Tag: Two Hour Wargames

  • Making a Darn Good Game More Complicated

    Making a Darn Good Game More Complicated

    There’s a trend, and a good one at that, to make games quicker and easier to play while still being fun. It’s even the premise of several game companies: One Hour Games, One Page Rules, 2’x2′ Napoleonics, Snappy Nappy, Five Torches Deep, Index Card RPG, and, my personal favorite, Two Hour Wargames among many others.…

  • Alien Catacombs Terrain Set

    Alien Catacombs Terrain Set

    I’ve finished a second 2’x2′ board for the Escape from Hadley’s Hope game I’ll be running at the Lone Star Game Expo, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2. This is the Alien Catacombs Terrain Set from Battle Systems. I need to complete two more terrain boards to have a 4’x4′ table and I need to paint…

  • Cyberpunk Terrain Set

    Cyberpunk Terrain Set

    I’m preparing for the Lone Star Game Expo, a local game convention scheduled for September 30th through October 2nd. I’ll be running six sessions of a game, two for each day. The name of my game is “Escape from Hadley’s Hope” using the 5150 Star Army Total War rules from Two Hour Wargames. I’ve already…

  • Screaming in the Dark

    Screaming in the Dark

    Previously… Nine months ago, I introduced the Pink Pixies, a rag tag Salvage Support Company assigned to support salvage operations. You can find the post here: Pink Pixies I will be using 5150 Star Army – Citizen Soldier rules from Two Hour Wargames plus a few items from a couple of other sources. Now, you…

  • Pearl’s Plight – The Case of the Restless Redhead, Episode 2

    Pearl’s Plight – The Case of the Restless Redhead, Episode 2

    And so you lost your Hollywood ambitions?” “I thought I had. I waited on tables. I learned about life the hard way, and I suppose it did things to me. I would look at myself in the mirror and compare what I saw with the fresh, young girl I’d been when I was thinking of…

  • Pearl’s Plight – The Case of the Restless Redhead

    Pearl’s Plight – The Case of the Restless Redhead

    In the outer office,” she (Della Street) said, “is a very starry-eyed young redhead with a figure that is much more important than her clothes would indicate, who gives the name of Evelyn Bagby. She says that she simply must, and I quote, thank Mr. Mason personally, unquote. She’s redheaded and determined.” Mason frowned. “She…