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 MoreGMT'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 MoreThis 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 MoreThis 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 MoreThis 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 MoreSimulating 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 MoreGreat 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 MoreWhere 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 MorePublished 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 MoreThis 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! 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 MoreBorodino, Battle of Moskova, 1812, allows the players to recreate this major clash between Napoleon and the Russians in front of Moscow in 1812. The scenario takes place over the course of one day (September 7), and is broken down into twelve 75-minute turns.
Read MoreHaving a game like Gringo! cross your desk is a nice kick in the pants to remind one that there are other periods of history that can be simulated, and simulated very well, besides traipsing across the steppes of Russia or raiding peasant villages in medieval Europe.
Read MoreThe ASL Starter Kit is a modest package that enables people to explore a huge new world. Fun to play on its own merits, it also guides gamers into the universe of Advanced Squad Leader (ASL), simultaneously the most detailed and most exciting board wargame depicting World War II tactical combat.
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