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

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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

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

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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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Game: Undaunted: North Africa


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 Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Series: Undaunted Series
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Trevor Benjamin, David Thompson
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Description:


The Undaunted series continues with this two-player deck-building game of tactical combat, pitting the raiders of Britain's Long Range Desert Group against Italian forces in the North African Theater of World War II. The North African campaign has begun. Take control of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group and operate behind enemy lines or command the formidable Italian forces opposing them. In Undaunted: North Africa, a sequel to Undaunted: Normandy, players once again lead their sides through a varied series of missions. As casualties mount, wounded soldiers leave the players' decks, forcing them to adapt in the face of changing tactical circumstances. Use your cards to strengthen your forces, deploy vehicles to advance rapidly across the battlefield, and seize the initiative as you determine the outcome of the North African Theater.

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11
 Date: 2/21/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
 Video Review: Undaunted: North Africa from Osprey Games

Undaunted North Africa from Osprey Publishing continues the Undaunted Series with the action now moving to the North African Theater of World War II. Italian forces will fight it out with the Long Range Desert Group. Players will lead their sides through a varied series of objective based missions. As casualties mount, wounded soldiers leave the players’ decks, forcing them to adapt in the face of changing tactical circumstances. Players will use their cards to strengthen their forces, deploying vehicles to advance rapidly across the battlefield, and seize the initiative as their is a struggle over control of the battlefield. Presented here is The Players Aid review of the game. 		Web Link
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 Date: 2/17/2021
Poster: Harvey M.
 Undaunted: North Africa from Osprey Games – Action Point 4

The Players Aid continues their excellent action point series for Undaunted North Africapublished by Osprey Publishing. In Action Point 4 they cover some basic concepts of strategy and best use of a unit's special abilities.. 		Web Link
9
 Date: 11/13/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 Undaunted North Africa: Operation Caravan

Undaunted North Africa by Osprey Publishing depicts the fast-paced hit and run missions carried out by the Long-Range Desert Group in World War II. Seek Out and Play provides historical background and context for the Operation Caravan scenario, one of four simultaneous raids behind the Italian lines. 		Web Link
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 Date: 11/6/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 Undaunted: North Africa from Osprey Games – Action Point 2

The Players Aid brings us Action Point 2 in its series on Osprey Publishing's Undaunted North Africa. This one covers the new units and their new special abilities, vehicles, and new structure markers. 		Web Link
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 Date: 11/5/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 How to Play Undaunted North Africa: Play Example

Seek Out and Play continues their series of well produced videos this one covering gameplay of Undaunted North Africa, Osprey Publishing's World War II tactical card game covering the desert campaign. 		Web Link
5
 Date: 10/23/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 Undaunted: North Africa from Osprey Games – Action Point 1

In case you didn’t know, David Thompson has been putting out some really good and entertaining wargames over the past couple of years. One of his finest has been the 2019 hit Undaunted: Normandy which is a card based small squad tactical game that uses deckbuilidng and a modular board with scenarios to tell the story of the 30th Infantry Division as they marched across Europe following their landing on D-Day during World War II. Due to that game’s success a new expansion has been designed and released and is simply fantastic. Undaunted: North Africa adds in several new elements, including new abilities, new cards, new terrain and scenarios but most importantly vehicles. "One thing I want to get out of the way early in this series is that this game is not simply the same product with a new setting, new package and more stuff. This game feels very different and has a smaller scale feel from its predecessor Undaunted: Normandy. It feels more intimate and the squad level concept has been shrunk to feel more like a small team of commandos, with the addition of some very cool and interesting vehicles, trying to execute their missions" .The Players Aid delves into Undaunted North Africa from Osprey Games with their first in a series of action points. This one will cover the deck building aspect, including the makeup of the deck and how you “build” it, the new units in the game and their special abilities including vehicles, new weapon types, new actions and new terrain, the major differences between North Africa and Normandy and what has changed and finally cover some basic concepts of strategy to keep in mind about how units are best used and how to exploit their special abilities. 		Web Link
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 Date: 10/21/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 Undaunted North Africa Differences with Undaunted Normandy

Seek Out & Play discusses the differences between Undaunted North Africa and Undaunted Normandy in a short video covering the tanks, vehicles, soldiers, actions, and other aspects of these two relatively new designs by Osprey Publishing.. 		Web Link
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 Date: 7/13/2020
Poster: Harvey M.
 Interview with David Thompson Codesigner of Undaunted: North Africa from Osprey Games

Undaunted Normandy from Osprey Games introduced a new card playing system for World War II combat. The latest release in the system is Undaunted North Africa and The Players Aid took time to interview one of the co-designers of the series, David Thompson. 		Web Link