Mid-Summer Break And The Gaming Continues!!

Keyforge: Age of Ascension came out! Woot! 

We also broke out the old Warhammer Invasion for some fun zone burning carnage. 

Cardfight Vanguard continues to be big around here! 

I played through another dungeon of Four Against Darkness: Two of my party died. We had enough, thanks to the Lady in White, to resurrect one of them. 

In other solo news, I played through another game of Deep Space D6 and well...it didn't end well. 

I also played through a solo game of Song of Blades and Heroes. The adventurers defeated Gorsmash's Gutters. 

But the most significant gaming experience in the past month is Capt. Starrex's and my Tine Supers RPG campaign. His Hazard Legion has had some growing pains, but in the end, served up justice. 

The summer is just heating up. Stay tuned for more gaming fun as the long hot summer goes on!

SurfMonkey Opens the Codex

Surfmonkey and I met for our monthly game and played a game of Codex, the game Tom Vasel sold his Magic the Gathering collection because it totally replaced it. I ended up winning that game. It has a bit of Magic, a bit of Mage Wars Academy, and a bit of RTS computer games. I like it. I think I need a few more plays to love it. 

We also played two games of Vanguard. After the first game and a SurfMonkey triple crit, we played another. I had better luck that game. 

Jasper and I played some Smash Up and Song of Blades and Heroes. Good times.

I got my Forsaken Lore expansion from my FLGS and got it and the rest of Eldritch Horror to the table for a solo game. It was a tough game, but I pulled out a win.

At the game society I run at the high school where I teach, I ran the Save Innsmouth adventure for Cthulhu Hack. It was a great game! The system works great, and the students and I had a great time. They narrowly avoided a hungry Shoggoth and barely escaped alive. 

More gaming to come, I'm sure. Stay tuned and stay warm.

SurfMonkey Continues His Vanguard Victories! Plus, Summer Games!

SurfMonkey and I got together for our monthly game night Tuesday night for some Cardfight! Vanguard. The only one of my decks that was victorious was my Gear Chronicle deck. However, the great thing about playing Vanguard is you have fun, win or lose. Looking forward to more Cardfighting with SurfMonkey next month!! I will have my revenge!

The boys and I got in a game of the new Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes ruleset. It does have more than standard SoBH, but really doesn't seem much more complicated. True to Andrea's designs, it is a simple, streamlined miniatures skirmish. 

My orcs were wiped out early and the boys slugged it out. In the end, it was Max and his wizard that orchestrated an amazing comeback over poor Jasper. Good times, though!

Summer break is in full swing here, and the boys and I have been playing a variety of games. We have gotten King of the Tabletop to the 'table' twice already. Good dice chukking and monster slashing fun!

With summer here, the boys and I have resumed our Dungeons and Dragons campaign. Their characters are still at 10th level. But not for long. Captain Teamat, Major Orchard, Kardrell Stormpeace, and the newest member of the party, Bob the Halfling Rogue. Black dragon, stone golem, and tiefling assassins are just a few of the foes the heroes have vanquished. Looking forward to more adventures with the boys!

And, of course, no post would be complete without mentioning my solo Vanguard games. Still fun. Love playing this game solitaire almost as much as I love losing to SurfMonkey at Vanguard. Ha! JK! Love playing this game no matter what.

Thanks for reading. Until the next post, keep on gaming on!

Summon SurfMonkey like Magic. It was Epic!!!

It had been five long months since SurfMonkey and I had sat down across from the gaming table for some dice chukkin' and card slingin'. But last night it finally was back to the battlefield. He brought the brand new shiny Magic Arena of the Planeswalkers Tactical Miniature Combat Game. We played two games with me as Jace and him as Chandra. The first game I made a huge tactical gamble and paid for it with Jace becoming surrounded by fire cats and Phoenixes. So much for Jace. Burning for a rematch, we set up another game, same Planeswalkers and went at it again. This time, Jace was wiser and prevailed. 

The production values are great and the gameplay is fast and easily managed. I really like the addition of the spell cards to miniatures combat. I would definitely play it again but am still on the fence as to whether it is a purchase for me or not because I am not sure it replaces my Song of Blades and Heroes/Power Legion/or Fear and Faith for me. But the more I think about it, the more I think it will end up in my collection eventually...

The rest of the game night we played the print and play version of the awesome game I Kickstarted recently from White Wizard Games, the company that brought us Star Realms. It is a Magic-style game without all the drawbacks: Epic the Card Game.

Max and I and The HoCrain played it heavily over the past several days, so it was time to get SurfMonkey in on the action. We played an introductory game then we Solomon drafted decks and played a couple more. It is a fast dueling card game that really lives up to its name. I can't wait until September to get the full game and really watch it explode. I foretell it will be huge!

Summertime gaming has been in full swing here at magehammer's Gaming Table. Dungeons and Dragons, Star Realms, Vanguard, and Song of Blades of Heroes have hit the table in the past couple of days. I have also been playing Sentinels of the Multiverse the Video Game and Battlelore Command like it's my job. I love my hobby!

More gaming goodness coming. Stay tuned!

Song of Sons and Father...

With the summer break in full swing, the boys and I have found some time to play some games. Expect much more content as my free time increases. 

First up, at the boys' request, we broke out Song of Blades and Heroes, a perennial favorite in the Geek Cave. We played one game of Treasure Hunt. The youngest, Captain Facepuncher, came out with the win, sending one of his models carrying the MacGuffin off the table. Bravo, son!

The next day Maximan wanted to play a capture the flag scenario. It was the boys against me, 5 minis to a side. In the end, the game turned into a Destroy 'em All style game with me on the losing end of the deal. 

Thanks for the games, boys. See you at the gaming table soon...

Thanksgiving Games