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Forbes: What If The A-Bomb Had Never Been Invented And America Invaded Japan In 1945?
Michael Peck: “In the summer of 1945, U.S. leaders expected one million American soldiers would soon be dead or wounded. Operation Downfall – the codename for the proposed amphibious invasion of Japan in 1945 – would
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Forbes: Mass Grave From Thirty Years’ War Reveals Brutal Cavalry Attack
By Kristina Killgrove “On November 16, 1632, two armies faced off at the site of Lützen, Germany. On one side was Gustavus Adolphus II, King of Sweden, and on the other was General Albrecht von
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Forbes: ‘World War Z’: The Board Game
By Michael Peck: As relentless and inevitable as a zombie horde, it is no surprise that World War Z has spawned an official board game. Called “World War Z: The Game”, it tasks two
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Forbes: ‘Tide of Iron’ Is A Storm Of Steel
By Michael Peck: Toy soldiers are a guilty pleasure. We love them as children and are taught to look down on them as adults. And this is a pity, because something that touches us
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Forbes: Are Board Games Better Than Video Games?
By Erik Kain Quintin Smith has an interesting post over at Kotaku in which he argues that board games and pen-and-paper RPGs are superior to video games, for a number of reasons. For one, he argues, technology
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War Is Boring: Staggering Odds, Brutal Tank Battles in New War Game
By Mike Peck It’s Israel versus Syria in board game ‘Days of Battle: Golan Heights’ The odds were staggering. Just 177 Israeli tanks facing horde of 1,400 tanks of the Syrian army. Just 200
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