Urban Battle and Urban Battle Junior Urban Battle and Urban Battle Junior Publisher: Forsage Games Designer: Predrag Lazovic and Dragan Lazovic Price: unknown at this time Passed Inspection: Beautiful components, packed with tons of goodies, easy to learn and play, fun games, family friendly. Failed Basic: needs initiative rules,...
Corvette Command. Publisher: War Diary Games. Designer: Alan Eagle. Price $ 40.00 Passed inspection: Solid solitaire game that puts you on the bridge of a corvette assigned to convoy duty. Easy to learn rules. The game has a strong theme that builds an engaging narrative for the player. Failed...
Western Front Ace: The Great War in the Air, 1916-1918. Publisher: Compass Games. Designer: Gregory M. Smith and Ian Cooper. Price $109.00 Passed inspection: A solid game that produces plausible encounters and engagements while conveying the experience of a Great War fighter pilot. Failed basic: Rules organization could be...
Sleepwalkers: Imperial Rivalries and the Great War. Publisher: Dr. Richter Konflictsimulationen. Designer: Dr. Benjamin Richter. Price: 14.95 Passed inspection: A compact, multiple player game that highlights European competition and diplomacy while still conveying the impact of conflict between great powers at the dawn of the 20th Century. Failed basic:...
Digital Influence Mercenaries: Profits and Power through Information Warfare Author: James J.F. Forest. Publisher: Naval Institute Press. Price $ 39.95 Use the term ‘mercenary’ and you likely conjure a visage of fourteenth century condottieri contracting with Italian princes or more recently the activities of the Russian-based Wagner group. Outlawed...
Uniting America: How FDR and Henry Stimson Brought Democrats and Republicans Together to Win World War II. Author: Peter Shinkle. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press. Price $ 32.50 Students of World War II history, both professional and casual, are familiar with the grand sweep of the military scope of the...
Schnell Boats: Scourge of the English Channel Publisher: Compass Games Designer: Joe Carter Price $69.00 Passed Inspection: Nice looking components, game weaves a strong and immersive narrative, one mission can be played in 1 to 2 hours, tons of replayability, great value for the price, can be played...
By Ray Garbee Aces of Valor. Publisher: Legion Wargames. Designer: Eric Von Rossing. Don Hendon. Artist Mark Mahaffey. Price $72.00 (current sale price $55.00) Passed inspection: Solid rules and quality components deliver what the box promises. Highly abstracted air combat model allows you to quickly spin through engagements over...
Depths of Courage Attack on Alexandria Harbor Publisher: High Flying Dice Games Designer: Paul Rohrbaugh Price $9.95 non mounted counters or $17.95 with mounted counters Passed Inspection: Great looking game, tense game play, tons of replayability, small footprint, great value for the price, extremely challenging, solo game, can be...
By Ray Garbee Skies Above Britain. Publisher: GMT Games. Designer: Jeremy White and Gina Willis. Price $99.00 Passed inspection: An immersive solitaire experience that captures the feel of the air war over Britain in 1940. The well-crafted rulebook and charts make finding rules references a snap. Failed basic: Not...
Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentagon. Author: General Larry O. Spencer, USAF (Ret.). Publisher: Naval Institute Press. Price: $ 26.95 The military is by default viewed as a warrior culture. Warfare and combat are, of course, the core of why...
Tor Andersson’s online gaming project continues to grow. The experience of playing tabletop board games has been primarily a physical, face to face experience. But in the 21st Century, board games began migrating into the digital space. Well known examples of this shift include the VASSAL engine, Steam and...
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