Carcassonne: Ost Front

On Tuesday night myself and a couple of friends Carcassonned for the first time. It was an interesting experience. Like many beginners we found farmers a tad confusing initially and soon realised that playing on a smallish table top wasn’t a brilliant idea. Unlike most Carcassonne greenhorns, we’d barely finished our first game before we were brainstorming WW2 mods.

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More than a fiver for a fusty Falcon sim?

I hope one of the bigger/wealthier game sites persuades John Walker to review MicroProse’s newest release. John and Myst have, as they say, history, and if Neyyah somehow managed to impress him, it has the ability to impress just about anyone. While THC’s Chief Foxer Setter may pay a visit to archipelagic Olujay, without a strong recommendation from a trusted pal I doubt I will. Frankly, I’m more interested in MicroProse’s latest retro offering.

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Bounce the Bogen: Turn 5

Pb + potato mashers + persistence = palpable progress for the POWs this turn. Dale’s Dozen ends the sixty undisputed kings of Nottingheim Castle. The fact that the German MG team weathered several grenade blasts before expiring makes Dale’s lack of interest in their MG 42 a little easier to rationalise (Sadly, infantry can’t scavenge weapons in CMBO).

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Friday Foxer #243

Every Friday, Tally-Ho Corner’s cleverest clogs come together to solve a ‘foxer’ handcrafted by my sadistic chum and colleague, Roman. A complete ‘defoxing’ sometimes takes several days and usually involves the little grey cells of many readers.

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