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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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The site Game Developer brings us news of the passing of this industry titan.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/10/2025


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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/25/2024


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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/20/2024


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Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/13/2024


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The Armchair Dragoons Digital Convention is coming up next month, registration is open now!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 12/3/2024


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Game: WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942



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Publisher: Compass Games
Game Type: Board
Designer(s): Frank Chadwick, John Astell, and Marc Miller
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Description:


WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942 is the faithful recreation of not one, but THREE classic GDW Series 120 games, in this all-encompassing package. Each of the three games is intended as challenging, introductory-level games; the “120” reflects each game in this series uses no more than 120 counters, and all are intended to be played to completion in two hours or less without sacrificing historical quality or gaming excellence. Classics in every sense of the word for their day, relive the battles with these old classics in a new and updated format (larger counters and map size).


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Date: 4/8/2024
Poster: Doug Holt
1941 - the Barbarossa Campaign

"The Combat Table has the capability of being brutal." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors checks out the Barbarossa scenario of this Compass Games title. See why he thinks "...it looks to be a 'players game'. Let's see if real world play matches up to that instinct."
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Date: 4/5/2024
Poster: Doug Holt
Suggested WWII Campaigns: 1940 Order of Battle

Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us some historical deployment guidelines for the 1940 scenario. He "...checked two different orders of battle and have come up with the following ‘at-start’ deployments...". Thanks Norm!
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Date: 4/3/2024
Poster: Doug Holt
WWII Campaigns - 1940 (France)

"...I capture Sedan almost accidentally and then realise that I don't have enough nearby force to breakout and exploit, while the enemy are all over on the other flank!" Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us his usual insightful analysis and first play of this Compass Games title. He will play the game again, but has a few grumbles, and then has an intriguing conclusion when "...our result of the Germans failing their plan, but scoring more VP's (casualty based) does not seem to fall within any of the victory outcomes!"
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