Last Gaming Saturday of the Year!

I hope everyone had a nice Christmas. Things have been busy and I was surprised to actually get in two games yesterday (Saturday). Ziggy and I got together around lunch time for some X-Wing. I got to try out a Republic "swarm" I'd put together a month or two ago.

Three Naboo starfighters and two V-19s. Low-end ships to be sure, but as we all know, quantity can be just as effective as quality. Ziggy brought out the Ghost. It had a gun shuttle docked with it and it was escorted by two Z-95 Headhunters.

It was a great swirling dogfight. My nimble Republic fighters easily able to keep up with the Rebel ships. You can see here the Ghost doing its best to run away. 😁

Zig kept it on the board though. The trouble was, it was a very predictable maneuver and I had no trouble getting every gun in the group pointing the right direction.

Pew Pew. And she's done. The smaller ships chased each other around for a bit. I lost a V-19 and most of my ships were damaged, Ziggy lost a Headhunter and the shuttle was heavily damaged.

My lessons learned in my recent games with David were instrumental to my success. I was able to chase and "wolfpack" the large enemy ship while its escorts struggled to look after it. It took David some time to learn how to effectively escort a big ship (in his case an Imperial Shuttle). I suggested to Zig that he stick with the Ghost and try a faster, more nimble escort like a A-Wing that can really give enemy ships a headache. I hope Ziggy sticks with it - it's a neat ship and it'd be cool to see him get really good with it.

Later in the evening, my bride and I game Command and Colors Ancients a whirl. She gave it to me for Christmas and was interested in trying it. I happily obliged. ( Yes, I really enjoyed C&C: Medieval a month or so ago )

I set up the board for the first scenario, the Battle of Akragas. We kept it very simple for game 1. I removed all the "special" command cards so we could just concentrate on game mechanics and objectives. I took the Carthaginian side while my wife commanded the Syracusian forces. The Carthaginians are really disadvantaged in this battle and I didn't think my bride would appreciate being handed such a headache to learn the game.

Early into the proceedings. I'd only lost one unit of chariots at this point. 

Rocket rather enjoyed the game.

Late in the game... my poor guys are getting rolled!

My bride thought it would be funny to text me scoring updates as we played:

Brutal. The final score was five to two. We both had a great time and will certainly be playing more in the future. I need some revenge.

Everyone have a safe and happy NYE and best wishes for the New Year!