I anticipate using this space to record the general strategies from my weekly board game session. If there's interest, I'll include photographs of game progression in the future.

I've been playing board games nearly every Sunday evening since 2001. The group is usually five or six guys and the composition has changed very little in the time I've been playing. Games are normally hosted at the house of a Missouri State history professor.

Our games are a friendly affair, so we don't like to see someone eliminated early. If someone is eliminated early, the offending player is usually faced with a war on multiple fronts fairly quickly. On occasion early aggression succeeds in forcing a concession out of the other players and we just play another game.

We play all manner of war games, economic games and the odd role playing game. They range from Axis and Allies to Settlers of Catan to House on Haunted Hill.

My general strategy for any game is to give myself options. This may mean getting a diverse collection of resources, or it may mean building units that sacrifice firepower for movement. As I describe individual games, this will be the theme time and again.