Continuing to play games . . .

I have some Line of Departure news. As you might have noticed, I published an issue in the spring, and have been working on the next one ever since. Issue 83 is a work in active progress, and currently I'm working on a second review for it, this one on Jack W Greene's Togo. The one on The Day of Waterloo, from Against the Odds, is already done and ready to insert.

2018 was a terrible year for a lot of reasons, including and especially getting anything done on Line of Departure.…

Just a quick heads-up, especially for those on the Northeast coast. Compass Games Expo is scheduled for Nov. 8-11, 2019 at the Red Lion Resort in Cromwell, CT. More than 100 attendees have already pre-registered. We hope those that are not far from our venue can join us this coming weekend!…

Just discovered the joys of the COIN system games from GMT stable.

Ran shy of these as did not seem to be 'proper' wargames and the fact that they were generally 4 player but after acquiring Fire In The Lake, and being pleasantly surprised that they generate a good 2 player experience, I am now a firm believer (cue Monkees song) having not been this enthused by a game system/series since Combat Commander ! 

What a heady mix  of combat, politics, resource management, events,…

I have some news for Line of Departure subscribers especially. Unfortunately it's not good. Today I got a bad diagnosis at a doctor's office, and my driving will be curtailed for the foreseeable future. No, it's not a DUI, nor is it connected with substance abuse. It's my heart, and it's been malfunctioning in a frightening manner. I have to get on the schedule with my invasive cardiologist, yes that's a…

11th Guards Army is breaking through the seam between 4th Army's XXVII Corps and 3rd Panzer Army's VI Corps. 

And at the end of June 22nd, only 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Front attacked (1st Belo presence felt on the 23rd). Here is the first and only breakthrough made in the 49th Army area of operations. The Germans made local counter attacks and a successful barrage (78th Sturm Division's Nebelwerfer unit)…

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Set up Soviet 1st, 2nd, and most of 3rd Belorussian Front vs German 9th and 4th Armies ( need to make a half sheet map extension north of Vitesk-Polotsk). 

Here is the map looking west  

Recently I have been able to replicate the 1st Belorussian Front's encirclement of Bobruisk.  Photo has 3rd Army's 9th Tank Corps breaking out into the open.  System is derived from the old GMT title Lost Victory.

I'm still working three jobs at the moment, teaching at two, and consulting for another company.  So unemployment isn't giving me more time, far from it.

What's giving me extra time is that I keep on getting sentenced to Facebook Jail.  I got a day before, for posting a meme of a cat that looked like Hitler, then after my suspension was lifted, they decided that there was nothing wrong with it.  I was also suspended for a day, for a cartoon that made fun of the Ku Klux Klan.  This…

I was wondering what people set up to play this week with the 75th anniversary of D-Day so very much in the news.

After some consideration I passed over Conflict Games’ Overlord for LnL:T Heroes of Normandy, especially the “Flash,Thunder” scenario which gives a good solitaire game.

What’s on your table? 

Line of Departure Issue 82 (Spring 2019) is now available for purchase.  The articles include a review of Forgotten Legions (Compass Games), along with analysis of Oil War (SPI), Acre (Decision Games), Ring of Fire (Moments in History), along with Tobruk (Avalon Hill).  To read the Bully Pulpit editorial and see the full table of contents,…