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Poster: Doug Holt
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"Hannibal has come over the Alps..."! Prufrock and his friend Ian P bring us an intense Punic War clash that doesn't look too promising for the Romans, when they "...win the first move and mostly freeze."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/26/2025


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"...there are few more fertile areas for educational, simulation-ai gaming." Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, interviews designer Bob Phaneuf about his two upcoming games. See why he thinks that "...Secession 1861 will mature as a classic solitaire nail-biter."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/18/2025


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"Reports are in of a battle in northern Macedon between the invading Illyrians and a force scrambled together to meet them...". Prufrock continues with two more nicely photographed AARs in the ongoing Med Campaign! "...in Nearer Spain, Proconsul Aaronius Dubius Scipio Calvus, having landed a force near Emporiae, was engaged by an alliance of indomitable Iberian tribes...".

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/9/2025


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Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, covers his current game preorders, and why he is anxiously awaiting them. See which game has him commenting that "...we are getting so many new elements – from graphical representation, to add-ons and optional rules – that this it will be a great, refreshing comeback to fantastic classic!"

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/6/2025


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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/4/2025


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"My second WWII Pocket Army is now complete..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us a Pocket Army update pictorial.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 5/26/2025


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A B C D E F G H I
J K L M N O P Q R
S T U V W X Y Z '-9

Game: The Art of Siege



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Publisher: SPI
Series: Art of Siege Quad
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Mark Herman, Philip S. Kosnett, Rob Mosca, David Werden
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Description:


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Pub Date
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906
Date: 4/27/2021
Poster: Pat L.
Art of Siege Warfare Addenda as of October 1979

Addenda for Art of Siege Warfare by courtesy of Decision Games . The game includes the four games of Acre, Lille, Sevastopol, and Tyre.
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901
Date: 1/21/2018
Poster: Pat L.
Inside the Box and more for SPI’s The Art of Siege

Kyle Seely presents an inside the box look at SPI’s The Art of Siege Quad for the games Acre, Lille, Sevastopol, and Tyre.
Web Link
900
Date: 1/21/2018
Poster: Pat L.
Maps and Counters for The Art of Siege Quad

JCB III has an interesting war game blog that concentrates on maps , counters, and other war game information on his Maps and Counters blog.
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905
Date: 1/29/2017
Poster: Pat L.
Calandale’s review of Sevastopol

Enrico Viglino aka “Calandale” wraps up his review of the four games within SPI’s The Art of Siege Quad games. Sevastopol uses a hexless map that requires the use of a ruler as in miniatures games. While the game requires less mechanical complexity compared to the other games in the Quad, there is still a high level of mechanical complexity here. He calls Sevastopol the “most pleasing” of the four Art of Siege games in the Quad and compares several features across the four games.
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904
Date: 1/29/2017
Poster: Pat L.
Calandale’s review of Acre

Enrico Viglino aka “Calandale” reviews this “siege within a siege” game , Acre, from SPI’s The Art of Siege Quad game. He compares this game to Tyre and judges it better but with problems. The Charge rules are weak and the Simulated Fire and Retreats rule is hard to execute and maintain status for the units involved. Although he liked playing Acre, he still favors Sevastopol among the four games in the quad.
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903
Date: 1/28/2017
Poster: Pat L.
Calandale’s review of Lille

Enrico Viglino aka “Calandale” identifies problems in the design of SPI’s The Art of Siege Quad game, Lille. Although he admires the beauty of the map and the counters, he found that the game required “too much effort for what I got out of it”. Of the four games in the Quad, “…Sevastopol is the gem.”
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902
Date: 1/28/2017
Poster: Pat L.
Calandale’s review of Tyre

Enrico Viglino aka “Calandale” identifies problems throughout his review of SPI’s The Art of Siege Quad game, Tyre. “…broken”, “…painful”, bad rules, “…not much for the defender to do”, not sure the Macedonian attackers can win, and counter problems punctuate the review. But he also calls the game fun, playable, and so-so! Of the four games in the Quad, he calls Tyre the weakest and Sevastopol the best.
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893
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
article index

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894
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review

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895
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
errata

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896
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review page #1

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897
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review page #2

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898
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review page #3

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899
Date: 1/1/1900
Poster: Mark D.
review page #4

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