First game of the year at Atlanta: BattleTech!

 I got my first game in Atlanta. I was lucky to be permitted to participate in an ongoing BattleTech Campaign that meets once a month at Level UP-Duluth. I played my Shadohawk (pilot Yang Tomaras) and were part of a mercenary company that was seeking to liberate a certain item, and capture a certain person from the enemy. We were quite successful and won with no mech losses, and with two kills to our group. All in all a great experience, and a big thank you to our GM and my fellow players. BT is definitely a different animal than 40k  or my usual historicals, but playing it in this form was quite fun and a good way to get the hang of it. 

The campaign included three maps, and I played in one of them. Pictures below 

The map I played on. 

Inaugural Meeting of the Atlanta Eastside Light Irregulars: Wednesday, October 23 at Challenge Comics and Games

 We will hold our Fall game sessions at Challenge Comics and Games (Northlake Mall, 4800 Briarcliff Rd NE suite 1011, Atlanta, GA 30345 ).

The date is 23 October, Wednesday.

Time will be 17:00 to 19:00

Game Theme: Davids vs. Goliaths  

Games: I will bring the following board-wargames

Brave Little Belgium 

Rule book

How to play video 

White Eagle Defiant

Rule Book

How to play video 

Feel free to bring any other game you want, that a) is historically themed, b) about a weaker side fighting a stronger side, c) can be played in 1 to 2 hours. 

A Call to Arms: The Atlanta Eastside Light Irregulars

 After surveying the historical wargaming scene in my area I decided that perhaps it is worth organizing a new group. There are strong communities at Marietta (centered at Gigabites Cafe-25-28 minutes from me through interstates, which really does a great job fostering a community), and meeting a local houses, but it does feel most of the action is in the west-side of the Metropolitan area of Atlanta. 

Since I have to drive to work 50 minutes to one hour, I would rather not drive too much to hobby stuff. I also want to patronize the local gaming stores (Challenge Games and Comics, and LevelUP-Duluth).

So let me put out a call for arms for people interested to join me in the Atlanta Eastside Light Irregulars. 

Atlanta since we are interested in serving the Atlanta historical wargaming community. 

Eastside since we aim to patronage mainly Challenge Games and Comics and LevelUP-Duluth which are on the east-side of the metropolitan region. 

Light since the aim is to provide a space for those who do not have a lot of game time and focus on historical wargames (both miniature and boardgames) that provide a quality game experience in a short amount of time (1 to 3 hours)

Irregulars since we aim to provide gaming opportunities for those that really cannot make even monthly sessions. The aim at this point is one event per quarter , for a total of four events per year. 

I also would like to organize battlefield visits for participants. One a year. I have a chevy traverse and thus can accommodate 6 to 8 people and our region is replete with national and state battlefield parks within comfortable travel distance. 

So that is the idea, four sessions a year, 1-3 hours each, perhaps multiple games running at the same time, and one battlefield visit a year. 

If interested please email at atleastlightirregulars@aol.com . Depending on the interest, I will make a Discord Server for us. 

More information below 

Stones River Battlefield

 During my four day move from Elko, NV to Atlanta, GA, I decided to take a break and visit the Stones River National Battlefield. While I knew about the battle, I had never researched it, but it was on the way, and I had visited Kennesaw in the past. A fast visit, to what is a nice, compact battlefield with a small museum. Was not able to walk the grounds (did the car tour) but will definitely visit again.

Here is a video 

Here are some pictures