This review of Axis and Allies: War at Sea – Condition Zebra looks at the pluses and minuses in latest release in the collectible miniatures game series, praising some useful upgrades but citing a lack of depth.
Read MoreThis reviewer found the August 1914 boardgame from Avalanche Press to be a solid entry in the World War I game field, reflecting the more mobile small-unit tactics of the opening months of the war in the East.
Read MoreThe All Things Zombie boardgame from Lock n Load Publishing proves you can have a hordes of shambling undead and still produce a good, small-unit-tactics wargame; review on ArmchairGeneral.com.
Read MoreA report with photos on Historicon 2010 and its first year at its new location, Valley Forge Convention Center.
Read MoreHeat of Battle IV, a miniatures gaming convention held annually at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, is looking for gamemasters.
Read MorePeter Suciu highlights the best of the upcoming strategy games from the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.
Read MoreA review of the Washington's War card-driven boardgame finds it is much more than just a rehash of its progenitor, We The People, with enhanced tactics, variable leadership factors, beautiful components, and more.
Read MoreThis is the solution to the Combat Decision Game “Bocage Busting In Normandy, 1944†that was presented in the July 2010 issue of Armchair General® magazine.
Read MoreDuke Seifried is a legend in miniatures gaming but also Renaissance Man whose resume includes work in television and advertising and playing some cool jazz music.
Read MorePeter Suciu documents the highlights from this year's E3 convention in Los Angeles.
Read MoreThis review of the Chariots of Fire boardgame says it is a well thought-out simulation of warfare in the Bronze Age, 2300 - 1200 BC, though the rules are somewhat above average complexity and require some time to digest.
Read MoreThe revised War at Sea Two-Player Starter Set provides beginners and old hands with revised and new units, new maps and improved rules but only half the dice previously included in the game.
Read MoreThis is the solution to the Combat Decision Game “Submarine Attack! Falklands, 1982†that was presented in the May 2010 issue of Armchair General® magazine.
Read MoreThis review of the Battle for Normandy boardgame says the learning curve is gentle even though it is a "monster game" of the D-Day invasion, with over 2,000 playing pieces and markers.
Read MoreA review of Twilight Struggle, a card-driven board wargame that pits players against each other as the US and USSR in the Cold War, trying to gain political dominance without starting a nuclear war.
Read MoreThis review calls Serpents of the Seas a beautiful-looking game of naval warfare from the Seven Years War to the War of 1812, a welcome addition to the genre although it is a bit chart-heavy.
Read MoreThis is the solution to the Combat Decision Game “Rommel in World War I†that was presented in the March 2010 issue of Armchair General® magazine.
Read MoreThe 50-piece Early War expansion set for the Axis & Allies Miniatures Game improves the ability to stage battles from 1939 and earlier, but many of the figures are recycled from previous sets, according to this review.
Read MoreThe Caucasus Campaign is an overlooked aspect of WWII gaming; a review of GMT's board war game The Caucasus Campaign finds the game is nicely balanced, presents both players with their own challenges and won't play the same way twice.
Read MoreA review of DDH Games' June '44 board war game says it has high replay value, thanks to random event cards and weather rules, and can be play it just 3 - 4 hours.
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