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By Fred Manzo (Click to enlarge.) Support: Consimworld Forum Lamps Design Analysis Lamps Overview
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“The Lamps Are Going Out: World War I” – An Overview
By Scott Muldoon: On Saturday morning at GMT East this past weekend, Hermann Luttmann let us get a crack at Lamps, designed by Kirk Uhlmann. Kirk has done some wonderful work in boiling down
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By Hermann Luttmnn: This design is a fast-paced game of strategic decision making in the First World War for two to four players. There are two Alliances – Central Powers and Triple Entente –
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Several Ways with Schlieffen (A Boardgaming Way Review)
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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1914 – Before the Leaves Fell (An Essay)
By Paul Comben An Evaluation of Initial German and French Strategy on the Western Front Like many a student of military history, I spent years believing in something called “The Schlieffen Plan.” It was
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WSJ: The First War to Run on Oil
From the Wall Street Journal By DANIEL YERGIN World War I made gasoline central to combat and world politics. Half a century ago, on the 50th anniversary of World War I, the diplomatic historian William
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WSJ: The War That Broke a Century
A king, a kaiser, a czar—all were undone as they realized what they had unleashed with World War I. By PEGGY NOONAN Updated July 25, 2014 6:52 p.m. ET Next week marks the 100th
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Washington Post: How Nicky and Willy could have prevented WWI
By Graham Allison Graham Allison is director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School. One hundred years ago this week, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and Kaiser Wilhelm
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What Was Wrong With “Our Bloody Ships”? – An Analysis
by Paul Comben An analysis of the British Battle Cruisers at Jutland It is common for historians seeking to explain the failures and frustrations surrounding the conduct of the British fleet at Jutland to
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Wall Street Journal: World War I: The War That Changed Everything
By MARGARET MACMILLAN World War I began 100 years ago this month, and in many ways, writes historian Margaret MacMillan, it remains the defining conflict of the modern era. A hundred years ago next week, in
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