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MMP’s “The Tide at Sunrise” – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

MMP’s “The Tide at Sunrise” – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

Other November 20, 2014 2

 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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FatDog !

FatDog !

Harvey Mossman November 17, 2014 0

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

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Take Me To Your Leaders!  Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon and their Counters in Wargaming – A Boardgaming Way Survey

Take Me To Your Leaders! Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon and their Counters in Wargaming – A Boardgaming Way Survey

Paul Comben November 17, 2014 4

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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Beta Rules for “At Any Cost: Metz 1870” – A Boardgaming Way Special Presentation

Beta Rules for “At Any Cost: Metz 1870” – A Boardgaming Way Special Presentation

Hermann Luttmann November 10, 2014 0

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

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Heights of Courage and Yom Kippur – A Boardgaming Way Paired Review

Heights of Courage and Yom Kippur – A Boardgaming Way Paired Review

Mitch Freedman November 10, 2014 0

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.

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Victory Games’ – The Civil War – A Boardgaming Way Review

Victory Games’ – The Civil War – A Boardgaming Way Review

Other November 6, 2014 12

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. 

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A Player’s Guide to “Hammerin’ Sickles: Longstreet Attacks at Gettysburg”

A Player’s Guide to “Hammerin’ Sickles: Longstreet Attacks at Gettysburg”

Fred Manzo October 22, 2014 2

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HAMMERIN’ SICKLES:  LONGSTREET ATTACKS AT GETTYSBURG Rules

HAMMERIN’ SICKLES: LONGSTREET ATTACKS AT GETTYSBURG Rules

Hermann Luttmann October 10, 2014 0

By Hermann Luttmann:   Hammerin’ Sickles Rules  Designer: Hermann Luttmann                                                

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Several Ways with Schlieffen (A Boardgaming Way Review)

Several Ways with Schlieffen (A Boardgaming Way Review)

Paul Comben September 19, 2014 9

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”

Over Crowded Beaches – A Boardgaming Way Review of “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940”

Paul Comben September 17, 2014 1

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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