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Posted on Mar 11, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
The May 2006 issue is fast upon us, and we have a great variety of times and places to share with you this month. We begin and end on the Eastern Front with pieces on Barbarossa and Berlin. We have battles of Towton, Golan Heights, the Shenandoah Valley, Arnhem, and much much more!
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Posted on Mar 10, 2006 in Front Page Features, War College
The Fuhrer still did not consider the American fighting man to be a resolute, well-disciplined soldier. That would change with time and experience.
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Posted on Mar 9, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
Combine role playing, Chess, and ancient history and you have the basics of Legion Arena. How well it meshes the three will be the subject of much debate. Follow along here!
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Posted on Mar 8, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
We asked readers to submit their choice for the greatest conqueror of all time. Here are the top 5 entries. See if you agree!
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Posted on Mar 8, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features, TIAOW
Doctor Sinister is bored - and we know what that means for the world. Be very afraid...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
That's right, it's time to build a star spanning empire and crush your foes!
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Posted on Mar 6, 2006 in Front Page Features, War College
Part one of a new series focuses on the battle of Ortona - known to those who fought in it as "Little Stalingrad".
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Posted on Mar 5, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
Crown of Glory is well worth the price for anyone with an interest in the era. While it has a few weaknesses, these do not overshadow what is a solid and fine game.
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Posted on Mar 4, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
The administration says it is fighting to set people free. Skeptics disagree and wonder if the people we are freeing deserve our efforts or whether it is worth the cost. After all, these people have never known freedom before, so why should we fight for them?
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Posted on Mar 3, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
Although named "Campaign Peninsula" this is somewhat of a misnomer, as this game really only covers the Seven Days, rather than the full Peninsula Campaign which commenced at the beginning of April with the siege of Yorktown, but it is no less enjoyable for that.
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Posted on Feb 27, 2006 in Carlo D'Este, Front Page Features
This month's installment will take a look at one of the two greatest challenges that faced Eisenhower as supreme commander of Allied forces for the invasion of Europe in 1944.
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Posted on Feb 27, 2006 in Boardgames, Front Page Features
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.
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Posted on Feb 25, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features
We are proud to present some exclusive behind the scenes photos from this classic HBO TV series.
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Posted on Feb 24, 2006 in Boardgames, Front Page Features
Assyrian Wars from Udo Grebe Games offers the opportunity to recreate this era of conquest, deportation, exploitation, extermination, obsequy, punishment and vengeance.
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Posted on Feb 22, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
ACG looks at an upcoming game that explores a time in history that is rarely explored in PC games to find out if it's worth putting on your list for the year.
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Posted on Feb 19, 2006 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
Spiller expertly intertwines history and fiction to exemplify how the conduct and nature of war itself has changed over the years.
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Posted on Feb 17, 2006 in Electronic Games, Front Page Features
Twelve titles spanning from 1995 to 2005 all crammed on one DVD. You'll find arguably some of the best RTS games for their time on here, and a series that did a huge part to pioneer the genre. Should you throw out all those old CDs just yet?
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Posted on Feb 17, 2006 in Front Page Features, War College
By any measure, Major General Winfield Scott Hancock was one of the North's finest generals, a genuine hero. When a tough job needed to be done, more often than not Hancock got the call.
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Posted on Feb 14, 2006 in Books and Movies, Front Page Features
The first to die at Pearl Harbor were not Americans, but the two man crew of a Japanese minisub sunk by the USS Ward.
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Posted on Feb 10, 2006 in Armchair Reading, Front Page Features, TIAOW
What's Doctor Sinister's greatest secret? Dare you enter Security Control Pit 174A to find out?
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