Wooden Ships and Iron Men

 

In a last-minute change of plan, I've brought my copy of Avalon Hill's classic Wooden Ships and Iron Men on holiday, in order to learn the rules and play some Age of Sail naval games. I've had this for ages but just didn't get round to punching it out and getting started, so now seems like an ideal opportunity. I'm working on some 1/2400th scale Napoleonic ships at the moment too, so it all fits together nicely. I've only just arrived at the holiday destination, so will give it a couple of days before I get cracking, but there will be some game reports on the blog soon as!

Battletech

 

Here's the game for the summer holidays, the new edition of Battletech, complete with some really nice plastic mech figures, full colour rules, cards, counters and hex maps. I saw the game while browsing the model shops in Cardiff the other day and thought it would be good fun to relive my university days, playing the second edition with cardboard counters, pencils and pads of paper. Good fun!