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Foreign Policy: Storm the Beaches from your Living Room

Foreign Policy: Storm the Beaches from your Living Room

Other December 30, 2015 0

BY MICHAEL PECK: Six D-Day wargames that let you invade Normandy all over again. “D-Day isn’t just one of history’s epic battles. It is also a magnet for wargamers. The Normandy invasion has that

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MMP: Brand New OCS Pre-Orders

MMP: Brand New OCS Pre-Orders

Other December 30, 2015 0

By the Staff of MMP: Brand New OCS Pre-Orders Tunisia II Tunisia II is an Operational Combat Series game covering the campaign in Northwest Africa from November 1942 through May 1943. This new edition is

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The Washington Post: Game over – FTC goes after board game campaign

The Washington Post: Game over – FTC goes after board game campaign

Fred Manzo December 30, 2015 0

By Andrea Peterson Game over: FTC goes after board game campaign gone wrong in first crowdfunding case “Crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter have helped launch a lot of nerdy gaming success stories. Politically incorrect party

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Foreign Policy: Fortress America (3rd edition) Review

Foreign Policy: Fortress America (3rd edition) Review

Other December 29, 2015 0

 By Michael Peck Playing the new Cold War board game is a trip back to the 1980s. So why is the theme of an America being invaded still so popular? “Chinese marines storm San

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New Republic: The Myth of the Christmas Truce Soccer Match

New Republic: The Myth of the Christmas Truce Soccer Match

Other December 26, 2015 0

By Terri Blom Crocker “As everyone knows, the main feature of the First World War’s Christmas truce was an impromptu football match (soccer to Americans), which is featured in all the memorials to the

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The War Times Journal: Miniature Wargaming 101

The War Times Journal: Miniature Wargaming 101

Fred Manzo December 26, 2015 0

Introduction What is miniature wargaming? Miniature wargaming is when you use scale models or figures of real-life people or equipment to recreate battles from some period in history – or even the future. This

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Video Review of The U.S. Civil War (GMT)

Video Review of The U.S. Civil War (GMT)

Other December 26, 2015 0

By Marco Arnaudo

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DefenseNews: Game Review – When Real Wargamers Design Wargames

DefenseNews: Game Review – When Real Wargamers Design Wargames

Other December 25, 2015 0

By Michael Peck: “It is a strange fact that nowadays most people who design wargames have never been in the military (for that matter, neither are the politicians who fight wars). So I was

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Wired: Inside the Battle of Hoth – The Empire Strikes Out

Wired: Inside the Battle of Hoth – The Empire Strikes Out

Fred Manzo December 13, 2015 0

By SPENCER ACKERMAN: “How did the Galactic Empire ever cement its hold on the Star Wars Universe? The war machine built by Emperor Palpatine and run by Darth Vader is a spectacularly bad fighting force,

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War Is Boring: It’s Kamikazes Versus U.S. Destroyers in This Brutal War Game

War Is Boring: It’s Kamikazes Versus U.S. Destroyers in This Brutal War Game

Other December 12, 2015 0

By Michael Peck: “From all around the compass, the Japanese suicide planes descend on your U.S. Navy destroyer. On the port bow, a Zero fighter skims the waves. From astern, a Betty bomber plunges

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