Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New post on Movement Point, looking over the just-released Advanced Squad Leader Journal #17 from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social, taking care not to smudge the blindingly glossy cover while admiring the included new three player scenario and accompanying bespoke map. chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/09/0...chrisbaer.netEast Front Rain: ASL Journal #17 ReleasedAdvanced Squad Leader's long-time custodians, Multi-Man Publishing, have in recent years come very close to releasing their flagship product's support magazine, the ASL Journal, on a near-annual basis... 043
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026New post on Movement Point, taking a (somewhat tardy) look at Advanced Squad Leader Journal #16, by @multimanpublishing.bsky.social, released, um, last October. Yes, I know the newest ASL Journal, #17, came out this past Friday . . . chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/08/0...chrisbaer.netSweet Sixteen: ASL Journal #16 (MMP) ReleasedAfter sixteen installments, it might not be breaking news that a fresh issue of the ASL Journal, that irregularly published compendium of articles, news, and scenarios and maps for everyone's favorite... 051
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026New post in the Doctor Who Project, wrapping up the long-running series with a trip to San Francisco in 1996's "TV Movie," as Paul McGann's Eighth Doctor tries to stop the Master from turning the Earth inside out. As one does. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/07/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: The TV MovieIt's alive. It's alive. It's alive! How do you re-introduce a legend? Doctor Who's cancellation in 1989 represents the end of twenty-six years of (mostly) continuous presence in the cultural landscape... 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 13/06/2026New post in the In Scale series, unveiling my just-finished build of Arma Hobby's 1/48 Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIc in the (mostly) off-white scheme of 835 Squadron, flying off of HMS Nairana circa mid-June, 1944. chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/06/1...chrisbaer.netIn Scale: 1/48 Arma Hobby Sea Hurricane Mk IIc (No. 835 Squadron, HMS Nairana, 1944)After a brief—ok, fine, two year—hiatus, the In Scale series of scale model builds returns with a 1/48 scale Arma Hobby Hawker Sea Hurricane Mk. IIc, wearing the overall-white livery of NF672/7K, the ... 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/06/2026New post in the Doctor Who Project, taking a look back at Sylvester McCoy's three season run as the Seventh Doctor, with the series sadly cancelled just as he and a new crop of writers started hitting their strides. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/06/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Sylvester McCoy RetrospectiveMuch as William Hartnell bears the mantle, and the burden, of being the First Doctor, Sylvester McCoy wears the title of the Last Doctor. With hindsight, we know that Doctor Who eventually returns, in... 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Thanks for all your work this incredible season. It's been much appreciated, during the lows and the quite unreal highs! 040
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026New post on Movement Point, tearing the shrink-wrap off three new(-ish) Advanced Squad Leader Action Packs, #20, #21, and #22 from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social. From Ethiopia to Luxembourg, from the Philippines to France, this trio spans the globe, scenario-wise. chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/05/2...chrisbaer.netTriple Action: ASL Action Packs #20, 21, 22 (MMP) ReleasedFresh—well, semi-fresh—from the fine fellows at Multi-Man Publishing, a trio of Action Packs, numbers 20, 21, and 22, for Advanced Squad Leader, everyone's favorite tactical combat simulation, to fill... 082
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Please tell me you didn't leave the dreamy Joey Lawrence CD behind . . . 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/05/2026New post in the Doctor Who Project, wrapping up the series in the sadly named "Survival," as the Seventh Doctor and Ace visit both Ace's home Perivale and the Planet of the Cheetah People, which happens to be a quarry. We wouldn't want it any other way . . . #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/05/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: SurvivalBut this is the end, Doctor. It is a sad irony, or perhaps even an overt statement of defiance, that Doctor Who's final story, by Rona Munro, bears the title "Survival" (Story Production Code 7P). And... 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026New post in the long-defunct Table for One series, putting Victory Games' France '44, a 1986 Mark Herman design, through its paces with a decidedly solitaire slant. Come for the innovative movement and combat systems, stay for my rants about counter side nibs . . . chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/04/1...chrisbaer.netTable for One: France ’44 (Victory Games) ReviewWargaming boasts a few eternal chestnuts, conflicts and battles that publishers, designers, and, it must be said, gamers, just can't get enough of: Waterloo, Gettysburg, Stalingrad, the Bulge, and, of... 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026New post in the Doctor Who Project, unravelling "The Curse of Fenric" with the Seventh Doctor and Ace. 1940s Britain plays host to aquatic vampires, Viking runes, ancient evils, and impossible chess puzzles, with a strange cameo by Soviet commandos . . . #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/04/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: The Curse of FenricBehold, the end of the war. For all the historical periods Doctor Who has mined over the course of a quarter century, the series waits until the bitter end to visit the 1940s, World War II in particul... 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/03/2026New post in the Doctor Who Project, tracking down the "Ghost Light" haunting an old mansion alongside the Seventh Doctor and Ace. Turns out it's an irate librarian upset that thousands of years of work cataloging Earth's species has been ruined by evolution. