Night of the Ninja

Possibly the best scenario in the Samurai Blades booklet, although I do also really like the one with the Samurai monks defending the temple. This time the ninjas were lethal and wiped out the whole of the defenders including the target, Lord Misikado, although he did go down fighting and not in his pyjamas!

Samurai Blades

The sprog asked if he could play a game of two of Samurai Blades the other day, so I'll be dusting off my old dog eared copy for a scenario or two over the week. I love this game, even if Cry Havoc is my favourite in the Standard Games series, so I'm really looking forward to it especially the ninja scenario!

Battlecars

I'm going to dig out my old copy of Battlecars for some games with the kids this week. It's one of my favourite games from when I was at school and I spent (wasted?) a lot of time in the sixth form playing back to back games with my friends instead of doing essays and homework. It's great fun and easy to pick up, so I'm hoping that the kids will enjoy it.

Battle Ravens Normans

I've just unpunched a Norman army for Battle Ravens, which looks great and has some really neat cards to give it some interesting tactical moves against the Anglo Saxons. Good stuff! You've got to love the Peter Dennis artwork as well, although I wish he'd make fewer sticky out bits on the counters, as they always end up delaminating when you punch them out.

Battle Ravens

I've been playing a few games of Battle Ravens with the kids over the last couple of days. It's now my favourite beer and pretzels board game, as it's loads of fun, very tactical and stuffed full of historical flavour. I haven't tried using the advanced rules and cards yet but I'm going to have a go tomorrow. Even better, I haven't lost a game yet playing as the Anglo Saxons! I have a Welsh army to try out and have ordered a Norman army too, so there's plenty of replay value to be had in the long run. A brilliant little game!