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The Southern Fried Game Expo Experience
Games aplenty in Atlanta ~
Avery Abernethy, 8 July 2017
The Southern Fried Game Expo (SFGE) is an annual Pinball, Arcade, Console and Board Game convention held annually in Atlanta Georgia. I attended the latest Expo the weekend before the start of Origins on June 9-11, 2017. This is an inexpensive, family friendly and fun event.
Arcade Row
Origins 2017 – Cthulhu
Our intrepid horror-gamer tackled a long weekend of Cthulhu-themed RPGs. Did he escape with his sanity? ~
Avery Abernethy, 3 July 2017
H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu and other horror stories were not very popular during his lifetime and he died a pauper. His heirs did not maintain the copyright to his works which made his stories and the world they inhabited common property for anyone who wished to use them. All of Lovecraft’s works can be obtained free in ebook format.
As Lovecraft’s works grew in popularity, many authors either wrote additional stories and books in this world or adapted his work into other series. Noteworthy examples are the Monster Hunter series by Larry Correia, Princess of Wands by John Ringo and The Laundry Files series by Charles Strauss.
Because the work is in the common domain, there are a lot of Cthulhu games, game systems, supplements and books. Two different RPG systems are based on the Cthulhu mythos (Call of Cthulhu and Trail of Cthulhu). Many other game systems incorporate elements of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu world including Chill, GURPS Horror, and Munchkin Cthulhu to name but a few. For people who like a little horror in their gaming, there are a lot of options out there and Lovecraft’s mythos is probably the most popular influence.
Order of Battle: Pacific, the Philippines, Part III
A multi-part AAR of a battle in the Philippines ~
Avery Abernethy, 7 June 2017
This is the 2nd Scenario in the US Pacific Campaign for Order of Battle WW2. The First Scenario is Pearl Harbor which is not suited for an AAR. I’m playing on the Lt. Level.
The end of the battle, and the fall of the Philippines?
Turn 11, Part 2
Order of Battle: Pacific, the Philippines, Part II
A multi-part AAR of a battle in the Philippines ~
Avery Abernethy, 6 June 2017
This is the 2nd Scenario in the US Pacific Campaign for Order of Battle WW2. The First Scenario is Pearl Harbor which is not suited for an AAR. I’m playing on the Lt. Level.
Continuing yesterday’s battle…
Turn 5 – achieved first objective
Order of Battle: Pacific, the Philippines, Part I
A multi-part AAR of a battle in the Philippines ~
Avery Abernethy, 5 June 2017
This is the 2nd Scenario in the US Pacific Campaign for Order of Battle WW2. The First Scenario is Pearl Harbor which is not suited for an AAR. I’m playing on the Lt. Level.
Terrain before main troop deployment
Following up the success at Pearl Harbor the Japanese invaded many areas in the Pacific. The largest concentration of US ground forces were in the Philippines. The Japanese landed with huge forces after McArthur allowed almost his entire air force to be destroyed on the ground. McArthur retreated southward towards the Bataan Peninsula.
