tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post1157767174923710685..comments2024-03-27T12:37:27.837-07:00Comments on Tim's Miniature Wargaming Blog: Gaming Our Way Through History… (Part 1)timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-43947135210748238302015-08-05T11:52:29.875-07:002015-08-05T11:52:29.875-07:00I am aware it is a reimplementation... it also not...I am aware it is a reimplementation... it also not-so-avaialble these days (unless YOU have it!?) <br /><br />Princes of the Renaissance looks cool!timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-89501202364866749112015-08-05T11:46:40.733-07:002015-08-05T11:46:40.733-07:00Empires: Age of Discovery is just AoEIII the board...Empires: Age of Discovery is just AoEIII the board game in new clothing.<br />Princes of the Renaissance<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/8045/princes-renaissance<br />God's Playground (Poland in he 1500s, 3P only)<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/38309/gods-playground<br /><br />And some 2P wargames from that era (Kulikov etc)<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23615/kulikovo-1380-golden-hordeJolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489222384096732121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-10732242911404184472015-08-05T08:47:35.772-07:002015-08-05T08:47:35.772-07:00We definitely will borrow some at some point...
...We definitely will borrow some at some point... <br /><br />Right now we're kind of at the end of the Middle Ages and rolling into the early Renaissance - the last chapters we read were about the Wars of the Roses (and played Z-man games Wars of the Roses: Lancaster vs. York) and The kingdoms of Spain and Portugal (about Ferdinand and Isabella uniting Spain and Henry the Navigator of Portugal - didn't have a game for that one).<br /><br />This week is Medieval West African Kingdoms (mali, etc) and India under the Moghuls - neither of which I really have any games for (though I do have Avalon Hill's Maharaja - which covers India from 1500BCE to 1850s CE - which we will play at some point).<br /><br />The next few weeks we're on to pre-European Americas (Inca Empire, Z-Man Games) and the Exploitation of the Americas by the Europeans (Glenn Drover's Empires: Age of Discovery looks like it would have been perfect, alas it is not quite out yet...). Then Martin Luther, the Reformation and Counter-Reformation... timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-75796371534284031212015-08-05T08:27:16.552-07:002015-08-05T08:27:16.552-07:00Let me know when you would like to borrow Advanced...Let me know when you would like to borrow Advanced Civilization...<br /><br />Seriously though, I just picked up Genesis: The Bronze Age, a multiplayer area control game by Berg. The downside is the play time (4 hours?) https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/86177/genesis-bronze-age<br />After the Flood is a 3 player game set in Sumeria<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/36888/after-flood<br />Byzantium may take place too late still<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19348/Byzantium<br />Empires of the Ancient World (3 hours, 3-5 players)<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/870/empires-ancient-world<br />Perikles<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/21954/perikles<br />Tigris & Euphrates (2-4 players about 90 minutes)<br />https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/42/tigris-Euphrates<br /><br />These are all ancients games, some are more accessible than others. If you want to borrow any of them, let me knowJolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13489222384096732121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-53028089906188225692015-07-04T20:26:04.303-07:002015-07-04T20:26:04.303-07:00Thank you !
Thank you !<br />timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-84525232492544279232015-07-04T12:41:47.814-07:002015-07-04T12:41:47.814-07:00Wow! Tremendous post, on all accounts! Congratulat...Wow! Tremendous post, on all accounts! Congratulations Tim! :DRoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591128642473114113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-82457230744027733912015-07-04T08:29:51.132-07:002015-07-04T08:29:51.132-07:00Thanks Bob!
Exactly! Thanks Bob! <br /><br />Exactly! timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-66381166442081007042015-07-04T07:42:10.182-07:002015-07-04T07:42:10.182-07:00I wish you had been my teacher! I had one teacher ...I wish you had been my teacher! I had one teacher who introduced some of us to D&D and then later some WW2 gaming. But games can teach so much. Why did the Americans struggle so much with the War of 1812? The map of any 1812 game Bob Barnetsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164225489620639641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-25554986518505255732015-07-03T10:57:04.891-07:002015-07-03T10:57:04.891-07:00Thanks! Some of them definitely were a lot of fun....Thanks! Some of them definitely were a lot of fun... others... we may not play so much... <br />timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-30480126964525518042015-07-03T10:36:30.553-07:002015-07-03T10:36:30.553-07:00Some great choices there!Some great choices there!Prufrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659918463589870423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-53108225937458510762015-07-03T09:12:43.903-07:002015-07-03T09:12:43.903-07:00Thanks Neil! Thanks Neil! timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09928949644765765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9140646711960604590.post-12771263181547959802015-07-03T09:10:29.534-07:002015-07-03T09:10:29.534-07:00Tim - Well done! We home school also.Tim - Well done! We home school also.Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06340245421938640537noreply@blogger.com