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“A Most Fearful Sacrifice”: Playtest After-Action-Report 2: “Making Sausage: All this Is My Fault – Pickett’s Charge”

“A Most Fearful Sacrifice”: Playtest After-Action-Report 2: “Making Sausage: All this Is My Fault – Pickett’s Charge”

Other July 28, 2020 0

“Making Sausage: All this Is My Fault – Pickett’s Charge” By Claude Whalen:   You would think that making a Pickett’s Charge scenario would be simple; march across open ground, get blasted along the

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Kickstarter: “In Magnificent Style” – Deluxe (second edition) from Worthington

Kickstarter: “In Magnificent Style” – Deluxe (second edition) from Worthington

Other July 28, 2020 0

By Kickstarter: The deluxe edition and update of the classic Solitaire game, IN MAGNIFICENT STYLE. Refight Picketts Charge at Gettysburg. “In Magnificent Style” is a solitaire game depicting the final desperate Confederate attack on July

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Gettysburg – UK Video

Gettysburg – UK Video

Other July 27, 2020 0

Chris Gilder “TV Series on in the UK called Battleground featuring Edward Woodward with Peter Gilders figures and Terrain. Peter and Edward first met on the movie Callan which featured a wargame setup by

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A Most Fearful Sacrifice: After-Action-Report of its Grand Battle Scenario – Playtest Version

A Most Fearful Sacrifice: After-Action-Report of its Grand Battle Scenario – Playtest Version

Other July 15, 2020 0

                       Or “This Is Why We Playtest a Lot”  By Claude Whalen:  Thousands of books have been written on Gettysburg, it seems that everyone

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The Players Aid: Interview with Hermann Luttmann Designer of ‘In Magnificent Style: Pickett’s Charge Deluxe’ from Worthington Publishing Coming to Kickstarter Soon

The Players Aid: Interview with Hermann Luttmann Designer of ‘In Magnificent Style: Pickett’s Charge Deluxe’ from Worthington Publishing Coming to Kickstarter Soon

Other July 15, 2020 0

By The Players Aid: “A game that I have yet to play but one that is always spoken of fondly by wargamers, even with a bit of reverence I think for the subject and

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New Hermann Luttmann games: “Beware the Shades” and “A Most Fearful Sacrifice.”

New Hermann Luttmann games: “Beware the Shades” and “A Most Fearful Sacrifice.”

Fred Manzo July 1, 2020 1

                                                       Previews  By Fred Manzo (Quotes and pictures

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Washington Post: She was the last American to collect a Civil War pension —$73.13 a month. She just died.

Washington Post: She was the last American to collect a Civil War pension —$73.13 a month. She just died.

Other June 10, 2020 0

By Ian Shapira: “The check arrived every month: $73.13. Irene Triplett, who lived in a North Carolina nursing home, rarely talked about the source of the money. She was the last American to receive

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Gettysburg – C3i Series Volume 1 – A Boardgaming Way Review

Gettysburg – C3i Series Volume 1 – A Boardgaming Way Review

Paul Comben February 2, 2020 0

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Marco Arnaudo: “Longstreet Attacks” Review

Marco Arnaudo: “Longstreet Attacks” Review

Other November 22, 2019 0

MarcoOmnigamer 19.5K subscribers Conclusions at 12:03.

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Battlefields and Warriors: A review of “Stonewall’s Sword” by Revolution Games

Battlefields and Warriors: A review of “Stonewall’s Sword” by Revolution Games

Other September 25, 2019 0

Jackson’s Sword by Revolution Games. By Norm Smith: “The first of the American Civil War regimental games in the Blind Swords series by Revolution Games, it covers Cedar Mountain with each turn representing 20

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