Trying to stick to plan, for now.

 Recent arrivals and anticipated delivery of a long delayed Kickstart project dominate this month. 

First up, 500 years ago:

    

By GMT Games

 

I have followed progress of a couple games of "Here I Stand" on the blog.  

http://onesidedminiaturewargamingdiscourse.blogspot.com/2023/03/here-i-stand.html

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A high level-each player a monarch- game set in the period of the Reformation, the turn by turn play intrigued me. I finally bit and ordered a copy.  I received what I can only say exceeded my expectations.  I am trying to wrap my head around the rules and scenarios,  but the  components are truly first class.  

  The map, big, well thought out,loads of color.

  Detail of a great game mechanic!

 Loads of counters, some even represent army units!

So much so, the mechanics of this game are rekindling some interest in tinkering with some rules sets for the imagination campaign.  

Next up Doomsday Games:  "The Battle for Germany"

Second game I have purchased is a product related to the Cold War conflict toyed with in last year's adventures using  micro armor and 20mm "7 Days to the Rhine" games.  "The Battle for Germany" is a monster game running from the Danish border to nearly the Alps.

  Again,  the first impression on opening the box was 'wow' this is cool.  I will have component shots in an upcoming post.

Several scenarios are included,  hopefully to provide manageable game backgrounds for table games.

And finally,  final stretch of AD1666 anticipation:

Evidently shipped and enroute,  the Swords Light and Darkness  expansion should make an appearance by month end. Not that we have exhausted the game's potential but the new rules and depth of options for play are intriguing. 

So, a Frostgrave game, a run at the recent small actions of raiding in the imagination campaign and perhaps a look at the Galactic Knights background,  yeah, 3 games for three Fridays.  

So many games, so  little time.