The next weekend is Dadi.com time, the 13th edition of the southern Europe’s foremost wargame show. It is held in San Marino, an enclave State inside Italy. This is the first time that I will participate in this location. I’ll run Ferrum et Gloria and Zen Garden demonstration tables. Andrea from Ganesha Games will be [...]
I’m so tired and replete! Sunday I was in Canino (VT) for a wargame convention organised by Narciso, my wargame club mate who lives there. The opportunity was a countryside festival about asparagus. The municipal authorities gave us a building in the town centre to place our tables. So some demonstration games ran all the [...]
Another game by Ganesha Games is out. It is playable at best with sci-fi 15mm miniatures and it was thought having a mind about Khurasan Miniatures ranges. But, as every Ganesha Games rules, you can play it with what miniatures you prefer. I playtested it some time ago and I participate with ideas of mine [...]
As in previous years we are in Agliana for Hellana wargame convention. The same trip to Tuscany from the early hours of the Sunday morning to the night, with a pause for the highway stop dinner. All is done to live another wargaming experience together with our friends from every corner of Italy. Look at [...]
Just found out that Ganesha Games is offering this nice ruleset for Alien versus Human battles up for sale at a nice discount now only costing $8.00 from the Wargame Vault! Swatters is an exciting, fast-playing miniatures system for simulating ba…
Part one can be found hereThe cave complex and the templeWerewolvesYour minions have brought two maidens to you at great cost. Many of your werewolves have been slain, and you are down to the last of your brood, the bloodline has become weak.In order t…
January is not the best time of the year for a trip to Terni. But we wanted to meet Sergio after some months. We were busy with fairs and tournaments so now was the time for a new visit at the Sergio’s war-rooms. Exactly at the end of the year, when people were thinking about [...]
The game that I won without be in the place, without be in the same city. Well, all this is a little unusual, but it could be. Sergio, Drums & Shako author, thought about a very large battle for his Drums Shakos Large Battle. It was the 12th of December, and this is a chronicle [...]
Only a brief note to communicate the creation of a new blog dedicated to the Flashing Steel rules published by Ganesha Games. If you like pirates, musketeers, sword and gun action, these rules are for you. So go to: http://flashingsteel.wordpress.com/
Christmas is the time of the year when Luca come from London to meet his old mates here in Rome. His wife is a writer for the Roma guide by Lonely Planet so all the family is here for the copy edit of the new annual edition. So we have got Luca, while Narciso come [...]
I will still put my battle reports here of games using Flashing Steel, but I have set up a page just dedicated to help and information on the system if anyone wants it. You can find it here. Filed under: … Continue reading →
“Rescue from the Schwarzherz Wald”Captain Jochen Frederickson and his company are patrolling the area of Freistadt in the south of Brunswick. His young Lieutenant, Anders Holtzmann has insisted on bringing his fiancée Alicia Grossenbuste along with hi…
Thanks to Luciano and Valentina we had got a huge space for our Ganesha Games stand. Andrea was running a demonstration table for beginners with the new edition of Song of Blade and Heroes. So some people and children discovered the world of wargame. At the same place were possible to taste the water of [...]
A break from Lucca C&G reports. They will follow next week. Now is the time of Ludica Roma convention! I’m leaving with Andrea “Ganesha Games” Sfiligoi for a three days duty in a huge fair full of wargames, boardgames, videogames and more. A full report here after I will have ended the Lucca series.See you [...]
This year the Ganesha Games team was composed by me and Andrea. We were in the Miniatures Island managing a demonstration table. Every day Andrea chose a different game to show to the public. This one is Song of Blades and Heroes II. He was showing to people that you can play with just a [...]
I’m leaving for Lucca for a 4 day convention, the third biggest comic convention in the world. It will be a tour de force among 160000 people and piles of beautiful things as comics, wargames, boardgames, videogames, gadgets, toys, music and much more. And a huge cosplayers presence! I’m the partner of Andrea Sfiligoi for [...]
Another cover preview: OGAM. These rules by Andrea Sfiligoi will be published in the mid of 2013 by Osprey publishing. This game is about mythological deities who fight each other with the support of standard human troops and the help of minor level deities. We are still playtesting it. You will know more when we [...]
More on the beautiful Alt si gioca convention. This time some photos and comments. There are some previews about Ganesha Games new games too. But if you want to see more photos go to the two Dropbox photo archives: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/upm85fpqbni2m3y/jmdS3HOhyL https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3hezsv8m5sm74as/-rvZ1WN1bT Former city of Bologna fair manager, now author of SDS game series and other [...]
Alt si gioca was a wargame convention in Terni who took place the 7th of October. When I was free from my demonstrations I realised with my mobile a movie to report the event. Some main topics: 0:12 – Blood Bowl tournament 0:51 – Flame of War scenario 1:00 – Battle on Ice in 10mm [...]
A year ago, Ganesha Games published the Mighty Monsters miniature rules for battles between giant monsters. Andrea Sfiligoi is adapting the same engine to giant robots. I am the main playtester. This s not just Mighty Monsters under a different name, but a different and fully compatible game. Monsters are biological creatures while robots are [...]
This post is only to set it about the upcoming “Alt si gioca” convention in Terni organised by our friends from that town, obviously with a huge presence of Ganesha Games. So there will be a lot of demo games and previews of new games, together with boardgames, other miniature games and a Blood Bowl [...]
This report is for the third installment of the musketeers vs cardinals guard mini campaign in Flashing Steel. Super set of rules by those splendid Ganesha Games chaps.Here we see the Cherbourg docks. Our gallant heroes snatched the Queen from the Card…
The Ganesha games mechanics are ideal to built something for all purposes. The idea is: keep it simple. So, no more inch to measure, no more debates on lines, no more composite movements to create strange positions. And no more boring alternate turns, no more long and useless stats, no more dices on dices to [...]
More Greek Myth figures from Wargames Foundry. A commission for Mark in the US. Water Nymphs Shades King Aetes and guardsThe Bronze Bull