I got off to a fast start with the Six by Six Challenge, quickly finishing Four Against Darkness and fantasy battles with my homebrew rules. Here is an example of a fantasy battle with 3mm troops.
I started experimenting with boxed portable wargames, where everything I need fits into an A4 sized plastic box.
I even applied the portable wargame concept to dungeon crawls.
I did manage to complete some 2mm fantasy armies - Presteria (green bases - inspired by the legendary Prester John) vs. the Swartherians (desert nomads)
Then I went on an air combat kick, eventually adopting Kaptain Kobold's Spandau and Lewis as my go-to set of rules.
In September, we endured the wrath of Hurricane Irma. We were without power for 5 days during the most blistering part of the Florida summer.
Around that time, I started experimenting with various board games. This is Manoeuvre by GMT Games.
In October, I made my own Dracula-themed board game. It is inspired by Fury of Dracula but plays much quicker.
Manoeuvre led me to creating my own block armies. I cut up a Pathfinder battle mat and used dry-erase markers to create a simple, variable battle board.
Then I went on a post-apocalyptic road wars kick, eventually adopting Machinas for my games. This inspired me to watch Mad Max Fury Road, which I had not seen. I tend to agree with this review, even if it is a bit gratuitous with bad language.
Finally, I started messing around with rules for sci-fi bomber runs.
- The Six by Six Challenge
- I completed Four Against Darkness, and 3 miniature games (although 2 were mid-year substitutes)
- I dropped DC Rivals instead of completing it. I came close but did not quite complete the replacement - Machinas.(I got 4 of 6 games in).
- I did not dither on deciding the sixth game; I choose Ticket to Ride fairly early. I also only completed 4 of 6.
- In all, I completed 4 games in the challenge and 32 out of 36 sessions.
- Portable Dungeon Crawl - As predicted, I have a basic boxed set completed by the end of the year. I am using wood tokens and meeples instead of minis, but the set is functional.
- A New Army - I did complete a new fantasy army (two in fact). They are my Presterians and Swartherians (mentioned above). It was 2mm instead of 3mm. I also created 2 air forces for battles in the skies of Aetheria (my 1930s-style imagi-nations)
- Board Game Purge (Not!) - This never came up. My wife is tiring of board games so we did not pick up many new ones this year therefore did not have to worry about storage.
That review of Fury Road pretty much says it all :-D
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking part in the 6x6 Challenge, and coming *so* close to completing it.
My pleasure. Thanks for proposing and organizing it.
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