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Posted on Feb 17, 2015 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Frontline: The Longest Day – PC Game Review

'Frontline: The Longest Day' is a decent and inexpensive beer-and-pretzels game, but with a lot of bugs that reduce its entertainment factor.

Posted on Feb 12, 2015 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Gary Grigsby’s War in the West – PC Game Review

'Gary Grigsby's War in the West' is a thoughtfully designed wargame that will give you a rich experience at the operational level, but be forewarned the learning curve is steep.

Posted on Feb 5, 2015 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Navy Field 2 – MMO Game Review

When 'Navy Field 2' is good, it's great, but achieving those satisfying moments requires too much effort and confusion.

Posted on Jan 20, 2015 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Wars and Battles – iOS Game Review

"Wars and Battles: Normandy 1944" provides a wargame with style, a good game for casual or experienced wargamers, with detailed information that is not obtrusive but is easily available.

Posted on Jan 16, 2015 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Verdun 1914-1918 – MMO Game Preview

The multiplayer first-person shooter "Verdun 1914-1918" brings WW1 to FPS gaming. With great attention to detail and balanced weaponry, it does an outstanding job of capturing the sense of WWI on the Western Front.

Posted on Jan 12, 2015 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Field Commander Rommel – PC Game Review

There may be a good light operational-level war game buried within the digital version of "Field Commander Rommel," but until a tutorial or instructions for playing the app are developed, it is strictly for fans of the boardgame.

Posted on Jan 7, 2015 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon – PC Game Review

"Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon" from Slitherine captures the flavor and fascination of the Warhammer franchise. No gamer can do much wrong by getting this game.

Posted on Dec 29, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Ultimate General: Gettysburg – PC Game Review

"Ultimate General: Gettysburg" is possibly the most accessible computer Civil War game available today, but it fails to expand on its spiritual predecessor from the 1990s, "Sid Meier's Gettysburg."

Posted on Dec 16, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Rebels and Redcoats – iOS Game Review

Hunted Cow brings Decision Games' "Rebels & Redcoats" boardgames to the world of mobile gaming. Some things are lost but others are gained.

Posted on Dec 8, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad – PC Game Review

"IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad" is a detailed flight sim, and a worthy addition to the IL-2 series despite a few "gamey" elements and some repetitiveness in single-player missions.

Posted on Dec 3, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

‘Ancient Battle: Successors’ – Free Download Codes

Here's your chance to win a free download code for Hunted Cow's "Ancient Battle: Successors."

Posted on Nov 27, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Bonaparte’s Peninsular War – PC Game Review

"Bonaparte’s Peninsula War" from John Tiller Software proves that the venerable Tiller system is still one of the best engines around. With detail and accuracy, this game covers a oft-overlooked but important part of the Napoleonic Wars.

Posted on Nov 24, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Supreme Ruler Ultimate – PC Game Review

"Supreme Ruler Ultimate" provides a playable, real-time grand-strategy game covering 150 years or so of modern (and future) history.

Posted on Nov 20, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Battleplan: American Civil War – PC Game Review

"Battleplan: American Civil War" has some interesting features and it isn't a bad game, just too simple for most experienced gamers.

Posted on Nov 12, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Four Expansions for Europa Universalis IV – PC Game Review

An overview of four expansions for Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise, Wealth of Nations, Res Publica, and Art of War.

Posted on Nov 6, 2014 in Electronic Games

Free Download Codes for ‘Rebels & Redcoats’

Download codes giveaway for Hunted Cow's Rebels & Redcoats, based on the Decision Games's boardgame series of the same name.

Posted on Nov 3, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Valiant Hearts – PC Game Review

With Valiant Hearts: The Great War, Ubisoft has both beautifully and respectfully told a gripping, heartfelt tale set in the horror that was World War I.

Posted on Oct 27, 2014 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Pike and Shot – PC Game Review

Entertaining and informative with high replayability, "Pike and Shot" could easily be used to teach a course on Early Modern warfare, from the Italian Wars to the English Civil Wars.

Posted on Oct 23, 2014 in Electronic Games