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MMP’s “The Tide at Sunrise” – A Boardgaming Way Analysis
By Tom Thornsen The Tide at Sunrise Designer: Yukihiro Kuro and Adam Starkweather Publisher: MMP (2010) A few years ago Multi-Man Publishing© issued The Tide at Sunrise in its International Games Series (IGS), this one from Japan
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By Harvey Mossman Hello, You are invited to the following event: FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING DAY OF GAMING (FATDOG) Event to be held at the following time, date, and location: Friday, November 28, 2014 from
Read More »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
Read More »Beta Rules for “At Any Cost: Metz 1870” – A Boardgaming Way Special Presentation
By Hermann Luttmann At Any Cost: Metz 1870 Rules 1.0 Introduction On the morning of August 16th, 1870 at the Gravelotte crossroads outside the fortress of Metz, Napoleon III, Emperor of the French Second Empire, turned
Read More »Heights of Courage and Yom Kippur – A Boardgaming Way Paired Review
Review by Mitch Freedman Heights of Courage Game Design – Steve NewhouseGame Development – Ernesto Sassot / Dean Essig ————————————- Yom Kippur Game Design – Al SandrickGame Development – Dean N. EssigThe Gamers, Inc.
Read More »Victory Games’ – The Civil War – A Boardgaming Way Review
By Tom Thornsen Victory Games – The Civil War Designer: Eric Lee Smith Publisher: Victory Games (1983) In 1983, Victory Games published The Civil War, one of the classic games to cover the entire American Civil War.
Read More »HAMMERIN’ SICKLES: LONGSTREET ATTACKS AT GETTYSBURG Rules
By Hermann Luttmann: Hammerin’ Sickles Rules Designer: Hermann Luttmann
Read More »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
Read More »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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