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Chainmail: Medieval Combat – A Boardgaming Way Review
By Tom Thornsen Chainmail – First Impressions Designer: Richard Berg Publisher: Worthington Games (2009) [Chainmail: Medieval Combat should not be confused with the game Chainmail, the miniatures game created by Gary Gygax in 1971. Richard
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ATO Newsletter and Bonus Game Offer
BY ATO Staff Greetings to all, This is just a quick end of year newsgram to fill everybody in on what’s happening here at Against the Odds, plus mention a special offer for something
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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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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
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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.
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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.
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“Pike & Shot” now on Sale
By Staff of Slitherine PRODUCT INFO Get Pike & Shot during its launch week and save $10! Price will increase after October 23th!Note: physical boxed versions of the game will not be shipped before
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And Now For Something Completely Different ……
By Hermann Luttmann …. Hammerin’ Sickles, a regimental-scale Gettysburg game! What? You say you already own a dozen Gettysburg games? And you currently have a multitude of games with all sorts of different tactical American
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Now available! Duel of Eagles II from White Dog Games
By the Staff of White Dog Games Now available! Designer Hermann Luttmann’s Duel of Eagles II has been upgraded with expanded rules and two scenarios. By designer Hermann Luttmann, Duel of Eagles II centers on the battle
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