Bad Kompany

Well, I had a hard drive crash which resulted in the loss of the Vassal module I created for Old School Tactical, East Front.  I have all the art assets still and I have the saved games, just no module to play it.  So that means it will be some time before I can finish my play through.  But there is some good news.  Prior to my issues, I started another module for the Winter Thunder by Brian Train. On other news, the OST East Front living rules has been update to reflect version 5.2.  I didn't see a lot of changes, but it just shows we are getting closer to the printed version.  Please watch my overly long winded video for all the details. As always, feel free to leave comments!

I recently uploaded turn 2 for the OST East Front play through and thought I would post a few thoughts here.  The second turn did play much quicker.  Well, in my mind it played quicker.  I felt like the pacing improved as my familiarity with the rules increase.  Turns out the video was maybe 15 minutes shorter than the first video.  So it's still lengthy and that may be simply due to the fact that I talk too much.  I'm still referring to the rules, must mostly just to confirm or clarify, not so much to learn as I play.  I've read they rules quite a few times already and I know there is a thing as too much reading of the rules.  At some point, you just need to play.  So my hope is that turn 3 runs smoother. And with that, I did update my module in Vassal.  I did add a button that can clear all of the status markers.  That was a challenge to learn, but I'm happy with the results.  It removes tedium from the game that otherwise is just a lot of button clicking to clear.