As history, the movie "Emperor" is inconsistent. It gets a number of details wrong - often at the expense of Gen. Douglas MacArthur - but overall it succeeds in its attempt to make audiences realize and appreciate the impact of two disparate cultures on a horrific war.
Read MoreThe boardgame "Mercury-Market Garden" examines two airborne operations of World War II - the German air assault on Crete and the Allied attempt to seize bridges over the Rhine in Holland.
Read More"Rise of the Zombies!" is a card game in which players must break through hordes of shambling undead to reach an evacuation helicopter, racing against the clock in a real-time race for survival. If the timer runs out, the chopper leaves.
Read More"Field Commander Napoleon" from DVG is highly addictive. It offers 11 different campaigns that can be linked to cover Napoleon's entire career. Programmed actions by Napoleon's opponents provide for solitaire play.
Read More"Andean Abyss" is an unusual game that simulates quite effectively a chaotic and fluid war in South America, and it does it in less than 10 pages of rules. It minimizes luck, but players have to rely on adapting to the changing politics.
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