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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/5/2025


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Rodger MacGowan has seen his home and RBM Studio facility destroyed in the Palisades fire in California. His son Steven has set up a gofundme account where you can learn what happened and offer recovery help if you wish.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/24/2025


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Poster: Doug Holt
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Poster: Doug Holt
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Poster: Doug Holt
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Poster: Doug Holt
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Game: Phantom Fury: The 2nd Battle for Fallujah



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Publisher: Nuts! Publishing
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Laurent Closier
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Description:


Phantom Fury: The 2nd Battle for Fallujah, Iraq is a tactical-level solitaire board game based on the actions of 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in the Jolan district in November 2004. The game takes its name from the US led fight for Fallujah, initially codenamed Operation Phantom Fury. Nuts! Publishing released the 1st edition in 2011. The game was a 2011 Charles S. Roberts Best Post-WW2 Era Board Wargame Nominee. Draco Ideas published a Spanish language edition in 2024. Pre-ordering a 2nd edition of the game is an option at Nuts! Publishing as of Sep 2024.


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Date: 11/29/2024
Poster: Doug Holt
Phantom Fury from Nuts Publishing

"It's a very immersive experience where you are focused wholly in the action and the situation." Polydor, in A Wargamers Needful Things, takes a look at the second edition of this tactical treatment of the battle for Fallujah. Check out what he's getting at with the comment "One feature that makes this system all the more engrossing is that there is no enemy turn as such."
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Date: 9/6/2024
Poster: Robert Holifield
Phantom Fury Second Edition from NUTS! Wargames Preview

Moe's Game Table provides a thorough preview of the components, map, rules and play of this tactical-level solitaire game. You may pre-order the game with Nuts! Publishing. (Sep 2024)
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Date: 7/22/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
Phantom Fury – Review

This solitaire game simulates, at tactical scale, the combat waged by US forces during the month of November 2004 to secure the city of Fallujah and crush insurgent resistance. The game particularly focuses on the fighting of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division in the Jolan District in the north-west part of the city in the morning of November 9th. The Big Board shares a review of this Nuts! Publishing game penned by Timothy Smith. He concludes "It’s a masterpiece in integrity to its subject and how it models it but also for being a simply great game. If you have a copy you should put it on the table and play it again."
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Date: 3/7/2015
Poster: Mark D.
Big Board Gaming: Strategy

A quick strategy tip from Kev Sharp at his "Big Board Gaming" blog, titled "Phantom Fury Tactics: Top Down Assault".
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Date: 2/3/2012
Poster: Mark D.
Raanana Gamer: Review

Nice review on the Raanana Gamer blog.
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Date: 12/5/2011
Poster: Mark D.
Dimicatio Blog: Preview

A very quick French language preview of the game and it's contents, complete with copious pics. Written by Arnaud at the Dimicatio blog.
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