[OT] Block games was Re: FMA Battalion

> Roger Books wrote:

> Are the block games at Columbia worth playing? I've been curious, but

Joining the choir here:

Yes, they're definitely worth playing. Fast playing, simple rules which
give a surprising lot of detail (thanks to the blocks) - someone
described them as "90% of the detail with 10% of the rules", and that probably
underestimates the level of detail at least in the WW2 games (East Front and
all its siblings, and Pacific Victory).

Rules for (at least) three of the games - Wizard Kings (fantasy),
Victory (WW2 combat on non-historical maps) and Pacific Victory (WW2 in
the Pacific and Indian Oceans) - are available for download on their
homepage www.columbiagames.com. I found some of the rules tricky to understand
without the other components (and it's those other bitz that make the games
expensive), but at least you get an idea of what you'll get.

"It is 1943. All of Australia has been conquered by the Japanese. All? No! A
small village on the west cost is still holding out..."
- sitrep from the Pacific Victory game currently occupying my gaming
table :-) (OK, so Perth isn't exactly a small village <g>)

Later,