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/03/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Ghost LightMy theories appall you, my heresies outrage you, I never answer letters, and you don't like my tie. Doctor Who under producer John Nathan-Turner draws heavily on the concept of the Doctor's long life,... 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/02/2026New post in the Doctor Who Project, following the Seventh Doctor and Ace to a "Battlefield" pitting UNIT against trans-dimensional knights with grenades, all seeking Excalibur. Two different Brigadiers make an appearance, as does beloved Bessie. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/02/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: BattlefieldYou know, I think I'm rather enjoying this. Having already shown a deft hand at nostalgia in "Remembrance of the Daleks," Ben Aaronovitch opens Doctor Who's final season with "Battlefield" (Story Prod... 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 05/01/2026New post in the Doctor Who Project, visiting "The Greatest Show in the Galaxy" with the Seventh Doctor and Ace. Part fever dream, part extended metaphor for the series itself, the story regardless features the creepiest clowns ever put to screen. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2026/01/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: The Greatest Show in the GalaxyWe want more. Doctor Who, under producer John Nathan-Turner and script editor Andrew Cartmel, can scarcely be accused of false modesty. Case in point, the decision to end Season Twenty-Five with Steph... 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Mine wasn't very interesting this time around. Mostly just MH: Wilds and some train simming. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Just the PS5 MSFS pre-order, otherwise nothing from the sales. Keeping my powder dry this season, it would seem. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I had a blast with them back in the day, with a "flight stick" that was barely more than an eight-way controller with a single trigger. Enjoy! 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025It is quite tempting, Ed. The controllers with the slide-in control templates are spot on . . . 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, watching the Seventh Doctor and Ace unleash the "Silver Nemesis" on a bunch of hapless Cybermen while a noblewoman from the seventeenth century figures out temporal travel (with a little help from a certain Time Lord). #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/11/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Silver NemesisThis is no madness. 'Tis England. For all of producer John Nathan-Turner's efforts to continually reinvent Doctor Who, he always understands the value of returning to what works, as evidenced by Kevin... 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, fighting against fake smiles, an android made of nougat, and the overbearing saccharine of "The Happiness Patrol" with the Seventh Doctor and Ace. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/10/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: The Happiness Patrol – Movement Point 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/09/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, going back to pre-decimal days as the Seventh Doctor and Ace engage in some "Remembrance of the Daleks" in 1963 London. What could have been cheap nostalgia turns into one of the best stories in years to start Season 25. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/09/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Remembrance of the Daleks – Movement Point 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Indeed. The customizable ship/base is a brilliant addition. I might have to fire it back up and check it out. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025Congrats! That was certainly the hardest fight of the game for me. Took me way (way) more than 12 tries, I will confess. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 24/08/2025That's a tricky bit for sure. Worth pushing through to the end of that one. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 24/08/2025A laudable goal, for sure. Between Steam and PS, I shudder to think how many unplayed games I have in the queue . . . 120
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Just zipping through the backlog! Always a good feeling. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025That, I understand. The sweet spot seems to be about half that length these days -- long enough to grab your attention, but short enough that it doesn't become a job by the end. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Nice job clearing up the backlog. I dropped it after an early mission that I just never clicked with -- a close air support mission, I think -- so I get where you're coming from. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 09/08/2025My rule is simple: see Gary in a post, click "like"! 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 08/08/2025New post on Movement Point, un-bagging the latest Advanced Squad Leader product from @multimanpublishing.bsky.social, Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont, a tiny, tidy Historical Module that proves you don't need a hundred new counters to deliver a solid, fresh gaming experience. chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/08/0...chrisbaer.netBagged Bocage: Drop Zone: Chef-du-Pont (MMP) ReleasedA new historical module for Advanced Squad Leader, everyone’s favorite tactical simulation of World War II combat, typically lands with a thud, representing pounds of paper and cardboard that… 0102
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, seeking out the "Dragonfire" in the caverns beneath Iceworld with the Seventh Doctor, Mel, Sabalom Glitz, and new companion Ace. Instead they find a steady stream of barely disguised science fiction film references. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/08/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: DragonfireIs any of this important, Doctor? World building can be tricky business, particularly on Doctor Who. Too much exposition, often from a writer in love with his or her creation, bogs down proceedings… 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025You, sir, are the king of hours per dollar spent on entertainment! Congrats on beating (most) of it. I should give it another go what with the new patch and all. 210
