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Foreign Policy: Guns of October

Foreign Policy: Guns of October

Other March 29, 2015 0

By Michael Peck: I played every game about the Yom Kippur War, so you don’t have to. Here’s what I learned. It was at 2 p.m. on the sixth day of October 1973 —

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Welcome to the 2011 For The People BPA PBeM Tournament Page

Welcome to the 2011 For The People BPA PBeM Tournament Page

Other March 28, 2015 0

By Tom Thornsen These games were completed by 4 May 2013 Don Chappell was the Game Master. Tom Thornsen and Michael Mitchell served as assistant GMs Tom Thornsen administered this web page and report game

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Deseret News: Pay Dirt is an immersive board game about modern-day gold mining.

Deseret News: Pay Dirt is an immersive board game about modern-day gold mining.

Other March 28, 2015 0

By Ryan Morgenegg  The board game Pay Dirt is about the gritty and competitive world of modern-day gold mining in frigid Alaska. In this worker-placement-style game, players take the roles of enterprising mining companies

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WSJ: This Spring, Mets Play for the Love of the (Trivia) Game

WSJ: This Spring, Mets Play for the Love of the (Trivia) Game

Other March 27, 2015 0

By JARED DIAMOND If you want to know which river is Europe’s longest, or which Chicago hotel was built in the Italian Renaissance style, someone in the dugout can probably tell you PORT ST. LUCIE,

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“Tesla vs. Edison” from Antana Games now on Kickstarter

“Tesla vs. Edison” from Antana Games now on Kickstarter

Other March 26, 2015 0

By Antana Games Staff New horizons and Tesla vs. Edison View this email in your browser Hi Everyone, We hope this note finds you well and getting fun games on the table on a regular

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Deseret News: Versailles: a strategic palace building board game

Deseret News: Versailles: a strategic palace building board game

Other March 26, 2015 0

By Ryan Morgenegg In the game Versailles by NSKN Games and U.S. publisher Passport Game Studios, legendary designer Andrei Novac creates a world where King Louis XIV of France hires two to five players

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Deseret News: Game Review: Imperial Assault is Star Wars in a box

Deseret News: Game Review: Imperial Assault is Star Wars in a box

Other March 25, 2015 0

By Cody K. Carlson: When Fantasy Flight Games announced Star Wars: Imperial Assault at Gen Con, America’s largest board game trade show in August, it quickly became the most anticipated game of the year.

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“The Lamps Are Going Out:  World War I” – An Overview

“The Lamps Are Going Out: World War I” – An Overview

Other March 25, 2015 2

By Scott Muldoon: On Saturday morning at GMT East this past weekend, Hermann Luttmann let us get a crack at Lamps, designed by Kirk Uhlmann. Kirk has done some wonderful work in boiling down

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The Telegraph: Confessions of a ‘Grognard’: why I am an unashamed board game geek

The Telegraph: Confessions of a ‘Grognard’: why I am an unashamed board game geek

Other March 19, 2015 0

By Dan Hodges “A confession. I am a Grognard. “Isn’t a Grognard a species of tropical fish?” assistant comment editor Tom Chivers asked me suspiciously when I outed myself this morning. No, a Grognard

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The New Yorker: Dungeons and Dragons Saved My Life

The New Yorker: Dungeons and Dragons Saved My Life

Other March 8, 2015 0

BY Jon Michaud Dungeons & Dragons turns forty this year. The game, which I played in my youth, is entering middle age just a few years behind me. My interest in—or, I should say,

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