DVG Games has starter a new Kick Starter campaign for expansion decks for their War Fighter game system. Warfighter is a fully solitaire or cooperative tactical card-based game for one to six players, where you select and equip a squad of soldiers, and execute the mission by fighting your...
Tripods and Triplanes Wings of Glory Game Review. Publisher: Ares Games Designer: Andrea Angiolino, Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello Price $45.99 starter set, Individual Tripods $19.99, World War II Expansion $13.00, Additional Damage Deck $13.00 Passed Inspection: Adds a whole new dimension to two great games systems. Fun. Great...
Ares Games’ Masters of the Night Now on Kick Starter! Ares Games is most well known for their wonderful Wings of Glory, Sails of Glory and Battle Star Galactica tactical combat games but now Ares turns its attention to the vampires who haunt our dark dreams with their new...
Tank Duel Enemy in the Crosshairs Board Game Review. Publisher: GMT Designer: Mike Bertucelli, Jason Carr and Joe Aguayo Price $78 Passed Inspection: Immersive, Exciting, Solid Rules, Beautiful Components Failed Basic: anti-tank guns and infantry can attack but there are no rules for attacking them, needs a campaign system...
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Blue Water Navy. Publisher: Compass Games. Game Designer: Stuart Tonge and James Derek Harris. Price: $109.00 Passed inspection: Provides a strategic overview of World War Three at sea, while retaining enough tactical detail of engagements to allow you to envision how the events unfold. The game does a good...
2019 has been yet another great year for board games, card games and miniature games. The sheer amount of product coming out has swamped our Armchair General reviewers and we’ve been fortunate to have new reviewers added to our little game review family this year. The following are some...
Battlestar Galactica Starship Booster Packs. Publisher: Ages Games Designer: Andrea Angiolino and Andrea Mainini Price $15 to $18 each Passed Inspection: Stunning miniatures, extra cards, different versions of each vehicle, sturdy boxes which can be used for display Failed Basic: Nothing at all Ares Games is famous for their...
Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel Kursk 1943 Board Game Review. Publisher: Academy Games Designer: Uwe Eickert and Gunter Eickert Price $80 Passed Inspection: Beautiful components, easy to learn, logical well laid out rule book with plenty of examples, large easy to pick up counters, exciting game play, great...
Patton’s Vanguard: Arracourt, 1944. Publisher: Take Aim Designs and Revolution Games. Game Designer: Michael Ringella. Developer: Roger Miller. Price $ 30.00. Passed inspection: An easy to grasp area movement game that showcases a key Western Front tank battle during late summer 1944. A solid game with easy to read...
The Hobbity Company of Poland in conjunction with Ares Games has just put their new World War II Battle of Britain aviation game on Kickstarter and it looks fantastic! The Hobbity Company was founded in 2002 by board games fanatics and hard-core gamers, for whom games are not...
‘Die Hard. Publisher: The Op. Game Designers: Patrick Marino and Sean Fletcher. Price $ 39.95 Passed inspection: Light rules with good explanations of objectives and actions. Captures the feel of the original movie. The game is scripted but at the same time players have flexibility in how they go...
