Monthly Archives: December 2014 »
Noble Knight Games Sale
By the Noble Knight Games staff December 24, 2014 Hello everyone, Below you will find our newest list of new and out of print games, miniatures and books that have come in over
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The Jewish Daily Forward: War Games Depict History of Israel and Challenge Players To Win Conflict
By Michael Peck: Games Imagine Scenarios From 1948 War to Strike on Iran It is October 1973, and the state of Israel is in mortal danger. To the north, Syrian tank columns have
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The Ancient World – Carthage, The First Punic War – A Boardgaming Way Analysis
By Tom Thornsen It is 264 BC and you are a member of the Roman Senate. News comes from the south that the Syracusan Tyrant Hiero has allied with the Carthaginians and is preparing
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War Is Boring: Staggering Odds, Brutal Tank Battles in New War Game
By Mike Peck It’s Israel versus Syria in board game ‘Days of Battle: Golan Heights’ The odds were staggering. Just 177 Israeli tanks facing horde of 1,400 tanks of the Syrian army. Just 200
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Happy Holidays from Academy Games
By the Academy Games Staff Happy Holidays from Academy Games View this email in your browser Fief – France 1429 is shipping soon! Fief is a game of dynastic ambition, where players assume the
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Bringing Back the Bygones: An Occasional Look at the Vintage Side of Boardgaming
By Paul Comben The Battle of the Little Big Horn Review Designer: Eduardo Rojas Publisher: Waddingtons Games (1962) So who remembers this one? For no small amount of time I have told people that my first
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FP Magazine: Like Stratego, But With More Bagpipes
By Michael Peck The fight for Scottish independence, coming to a living room table near you. Damn that William Wallace. Damn that stupid movie Braveheart. And curse this infernal board game that compels me, Edward Longshanks,
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Prelude to Waterloo – A Boardgaming Way Essay
By Paul D Fish DVM On April 6, 1814 Napoleon was forced to abdicate his thrown and go into exile on the island of Elba, near his birthplace in Corsica. He remained there for
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“Stonewall’s Sword” in development at Revolution Games
From the Revolution Games Staff: The stifling hot morning of August 9th, 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s corps of Confederate veterans encountered a lone Union division under the shadow of Slaughter’s Mountain (also
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A BECKONING VICTORY: THE BATTLE OF MARS-LA-TOUR 1870 – A Boardgaming Way Essay
by Hermann Luttmann “The tragedy is that, obsessed with avoiding defeat, he was blind to a beckoning victory.” – David Ascoli, author of A Day of Battle, referring to French Marshal Francois Bazaine The Battle
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