Getting Extra Geeky Once Again...

Back in the old days of elementary and high school, I was very much into wargames. Specifically the table top fantasy war game "Warhammer." For those of you who don't know it, essentially you buy many many many 25mm lead minatures representing troops, then paint them to look pretty and use the game to fight little wars against your friends. To say that we were obsessed with this would be kind. I don't know how many hours we all spent painting, gaming and arguing over the overly vague rules. I know that it was really nerdy, but I don't care! It was big fun.

In case any of you old WH players are reading this, remember if you will our respective (and mostly unpainted) armies:

Fraser - Chaos (evil)
Bill - Skaven (rat men)
Scott - Dwarfs
Kelvin - Elves
Dave - Orcs & Goblins
Sandy - Chaos (a different evil)

I think we met at least once a week for some sort of "mass battle" which was not really even how the game was intended. It really was supposed to be a 2-player game, but normally we had these multi-player free for alls or did some sort of team arrangement.

Anyway, my point is this... Warhammer does still exist, but I no longer have the community, time, nor money to invest in this hobby. But a NEW game from a different company has just come out:

YAY for Battle Lore. This is a table top board game that depicts a tactical level battle between two players. The time period is set around the 100 years war (England vs. France) but then throws in a fantasy element of Dwarves and Goblins and Monsters. A single battle can be fought in less than an hour (compared to our multi day warhammer binges) and everything you need to play comes in the box, no more endless visits to the game store for just one more miniature.

Here is the set up:
So, the other appealing thing is that the rules are VERY simple and can be taught to anyone inside a few minutes, so I will be able to pull it off the shelf and play with anyone close at hand. I have high hopes that I can convince Ryan to play against me over the holidays next week. He should like a nice war game...

Anyway, I was just excited by this, and in case any of my old gaming friends are reading this, you should also pick up a copy of this very exciting game.