04/9/14

ANZAC Attack – First Look!

Lock’n’Load re-released the original Forgotten Heroes expansion along with the new reprint, and Vance Strickland takes a look at what’s in the box.  Bring the Aussies to the fight as you expand the battles of the Vietnam War on your tabletop with ANZAC Attack.

by Vance Strickland, 9 April 2014

Click images to enlarge

The new second addition of ANZAC Attack comes in the same sized box as Forgotten heroes so now you have twice the room for all Vietnam goodness.
The new second addition of ANZAC Attack comes in the same sized box as Forgotten heroes so now you have twice the room for all Vietnam goodness.

 

 

ANZAC Attacks comes with rules/scenario booklet, new counters, 2 new maps, more dice and another player aid card.
ANZAC Attacks comes with rules/scenario booklet, new counters, 2 new maps, more dice and another player aid card.

 

Continue reading

03/26/14

Forgotten Heroes 2 – First Look!

Lock’n’Load’s long-expected reprint of the original Forgotten Heroes has landed, and Vance Strickland gives us a quick visual tour of what’s in the box.  Refight the tactical battles of the Vietnam War over your tabletop with Mark H. Walker’s original Lock’n’Load game.

by Vance Strickland, 26 March 2014

Click images to enlarge

New printing of Forgotten Heroes Second Edition from LnLP. Standard bookshelf size but only 1.5" deep. Still plenty of room for contents.
New printing of Forgotten Heroes Second Edition from LnLP. Standard bookshelf size but only 1.5″ deep. Still plenty of room for contents.

 

All this gaming greatness. Latest rules, maps, player aid, counters, scenario cards, skill cards and dice.
All this gaming greatness. Latest rules, maps, player aid, counters, scenario cards, skill cards and dice.

Continue reading

02/7/14

Picket Duty: Kamikaze Attacks against U.S. Destroyers – Okinawa, 1945 – First Look!

Michael Eckenfels unboxes another recent discovery!

 

Legion Wargames’ Picket Duty is a solitaire game from Steve Dixon, a designer that had a hand in creating B-29 Superfortress and its expansion, Hell Over Korea. I’ve been watching this title for some time now and was quite eager to get a copy, even though I’ve read discussions over on BoardGameGeek about how the current version 1.0 of the rules are confusing and a newer version is due out soon. Regardless, what I followed in development looked like a game with a lot of potential and great components.
You can view the game on Legion Wargames’ page here.

 

pd1

The box is a standard-sized wargame box, if a bit thinner than a ‘normal’ one.

Continue reading

01/24/14

World at War: Blood and Bridges and Operation Garbo – First Impressions!

Michael Eckenfels takes a look at two of Lock’n’Load’s key expansions to the World at War universe

Lock ‘N Load’s World at War series is a huge compendium of NATO vs. Warsaw Pack wargaming goodness, with several titles detailing that hypothetical conflict. In this First Impressions article, we’re taking a look at both Blood and Bridges and Operation Garbo as they are unboxed.

Click images to enlarge.  A lot.

waw1

Blood and Bridges has what I’d think of as a ‘standard’ size wargame box, with Garbo being a bit smaller in both height and width. That’s a little annoying to someone as anal as I am when it comes to storing and displaying games (as well as books, actually), but that’s about the only bad thing I can say (and it’s not even THAT bad). The artwork, done by veteran artist Marc von Martial, is his usual high standard of excellence.

Continue reading

12/10/13

Tuesday Screenshot – Horus Heresy Unboxing

Warhammer-40K-Horus-Heresy-Tuesday-Screenshot-Dec-10

The Horus Heresy, mine at last. Long have I craved to defend Holy Terra from the traitorous Horus and now, with my faithful companion, Brother Librarian Boudreaux, we shall turn back history and defeat Horus, saving the Empire and driving the forces of Chaos back into the Void where they belong.


Share your own unboxing photos here >>