Battle Masters

Holiday weekend and grandson asked to play Battle Masters. I had purchased it some 25 years ago to play with his mother. Getting the battered box down and reassembling the bases brought back a lot of happy memories. Notes in the rule book tell me that my daughter and I even played a couple of campaigns, with somewhat even honours.

The rules came back to me quickly. I was really impressed with what a solid game these mechanically very simple rules result in.

An early run of Chaos cards had me advancing and pushing my mounted units to envelope his right.

But of course that meant that all the Empire cards came up later, resulting in multiple attacks from his cavalry to smash my center and right giving him the victory. 

I emerged from the shower Sunday morning to find grandson and his mother having a second game. Although this time he took the harder to play Chaos and set himself up behind the river, giving him a lot problems advancing as he learned how to manage traffic jams at the fords. His mother has a very solid grasp on tactics and the nuances of the game. She's also ruthless. So his win-loss record is one each.

I've sent them home with some odd fantasy figures and his mother's box of dwarves and the cardboard castle that we made together msny years ago.