Its been awhile. How are things?

No point in explaining where Ive been, yadda yadda. Lets get to the meat.

In the last couple years I have discovered a few games, namely Malifaux, Bolt Action, Saga and Infinity.

I played a bit of Malifaux, even played in a tournament in Houston and got third place! It just kind of died of though. I think this was due to the fact they released their second edition of rules before they had all the minis ready. Yea. Didnt sound too smart in my book. I had the Lucius box set and that is the only leader I wanted to play. Well, he still isnt out. So, people like me, never got back into the game after second edition. I have the rulebook and its great! I think its better than first edition. However, still no minis............

Saga is a very fun game. I love the dark ages period of history. And who doesn't love vikings!!! The fun unique gameplay of saga are the battleboards. You roll special faction dice and place them on the battleboard to choose what kind of actions you want to take. The gimmick is, however, you have to buy a set of the dice and they are expensive as heck!!!

I had infinity before but got overwhelmed with how complicated it seemed. However, now with the new edition of rules soon to come out I am looking at getting back into it. They have been re-releasing their models and MAN DO THEY LOOK GOOD!!! I got a force of the new Morat models and have played a couple demo games. This really is a great game.

Now Bolt Action has become my game of choice. Expect to see some posts on this to come. If you aren't familiar with this game it is a WW2 skirmish based game. The neat concept that I love is the random activation. Basically you have special dice for your army (much cheaper than Saga's dice). Each of your units has a dice. You place all of yours and your opponent's in a bag. For a turn you randomly draw a dice. If your side's is drawn you then choose a unit to activate with it. You continue until all dice have been drawn and put them back into the back to start the next turn. This really adds some excitement and "fog of war" into the game as you never know who is going to activate. I have become a "Sarge" with Warlord Games (creator of Bolt Action). I am a volunteer to promote and run events of the game. I have run my first tournament at my local game store to much success. It has really blown up there now and we have a large community playing it. I am pretty excited about that! Currently I have a German and British force. I would highly recommend you watch Beasts of War demo video of the game here! It is what ended up getting me into it.

A new game I have discovered is Lion Rampant, which is published by Osprey Wargames (yes they do wargames now)! This game has seriously caught my eye! It is a skirmish game based in the medieval period. This could potentially be the Saga killer! I seriously think the rules seem superior. The neat concept from this game is giving order. Basically you choose a unit, say serfs, and give them a order to, say, attack. Well for them you roll two dice and have to get a 7 or better to attack (they arent the best at attacking as they are serfs afterall). If you succeed then they move in and attack, if you fail then your turn is OVER!!!! Yikes, really makes you plan out how to activate units and throws in a little unknown. I still prefer Bolt Action's means of random activation, but this is still fun. And that is how this game seems, fun. The author said this about it:
"Games about knights should be fun! The emphasis is on a playable medieval -themed game rather than an over-detailed simulation of medieval warfare."
Its an easy game to pick up, quick to learn and play, and tactical as well. There isnt much to find on the net concerning this game (batreps, etc). Expect more to come from me.