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The National Interest: Five Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster

The National Interest: Five Ways D-Day Could Have Been a Disaster

Fred Manzo February 24, 2015 0

By Michael Peck: General Dwight D. Eisenhower’s face was grim but composed as he read a short message to the assembled group of reporters on the morning of June 7, 1944. “Our landings in

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The National Interest: Five Ways Japan Could Have Won World War II

The National Interest: Five Ways Japan Could Have Won World War II

Other February 22, 2015 0

By James Holmes Let’s face it. Imperial Japan stood next to no chance of winning a fight to the finish against the United States. Resolve and resources explain why. So long as Americans kept

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The National Interest: Hitler’s Last Stand – Why the Battle of the Bulge Still Matters

The National Interest: Hitler’s Last Stand – Why the Battle of the Bulge Still Matters

Other February 22, 2015 0

By Michael Peck: The attack began with a barrage from 1,600 guns and rocket launchers that pounded trenches and command posts. Then came waves of tanks and infantry that surged out of the winter

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Obtain a Free PNP version of “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940” on The Boardgaming Way

Obtain a Free PNP version of “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940” on The Boardgaming Way

Hermann Luttmann January 20, 2015 13

By Fred Manzo Thanks to Paul Fish, Hermann Luttmann and Legion Wargames a free Print-and-Play copy of “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940“ is now available  to readers of The Boardgaming Way. This game was

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Bringing Back the Bygones – Part II: Combat (1968) & William the Conqueror (1976)   

Bringing Back the Bygones – Part II: Combat (1968) & William the Conqueror (1976)  

Paul Comben January 17, 2015 2

By Paul Comben To come straight to the point, whatever mainstream wargaming was doing between 1968 and 1976, it was not doing it with either of these two oddities. Then again, one abiding memory

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MMP’s “The Tide at Sunrise” – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

MMP’s “The Tide at Sunrise” – A Boardgaming Way Analysis

Other November 20, 2014 2

 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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Over Crowded Beaches – A Boardgaming Way Review of “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940”

Over Crowded Beaches – A Boardgaming Way Review of “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940”

Paul Comben September 17, 2014 1

By Paul Comben Of Little Ships, Long Queues and the Luftwaffe in… “A Spoiled Victory: Dunkirk 1940” Designer: Hermann Luttmann and Paul Fish Publisher: White Dog Games According to some, this is where Hitler

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Hell’s Gate – A Boardgaming Way Review

Hell’s Gate – A Boardgaming Way Review

Mitch Freedman August 17, 2014 0

This is a different kind of game, and so it needs a different kind of review. Enjoy – Mitch HELL’S GATE Designer: Professor Philip Sabin Publisher:Victory Point Games A Review by Mitch Freedman Back

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What Happened to the Hood? – The Replays

What Happened to the Hood? – The Replays

Paul Comben August 1, 2014 1

By Paul Comben A slight change of plans here, owing to issues of space. The two games being used are Jack Greene’s The Royal Navy and Gary Graber’s Battleship Captain. Both games have relatively simple movement

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What Happened to the Hood? (Part II) – An Analysis

What Happened to the Hood? (Part II) – An Analysis

Paul Comben July 31, 2014 2

By Paul Comben In the first part of this analysis, I looked at the events leading up  to those fateful  minutes in the Denmark Strait, and then at the  course of the battle itself. In

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