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, going on vacation with the Seventh Doctor, Mel, and "Delta and the Bannermen" to a bright holiday camp in 1950s Wales. You know it's a special story when the man who talks with bees isn't the strangest plot element . . . #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/07/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Delta and the BannermenThis is the real Fifties. For a series regarded as quintessentially British, very few moments on Doctor Who stand out as purely—which is to say, peculiarly—rooted in the British experie… 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Some nice pics on the roll, Ed. Thanks for sharing. Good to see road trips that aren't just twelve hours on the Interstate. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/06/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, touring "Paradise Towers" with the Seventh Doctor and Mel, featuiring luxe amenities such as cannibals, color coordinated teen gangs, killer cleaners, and the disembodied brain of an evil architect. Nice rooftop pool, too! #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/06/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Paradise TowersBuild high for happiness. As befits a science fiction show, Doctor Who adorns its plots with scientific trappings, drawing on physics and chemistry and applied mathematics, both fanciful and real, … 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Thank you for your commentary here throughout this remarkable season. When watching was too nerve-wracking, it helped to see your posts, just slightly ahead of the action on TV . . . 020
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 03/05/2025That's a beauty. Thanks for sharing the picture. It's on my wish list for sure. The map footprint seems reasonable, too. 110
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/05/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, introducing Sylvester McCoy as the Seventh Doctor, as he and Mel match wits with a giant brain and a renegade Time Lord (no, not that one) in "Time and the Rani." Beware, though -- shoulder pads abound! #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/05/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Time and the RaniWhere am I? Who am I? And who are you? As Season Twenty-Four of Doctor Who kicks off, we might as well be watching a different show entirely. Only nine months separate the end of the season-long st… 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, examining Colin Baker's run as the Sixth Doctor. From a difficult regeneration to a surplus of carrot juice, the Sixth Doctor's time on screen, though brief, proves colorful if not always delightful, much like his coat. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/04/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Colin Baker RetrospectiveThere’s a tendency to dismiss Colin Baker as the “other” Baker to have been the Doctor, the one without the scarf, the one in a clown’s outfit. Such simplistic assessments s… 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/03/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, finally reaching the conclusion of "The Trial of a Time Lord" and the end of the Sixth Doctor's run as our favorite Gallifreyan confronts "The Ultimate Foe," one so frightening it's a wonder he can ever look in a mirror... #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/03/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: The Ultimate FoeOh, no! Now I really am finished. It all comes down to this. After twelve episodes, spanning nearly three full months, “The Trial of a Time Lord” finally concludes with “The Ultim… 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/02/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, as the Sixth Doctor invokes an event in his future, the "Terror of the Vervoids," to defend himself in "The Trial of a Time Lord." New companion Mel makes a bright debut, while the leafy Vervoids wilt in the spotlight. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/02/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: Terror of the VervoidsIs it going to be the Doctor’s defence that he improves? Doctor Who seldom actually toys with temporality itself, treating time, broadly, as a setting rather than a concept or plot device to … 010
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 08/01/2025New post on Movement Point, taking a look at the latest Advanced Squad Leader product from Multi-Man Publishing, ASL Journal #15. Don't let the Eastern Front setting on the cover fool you. This magazine-and-scenario bundle is for the fans of the offbeat. chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/01/0...chrisbaer.netEsoteric Actions: ASL Journal #15 (MMP) ReleasedNot unlike some hackneyed box of chocolates, one never knows quite what will appear in an issue of Multi-Man Publishing’s ASL Journal, that irregularly released magazine-and-scenario product … 020
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/01/2025New post in the Doctor Who Project, continuing "The Trial of a Time Lord" as the Sixth Doctor confronts a version of himself he doesn't recognize, a "Mindwarp" to be sure. Peri regrettably departs and Brian Blessed's barbarian King Yrcanos steals the screen. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2025/01/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: MindwarpI endeavour to maintain a certain continuity. Continuity stands as the primary problem with Doctor Who by its twenty-third season. Long-time producer John Nathan-Turner and equally long-serving scr… 000
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 24/12/2024I don't have a childhood association with Thomas the Tank Engine, so no nostalgic pull for me, but I hope it does well for them. Should get a lot more people to look at the game, which is a win. Train Sims are a bit of a niche, to say the least . . . 120
Chris Baer @chrisbaer.bsky.social · 02/12/2024New post in the Doctor Who Project, starting Season Twenty-Three by sitting in the dock with the Sixth Doctor as "The Trial of a Time Lord" begins. He's accused of nefarious crimes on "The Mysterious Planet," which looks an awful lot like . . . Earth. #DoctorWho chrisbaer.net/mp/2024/12/0...chrisbaer.netDoctor Who Project: The Mysterious PlanetI was beginning to fear you had lost yourself. Season Twenty-three almost wasn’t to be. In February, 1985, midway through the airing of Season Twenty-two, news broke that the BBC had pulled t… 020
