It's all Chris Vanderbilt's fault. He wanted to try to play some of
the great wargames and boardgames he hadn't been able to play for a while.
Without having to spend all of his valuable Saturdays hanging around the
game shops.
So he sent out an e-mail suggesting we get together roughly monthly
and play a board game. Since we want to play a variety of games, we won't
play the same game twice in a row.
We meet at my house because I have a big room, a big table and an understanding wife. Michelle (the Empress of FWOdom) has been ensuring there is food available for any who want to eat dinner during the game; this helps us get started on time. Michelle has also been renting a movie for the kibitzsers (that's been wives of players, but we welcome playing females also).
All dates are tenative until they've actually happened.
All games are proposed until they've been played.
The mailing list has had problems finding a host, so don't expect it
to be running anytime.
| Month | Date | Game | Marshall | Host |
| January | 18 | Cheapass Game night | Bruce McLaren | |
| Februrary | 15 | Ogre miniatures | Andrew Richter | Bruce McLaren |
| March | 15 | Babylon 5 space battles | Chris Vanderbilt | Bruce McLaren |
| April | 19 | Car Wars | Chris Vanderbilt | Bruce McLaren |
| May | 17 | |||
| June | 21 | Ogre miniatures | ||
| July | 19 | |||
| August | 16 | |||
| September | 20 | |||
| October | 18 | |||
| November | 15 | |||
| December | 20 |
The experimental FWO Car Wars garage
November 9, 2001
Robo Rally
by Wizards of the Coast
Hapless Robots try to follow your instruction around a rather deadly
factory. Actually a race game, but we seem to do a lot of shooting and
shoving anyway.
September 28, 2001
Ogre Miniatures by
Steve
Jackson Games
Futurist tank battles with miniatures.
August 3, 2001
Baron Richtofen's War
WWI flying battles.
March 30, 2001
Settlers of Cattaan
Build a civilization on an island.
February 23, 20001
Fairy Meat by Kenizer and Co.
Canabilistic Fairies 1:1 miniatures game.
January 5, 2001
Ogre by Steve
Jackson Games
Futurist tank battles
We played a bunch in this time period, but I didn't keep track.
May 12, 2000
Europa
Try to unify Europe while giving your party the most credit.
Bruce won. Mike G, Sam, Chris, Mike L and Dean played.
Supremacy
Tom won. Sam, Mike G, Mike L, Dean, Chris, Kevin, Bruce and Andrew
played.
January 21, 1998
Car Wars by Steve
Jackson Games
Bruce is setting up this scenario. A fast oval track, where the winner
is the one who completes the most laps. Vehicles are $20,000, no dropped
weapons.
Kevin won. Sam, Chris, Mike G, Mike L, Andrew, Margaret, and Bruce played.
December 17, 1999
Medieval Merchant
Players are merchants in the Hessianic League competing to establish
branch offices and make money.
Dean won twice. Tom, Mike G., Mike L. & Bruce played.
November 19, 1999
Civilization
Each player controls a nation-state in the medittaranean basin from
the stone age through the age of the Roman Empire. This is a long game,
but can be conveniently called at any time and points counted. Expect lots
of player interaction, and a little gratuitous violence. Though the emphasis
is not on combat.
Tom won, Deane, Bruce, Chris, Mike G & Sam played.
Car Wars
Ogre by Steve
Jackson Games
Each player commands squads of high tech armored vehicles.
July 30, 1999
Robo Rally
by Wizards of the Coast
Hapless Robots try to follow your instruction around a rather deadly
factory. Actually a race game, but we seem to do a lot of shooting and
shoving anyway.
June 25, 1999
Maxi-Scale Car Wars
by Steve Jackson Games
1:24 models to be used for counters. $40,000 off road. Car counters
will be 1:24 scale (7.5" = 15' = 1 car length. Bases are therefore 7.5"
x 3.75" for standard cars). 1:25 scale is close enough.
If you want dropped weapons, you must bring suitably sized counters
for the dropped stuff.
No flying vehicles (no helicopters, but hovercraft OK)
The effectiveness of oil slicks off road still being discussed.
The track will be an off-road arena with a few obsticles suitable to
hide behind.
Kevin, Mike G. & Sam handily beat Bruce, Mike L. & Chris.
Kevin has set up a web page displaying the game. Go to
Kevin's
Size Does Matter Car Wars Page
May 21, 1999
Rise and Fall
Players vie for control of the Roman world as Emporers of Rome, rulers
of smaller kingdoms, or leaders of barbarian hordes. As barbarians knock
off empires, that player reappears as a new barbarian leader.
