The Christmas Truce of 1914 has inspired movies, music videos, even an ad for chocolate. This article disspells some of the myths, including the idea that there was only one "Christmas truce" that year.
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"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.
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Here's your chance to win a free download code for Hunted Cow's "Ancient Battle: Successors."
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"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.
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"Supreme Ruler Ultimate" provides a playable, real-time grand-strategy game covering 150 years or so of modern (and future) history.
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"Battleplan: American Civil War" has some interesting features and it isn't a bad game, just too simple for most experienced gamers.
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An overview of four expansions for Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise, Wealth of Nations, Res Publica, and Art of War.
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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.
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The Jan 2015 Armchair General exposes myths and reveals the truth about the Battle of the Bulge. Plus: South Vietnam's Best General; US Invades Canada. Interactive features: German vs. Soviet armor; Marines at Pusan; Lucas at Anzio.
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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.
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"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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Hunted Cow’s Russian Front is an interesting, easy-to-learn and involving game with some real depth of play in its four campaigns.
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"Desert Fox" is a significant advancement in the "Crisis in Command" series, creating the feel of the North Africa campaign with the free-wheeling Rommel and the dogged Montgomery.
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The Mighty Jingles - legendary for his humorous but informative YouTube videos from World of Tanks and War Thunder games - talks about his service in the Royal Navy, why he began his YouTube series, and his thoughts on Internet trolls.
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"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" 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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The November 2014 issue of Armchair General looks at the US-Mexico War, the Civil War battle of Cedar Creek, and the "Black Prince" of the Hundred Years War. Interactive articles include Battle for Berlin, 1945; Shanghai, 1937; and a hypothetical Fulda Gap, Germany, 1980.
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"The Hornet's Nest" utilizes powerful combat footage and crisp storytelling to take viewers to the front lines of the war in Afghanistan, while also capturing the humanity of US troops, Afghan civilians and a father-son photojournalist team.
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The authors of the Tactics 101 series select points they consider critical for battlefield success, drawn from their first 99 monthly articles.
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"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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