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Posted on Aug 24, 2006 in Boardgames, Front Page Features

Savannah – Boardgame Review

The Battle of Savannah turned heavily on the fortunes of war (some of these to be delineated in the historical synopsis). By introducing a “random event” card deck, designer Mark Miklos and developer Andy Lewis, have transformed a relatively static siege battle into an intriguing challenge.

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Posted on Aug 16, 2006 in Front Page Features, Stuff We Like

Letters From Iraq 1: Getting Started

Armchair General introduces Russ Vaughn, recently deployed to Iraq working in a military police capacity. Russ wanted to share his experience with his friends and family by writing often, and he also gave us the green light to publish his letters for our readers - to give a better idea of what the men and women of the US armed forces are doing over there. From time to time, we'll have more of his letters. Thanks in advance for reading their story.

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Posted on Aug 13, 2006 in Front Page Features, War College

Christmas 1863

Like all major conflicts of any duration, the American Civil War took its participants on a wild roller coaster ride of emotions and hope. Never was this truer than December 1863.

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Posted on Aug 12, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features

Panzer Command – Game Review (PC)

Matrix Games and Koios Works have targeted beginners and casual gamers with Panzer Command - Operation Winter Storm. Using almost the same scale and general approach as Combat Mission, the newer game may walk and quack like the older one but it is definitely not a Combat Mission duck.

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Posted on Jul 31, 2006 in Carlo D'Este, Front Page Features

An Incident of War

In this article, Historian Carlo D'Este provides us with a "sneak peek" from his forthcoming new book, Warlord, a biography of Winston Churchill's astonishing military career from his youth through World War II.

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