Monthly Archives: July 2018
Dragon’ Up The Past – A DragonLance Milestone
It’s a trip to the mid ’80s as we check out another classic Dragon Magazine ~
Brant & Jim, 13 July 2018
How lucky do the guys get on Friday the 13th going through Dragon Magazine #91?
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Gaming Nostalgia – Stand & Die
#TBT at GrogHeads!
Borodino, 1941… here comes the big shootout. How many of the First Battles series did you play?
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Pavlov’s House – First Look!
Cracking open DVG’s new Stalingrad game ~
Michael Eckenfels, 11 July 2018
The Battle of Stalingrad is a good time for wargamers – at least, for me it is. I do enjoy some Eastern Front WWII battlin’, but the campaign in 1942 is of special interest to me, considering its scope and objectives. Stalingrad isn’t just a well-represented source for games, but could fill a library with all the books written just on that battle itself, let alone all of Case Blue.
ed note: we also had pre-release proof copies of this one on the table at Origins. See what you miss when you’re not there!?
Pavlov’s House from DVG isn’t a grand-scale representation of Case Blue, though; it’s more of a microscopic view of one slice of that campaign, which makes it extremely intriguing. All I know is it not only represents the tactical battles over the apartment complex that was famously known as “Pavlov’s House,” but also the general area of that battle, as well as the Soviet Army sector in which it took place.
For reference purposes, I found a good map on the Trip Wire Interactive forums
From what I’ve seen online, it looks like a lot of folks mistake the Steam Mill (#6 in the pic above) as Pavlov’s House.
Anyway, you’re not here to read history…you want to make it, through this game. Let’s take a look at what Pavlov’s House has under the hood.
Just look at the cover of this game. It just reeks of Soviet strength and determination.
What’s Gus Playing – The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine
Which Witcher is Witchier than the Witches of the the Witcher? ~
Lloyd Sabin, 9 July 2018
there are new creatures to slay, dungeons to explore, armor to wear, and the main story itself is excellent
The Witcher 3 is second only to Skyrim as my favorite action RPG, probably of all time. Having completed the main story line and Hearts of Stone, that leaves only Blood & Wine left for me to enjoy…which makes me kind of depressed. Guess I should enjoy it, relish it, take it into my arms and tell it I love it. Well I did a few days ago when I took my first tentative steps in to the Duchy of Toussaint. This area of the game is as big as some other action RPGs in their entirety, and is more than a little similar to how I imagine Mediterranean France to look.
And of course it’s very Witchery…there are new creatures to slay, dungeons to explore, armor to wear, and the main story itself (I am only a few hours in) is excellent. However I have to say that the balancing of Blood & Wine is not good…there are amped up enemies everywhere and I had to turn the difficulty down many times to advance. The worst example of this is a tiny side story mission called Extreme Cosplay.
Dragon’ Up The Past – Fighting Crime & Failing Quizzes
The early ’80s come back to life through another classic Dragon Magazine ~
Brant & Jim, 6 July 2018
Back after our Origins-induced haze of wargaming, Brant & Jim dive back into another classic issue of Dragon Magazine. Why the cameo from the Skeletons of Jason & The Argonauts? It’s not like we were gonna tell you; you gotta listen!
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