War on Terror Blog
Thursday 29th September 2005
Game Report: Andy T, Andy S & Hamish
Hamish is back for more War on Terroring and we've got ourselves a nice little three player game. Hamish starts in Nowhere and South America, Andy S spreads himself throughout Asia and Andy T tries to grab Europe, a chunk of Asia and North America with his first three villages. Andy S doesn't seem that keen on his new neighbour and nukes Mongolia at his first opportunity, strengthening his hold on Asia.
Andy T retaliates with terrorism but unfortunately attacks Hamish, who is already 'evil', at the same time, creating a new enemy. Hamish then wades in and starts throwing terrorists around in North America, before long Andy T's empire is looking a little sad. Andy T does manage to clip Hamish's wings a little with a nuke in the Congo. Hamish kidnaps one of Andy T's politicians, luckily Andy T is successful when he sends the troops in, otherwise he could have been out of the game early.
it's looking like the terrorists are going to winAs it is, another turn or so and he quits to become a terrorist player. A few turns later and Hamish bails out and joins him, it's the terrorists up against Andy S and it's looking like the terrorists are going to win. They managed to clear Andy S out of Africa and Australia, keeping him contained in Asia. Or so we think, Andy S has the luck of the Irish and with a very fortunate set of cards manages to secure the whole of Africa in a single turn, earning him yet another victory as an empire. Just over 2 and half hours, one very happy empire, two distraught terrorists.
- posted by TerrorBull Games on 29 September 2005 - 0 comments
Wednesday 31st August 2005
Game Report: Andy T, Andy S & Tom M-J
A late night game, with a strict time limit of 3 hours as Andy S had to catch a plane. It gets moving quickly with Andy S in the Americas, Tom in East Asia and Andy T in between the two. Feeling pressured from both sides Andy T decides to move into the rest of Asia, which is helped with the aid of a nuke, Tom escapes out the back and decides to re-locate to Nowhere and Australia, which leads to Indonesia becoming a choice terrorist destination.
fear, paranoia and suicide bombers...While all this is going on Andy S is building his empire in the Americas, a developed and rich nation. Andy T decides that it's time to open up another front in Iceland, he motivates his people... Andy S kicks back with a strong hand of cards and two empires clash. The rest of the game is foggy haze of back-stabbing, fear, paranoia and suicide bombers. The three hour bell rings and we call it a night, it could have been anyone's... Or no-one's...
- posted by TerrorBull Games on 31 August 2005 - 0 comments
Saturday 27th August 2005
Game Report: Andy T, Andy S, Neil, Hamish & French Tom
A Saturday afternoon, the perfect time for a spot of War on Terror, unless you've got a vicious hangover, so a round of applause for Neil who managed to make it to his first ever game, and we also welcome French Tom into the fold...
Early game and everything seems nice enough, unfortunately Neil leaves early but Andy T soon expands to take his space and take Asia for his own. French Tom is liking Africa, Hamish seems to settle in Europe which gives Andy S the run of the rest of the world. Andy T turns evil and picks up some devilish cards, Andy S manages to steal a Revolution card, but it's not enough and suddenly the whole of Africa is shouting 'they all must go' and Tom's empire falls.
Andy T's final village crumbles and he joins Tom as a terrorist playerAndy T tries to move in quick but Hamish seems to beat him to it somehow, now there's a new front opening between the Andies in South East Asia. Lots of screaming, shouting and finger pointing ensues but ends up with some nuclear wasteland and Andy T's final village crumbles and he joins Tom as a terrorist player.
The propaganda starts straight away, both Empires are looking strong and the terrorists only hope is to get them to fight each other. Instead they appear to be working together to keep the terrorist forces at bay. Andy S is looking stronger, closer to winning and the pitch of the 'war propaganda' raises a notch. Hamish holds back though, allows Andy S to win the game with a victory for his empire. Hamish has vowed to strike first next time round...
- posted by TerrorBull Games on 27 August 2005 - 0 comments
Wednesday 24th August 2005
Game Report: Andy T, Andy S & Tom M-J
Another daylight game which Tom uses as an excuse for just how violent things became. Tom looks like he's going for the North Americas, Andy T Asia and Andy S plays a lovely move, claiming the whole of the southern hemisphere for his own in his first move whilst simultaneously turning Evil. It's not long before Andy T takes a pop at what looks like a 'run-away' Empire, but the invasion of Egypt fails. In retaliation, Andy S drops a nuke on the Balkans. This breaks out into full scale war between the two sides, Libya breeding terrorists after a regime change.
In retaliation, Andy S drops a nuke on the Balkans.Tom keeps his head down. Andy T is soon in retreat and Tom wades in, managing to take most of Africa and some of the Americas from Andy S. Luckily Andy S has two nukes up his sleeve and soon takes some of the land back. Things are getting hairy and at times all three of us thought we were winning. Three hours into the game and Andy S turns terrorist as Tom has to leave for work. We decided to play out the end game anyway. After a short, fair fight the terrorist win. Shame.
- posted by TerrorBull Games on 24 August 2005 - 0 comments
Saturday 20th August 2005
Game Report: Andy T, Andy S, Ilaria, Tom M-J, Adrian & Gabby
It's not often we attempt two games in one day, in fact this was the first time. It's not a good idea. We're now thinking about putting a health warning on the box...
Andy T's brother plays it for the first time, along with Gabby. There's a tense atmosphere in the air but that may have just been Andy S trying out his fake moustache... Or possibly just the memories of past six player games and the chaos that was due to unfold.
Andy T gets to be Evil for quite a few turns and unleashes terrorist hell into the world.The world soon gets cramped and the balaclava of Evil does the rounds, only adding to the tension. Adrian shows his colours early with a unprovoked nuke, which is looking like a popular 'first move' in the game. The fight for Lebensraum then starts for real.
Andy T gets to be Evil for quite a few turns and unleashes terrorist hell into the world. Nukes are dropped, China gets it more than once. Gabby's empire is soon split up and both Andy T and Adrian are looking good with the odd city starting to appear.
Adrian's early 'tactical nuke' against Ilaria seems to hold her civilisation in check for most of game. His dictatorship continues to impress as he wipes Tom clean off the board. Andy S's empire crumbles during the same turn and we've got ourselves a terrorist team. The world is soon covered in the dark matter and Andy T is wondering if he shouldn't have been quite so gun-ho earlier.
Four hours into the game, as Ilaria's empire crumbles we decide to call it a night. The empires had only just started to talk about working together for the War on Terror... Who knows who would have won... But I think the terrorists were having the most fun.
- posted by TerrorBull Games on 20 August 2005 - 0 comments
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