I recently got the new Volko Rhunke game Andean Abyss, a 1-4 player war game focused around the Colombian insurgencies, although it plays a fair bit more like a Euro game than a war game. I have been able to get in a couple solo games and it really is quite a fun solo game not like others that are only ok as solo, this one was partly designed with that in mind, and a 2 player game that went all right. Certainly has a bit of a learning curve to it, and I imagine a 4 player game would be outstanding. In some ways it reminds me of Dominant Species and in some ways like Chaos in the Old World.

played more 1989:Dawn of Freedom.
Now have 3 games under my belt and finally won and got that monkey off my back. So far 2 games to final scoring, and 1 game won auto victory half-way through. Mainly through the poor democrat power struggle victory rolls, giving the communists a lot of power victory points as the game went on. I can never decide if this is better than Twilight Struggle, but it is definitely different enough to warrant having both. TS is a grander game obviously since it is on the world level while 1989 is focused around Eastern Europe, so from that standpoint I prefer TS, but the game seems less scripted in terms of events and strategies than TS, but maybe that is because I am new to 1989. And I am really enjoying the little power struggle mini-game in 1989, it makes the game run a bit longer than TS but adds another interesting layer.

After a weekend of friends and family visiting, played through a few games of Apples to Apples and Things in a Box, both are really good large group party games, especially had fun with Things in a Box when the mother-in-law for things you shouldn't do in a crows and wrote, "scratch your pecker" which resulted in wrong guessing and then hilarity.

Also played a few games of Betrayal at House of the Hill. A fun mansion exploration and then traitor revealing and monster attacking game. I generally find it hard to win as the heroes but we had a quick solid win once.

And also played a couple games of Survive, and one of my favourite card games: Coloretto

Just got the newish Zooloretto Wurfelspiel which is a dice game similar to Roll Through the Ages. It isn't quite as fun as RTtA but still offers a fair bit of enjoyment in a short 10 minute game.
Also still playing a fair bit of Stone Age and Twilight Struggle, and played a TS game couple nights ago winning with USA with auto victory point win at the start of turn 5 which seemed really quick, I think mainly to some good dice rolls for me and bad rolls for my opponent.

Got in another round of Twilight Struggle with a new player who did really well and it almost came to final scoring.

1989: Dawn of Freedom
Just finished off my first game of this Twilight Struggle pseudo sequel. It's a pretty awesome game, very much like TS but focused in the Eastern European Communist countries.

Nightfall
Have been playing Nightfall and its expansions for the past couple months. Its actually a lot more fun than I thought at first and is really growing on me. Basically like Dominion except with werewolves, vampires, etc and more direct conflict against each other.

Betrayal at House on the Hill
Played this a fair bit a couple years back, but we got our own copy so starting playing it again. A fun exploration haunting game with a good twist part way through, but I still find it lacking in the strategic area.

Horus Heresy
Have been working our way through the 6 scenarios of this one. A surprisingly fun warhammer themed wargame, which is a big surprise for me since I don't really like the warhammer universe at all.