Showing posts with label Grey Fox Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grey Fox Games. Show all posts

Saturday, November 09, 2019

Dispatches from the front III

Time to upgrade the blog front page as all the Kickstarter's have now landed. 

Just in time for the BBC's adaption of the War of the Worlds, Grey Fox Game's two player card building game landed. Each encounter lasts around an hour and it certainly been the game of the month, although its damned hard for the alien invaders to win although each game came down to the last 4 points.


Talking with fellow board gamers, its good to know that the same mindset stretches across both ends of the hobby when we look to justify the outlay for figures, paint time or board games.
Having played War of the Worlds at least 5 times now in my own mind I have already covered the cost of the game if you measure it in terms of a good meal out or a few pints and a curry.



On the strength of this the War of the Worlds project might get a bit of a make over or at least a couple of bunkers to help protect the earthly defenders.


The models within the Kickstrater are a lovely touch and really bring the game to life, they may even get a lick of paint over the Christmas period.

Meanwhile a couple of days later these fine fellows landed, as with many Kickstarters a number of months late, the will be a great addition to the Elizabethan Zombie Wars.
Although I could have done with swapping the cavalry with more dead villages to plague the land. 


Just the fun of putting the damn things together.
I can see the price justification for plastics but having just replaced some of Perry's plastics in the Haiti range as over prolonged game play they have lost bayonets and swords I think I shall be largely sticking with metals.

E-bay has produced some extra reinforcements for the Army of the Witch Queen which should add some more colour to the Army of Darkness Forces..... more on that soon.  

Right back to the brushes.... those e-bay packages won't paint themselves.

Saturday, October 26, 2019

War of the Worlds: The New Wave

Well that was a nice surprise for a wet Saturday morning Grey Fox Games Kickstarter drops through the door. Fantastic art work and a very professional feel to it. The extra mouse mat playing area was a great add on.


War of the Worlds - The New Wave is a deck building game set several years after the original War of the Worlds invasion.


Having ran my own WOTW's campaign how could I resist this deck building game. The extra-terrestrial invasion is occurring once again, but this time the Martians have arrived on a giant spaceship that lands in Scotland. 



During the game, one player commands the alien forces, and the other one leads the plucky Brits. Players purchase action cards as well as Units and Buildings which help with controlling areas of the board. The game comes with some lovely miniatures to replace the card board options.



The main objective of the invaders is to completely annihilate the population of Great Britain, while the opposite side needs to deal enough damage to the Martian army.
Civilians need to be protected and both sides look to look to inflict 30 points of damage.

With 45 minutes playing time perfect for some mid-week gaming.