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At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part V – Heavy Action in the Center

At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part V – Heavy Action in the Center

Other April 18, 2019 0

Part V By Josef Tham The Prussian Aggressive Tactics chit appeared late this turn as well, to no effect against a loaded Prussian Aggressiveness track. DuBarail’s 1st Reserve Cavalry Division (light green) began moving

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At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VI – Evening Action

At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VI – Evening Action

Other April 17, 2019 0

Part VI By Josef Tham Ladmirault (green) had continued to march his IV Corps toward the sound of the guns, now actually reaching the Fond de la Cuve ravine, but Lorencez’s division (green) dawdled

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At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VII – Verdun Road

At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VII – Verdun Road

Other April 16, 2019 0

Part VII By Josef Tham Verdun Road Forton’s 3rd Reserve Cavalry Division (light blue), two cavalry units at cadre-strength and a battleworn horse artillery unit, raced south but wouldn’t reach the action before the

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At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VIII – Blame the Guard!

At Any Cost: An After-Action-Report – Part VIII – Blame the Guard!

Other April 15, 2019 0

Part VIII By Josef Tham Verdun Road – Blame The Guard! Neither Forton’s 3rd nor Wilhelm’s 6th Cav could reach the road in the dark. The OOC Prussian Guard horse artillery promptly withdrew off

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The Players’ Aid: “It will cost what it will!” – A Review of At Any Cost: Metz 1870 from GMT Games

The Players’ Aid: “It will cost what it will!” – A Review of At Any Cost: Metz 1870 from GMT Games

Other April 8, 2019 0

Date: April 6, 2018 Author: Alexander “At Any Cost: Metz 1870 is one of the latest offerings from GMT Games. It’s a 2-player wargame that focuses on the fighting around the Metz Forest during the Franco-Prussian

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The Players’ Aid: Top 10 Wargames of 2018

The Players’ Aid: Top 10 Wargames of 2018

Other April 8, 2019 0

The Players Aid Published on Apr 6, 2019 Website: www.theplayersaid.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/theplayersaid

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Wargamer Review: AT ANY COST: METZ 1870

Wargamer Review: AT ANY COST: METZ 1870

Other August 17, 2018 0

BY BILL GRAY 15 AUG 2018 “OK, I’ll admit it, there are areas in which board wargames of the hex and counter variety still shine, and at Historicon recently I was able to purchase an

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At Any Cost: Metz 1870  A player review.

At Any Cost: Metz 1870 A player review.

Donald Allen August 16, 2018 0

By Don Allen: I stepped into the unknown, and it was fun. Not many people know the Franco Prussian war. A war looked back upon as one of the key events in European history.

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A Wargamers Needful Things: A Review of “At Any Cost Metz 1870” by GMT

A Wargamers Needful Things: A Review of “At Any Cost Metz 1870” by GMT

Other July 24, 2018 0

by Robert Peterson:  “The Franco-Prussian War; not many besides historians and wargamers have even heard about it. The Franco-Prussian War is really the catalyst for the events of the next seventy-five years in European history.

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GMT’s “At Any Cost: Metz 1870” – Errata, Clarifications and FAQ – Version 1.00

GMT’s “At Any Cost: Metz 1870” – Errata, Clarifications and FAQ – Version 1.00

Hermann Luttmann July 14, 2018 0

AT ANY COST: METZ 1870 ERRATA, CLARIFICATIONS AND FAQ Terrain Effects Chart                                             

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