Started a campaign of “Five Leagues from the Borderlands” tonight, which is my new sanity sink. This is the first time I’ve had actual scenery and painted miniatures for both sides of the skirmish because I am pretty new to this. Was victorious, but at the end there were only three of my warband standing.
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My sanity sink right now is tinkering with a setup to play little solo/co-op skirmish wargames like “Five Leagues from the Borderlands” or “Rangers of Shadow Deep”.

An overdue Xmas present came in today - a neoprene gaming mat with a grass texture on it - and it happens to go really well with the other stuff I put together.

Haven’t started a game yet but getting really close!

@revengeday

I got to play Cyberpunk RED: Combat Zone last night, and it was good! As is not unusual for miniature war games, it was nine months from purchase of the game to playing fully painted.

You may have seen me say, here, that I found a local store that supports the game and has weekly scheduled time for tables to play.

When I got to the shop, I was expected, and my tutor had a full table set up with two 75-point gangs ready to go. We reviewed the rules and quickly got to it.

While my opponent had store models ready, I'd brought my own, my set is fully painted. When I pulled them out, I was met with oohs and ahhs which I greatly appreciated for all my work . I was the only person playing painted models, which was I admit a little disappointing, but I'd rather play against grey than not play at all.

The game flows very well. It's an "I go, you go" turn structure, but instead of fixed rounds each player may use an activation to "refresh" their units. It ended up being pretty intuitive after a single round.

I'll certainly play again as I have time, though Battletech is getting the lion's share of my play time these days. I'm tempted to buy and paint one more gang so that my group can play with me at home.

Have you gotten your set to the table yet?

I'll have to post pic tomorrow, but I've finished painting the last of my Cyberpunk RED: Combat Zone minis from the starter box. I started in March, lol. I have to admit, while I didn't really enjoy painting these models, it feels good to be done, I'm pretty happy with how they look, and I look forward to playing.

I'll have to hit up @revengeday for game play tips!

I picked up '5 Parsecs: Bug Hunt' the other day (after someone recommended it to me on discord)... so I might give it a try tomorrow.

Pictured here is a test layout using a couple of magnetic white/blackboards* to make it look as though it's on two different levels (i.e. the one at the back is just sitting on top of an empty box :) ).

(*I think I need to get another magnetic blackboard though - as everything looks much cooler on a black background)

#lunchtimewargame today with 7 junior students. I ran a replay of the scenario the senior students played a few days ago. The bandit side did much better, holding out and defending the perimeter, even managing to draw enough jokers to repair the jeep. Some of the bandit players staged a fighting retreat to get to the car, but unluckily, a well placed grenade scored three hits and took out the car on the last round. #Tabletop #Wargaming #wargames #skirmishgames #Fistfuloflead