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KoffeeKlub: April 2013
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Saturday, 20 April 2013. War In The East - A Paths Of Glory VASSAL Game Pt2. Our ongoing Paths Of Glory game on VASSAL. Fighting along the A/H-Russia border. Even with the Russian land-grab on the eastern front, I still felt uneasy about my lines of supply. One wrong move could prove disastrous, but both sides kept pushing and jostling for position. Pig-dog attack into Belfort. A/H (circled) have their supply lines cut. The fighting at Martin left the ...
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KoffeeKlub: A bayonet or a machine gun? Paths of Glory.
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Monday, 1 April 2013. A bayonet or a machine gun? Headlining our tabletop day at The Black Knight. Was Paths Of Glory. POG), again by GMT games. We do love you so GMT! POG is a is a card-driven strategic wargame which manages to cover the First World War in a surprisingly manageable way. Indeed following a relatively brief learning session last Wednesday evening we kicked off the introductory scenario on Saturday morning with very few hitches. The shor...
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KoffeeKlub: Twilight Victory - Born In The USA
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Saturday, 16 March 2013. Twilight Victory - Born In The USA. It's not often that we get an opportunity to play Twilight Struggle. Face-to-face, our games are normally VASSAL. Skype affairs that often run into the wee small hours. Module for Twilight Struggle is excellent, but it's good to play in real life every now and then. It was Bingers' turn to play as the Soviets for last night's game at The Black Knight. NATO - US Relief. From turn three onwards...
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KoffeeKlub: Off The Shelf - Twilight Struggle
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Saturday, 1 September 2012. Off The Shelf - Twilight Struggle. By request our second "Off The Shelf" game will be Twilight Struggle. By GMT games. I've had this one for a while now and given that it ranks as #1 wargame and boardgame on BGG, it's difficult to understand why it hasn't yet hit the table. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent. Winston Churchill, March 5, 1946. Attempts or ...
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KoffeeKlub: The Kidnapping Pt 2 - A Ransom Note
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Sunday, 5 May 2013. The Kidnapping Pt 2 - A Ransom Note. This is the second part of our Trail of Cthulhu adventure 'The Kidnapping' . It's easy to be misled by a grieving parent. In kidnapping cases though, the trail often leads you right back to where you started. Olga (left) with her sister. Olga's English was poor, but it was clear from her inconsistent responses that she was hiding something. Finally she broke down admitting that she had helped...
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KoffeeKlub: Solo Wargaming #1 - "Rattenkrieg"
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Tuesday, 4 December 2012. Solo Wargaming #1 - "Rattenkrieg". During the Battle of Stalingrad the Russians responded to the German combined-arms strategy by keeping their lines as close to the German lines as they could, effectively "hugging" the Germans and forcing the infantry to fight alone or risk casualties from friendly-fire. Assault on the Traktor Factory is a solo "postcard" wargame by Turning Point Simulations. Rattenkrieg Front and Back. Set-u...
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KoffeeKlub: May 2013
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Sunday, 5 May 2013. The Kidnapping Pt 2 - A Ransom Note. This is the second part of our Trail of Cthulhu adventure 'The Kidnapping' . It's easy to be misled by a grieving parent. In kidnapping cases though, the trail often leads you right back to where you started. Olga (left) with her sister. Olga's English was poor, but it was clear from her inconsistent responses that she was hiding something. Finally she broke down admitting that she had helped...
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KoffeeKlub: AAR - ASL SK1 Scenario #S1 - Retaking Vierville
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Sunday, 29 July 2012. AAR - ASL SK1 Scenario #S1 - Retaking Vierville. ASL Starter Kit #1 ( MMP. This is the first in a series of ASL Starter Kit after action reports (AARs) and is based on the Allies trying to take the town of Vierville. German (1058th Grenadier Regiment/919th Grenadier Regiment/6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment) (GARY). American (1st Batt. 506th PIR, 101st Airborne) (ANDREW). 2 Germans (twyearling) and Americans (Blaze) OBA:. These are ei...
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KoffeeKlub: The Kidnapping Pt1 - A Trail Of Cthulhu Scenario
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Boardgame and Wargame fanatics tempered by espresso! Friday, 5 April 2013. The Kidnapping Pt1 - A Trail Of Cthulhu Scenario. Hot on the heels of the fine Hillfolk RPG we have started a relatively short Trail Of Cthulhu scenario, "The Kidnapping". From the Arkham Detective Tales. A young child has been kidnapped from the Corneliszes, a wealthy New York family, and the investigators have been called in to help track down the child. His dabblings into the occult have widened his perspective and brought him ...