Red Poppies Campaigns
Last Sunday Menno and me took a day to explore the intricacies of this game. We had time to play three scenario’s and get a real good feel for the system.
Continue reading →July 2026 write-up
Last Saturday ten eager players showed up at our meeting, three of them made their debut. Welcome to the Utrechtse Stadsleger Petar, Rob, and Frank!
Continue reading →'Inglorious Empire: What the British did to India' - Shashi Tharoor
I play a lot of games. From the colourful stories of Amerithrash to the number-crunching of Euro’s, from mind expanding RPGs to the solitaire entertainment of computergames, chances are I have meddled with them. Back when I was a tad younger, I started in this hobby with classic Avalon Hill hex-n-counter wargames and, though I really love all types of …
Continue reading →Welcome to our new home
Dear all, Welcome to our brand new website. As you can see it has several pages and I want to use this News item to briefly explain how to use them. But first a point of order: this is a ‘gated’ community (i.e. you have to sign up as a member) and so we feel there is no reason to …
Continue reading →June 2026 meetup - Up Front AAR
As Nick said, Up Front! really is a golden oldie – especially considering it was published by Avalon Hill back in 1983 and was as innovative as they come, and holds up really well even after 40++ years (though admittedly, my box is a tad tattered by now). The game is well suited for these meetups as one scenario takes …
Continue reading →June 2026 write-up
Our original meetup in June was rescheduled due to the heat wave but on July 5, seven us of met up for boardgames.
Continue reading →CRT calculator for Holland '44
After a fun session at a recent USL meetup in Utrecht, where we played Holland '44 , we had a brief discussion about the Combat Results Table (CRT) of this game. We were comparing it to tables from older 1970s Avalon Hill games, which were more like very large lookup tables where every possible ratio was written out - resulting …
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