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Epic Revolution (AWI)

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"Another instalment in Warlord Games’ Epic series has just been released..."! Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, checks out the latest figures/ruleset package in this series. "... a lot of work has gone into this rule set to make it AWI specific - well done that team."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 6/30/2025


War reaches northern Italy, 215 BC

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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


Interview with Robert Phaneuf Designer of Secession 1861: The American Civil War and The Armada from Fortress Games Currently on Kickstarter

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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


Battles of Heraclea Lyncestis, 219 BC and Emporiae, 218 BC (Med Campaign 9)

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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


My pre-orders analysis – what is new and coming!

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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


My Top Solitaire Wargames: New Designs and All-Time Classics

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Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, reveals his favorite recent and all time solitaire classics. Check out the game he describes as "...probably the best small units combat simulation ever created, which has fantastic planning phase and unfolds completely differently each time.", and the one that challenges you to "...harness a brilliant mind, titanic energies, and a sometimes terrifying charisma to leave your mark on history?"

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


Soviet 12mm WWII Pocket Army

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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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Pat La Pella created this player aid to clarify special movement rules for the Japanese player for Amphibious Movement and Reinforcement beach landing hexes. Computer versions of the game show eligible hexes automatically when the Japanese player selects a unit for movement.

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Game: The Plum Island Horror



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Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Hermann Luttmann
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The Plum Island Horror is a 1 to 4 player game featuring cooperative play that combines tactical-level unit management with a tower-defense style survival mechanic. Each player will control one of six unique factions which represent the various groups that populate Plum Island. Each of these Factions has its own strengths and weaknesses, and the system encourages you to optimize for the group’s strengths and marginalize its weaknesses. Players must coordinate with one another, and the resulting synergy will hopefully be enough to successfully evacuate a city under siege and contain the horrific outbreak that threatens to spread beyond the island itself. If the players can succeed, they will win together, and the world will most likely be none the wiser to the averted crisis. If not, they will lose together and share the blame equally for failing humankind.


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Date: 9/15/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
The Plum Island Horror short story written by David Spangler

The first eyewitness account of the horrible, tragic events that took place on a small island off of the tip of Long Island, New York that hosted a federal animal disease research center known as Plum Island Animal Disease Center. Since 1954, this little-known facility listed in the DHS S&T Office of National Laboratories (ONL) as Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC), served as the nation’s premier defense against accidental or intentional introduction of transboundary animal diseases (a.k.a. foreign animal diseases) including foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) and African Swine Fever (ASF). PIADC was the only laboratory in the nation that could work on live FMD virus (FMDV). The lab and its staff of nearly 400 employees provide a host of high-impact, indispensable preparedness and response capabilities, including vaccine R&D, diagnostics, training, and bioforensics among others. Until something went terribly wrong! Here is the first eyewitness account of the horrifying and tragic events that transpired at a hypothetical time represented by designer Hermann Luttmann's newest sci-fi horror game, The Plum Island Horror, to be published by GMT Games. Warning! Please do not read this if you're alone in the house in a dark room.
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Date: 9/14/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
The Cards of Plum Island (or … How Can Such Mundane Components Contain So Much Evil?)

Designer Hermann Luttmann tries to warn you about his upcoming game to be published by GMT Games, The Plum Island Horror, a game where every card has such frightening, unspeakable horror that only the designer can tell you about them without getting .... aahh....HELP!......
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Date: 7/29/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
The Baddies of Plum Island and How to Fight Them (If You Dare)

Hermann Luttmann, designer of The Plum Island Horror, introduces you to the terrible creatures that await you on this government operated infectious disease research facility gone awry! This tongue-in-cheek introductory guide to the monstrous Horrors (Don't call them zombies if you know what's good for you!) explains how they move, how they multiply, and what they are likely to do to you if you're in the same room with them. He also gives some tips on how to fight back But, be warned, no matter what you do, you will come away from playing this upcoming GMT design shaking your head and saying, "and we thought Covid was bad!!!!"
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Date: 7/18/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
The Plum Island Horror: An Overview of Gameplay (or … How to Lose at The Plum Island Horror Without Even Trying)

As a private pilot on Long Island,, I have made many trips to its eastern fringes and beyond being careful to avoid a small island off the northeastern shore since it is highly restricted government airspace. The history of the island is somewhat secretive and obscure but is known for its experiments in highly infectious diseases. Designer Hermann Luttmann gives you one possible theory of what one day might happen if something there goes awry in his new game, The Plum Island Horror, to be published by GMT Games. It is a 1-4: player cooperative game and Inside GMT teaches you the basics of how to survive. I was a playtester for this game and I am also a doctor and all I can say is, "and you thought Covid was bad!".
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