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“Escape from Hades” – Rules Version 2.1 (draft)

“Escape from Hades” – Rules Version 2.1 (draft)

Fred Manzo September 11, 2020 0

By Fred Manzo: The following is the first draft of version 2.0 of the rules to “Escape from Hades.” They take into account errata, clarifications, and frequently asked questions as of August 25th, 2020.

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“Escape from Hades” nominated for the Charles S. Roberts Award.

“Escape from Hades” nominated for the Charles S. Roberts Award.

Fred Manzo August 21, 2020 2

By Fred Manzo  I’m proud to announce that “Escape from Hades” has been nominated for the Charles S. Roberts Award for the Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Wargame of the year. As you may

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Bonding With Boardgames: LIVE with Game Designer Mark Herman from Victory Games & Avalon Hill & SPI

Bonding With Boardgames: LIVE with Game Designer Mark Herman from Victory Games & Avalon Hill & SPI

Other August 16, 2020 1

Bonding With Board Games “Mark agreed to come on the show and share details from his early days starting out with SPI and then being hired to run Victory Games under Avalon Hill. We

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The Tsar Tank

The Tsar Tank

Other August 16, 2020 1

Potential History “A Look at the much-requested Tsar Tank. Sources vary on some of the finer points of information such as crew number, gun number, and engine type that are mentioned here but are

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Foreign Policy: Slaughter in the East China Sea

Foreign Policy: Slaughter in the East China Sea

Fred Manzo August 12, 2020 0

What happens if China fights the United States and Japan? A mutual disaster, wargame predicts.   BY MICHAEL PECK AUGUST 7, 2020 “The year is 2030. Chinese troops seize a Japanese island in the South

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Mark Felton Productions: Hiroshima 1945 – The British Atomic Attack

Mark Felton Productions: Hiroshima 1945 – The British Atomic Attack

Other August 7, 2020 0

“This is the story of the secret ‘Black Lancasters’, a specially trained RAF unit that was to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. Why? Because the American B-29 Superfortress couldn’t

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Forbes: What If The A-Bomb Had Never Been Invented And America Invaded Japan In 1945?

Forbes: What If The A-Bomb Had Never Been Invented And America Invaded Japan In 1945?

Other August 7, 2020 0

Michael Peck: “In the summer of 1945, U.S. leaders expected one million American soldiers would soon be dead or wounded. Operation Downfall – the codename for the proposed amphibious invasion of Japan in 1945 – would

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Dark Footage: F-15 Lands with One Wing

Dark Footage: F-15 Lands with One Wing

Other July 30, 2020 0

Dark Footage Subscribe to Dark Footage: https://bit.ly/darkfootage “This footage shows a terrifying accident from May of 1983. It is an Israeli F-15D flying above the Negev desert with only one wing. The aircraft’s pilot,

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Kickstarter: “In Magnificent Style” – Deluxe (second edition) from Worthington

Kickstarter: “In Magnificent Style” – Deluxe (second edition) from Worthington

Other July 28, 2020 0

By Kickstarter: The deluxe edition and update of the classic Solitaire game, IN MAGNIFICENT STYLE. Refight Picketts Charge at Gettysburg. “In Magnificent Style” is a solitaire game depicting the final desperate Confederate attack on July

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The History Guy: The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919

The History Guy: The Boston Molasses Disaster of 1919

Other July 17, 2020 0

The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered “In 1914, the demand for molasses was at an all time high. As a result, Purity Distilling Company installed a holding tank fifty feet tall and

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