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Outstanding articles that are not necessarily linked to one particular game, but may have broad appeal to gamers.

German WWII Pocket Army in 10 / 12mm

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"WWII can pass across the painting table at surprising speed compared to other periods and so it makes for a good quick project to fit in between other bigger projects...". Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a new World War II Pocket Army project he has underway: "...kampfgruppe Schmidt is ready for action..."!

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


Jack Greene, 1949 – 17 March 2025

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Kevin Zucker shares some memories of his recently passed friend, designer Jack Greene.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/24/2025


Wargaming Clubs of the Warring Clubs Era 1965-69

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Alan Arvold has shared a fascinating article with us, meant as "...a supplement to the History of Wargaming article..., specifically to the sidebar on Wargame Clubs. It is a listing of the known clubs." Thanks Alan!

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/24/2025


My Top 3 Wargames designed by… John H. Butterfield!

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"...focus on creations of one author, whom you can treat as a whole wargaming history in micro-scale." Michal, in The Boardgames Chronicle, covers his three favorite John Butterfield games. See which game has a feature that "...creates fog of war as you do not know which part of enemy forces can still act in a turn."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/19/2025


Wednesday War Stories ~ Iron Ships & Iron Men at the Battle of Hampton Roads

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"In some ways the game was frustrating; how could it not produce a clearly superior victor?" RockyMountainNavy, in Armchair Dragoons, has an interesting discussion of the classic "Monitor versus Merrimac" clash, and how that applies to wargaming. Check out what conclusion he reaches, reinforced by the comment: "No better description of the impact of the Battle of Hampton Roads on naval warfare exists than the response of the Royal Navy upon hearing of the battle."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/14/2025


The Vietnam War Miniatures Collection (video)

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The Dusted Game Shelf dusts off his proud collection of miniatures suitable for table top Vietnam War battles.

Poster: Pat L.
Post Date: 3/1/2025


Rodger B. MacGowan Has Passed Away at Age 77

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W. Eric Martin reports the sad news: "Artist/designer Rodger B. MacGowan passed away on February 22, 2025, and if you have been a gamer for any amount of time over the past fifty years, you have likely seen his work."

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Post Date: 2/26/2025


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PE TANG 1900 Q&A with Marco Campari

Some Q & A between myself and Marco Campari, designer of Pe Tang 1900 from Lumaca Games.

PE TANG 1900 Strategy Tips

This is the strategy I developed after playing Pe Tang 1900 from Lumaca Games.

PE TANG 1900 Optional Line of Sight Table

Here is an optional table to make it a little more difficult to eliminate the Boxer artillery.

PE TANG 1900 Introductory War Game Review

My review for this great introductory war game concerning an obscure siege of a cathedral during the Boxer Rebellion. Use this game to recruit new war game players.

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Game: Tsar

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/14/2025 10:14:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Historical Events in Tsar

"Will you appoint the most competent advisors, or prioritize your own Faction’s Characters to maximize power for yourself?" Designer Paul Hellyer, in Inside GMT Games, covers the role of historical events in his game covering the challenges faced by the Tzarist regime in its last 20 years. Intriguingly, the "...game also includes many events that never happened in history, but might have happened."

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Grognard Challenge Time!

 
Date: 4/13/2025 12:48:00 PM
New Challenge Clues! Last Challenge Results!

See the graphic clues for the new Challenge (#1222) for 13-April-2025 and the winners for the last Challenge (#1221).
Game: Rhode Island and Newport

Series: Battles of the American Revolution
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/13/2025 7:53:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
GMT Games Rhode Island unboxing video

William Cunningham explains why he enjoys the series as he unboxes Rhode Island and Newport, the 9th entry in the series.

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Game: Normandy '44

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/13/2025 7:05:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
GMT Games, Normandy '44 - Box opening and first thoughts (video)

Nerd Workshop unboxes Normandy ’44 in this nicely instructive video that includes several comparisons to Salerno ’43.

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Game: Caen

Series: Panzer Battles and Siege Series
Publisher: Excalibre Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/13/2025
Poster: Pat L.
D-Day Board game reviews of Bill’s collection of some very old war games! Avalon Hill D-Day (video)

Bill Molyneaux, war game designer, compares games related to D-Day in his collection. Games covered include: D-Day from Avalon Hill (original and 1991 versions), Omaha Beach from Rand, Caen from Excalibre, and Destination Normandy and June ’44 from DDH.

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Game: Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Magazine
Date: 4/12/2025 7:59:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
The Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora (Apple II version)

Moby Games maintains web pages for computer games. Each page may include a game description, screen shots, reviews, and technical information. This page describes the Apple II version of the board game from SPI.

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Game: Nieuchess

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/12/2025 7:52:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Nieuchess

Mike in his blog, Table Top Talk…about model soldiers, tells why he chose this vintage game to introduce his son to war gaming.

