Eight Tips for Aspiring Commanders in XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Eight game tips for ‘XCOM’ commanders, from using rookies to launching satellites to using stun weapons liberally.
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Articles by Charlie Hall
Dungeon Command – Miniatures Game Review
‘Dungeon Command’ from Wizards of the Coast is sold in warbands – sets of logically matched units – unlike its predecessor, the ‘Dungeons and Dragons Miniatures Game.’ It plays in about an hour and offers great fantasy-battles fun.
Read MoreA Few Acres of Snow – Boardgame Review
The boardgame ‘A Few Acres of Snow’ captures the feel of the historical period when North America was mostly wilderness and Britain and her American colonists sought to capture Quebec and Montreal from the French and their Canadian colonists.
Read MoreDay Z – Interview with Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall, the Game’s Creator
Day Z creator Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall, in an exclusive Armchair General interview, talks about the gaming phenomenon and how his training in the New Zealand Army may have influenced the development of this survive-against-the-zombies game.
Read MoreCombat Mission: Commonwealth Forces – PC Game Review
Poles, Brits and Canadians, along with SS and Luftwaffe jackboots storm the beaches of your PC in the ‘Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy Commonwealth Forces’ expansion that makes an exceptional strategy game even better.
Read MoreXenonauts – PC Game Preview
Xenonauts seems to take the best parts of the original X-Com and remains faithful to them, while at the same time polishing off the rough edges and removing minor annoyances.
Read MoreLost Reich – Miniatures Game Review
‘Lost Reich’ offers satisfying tabletop science fiction wargaming at an incredible price in this print-your-own mech game set in an alternate future. Fascism strikes back – with mechs!
Read MoreWargame: European Escalation – PC Game Review
‘Wargame: European Escalation’ puts gamers into a NATO – Warsaw Pact clash in the 1970s – 1980s, with over 300 units and great graphics.
Read MoreKing Arthur II Prologue: Dead Legions – PC Game Preview
Gamers who take ‘King Arthur II: Prologue’ for what it is – a fantasy game, not historical – will find the tactical possibilities engrossing and the maps gorgeous.
Read MoreJagged Alliance: Back in Action – PC Game Preview
This preview of ‘Jagged Alliance: Back in Action’ says gamers familiar with its predecessor will find big changes, especially the designer’s decision to replace turn-based play with real-time action.
Read MoreGears of War – Boardgame Review
Gears of War is a hugely popular console game, and its rendering as a boardgame has been faithfully implemented. But is that enough?
Read MoreTanking In Battlefield 3 and Red Orchestra 2
Comparing how tanks operate in Battlefield 3 and Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad tells us a lot about how the games themselves are designed and the kind of gamer each will appeal to.
Read MoreRisk: Legacy – Boardgame Review
Hasbro’s new Risk is truly a NEW version that not only redefines the Risk game but upends boardgame conventions unlike anything that’s come before it.
Read MoreHegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece – PC Game Review
The small, passionate team at Longbow has crafted a tight game focusing on a discrete period of history with Hegemony Gold. This RTS revels in its boardgame roots.
Read MoreA Visit with Z-Man Games
A recent visit with Z-Man Games while they were at GenCon has left Armchair General reviewer Charlie Hall expecting to buy some great new games in the near future.
Read MoreCombat Mission: Battle for Normandy – Seeing the Game Through Contemporary Field Manuals
Charlie Hall takes readers through US Army Field Manuals of World War II and uses them to work on tactics for Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy.
Read MoreLeviathans – Wargame of the Show at Gencon
“Leviathans,” the “wargame of the show” at GenCon this year wasn’t for sale. But it will be soon.
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