Happy!...er Friday! I just received my copy of Triplanetary! I kickstarted it earlier this year. Its made by the fantastic Steve Jackson. This is the third edition with the first and second being printed in 1973 and 1981 respectively. I thought I would do a little unboxing here. The box does not contain a lot which is kind of nice. First thing we have is the majestic board!

This map is awesome! You can even draw on it with the included dry-erase markers.

Included is a half-sheet of counters and of course the rules.

The rules are only sixteen pages and that includes the various scenarios. I have a friend coming to visit soon and we will probably play a few games of this. So expect to see more Triplanetary in the future.

Happy Wednesday! Just wanted to throw up a quick post about my new projects. I'm hoping to get into Micro Armor and build some armies. I ordered a set of M1A1 Abrams from GHQ and some M113's from C in C. I wanted to go with the cheaper option but I think I'll go with the best quality. Still looking for a rules set to play Micro Armor with, if you know any good ones shoot me a message. Also ordered a few board games from coolstuff inc since they are having a big sale, so expect some pics and maybe some unboxings of those.

 Hello! Got some exciting new board game/miniatures stuff going on. I'll start with a post about a couple board games I picked up last week. I went out to my local Barnes and Noble, they have a couple big bins that they put discounted stuff in. Usually worth rummaging through. I found quite a few board games, Zombicide season 2 for half off, while i was tempted it was still 50 bucks. Also saw Doomtown Reloaded for 10 bucks, kicking myself for not grabbing it. What I did buy however, was a remake of the classic game Car Wars. I've seen it online a few times and was really interested in getting it. It was only 7 or 8 bucks so I bought it along with a game I've never heard of before called Armadora.

Armadora sounded cool because it involved dwarves, which I love. However upon reading the rules I discovered it was a super basic game and that dwarves aren't even a playable race.

Its a cool looking little game that will go into my travel collection.

Car Wars looks amazing. Its old school but I love so much about it. It comes with a big black an white map that is double sided, some tokens for vehicles and pedestrians. Also has a turning ruler thing and a couple dice.

The rule book is black and white. It has a cool chronology of history explaining the events that lead up to car wars and how a world filled with vehicular mayhem came to be.

Also included are two sheets used to record your vehicle and its stats along with its status. One is for traditional 4 wheeled cars and the other for cycles.

Another cool thing is the section that lets you design your own cars. This includes the body type, armor, and weapons. Overall I'm excited to learn to play and find somebody to 'autoduel' with. I'll do a new post tomorrow about the minis/board games I hope to get this week.

Silent Victory has Arrived! Check out my YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/Dukely1 The unboxing video should be live soon!

Stay Tuned for more board games! Lots of new pics coming soon, and be sure to watch and sub to my YouTube channel to see upcoming videos!

Scotland Rising Bannockburn 1314 is the first wargame I'll be showing off. I posted some pictures of games from Minden but didn't show you what was inside. I hope you enjoy these shotty pics taken with my phone. I have the map under plexi-glass to keep it nice and flat, that's why you can see me in the pictures! This is a really simple game, the rule book is only 4 pages and a few more pages of examples and history are also included. Bannockburn was a battle fought between Robert the Bruce and Edward II after the Scots laid siege to Stirling Castle. The English had suprior numbers but ulitmaly lost due the Scots pike tactics which included the Schiltron similar to the more modern Infantry Square. This rendered the English Knights less powerful.

This is an overall shot of the starting positions. You can see the English army is a little less organized then the Scots. The Scots also have a wooded area to their rear in case a retreat is necessary.

 The back of the box has a track on it used to keep track of the Action Points each side has available as well as the Victory Points.

 English Center lead by Edward II.

 English left lead by Hereford and the remains of Bohuns cavalry. Henry de Bohun was slain in single combat with Robert the Bruce at the start of the battle.

 English right lead by The Earl of Gloucester.

 Scottish left lead by Edward Bruce.

 Scottish center lead by Robert the Bruce.

Scottish right lead by Moray.

Overall the game plays quickly and its use of Action Points to activate and use units makes ever turn ponderous. I enjoyed playing it. It can also be played solitaire. All the counters come on one sheet and are easy to punch with a few cuts of an exacto. Stay tuned for more wargames coming soon!

It's been a little while since my last update! Anyway, I wanted to show off the cool games I got from Minden Games! Check them out here: http://minden_games.homestead.com/index.html

Most of them are Solitaire games. I hope to do reviews for them soon! Maybe even some video reviews if I can figure out how to record videos IRL! So stay tuned!