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Game: Civil War Game 1863

Publisher: Parker Brothers
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/12/2025 7:50:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
VASSAL Module for Civil War Game 1863

”Some Guy” has created a module at the VASSAL web site for Civil War Game 1863 from Parker Brothers. VASSAL is an engine for building and playing Internet-capable versions of turn-based, human-vs-human games. Hundreds of games are available for internet play at the web site.

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Game: The Battle of Fismes - Introductory Game

Series: The Library of Napoleonic Battles
Publisher: Operational Studies Group
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/11/2025 1:27:00 PM
Poster: Doug Holt
The Battle of Fismes - introduction to The Library of Napoleonic Battles

"...a true nail biter ending, going down to the last couple of die rolls, so this holds a lot of potential to entertain as an introductory scenario." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, checks out this Library of Napoleonic Battles introductory title. See why his ultimate conclusion is "Does Fismes work as an introductory package to the system? - yes."

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Game: Moscow '41: The Road to Moscow, July - December 1941

Series: Barbarossa Trilogy: Leningrad '41, Moscow '41 and Kiev '41
Publisher: VentoNuovo Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/10/2025 3:47:00 PM
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: Kickstarter ends in minutes and... FOUR more M'41 Bundle available!

VentoNuovo Games wraps up their Kickstarter with a limited special offer!

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Game: Warfighter: The World War II Tactical Combat Card Game

Series: Warfighter Series
Publisher: Dan Verssen Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 4/10/2025 6:38:00 AM
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WF WWII Expansion #82: Raid on St. Nazaire

This is an unboxing video of Warfighter World War II Expansion #82: Raid on Saint Nazaire. In this video, you will see the soldiers, weapons, skill, SitRep cards, missions, objectives, locations, and hostiles.

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Game: France '40

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/9/2025 5:03:00 PM
Poster: Doug Holt
France '40 by GMT Games

"If you are looking for both great gameplay and historical gaming, France '40 delivers on both accounts." Robert Peterson, in A Wargamers Needful Things, checks out the second edition of this well-known title. See what he's getting at with the comment "The game has the best of both worlds as far as size is concerned."

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Game: Warfighter: The World War II Tactical Combat Card Game

Series: Warfighter Series
Publisher: Dan Verssen Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 4/9/2025 7:59:00 AM
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Warfighter 29 - Russia

Another entry in the Warfighter 29 series, this one focuses on Russia. The video contains two teams created with 29 resource points. The teams can be used by themselves in small missions or put together for those wishing to fight larger missions with higher resource point values.

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Game: Moscow '41: The Road to Moscow, July - December 1941

Series: Barbarossa Trilogy: Leningrad '41, Moscow '41 and Kiev '41
Publisher: VentoNuovo Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/7/2025 9:53:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: Timoshenko Falls Back!

"My opponent's Pass had left me very surprised." Emanuele Santandrea, of VentoNuovo Games, finishes his tale of the High Noon showdown with Moscow '41. How does the challenge conclude when "At that point my impulse was over without even a fight..."?

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Game: Congress of Vienna

Series: Great Statesmen Series
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/7/2025 8:33:00 AM
Guest Poster:

The Boardgames Chronicle


Congress of Vienna - Unboxing & Overview

We present today Congress of Vienna, another installment in the GMT Great Statesmen Series. The focus is on components and game overview, more content will follow. Enjoy!

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Game: Washington's War

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Card
Date: 4/7/2025 8:29:00 AM
Guest Poster:

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First Impressions for Washington’s War by Mark Herman

We present our first impressions from playing Washington's War by Mark Herman. Many session were possible thanks to great Rally the Troops. Enjoy!

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Game: Golan '73

Series: Fast Action Battles
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/6/2025 7:15:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Golan ’73: FAB – unboxing

Michel Sorbet discusses the components in this beautifully illustrated unboxing. Be sure to use auto-translate to read the text in English.

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Game: Twilight Struggle: Red Sea - Conflict in the Horn of Africa

Series: Twilight Struggle
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/6/2025 7:13:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Twilight Struggle: Red Sea now available on Steam

Playdek, Inc. published the computer version of this GMT board game and it is now available on Steam.

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Game: Waterloo

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/5/2025 7:56:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
GAME ANALYSIS: WATERLOO PART I: the Strategic Situation and Battle Area

Joseph C. Beard III, aka JCB III, posted this comprehensive treatise that covers the history of the battle, the strategic situation, and game strategy. Unfortunately, this was the only article in the series. Be sure to see the comments below the article. Waterloo tournament Grognards should take note.

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Game: WorldKiller

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Magazine
Date: 4/5/2025 7:03:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
WorldKiller (SPI) Review & How to Play (video)

Tabletop Sci-Fi unboxes the game and takes a close look at the rules, setup, and game mechanics.

