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VPG: The Crimson Courier, 13 February 2015 Edition

VPG: The Crimson Courier, 13 February 2015 Edition

Other February 15, 2015 0

By VPG Staff: Celebrate Valentine’s Day with an additional 10% off Sale, February 13th – 16th! VPG is showing you some love, with every game 10% off for a limited time! Best of all, this

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NYT: At Play in the Cardboard Jungle

NYT: At Play in the Cardboard Jungle

Other February 15, 2015 0

By Mary Pilon On a recent weeknight in Greenwich Village, amid the circus of New York University dive bars, comedy-show hecklers and the drummers of Washington Square Park, there was a different sort of

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The Atlantic: How Board Games Conquered Cafes

The Atlantic: How Board Games Conquered Cafes

Other February 15, 2015 0

By Hana Schank As social life gets ever more digital, new coffee shops and bars encourage face-to-face interaction via the likes of Settlers of Catan and Connect Four. On a gorgeous fall day when

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Play-Testing Stonewall’s Sword on The Boardgaming Way

Play-Testing Stonewall’s Sword on The Boardgaming Way

Robert DeMaio February 14, 2015 0

By Robert DeMaio August 9, 1862 on a 100 degree day in Virginia Stonewall Jackson’s Confederates stumbled onto a single division of Union troops lead by Nathaniel Banks. The Confederates tried to position themselves

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February 9, 2015 Update from GMT Games

February 9, 2015 Update from GMT Games

Other February 10, 2015 0

By the Staff of GMT  Hi guys! We have quite a lot of news  this month, including three new P500 items, a few P500 deletions, (and one game that we’ve given a “make or

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White Dog Games Newsletter

White Dog Games Newsletter

Other February 9, 2015 0

By the Staff of White Dog Games February 2015 Newsletter Lodz 1914 is an operational level war game of the first battle of Lodz in 1914 (11 November to mid-December) for two players. Rules

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NYT: How the Civil War Created College Football

NYT: How the Civil War Created College Football

Other February 9, 2015 0

By Amanda Brickell Bellows  At a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass., on June 10, 1890, the philanthropist Henry Lee Higginson declared, “I ask to make [Soldiers Field] a memorial to some dear friends who gave their

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The Free PNP copy of “Master and Commander” now withdrawn from The Boardgaming Way

The Free PNP copy of “Master and Commander” now withdrawn from The Boardgaming Way

Fred Manzo February 9, 2015 0

By Fred Manzo White Dog Games has withdrawn the PNP version of “Master and Commander” from The Boardgaming Way. It is now planning to re-release a commercial version of this game in the near

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New Turning Point Games Now Shipping

New Turning Point Games Now Shipping

Other February 8, 2015 0

By the Staff of Turning Point Simulations: Greetings, Just a quick note to say the latest batch of four games released by Turning Point Simulations has shipped. Look for them in the mail shortly

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Discworld – A Boardgaming Way Review

Discworld – A Boardgaming Way Review

Mitch Freedman February 8, 2015 1

By Mitch Freedman Discworld: Ankh-Morpork Sometimes you  buy a game thinking you will really enjoy it, but when you start playing, you find that the mechanics don’t work right, or the rules are too cumbersome

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