First Game at Castle FusterCluck

Okay, so it's more of a basement than a castle, but it is dedicated gaming space with a permanent 5' x 9' table!

A couple weeks ago when playing Galactic Heroes at The Baron's, he asked what game I planned to be the first on the table in the new digs. I replied that I thought it would have to be a French and Indian War game, of course. I have been working on some woodsy rough terrain I started back in Minnesota in anticipation of said game.

During that game of Galactic Heroes someone mentioned Commands and Colors: Red Alert (fleets of spaceships); turns out Jay is a fan, too, and showed some photos of the game's miniatures he'd painted. I like this game for space fleet warfare and plan to use 1/2500 Star Trek models with "shield markers" in place of the game's units of multiple ships per hex. More here.

Where is this going? Well, a couple days after the Galactic Heroes game, The Baron said he wanted to play some Red Alert, so I invited him over for a game. Turns out the first game at FusterCluck would be the introductory scenario of Commands and Colors: Red Alert. 

Simple line-up: first player to eliminate 13 points worth of enemy units wins. Unit values range from 1 point for a Fighter up to 8 points for a Flagship.

 

I played the green fleet, The Baron red. I drew first blood with my Fighters but The Baron was flush with Star Tokens and good Combat Cards and soon the score was 12 - 10 in The Baron's favor - he just needed one more kill. That's when our Flagships went head to head and Fortune (the dice) tipped in my favor. My Flagship survived and the 8 points I won for destroying his ended the game.

 

We will definitely play more Red Alert. The game has a lot of depth and replay value including the supplemental unit types and scenarios from the original Kickstarter.

See ya!