IMMERSIVE AND FUN INTRODUCTORY WAR GAME! – DVG’s CASTLE ITTER Board Game Review

Posted on Feb 19, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Castle Itter – The Strangest Battle of World War II Board Game Review.  Publisher: DVG  Designer:  David Thompson  Price $59.99 Passed Inspection:   Strong solo narrative, fast playing, easy to learn but hard to master, solo or multiplayer Failed Basic:    needs a little more explanation in the rules, have to...

Back to the USSR! Frank Chadwick’s Thunder in the East. Tabletop Game Review

Posted on Feb 18, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Frank Chadwick’s Thunder in the East. Publisher: Victory Point Games / GMT Games.  Designer: Frank Chadwick. Developers: Alan Emerich, Lance McMillan Price $ 149.00 Passed inspection: A more playable giant version of the Great Patriotic War. Big, gorgeous counters and huge maps. A glossy well-constructed rule book. Quality play...

“Advance at all costs!” The Battle of Stalingrad by Turning Point Simulations – Board Game Review

Posted on Feb 5, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

The Battle of Stalingrad Board Game Review.  Publisher: Turning Point Simulations  Designer:  Hjalmar Gerber and Jim Werbaneth  Price $33.95 (Ziplock Bag) or $39.95 (Boxed) Passed Inspection:   Beautiful Components, interesting perspective, broad scope, Axis objectives are different each time you play adding replay value, unique way of tracking unit strength...

Ten-Hut! Attention War Fighters! A New Expansion is on Kick Starter!

Posted on Jan 23, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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...

“Across the gulf of space…intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.” Tripods and Triplanes Wings of Glory Expansion Game Review.

Posted on Jan 22, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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...

Tap Your Inner Vampire with Masters of the Night now on Kick Starter!

Posted on Jan 21, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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 Puts You Right in to the Action! – GMT’s Tank Duel Board Game Review

Posted on Jan 16, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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...

Matt White’s 3 Top Games of 2019 video!

Posted on Jan 3, 2020 in Boardgames

Click on this link to see Armchair General’s reviewer and game designer Matt White’s Top 3 Games of...

It’s a Red Storm on The Rise with Compass Games ‘Blue Water Navy’. Board Game Review.

Posted on Jan 3, 2020 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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...

Best Games Reviewed in 2019

Posted on Dec 27, 2019 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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...

“Don’t die a nugget! Be an Ace!” – Battlestar Galactica Starship Battles Ship Booster Packs Game Review

Posted on Dec 27, 2019 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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...

“After several minutes of firing on the move, the attacking echelon of our 29th and 18th Tank Corps cut into the Nazi ranks with a thrust forward—a rapid assault literally through the enemy ranks.” ― Soviet Cmdr. Pavel Rotmistrov — Conflict of Heroes: Storms of Steel Kursk 1943 Board Game Review

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

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...