HOS at Origins 2011?

[Arctic Blast]

ORIGINAL: Barthheart

ORIGINAL: Arctic Blast

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Don't know if you're a board gamer at all, but you could also check out some of Lock n' Load's board game offerings. Band of Heroes is quite good. I picked that up about 8 months ago,and have since purchased 3 expansions for the damn thing. [:D] And it's by a different company entirely, but I also highly recommend the Conflict of Heroes series from Academy Games.

Hey Arctic Blast, have you ever tried playing Band of Heroes by VASSAL? Either PBEM or "Live" via Skype? Great fun either way.
Let me know if you want to give it a try.

Haven't tried it via Vassal, yet. Out of curiosity, how much of the game is handled by the module vs. handled by the players?

[Barthheart]

ORIGINAL: Arctic Blast

Haven't tried it via Vassal, yet. Out of curiosity, how much of the game is handled by the module vs. handled by the players?

All of it is handled by the players. No rules inforcement etc.

Played "live" with Skype it's just like sitting down at a table to play.

[k9mike]

That Skype thing sounds cool....do you use a Tablet shoe PC?

[k9mike]

Loops I mean "style".....lol

[Barthheart]

ORIGINAL: k9mike

That Skype thing sounds cool....do you use a Tablet shoe PC?

Nope just use a regular desktop. Skye is just a way to talk to each other, the real cool thing is Vassal. It's software that lets you play board games on the PC.

Go here to check it out:

http://www.vassalengine.org/