I have been away for the whole of May touring Scotland in our (fairly new) small caravan. We caught up with a few friends (a couple of whom we hadn'tseen for 17 years!) and drove most of the North Coast 500 coming back via Loch Lomond, Edinburgh and Newcastle.
Had a great time and didn't see any rain until May 27th.
Now the lawn has been cut and most stuff put away I am looking at my workbench now and trying to remember what I was working on and why! I am planning on finishing the couple of items sitting on it and then trying to concentrate on the Marlburian project for a while.
We'll see how long that lasts!
It is interesting to see that a lot of people have been trying out the Dominion of... rules over the last month and my regular opponent Anthony has tried them out as well for Jacobite games.
I understand the theory and the fast play ability to run a campaign in and evening, but for me they simply look too abstract without terrain and a battlefield to fight over. I have similar problems with the 3 x 3 version of Portable Wargame which has never appealed.
If I was going to play this sort of abstract game I would rather use a boardgame than figures on a blank grid.
I felt the same way about DotS, but I decided to grab a copy 'for research purposes'. I wouldn't necessarily say there's more to it than you think, but it's an interesting experiment done well. There are worse ways to spend an evening by yourself at a kitchen table!
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Aaron
Thanks Aaron - I might try it out at some point as my regular opponent has a copy but I still feel that a boardgame is a better way to go for that type of game (for me)
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