people who are new to a game.  Euro style games are also very popular among our members and only a few of us are actually hard-core wargame people.

We are constantly introducing new and reissued games at our meetings as well as older classics. Our group plays a variety of games and it is always interesting to see what they will bring to the next meeting. The casual board or card games are played, occasionally a collector card game is demonstrated or played, while usually a long wargame or two of some sort is going on.

Some games that were played at meetings include Ra, Agricola, Dominion, Stone Age, Roll Through the Ages, St. Petersberg, The Hell of Stalingrad, Jena 20, Through the Ages, Age of Conan, Halls of Monteszuma, Twilight Struggle,Afrika Korps, Battlestar Gallactica, Ivanhoe, Ark, ,  Princes of Florence, Merchants of Venus,Sword of Rome, Combat Commander:Europe, Caylus, Goa, San Juan, Race for the Galaxy, Goa, St. Petersberg, Warriors of God, Small World,Evolution, Princes of Florence, Puerto Rico, El Grande, Wyatt Earp, Hannibal:Rome vs. Carthage, Sweden Fights On, Napoleon at Marengo, and GMT's Men of Iron."  

Sometime back a few of us played played a great card game from Clash of Arms called "The Hell of Stalingrad" and found it to be an interesting addition to the wargame light genre of games. Played with cards, a variable map, and centering on the conflict in Stalingrad, this game provided some very interesting moments as Germans seek to burn buildings and Soviets seek to save them. The goal is for the Germans to take control of the areas of town all the way to the Volga river, but doing so is, of course, no piece of cake. A well-thought out and well-paced game.  Our second play was multiplayer and it was a REAL blast as we found a few things we did wrong the first go-around and found the game to be more in depth and strategic than we first though!  There is also a naval game using the same basic mechanics used in this game.

   We have played "Britannia," several times -- the new version published by Fantasy Flight.  The organization of the rules is somewhat lacking in places, but the game seems quite balanced.  Each player manages a number of powers which grow and shrink in strength throughout the game.  Similar in some ways to Avalon Hill's "History of the World"  but with some interesting refinements.  The Roman player comes in strong and beats up all of the other nations early in the game and attempts to open up an insurmountable lead in victory points.  Yet all of the other powers have a chance to grow and of course just about every player earns victory points for killing Roman armies and/or forts.  The only major quibble with the game is its length.  Our first game took approximately 5 hours and  subsequent games were only a bit   faster.  One annoying and time-consuming factor is the doling out of victory point coins, which is easily solved by using a score sheet rather than the coins.   Some players feel like the game is a bit "scripted" but we've seen just about every color has had a decent chance of winning in our games. Because players have to meet certain criteria at various points in the game, some players feel the game is too "scripted." Another problem with the game is that players tend to spend a lot of time in diplomacy which can bog the game down. It is best to limit the amount of table talk if you want this one to move more quickly.

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