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Wargaming in the Classroom: An Odyssey
By James Lacey: “Several years ago, as a new professor at the Marine Corps War College, I spent a huge amount of time putting together the best presentation on Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War
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The Telegraph: The Ides of March – The assassination of Julius Caesar and how it changed the world
Caesar’s death paved the way for the Roman empire after a bloody cycle of civil wars, and secured him the hallowed immortality he always craved By Dominic Selwood “Spurinna was a haruspex. His calling
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Washington Post: Google just mastered a game that vexed scientists — and their machines — for decades
By Matt McFarland January 27 “Artificial intelligence took a historic step forward Wednesday when a Google team announced that it taught a machine to master the ancient Chinese game Go, a feat researchers have
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“April 1861” by Donald Allen
(Click to enlarge) Review of April 1861 on Amazon… “I just finished reading April 1861. It is an excellent example of historical fiction through poetic verse. I was never a big fan of poetry,
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Popular Mechanics: The World’s 20 Most Impressive Fortresses
Mighty military strongholds from ancient castles to modern innovations. By tim-newcomb “A fortress protects and gives military personnel a safe harbor from the enemy. But not all fortresses were created equal. And they certainly
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Houston Chronicle: International Copyright Laws for Board Games
by Hall Harris , Demand Media “No single method can protect a board game in its entirety from copyright infringement. Instead, a board game inventor can create a patchwork of protection from various intellectual
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Popular Mechanics: Why the A-10 Warthog Is Such a Badass Plane
How a slow, simple airplane became an icon. “General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, chief of the Air Force’s Air Combat Command, said earlier this week that he would deploy A-10s to Incirlik Air Base in
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War History Online: Tiger 1 for sale!
“Would you want to buy a Tiger? Or a replica, anyway. Here’s your chance! These gentlemen have made a replica and are selling it for “meager” sum of 380k Euros. The vehicle is powered
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Brilliant Maps: The 28 Best Map Based Strategy Board Games You’ve Probably Never Played
“If you like board games and you like maps, you’ve almost certainly played Risk and have likely also played such classics as Diplomacy and Settlers of Catan before. While these are all great games,
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