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Posted on Sep 22, 2014 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Age of Dante – Boardgame Review

"Age of Dante" is the first in a promised "Battles of the Middle Ages" series from HFD Games. It's a good start, with some nifty mechanics, but it needs more chrome and bigger maps.

Posted on Sep 3, 2014 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Blood & Roses: Men of Iron III – Boardgame Review

"Blood & Roses - Men of Iron III" covers six battles of the English Civil War. It's smaller scale makes it more solitaire-friendly than previous games in the popular series.

Posted on Aug 26, 2014 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Combat Commander Expansions – Boardgame Review

Three recent releases expand GMT's "Combat Commander" series - "New Guinea," "Sea Lion," and "Resistance."

Posted on Aug 11, 2014 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Hoplite – Boardgame Review

"Hoplite" brings changes to the venerable "The Great Battles of History" rules.

Posted on Jul 18, 2014 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Soviet Dawn – Boardgame Review

In the solitaire wargame "Soviet Dawn" the player controls the Bolsheviks under Lenin; the game mechanics control belligerents such as Germany, the Allies, White Russians, and even Red Russians who want to control the “Revolution.”