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Malaysia Scenario Design: 01 Intro

May 9, 2019Ratso 3 Comments
Party Platoon draws a map

Ed and I…right, this isn’t Ed. Some of you know me as “Ed’s Wife” but I think I’d like to be known here as Ratso. So anyway. Ed and I have been collaborating and butting heads over scenario and table… Continue Reading →

Games, History, Ramblings 1942, Australian, Bukit Bakri, Chain of Command, CoC, Gaming, Japanese, Malaysia, Military History, TFL, Too Fat Lardies, World War 2, World War II, WW2

Bungle in the Jungle: Malaya CoC Campaign, Game 1

January 14, 2018Rat6 4 Comments
Photo of Japanese figures in jungle terrain representing Malaya in 1942

A few weeks ago my friend Caleb came down to test out my new game room and play his first game against Japanese in Chain of Command. Since he had a platoon of Perry Desert Rats that hadn’t seen the… Continue Reading →

Games 1942, Australian, bamboo, Chain of Command, CoC, Common Wealth, Gaming, Japanese, jungle, Malaya, plam, Terrain, TFL, Too Fat Lardies

RVA, Real Life and Urbanmatz Gaming Table Review

January 1, 2018Rat6 2 Comments
Ed in the new game room

So, I’m back to blogging after a long hiatus. Real life has been something of a rollercoaster over the past year, as we’ve purchased a house, done renovations, moved across state from Alexandria to Richmond, VA and I’ve managed to… Continue Reading →

Games, Ramblings, Reviews Game Table, Gaming Accessory, Personal, Ramblings, Review, Urbanmatz

Historicon 2016: Race for the Corinth Canal 2.0

September 7, 2016Rat6 2 Comments

After running our Chain of Command game at Fall-In last November, Jenny and I kicked around some ideas for how we could improve the game without straying too far from the historical situation. In the initial version, the fight was… Continue Reading →

Games, History Chain of Command, CoC, Corinth, Gaming, Historicon, Scenario

Refining the Gap: Fine Grain Troop Quality in Chain of Command

June 21, 2016Rat6

When I preordered the new version of Sharp Practice, I also picked up Dux Britanniarum by Too Fat Lardies. After reading it, I fell in love with the campaign system, which allows for long term development of a leader and… Continue Reading →

Games Chain of Command, Too Fat Lardies

Not a Flash(man) in the Pan: A Review of Sharp Practice

May 22, 2016Rat6

I must admit that I’ve always liked the idea of Sharp Practice and the kind of game it covers, but version 1 never got me to actually play. I bought the PDF and even its companion scenario pack, The Compleat… Continue Reading →

Games, Reviews Chain of Command, Sharp Practice, TFL

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