Bruce won. Dean, Tom, Joseph, Todd & Sam played.
April 9, 1999
Supremacy by Supremacy Games, Inc.
Players vie for control of the modern world using armies, navies, economies
and nuclear weapons. Most especially nuclear weapons.
March 12, 1999
Alien Space by Lou Zoochi
Hosted by Kevin Self. A 2-D space combat game using large scale figures
played on the floor.
Dean & Randy shared the win. Kevin, Mike G, Bruce & Chris played.
February 26, 1999
INWO by Steve
Jackson Games
Standard game to 12 groups.
That was the longest, most brutal game of INWO I have ever played.
It was fun.
Michelle won. Chris, Sam, Dean, Jose & Bruce played.
January 15, 1999
Insterstellar Empires by DEAN LUEKE
Played and enjoyed by all. I can't remeber who won, though. Can someone
remind me?
Dean, Mike G., Mike L., Sam, Kevin, Chris & Bruce played.
December 19, 1998
Robo Rally
by Wizards of the Coast
Hapless Robots try to follow your instruction around a rather deadly
factory. Actually a race game, but we seem to do a lot of shooting and
shoving anyway.
Bruce won. Chris, Sam & Mike G. played. Kevin died.
Novemeber 20, 1998
Star Fleet Battles by ???
Chris is doing the set-up. The following is his quote:
Star Fleet Battles is a detailed space combat game set in the Star Trek universe. There is a lot of details, but you only need to know the stuff relevant to the ship you are running. I can explain the rules in about 20 minutes, and we will be shooting in about 30 minutes. I will have a scenario and set of ships ready. The scenario will probably be a simple shoot'em up to get to know the rules, but this may change.
Chris, Dean & Bruce (Federation) won over Sam, Mike G &
Mike L. (Klingon)
October 16, 1998
Car Wars by Steve
Jackson Games
Sam Becker is setting up a scenario involving Formula One cars and
track. This should be a fast game.
Bruce won, Chris & Mike G tied for second, Sam & Mike L died.
September 18, 1998
Double Goal INWO
by Steve Jackson Games
This is our home-grown alternate version of the wierd collectable card
game. All goals are doubled, so 20 groups are required for the basic goal,
up six groups can count double, Bavaria needs 100 points of power, etc.
Your deck gets 52 cards.
Michelle won, Bruce, Chris, Mike and Sam played.
August 7, 1998
Ogre by Steve
Jackson Games
Each player commands squads of high tech armored vehicles.
Bruce and Sam won a "marginal victory" over Chris and Kevin.
July 10, 1998
INWO: Subgenius
by Steve Jackson Games
Not enough people showed up to play Risk. So we drafted Michelle and
played the Church of the Subgenius expansion for INWO instead.
Bruce won because Michelle let him. Chris and Sam didn't do so well.
May 15, 1998
Baron Riechtenhoff's War
A World War I dog fight simulation game. I've never played it, but
it sounds fun. Chris is providing the game.
Chris won, Sam survived, Bruce died
April 24, 1998
Car Wars by Steve
Jackson Games
Drive armed and armored cars and motorcycles on a track. Try to destroy
the other cars without getting destroyed or crashing yourself. We are using
Micro Machines (TM) as minatures and a large paper track.
See An
Sophisticated Evening of Automotive Mayhem for pictures from a previous
game.
Sam won, Kevin survived. Chris & Bruce died.
March 20, 1998
BattleTech
by FASA
Take control of a massive battle robot. Teams of robots fight and try
to destroy each other. The game uses cardboard minatures and a large map.
Manish Patel and Joe Gorski provide scenerio, map, figures and rules.
Fought to a 2:30 AM draw. Manish, Joe, Bruce vs. Chris Kevin and Sam.
February 20, 1998
Supremacy by Supremacy Games, Inc.
This is my favorite wargame, though it tends to play long, so everyone
would need to have read the rules ahead of time so we could just start
playing. It is vaguely like Risk, except it adds economies, navies and
nuclear weapons (big BOOM!).
Chric won. Sam, Bruce, Mark & Hans played
January 16, 1998
Robo Rally
by Wizards of the Coast
Hapless Robots try to follow your instruction around a rather deadly
factory. Actually a race game, but we seem to do a lot of shooting and
shoving anyway.
Bruce won. Chris, Kevin & Sam played.