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Tributes pour in after death of award-winning veteran wargame designer Dean Essig

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Mike Didymus-True, in BoardGameWire, brings us the sad news of the passing of designer Dean Essig.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/1/2024

Alumwell Wargame Show 2024

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"...I actually enjoyed this show more than any other that I have been to in the past couple of years." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, regales us with sights and surprises from this show, along with some great pictures! And check out the source of an insight that led Norm to conclude "It made me realise that considering these things went into the air in their thousands, the financial investment in longbow archers must have been huge."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/22/2024

Fields of Corn & Rye

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"...I was pretty sure that I had found something that might do the job." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a way he's found to address an old itch, namely adding texture and/or crop fields to tabletop settings. Check out what he finds to be a reasonable, cost-effective approach, considering that "...sometimes I think we have made ourselves a picture perfect world and lost something along the way."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/11/2024

On wargames campaigns (after Polemarch)

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"If one is to do this, it is quite useful to read Caesar to see the kinds of things he considered important when choosing if or when to give battle." Prufrock muses about the value of running campaigns for the ancients gaming he prefers. See why "It turned out I'd rather refight Zama for the tenth time than try to sustain interest in endless minor encounters between similarly equipped neighbours over local concerns."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/28/2024

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Fast, simple, not expensive, little errata, but only reasonably fun. (War game Review)

In his review on BoardGameGeek, Brendan Whyte first turns a critical eye towards the components and rules and lists their shortcomings. Game play fares better: “…the game is fast and quite fun”. Whyte then goes into comprehensive details covering game mechanics and spares no criticism for the game opponent (AI). His discussion concerning solitaire board games vs solitaire computer games is very interesting.

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Game: The War of the Worlds


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 Publisher: Dan Verssen Games
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Dan Verssen
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 Date: 9/20/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 Video Review: The War of the Worlds: England from Dan Verssen Games

The War of the Worlds: England from Dan Verssen Games is a solitaire board game that puts you in command of the Human forces in a desperate attempt to defend Earth against the invading Martian Tripods! While you plan and carry out the Human side of the war, the game system commands the Martian forces. The War of the Worlds is a low complexity board game for gamers, science fiction fans, and anyone who likes an easy to play game with good decision-making. Enjoy this video review from The Players Aid and find out more about this game.
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 Date: 6/7/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 The War of the Worlds: England from Dan Verssen Games – Action Point 5

The Players Aid continues to fight the Tripods in War of the Worlds-England in this their fifth Action Point covering this alien invasion game published by Dan Verssen Games. In this Action Point, which is the conclusion to this series, they look at the Martian Action Phase where the Tripods will look to move, reinforce in place or build the dreaded Flying Machine. They also cover the Assembly Phase that can spawn even more Tripods to destroy your hopes for humanity.
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 Date: 5/19/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 The War of the Worlds: England from Dan Verssen Games – Action Point 4

Dan Verssen Games shows us that things could even be worse … We could have been invaded by aliens! Their War of the Worlds game depicts that potential nightmare while The Players Aid teaches you how to survive in their Action Point 4 covering the Human Action Phase and Escape Phase.
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 Date: 4/30/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 The War of the Worlds: England from Dan Verssen Games – Action Point 3

The War of the Worlds is a solitaire board game, published by Dan Verssen Games, that puts the player in command of the Human forces in an attempt to mount a defense against the invading Martian Tripods from the famous book by H. G. Wells. There are four versions of the game including England, France, Japan and United States East Coast that all use the same system but offers different challenges with their layout. The Players Aid continues with their third Action point covering the Devastation Phase and the different types of attacks the Tripods will unleash on the regions.
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 Date: 4/17/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 The War of the Worlds: England from Dan Verssen Games – Action Point 2

As if we don't have enough problems with the CoVid virus, we are now being invaded by Aliens?! Well The Players Aid continues their series of Action Points so we can cope. Action Point 2 covering Dan Verssen Games' The War of the Worlds, looks at the different units, examines the tactical Battle Plans and the structure of a Battle as well as how the Land Battle and Naval Battle Cards drive the Tripod attacks.
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 Date: 4/11/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 The War of the Worlds: England from Dan Verssen Games – Action Point 1

The Players Aid examines the Sequence of Play in The War of the Worlds, a solitaire board game from Dan Verssen Games that puts the player in command of the Human forces in an attempt to mount a defense against the invading Martian Tripods from the famous book by H. G. Wells. There are four versions of the game including England, France, Japan and United States East Coast that all use the same system but offers different challenges with their layout.
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 Date: 6/11/2017
Poster: Mark D.
 War of the Worlds - Now on Kickstarter!

Save England from the Martian Tripods in this Solitaire board game from Dan Verssen Games! Based on the classic novel of H. G. Wells. Stand alone games also include invasions of the eastern United States, France, and Japan. Now on Kickstarter. Rules linking the games are on the way...