A Brave New World – with Dinosaurs!

Wandering through the local bookstore with my wife, I was suddenly distracted by a paperback sitting, cover out, at eye level. This cover depicted gentlemen in peaked caps firing a cannon at a T-Rex on a sandy beach. I was intrigued, to say the least. The book was Taylor Anderson’s “Purgatory’s Shore”, and the synopsisContinue reading “A Brave New World – with Dinosaurs!”

Campaign 2: Turn 1 – Hostilities Commence

Axis aggression across the globe sent the Allies reeling! Large scale invasions of France through Belgium and across the Maginot line were accompanied by coordinated attacks across the colonial world. The Allies didn’t take this sitting down, however, and sooner than anyone anticipated Allied forces were rushing to plug holes and slow the unprovoked advanceContinue reading “Campaign 2: Turn 1 – Hostilities Commence”

A Great Crusade!

For many wargamers, the idea of a campaign is exciting, if daunting. While the act of tabletop gaming itself brings joy, the ability to forge disparate engagements into something enduring and meaningful has always been on the periphery. Being able to bring meaning and narrative to otherwise unrelated games, creating heroes, villains, and shared memoriesContinue reading “A Great Crusade!”