A 30th-Anniversary Salute to the GameMaster Series and How it Changed Wargaming
When Milton Bradley released the GameMaster Series in 1984 it was more than a new product line - it marked a sea change in wargame design.
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Gauntlet – Boardgame Review
"Gauntlet" from High Flying Dice Games covers a worthy topic, Operation Pedestal, the British naval relief of Malta, but a rulebook in desperate need of editing keeps the game from being as worthy as its subject.
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1775: Rebellion – The American Revolution – Boardgame Review
"1775: Rebellion - The American Revolution" from Academy Games uses cards for events and movements but resolves combat with special dice. This 2-4 player game is likely to become a classic.
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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.
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Battle for Stalingrad – Card Game Review
"Battle for Stalingrad" from DVG is a slick little card game that captures the sense of the back-and-forth fighting and the supply problems of Stalingrad, but it seems to favor one side too heavily.
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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.
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Combat Commander Expansions – Boardgame Review
Three recent releases expand GMT's "Combat Commander" series - "New Guinea," "Sea Lion," and "Resistance."
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Hoplite – Boardgame Review
"Hoplite" brings changes to the venerable "The Great Battles of History" rules.
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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.â€
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Roads to Moscow: Battles of Mozhaysk and Mtsenks, 1941 – Boardgame Review
"Roads to Moscow: Battles of Mozhaysk and Mtsensk, 1941" is a complex board wargame, but one that rewards players by providing a deeper understanding of this period of WWII and of combined-arms warfare.
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Fading Glory – Boardgame Review
The "Fading Glory" board game features four battles from the Napoleonic Wars. Victory is achieved by reducing your opponent's morale points to zero.
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Pax Baltica – Boardgame Review
"Pax Baltica" is a block wargame on a usually ignored topic, the Great Northern War fought primarily between Sweden and Russia, 1700-21. Turns play quickly, and the number of actions each side can take are based on die rolls.
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No Retreat! North African Front – Boardgame Review
"No Retreat! The North African Front" is actually two games, one covering maneuvering and battles in North Africa during WW2 and the other covering the Sicily campaign.
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France ’40 – Boardgame Review
"France '40" contains two stand-alone scenarios. One covers the German attempts to cross the Meuse and breakout, and the other focuses on the Allied retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk.
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The Hunters – Boardgame Review
"The Hunters" is an outstanding simulation of U-boat missions during the Second World War. Easy to learn, but complex and immersive, it features tense historical action.
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Ship Log U-34 in ‘The Hunters’ Boardgame
A campaign log for U-34 in the boardgame "The Hunters."
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Cuba Libre – Boardgame Review
"Cuba Libre," the second game using GMT's simple, robust COIN system that simulates non-standard (guerrilla) warfare well. Small and fast moving, "Cuba Libre" is a great introduction to the series.
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Blocks in the West – Boardgame Review
Block in the West offers a solid system that provides both strategic and tactical nuances, but the rules book definitely needs better editing.
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Command & Colors Napoleonics: Austrian Army – Boardgame Review
The Austrian Army Expansion is a much-needed addition to Command & Colors: Napoleonics; unfortunately, its scenarios are limited to the period 1805–1809.
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BCT Command: Kandahar – Boardgame Review
"BCT: Kandahar" is a game that does an excellent job of representing the confusion of modern warfare, as nation states take on loose groups of opposition forces, with a number of unique design features.
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