A bit of PC Gaming

In a lull/rut of wargaming activity here at present as I am finding figure gaming somewhat lack lustre in its appeal whilst in seemingly never ending solo mode, so I played a few games on PC.

First up is a free (via Steam) WW2 card game called Kards - The World War II Card Game that is a nice quick playing very light game that can certainly while away some time.

Lots of free decks to start you off and easy to play on PC.

You can of course buy more/better cards if you wish (not done so) and there is an online version which I have not tried yet.

Then it was back to an old favourite Eastern Front II with a late war Hungary vs Russia scenario, still a great game this despite its age (especially in PC terms) and just so many scenarios available.

Finally another oldie but goodie Combat Mission: Barbarossa To Berlin with some 'Squad Leader' type action (am still playing this system by Email with a US chap) on the chilly Eastern Front.

East Front another session

Played East Front again with my Dad and another great session with no mistakes (hopefully ?) with rules this time.
A better use of Blitz by Germans (Dad) this time and couple of cut off Soviet units withered on the vine.
But Stalinists still managed to hold them up in front of Moscow and Kiev.
Dad dice rolling was uniformly awful again even his triple fire 'Stukas' could yield few hits.
Really liking this game and now have a hankering to roll out West Front and Rommel In The Desert.

East Front board Wargame played after 20 or so years !!

Played recently acquired East Front by Columbia Games (original version) with Dad tonight.

Last played this some 20 or more years ago with Stephen ! 

Have been on look out for a copy for some time and managed to pick up a copy last month in great condition and decent price from BGG. 

Just as great a game as I remembered it to be. 

Such an elegant design and fun to play with the block system.

We tried the Barbarossa scenario with historical set up. 

We committed one or two rule errors early on (forgot how Supreme HQs operate for strategic moves and forgot initially about hex side entry limits) but nothing we could not recover from. 

Rules are not too dense and easy to pick up just need a bit of practice. 

Dads blitz moves got stymied by consistently poor combat rolls and he got drawn into battering at Minsk and Riga rather than trying to breakthrough past them. 

This allowed me to hold a solid line and eck out a Decisive win. 

I do not think he will get mired as much next time. 

A superb game and one of those with which time seems to fly by.