Command and Colors: Ancients PC Computer Game Review. Publisher GMT Games and Hexwar Games. Based upon Richard Borg’s Board Game. Price $19.99 Passed Inspection: easy to learn, tough to master, excellent game play, great music, nice graphics capture the board game feel, lots of scenarios Failed Basic: no...
Gallipoli 1915: Churchill’s Greatest Gamble. Publisher: GMT Games. Designer: Geoffrey Phipps. Price $105.00 Passed inspection: A triumph of quantitative design. Very detailed simulation of the early days of the Gallipoli campaign. Game mechanics feed the narrative depicting the nature of the conflict. Failed basic: The game design...
Gaming Holiday Buyers’ Guide 2018 2018 has been an amazing year for gaming! In 2017, we said that “maybe” we were in a second Golden Age of Gaming. Well after 2018, if anyone doubts that we are in a second Golden Age of Games then they haven’t been paying...
Battlestar Galactica Starship Battles Starter Set. Publisher: Ages Games Designer: Andrea Angiolino and Andrea Mainini Price $59.90 Passed Inspection: Beautiful components and miniatures, innovative movement system simulates zero G space combat, exciting game play, multiple difficulty levels, tons of value for the money Failed Basic: Kinetic movement...
Hitler’s Reich Game Review. Publisher: GMT Designers: Mark McLaughlin and Fred Schachter Price $69.00 Passed Inspection: Great value for the money, tons of replay value, attractive components, easy and fast to play, fun, great historical and designers’ notes, plenty of examples, 2 different styles for solo play,...
New York 1901 Game Review. Publisher: Blue Orange Designer: Chenier La Salle Price $59.99 Passed Inspection: Beautiful components, family friendly, mentally challenging, pure fun, informative examples of play Failed Basic: colors are a little confusing (and may be detrimental if you are color blind), rules need to...
The First Battle of the Marne 1914 AD Game Review. Publisher: Turning Point Simulations Designer: Jon Compton Price $32.95 (ziplock) or $37.95 (boxed) Passed Inspection: mounted board, good solo play, multiple scenarios, small footprint, can be played in one afternoon, educational, living rules updated on company’s website ...
Night Fighter Ace Board Game Review. Publisher Compass Games Designer: Gregory M. Smith and Joe Gandara Price $99.00 Passed Inspection: Stunning artwork, high quality components, extremely immersive role playing aspects, compelling narrative develops for each mission, excellent rule book Failed Basic: index is not complete, the Event...
Sword & Sorcery Ancient Chronicles: final hours on Kickstarter November 20th, 2018 – The crowdfunding campaign to fund Ancient Chronicles, the new stand-alone core set and campaign for the acclaimed co-op fantasy dungeon Sword & Sorcery, entered in its final 48 hours on Kickstarter with over $520,000 pledged (about 350% funded), more than...
Pavlov’s House: The Battle of Stalingrad. Publisher: Dan Verssen Games Designer: David Thompson Price $ 59.99 Passed inspection: Clean presentation of the rules and components. Nice graphic depiction of how one building is the critical focus of the entire battle. Concise examples of play included for each section...
Next War Poland Board Game Review. Publisher: GMT Game Designer: Ralph Shelton,Gene Billingsley, Mitchell Land, Douglas Bush and Chris Fawcett Price $89.99 Passed Inspection: Covers all aspects of a modern war in the region, programmed rules, three complete levels of complexity, tons of replay value, full index Failed...
Corsair Leader Board Game Review. Publisher: DVG Game Designer: Dan Verssen Price $99.99 Aces Expansion Deck $24.99 Passed Inspection: top quality components, tons of replay value, highly immersive solo or cooperative experience, box stuffed with tons of campaigns and other materials, beautiful artwork, errata and fast support/Q and...
