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Take Me To Your Leaders! Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon and their Counters in Wargaming – A Boardgaming Way Survey
By Paul Comben A few months ago I took at look at how military notions of command were (or were not) translated into board wargame mechanisms. As a sort of follow-up to that, I
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Several Ways with Schlieffen (A Boardgaming Way Review)
By Paul Comben My Five Games of 1914 in France and Belgium This is certainly not a comprehensive list of 1914 titles, as I can think of at least three or four others; but
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Over Crowded Beaches – A Boardgaming Way Review of “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940”
By Paul Comben Of Little Ships, Long Queues and the Luftwaffe in… “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940” Designer: Hermann Luttmann and Paul Fish Publisher: White Dog Games According to some, this is where Hitler
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1914 – Before the Leaves Fell (An Essay)
By Paul Comben An Evaluation of Initial German and French Strategy on the Western Front Like many a student of military history, I spent years believing in something called “The Schlieffen Plan.” It was
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What Happened to the Hood? – The Replays
By Paul Comben A slight change of plans here, owing to issues of space. The two games being used are Jack Greene’s The Royal Navy and Gary Graber’s Battleship Captain. Both games have relatively simple movement
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What Happened to the Hood? (Part II) – An Analysis
By Paul Comben In the first part of this analysis, I looked at the events leading up to those fateful minutes in the Denmark Strait, and then at the course of the battle itself. In
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What Was Wrong With “Our Bloody Ships”? – An Analysis
by Paul Comben An analysis of the British Battle Cruisers at Jutland It is common for historians seeking to explain the failures and frustrations surrounding the conduct of the British fleet at Jutland to
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What Happened to the Hood? An Analysis (Part 1)
By Paul Comben [Note: this article uses material from hmshood.com (in particular, the first photo of Hood at sea in April 1941 and is used with the permission of the HMS Hood Association along
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Counter Commands – Administration and Leadership on the Wargame Map – An Analysis
By Paul Comben Counter Commands Administration and Leadership on the Wargame Map “Now You Are In Command!” That was the proud boast on the boxes of the very first Avalon Hill wargames I owned
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Habitual History and the High Ground – An Analysis
Habitual History and the High Ground By Paul Comben I first visited Senlac Hill, by long tradition the accepted site of the battle of Hastings, more than thirty years ago. I went there because
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