Bood Red Skies Premiere at the New Aldernest Gaming Cafe Location

Our friend Gordon and his lovely bride, Denise, have moved their super hobby store from Western Manchester, NH to a new location in the great town of Merrimack, NH.  The new diggs are a 1000% improvement over the Manchester location.  Store size and location as well as parking, location, etc. are all vastly superior to the former store.

I stopped by the store this afternoon and got to host a game and play a game of Blood Red Skies.  It was an excellent time!

Here are some photos of the action in the game that I played in.

Hurricanes engage a Do-17Z.

German close escort take on the attackers!

The German bombers on their way to the target!

The jig is up as Top Cover descends on the attackers!

It was a great game with one German bomber shot down for the loss of one Hurricane.  The British were driven off, but a second German bomber was a 'probable' with an engine shot out and several crew down.  The target would not get a bad pasting!  So, as the British player I claim a moral victory even though I lost in game terms!

Initiation to X-Wings Edition 2

Yesterday I had an opportunity to play my first two games of W-Wing Second Edition thanks to an invite from my friend, Ralph.  In both games I played a 105 point Rebel Alliance Squad consisting of two Z-95 Headhunters and one Y-Wing fighter/bomber.

I learned quite a bit about flying my ships around (and into) asteroids and space junk.  Overall I believe I did a fair job of keeping my ships out of harms way and working on getting opponents' ships in my sights for a fleeting shot.  It is a fast paced and fun game system to play.

In the first game, I paired up with AJ and his list of an Rz-1 A-Wing, and Wedge Antilles and his X-Wing.  This gave us five small ships.  We faced two players (Rob and Mike).  Rob's list was simple - a Resistance Bomber fully tricked out and Mike flew a Scum and Villainy list of a YV-666 light freighter and a Kihraxz Fighter.  We played a full 75-minutes in game time.  The game was very close and came down to us losing two shields on one of our Z-95's which meant we lost 1/2 of a ship.  We didn't cause a half-ship worth of damage to any of their ships so they won the game in a Technical decision.

Here are a couple of photos I took during my first game:

Ralph prepares his 200 point list for a face-off with Bob O.

Mike and Rob plot their next rebellious scumy next move!

And the scrum begins!  If only AJ and I could roll some hits!

In the second game, I paired up with Rob O. He ran a list of a Fenn Rau Fang Fighter and Black Sun Soldier Z-95.  We were fighting that YV-666 light freighter/Kihraxz Fighter list along with a 3 x Tie Fighter list with Howlrunner as their leader.

This second fight went well but I was so into preparing my movement dial and trying to decide who to shot next, I forgot to take any pictures!  Oh well, maybe next time.

As always when playing with the guys in the club, it was a wonderful evening of leaving my worries behind, laughing and enjoying a great new game system!  What a wonderful way to spend a Friday evening - if I'm not going to be with my lovely bride.  I look forward to many more adventures in the X-Wing galaxies!