A Short Review of Axis and Allies Miniatures
As collectible games go, this one doesn't require a large investment, that is, if all you're looking for is a game.
Read MoreDown in Flames – Squadron Pack 1: Fighters – Card Game Review
If you are unfamiliar with Down in Flames, it is a unique game series which uses cards to portray WWII air combat.
Read MoreASL Starter Kit #2 – Boardgame Review
If a war game could ever get a reputation, it would likely be Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) for complexity – or at least the sheer volume of its rule book. MMP tries to simplify our lives --and the rules-- in this ASL starter kit.
Read MoreWWII: Barbarossa to Berlin Deluxe Map – Boardgame Review
If you have played this game more than a few times, the new map alone would be worth the price, but of even more importance are the consolidated rules, errata and changes contained in Version 1.2.
Read MoreCommand & Colors: Ancients – Boardgame Review
Commands & Colors: Ancients allows you to re-fight epic battles of the ancient world. Here the focus is on the two rivals for power in the Western Mediterranean - Carthage and Rome. Will you, as Hannibal, triumph over larger Roman armies; or as Scipio Africanus, will you beat Hannibal with newer tactics of your own?
Read MoreTwilight Struggle – Boardgame Review
Twilight Struggle is a low-complexity, two-player boardgame simulating the Cold War power struggle between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Read MoreBand of Heroes – Boardgame Review
Band of Heroes is the second offering in Mark H. Walker's Lock 'N Load series and portrays squad tactical combat in a fast paced, realistic simulation which is long on fun, and short on complexity.
Read MoreAssyrian Wars – Boardgame Review
Assyrian Wars from Udo Grebe Games offers the opportunity to recreate this era of conquest, deportation, exploitation, extermination, obsequy, punishment and vengeance.
Read MoreBattles of Alexander – Boardgame Review
...as I picked the new version of Deluxe Alexander up off the shelf, I had to wonder: After the changes made to the game system in such recent games as Devil's Horsemen, could a re-release of the original game in the Great Battles series stand up? Or was I, like many hex-based wargamers, simply living in the nostalgic past?
Read MoreCrusader Rex – Boardgame Review
Designed by Jerry Taylor and Tom Dagliesh, Crusader Rex provides the color and excitement of the Third Crusade in the same way that their Hammer of the Scots provided a fresh perspective on the Anglo-Scottish struggle of the Middle Ages. It is a wooden block game with a card-driven mechanism that offers a fast, fluid and playable exercise that cannot help but underscore the lessons of history.
Read MoreCarthage – Boardgame Review
GMT's Carthage:The First Punic War, 264 B.C.-241 B.C. (Game Design by Richard Berg), the second installment in The Ancient World, creates the conflict on land and sea with the comprehensive First Punic War scenario. Carthage is certainly well researched, and definitely detailed, ... but is not for the casual gamer. Read the full review to learn more.
Read MoreWellington – Boardgame Review
This installment of GMT's card driven campaign game is adapted from McLaughlin's award winning The Napoleonic Wars. Wellington removes the diplomacy that makes The Napoleonic Wars so tense, and creates (in GMT's own words) "a traditional blood and guts wargame with more cards in their hands and hence even more game action."
Read MoreGrand Illusion – Boardgame Review
This game puts a new spin on WWI, has some interesting approaches in its rules, and has a map that takes hexes a size up. It gets good marks for historical accuracy, but a confusing ruleset throws a bit of cold water on an otherwise fine offering.
Read MoreHammer of the Scots – Boardgame Review
This game has found pretty high marks with our reviewer. "A brilliantly designed block game, Hammer of the Scots combines some of the best elements of a card-driven game with that of a block game. See the full review for more.
Read MoreBonaparte at Marengo – Boardgame Review
Simulating one of Napoleon's proudest moments in battle, this is an interestingly designed game where the aim is for the players to outmaneuver the enemy using some novel mechanics for attack and defense. The game itself is finely-balanced while also being a challenge to play well. Get the full scoop here!
Read MoreDevil’s Horsemen – Boardgame Review
Great Battles of History: Volume X: Devil's Horsemen features a variety of scenarios and army/counter mixes. It moves beyond its successful predecessors to become a great game by its own design. For a historical gamer, it is a must buy, must play. For the beginner, it is a benchmark to aspire toward playing.
Read MoreBattlegroup: 1939-45 – Boardgame Review
Where do the so-called 'beer & pretzels' games fit for historical gamers? Do they have any value at all beyond being a substitute for the "real thing?" Lost Battalion Games has introduced a card game that might serve as both substitute for the "real thing" and as an introductory level primer for the military history behind the game.
Read MoreRoads to Leningrad – Boardgame Review
Published by GMT Games, Roads to Leningrad is an operational level (battalion level) game covering the early moves of Leeb's Army Group North as the blitzkrieg advanced toward Leningrad in 1941... Roads to Leningrad offers maneuver, combat and historical flavor without excessive complexity.
Read MoreSword of Rome – Boardgame Review
This two, three, or four player game encompasses the military and political struggle for control of Italy between the Romans, Greeks, Etruscans, Samnites, Volsci, Carthaginians, Gauls and Trans-Alpine Gauls. With all these actors vying for power, one can suspect that such a game can take many twists and turns, with tactical and strategic surprise around every corner.
Read MoreZero! – Boardgame Review
Zero! is a card game which recreates fighter dogfights between two or more players during the opening months of combat in the Pacific Theater. The aircraft cards in the Basic Game represent several types of Japanese, American and British fighters that came into existence between 1938 and 1942.
Read More
HistoryNet
- Celebrating the Legacy of the Office of Strategic Services 82 Years On
- Seminoles Taught American Soldiers a Thing or Two About Guerrilla Warfare
- This Patient Rider Spent Months Retracing the Pony Express on Horseback
- 10 Pivotal Events in the Life of Buffalo Bill
- During the War Years, Posters From the American Homefront Told You What to Do — And What Not to Do