Monthly Archives: February 2015 »
FiveThirtyEightLife: The Worst Board Games Ever Invented
By Oliver Roeder Last week, I dove into the data and design of Twilight Struggle — the best board game on the planet, according to the popular gaming site BoardGameGeek. I spoke with game’s designer,
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The National Interest: Five Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster
By Michael Peck: General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s face was grim but composed as he read a short message to the assembled group of reporters on the morning of June 7, 1944. “Our landings in
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MMP Spring 2015 Customer Update
By MMP Staff Spring 2015 Customer Update Hello from MMP! Though the weather outside may still be frightful in some places, MMP is gearing up for a warm spring of exciting new releases.
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The National Interest: Five Ways Japan Could Have Won World War II
By James Holmes Let’s face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. Resolve and resources explain why. So long as Americans kept
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New York Times: Monopoly’s Inventor – The Progressive Who Didn’t Pass ‘Go’
By Mary Pilon For generations, the story of Monopoly’s Depression-era origins delighted fans almost as much as the board game itself. The tale, repeated for decades and often tucked into the game’s box along
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The National Interest: Hitler’s Last Stand – Why the Battle of the Bulge Still Matters
By Michael Peck: The attack began with a barrage from 1,600 guns and rocket launchers that pounded trenches and command posts. Then came waves of tanks and infantry that surged out of the winter
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The Economist: Financial board games – Playing the markets
By J.K. During the recent trial of Kweku Adoboli, a former trader with UBS, the prosecution described his trades that saddled the Swiss bank with a $2.3 billion loss as “unprotected, unhedged, incautious and
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April 1861: Historical Fiction as Told Through The Poetry Of Donald E. Allen
By Amazon Staff: April 1861 by Donald E. Allen is a piece of historical fiction as told through poetic verse. Each poem recounts a day of the month of April in the year of
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Forbes: ‘Tide of Iron’ Is A Storm Of Steel
By Michael Peck: Toy soldiers are a guilty pleasure. We love them as children and are taught to look down on them as adults. And this is a pity, because something that touches us
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Washington Post: Re-creating the Battle of Waterloo, with 250,000 six-millimeter-tall toy soldiers
By Tom Dunkel Flowers are in full spring bloom outside Bruce Weigle’s Alexandria home, but inside it’s the dead of winter: January 1871 to be exact. Weigle is refereeing a step-back-in-time battle from the
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