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Game: Raid on Iran

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/5/2025 7:02:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Raid on Iran (1980)

Michail from the Board Game Guys describes components, setup, and game play. Recommended “…for players who enjoy strategic planning and can appreciate the historical context”.

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Game: Kung Fu 2100

Publisher: Steve Jackson Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/5/2025
Poster: Pat L.
Unboxing Video: Classic Pocket Box Games Bundle from Steve Jackson Games

Alexander Klein from the Players’ Aid received the Classic Pocket Box Games Bundle produced by Steve Jackson Games and unboxed the 6 games in this video: Kung Fu 2100, Raid on Iran, Necromancer, One Page Bulge, Undead, and The Awful Green Things from Outer Space. From the looks of the contents, it appears that the previous owner created copies of various parts to preserve the original components.

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Game: D-Day

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/4/2025
Poster: Pat L.
In Memoriam: Revisiting the Avalon Hill Classics, Part II (game inventory)

Joseph J. Scoleri III posted this complete inventory and physical description of the box contents for Avalon Hill’s vintage war games from the 1950’s and 1960’s.

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Game: Close The Atlantic - World War Three

Publisher: Mike Raymond
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/2/2025 9:27:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Vassal Module: Close The Atlantic World War Three

Designer Mike Raymond tips us off that Joel Toppen has posted a Vassal module for his modern naval combat game!

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Game: Black Swan

Publisher: VentoNuovo Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 4/2/2025 8:13:00 AM
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Dark Black Expansion for Black Swan

In this short video, we look at the Dark Swan Expansion for Black Swan by Vento Nuovo Games. We start with an unboxing of the components, followed by an explanation of the new rules, and the specific new units for Italy and Germany.

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Game: WorldKiller

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Magazine
Date: 4/1/2025 7:13:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play WorldKiller (2 videos)

Blue Botic likes to modify components to improve war game play. In the 1st video, you will see him play Worldkiller, a game from ARES magazine, using his modified map. The 2nd video is a review where his main criticisms are with the game components. His sophisticated solution includes a second modified map and counters that are home-made miniatures! Click these links to see the videos and a picture of the original game map for comparison: Replay; Review & Design Discussion; and Original Map Detail.

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Game: Moscow '41: The Road to Moscow, July - December 1941

Series: Barbarossa Trilogy: Leningrad '41, Moscow '41 and Kiev '41
Publisher: VentoNuovo Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/31/2025 9:19:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Moscow '41: High Noon at the Con!

"...what was about to unfold had all the makings of a classic high noon." VentoNuovo Games brings the next of some interesting reveals leading to the Expansion: "Would the young designer have managed to survive the plans of the world champion? Or would the challenge have been quickly won by the tech assisted champion?"

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Game: Cuba Libre

Series: COIN Series
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/30/2025 7:55:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Cuba Libre 2nd vs 3rd Printing

kart93 opens the discussion and several commenters chime in on Reddit’s boardgames pages.

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Game: Golan '73

Series: Fast Action Battles
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/30/2025 7:30:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Fast Action Battles: Golan ’73 The “blocks” of the.. Kippur

Here is a gem from The Obelix that includes a review, complete game description, game play, strategy, and great illustrations. There is also a discussion of the FAB series up to 2017. Be sure to click the author’s biography for a humorous game-centric description and use the translate feature to convert the Italian text.

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Game: Burning Banners: Rage of the Witch Queen

Publisher: Compass Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/29/2025 8:23:00 AM
Guest Poster:

The Boardgames Chronicle


Burning Banners Session Reports – Campaign 16 – Assault in the North

Another exciting scenario in world of Burning Banners - this time great 3-player scenario in which the Army of the Dead will face its demise!

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Game: Iwo Jima 1945

Publisher: Worthington Publishing
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/29/2025 8:21:00 AM
Guest Poster:

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Iwo Jima 1945 – Unboxing & Overview

We present today Unboxing & Overview for one of the newest products from Worthington Publishing - Iwo Jima 1945. Enjoy!

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Game: Divided Ground: Middle East Conflict 1948-1973

Series: Campaign Series
Publisher: Talonsoft
Game Type: Computer
Date: 3/29/2025 7:18:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Divided Ground – PC (Game Page)

The SPOnG is a web site with the goal of listing every computer game ever published! This page for Divided Ground includes a mini-review and several cover and screen shots.

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Game: Civil War

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/29/2025 7:11:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
"Civil War": Avalon-Hill's 1961 Game

James N. posted this nicely illustrated description and included remembrances of playing the game. Included are 5 pages of comments from the Civil War Talk Forum, an excellent web site for American Civil War game players. The comments quickly diverge to Civil War chess sets, other vintage war games, and many illustrations. Don’t miss the miniatures display in the lowest pages of comments.

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Game: Chancellorsville (1st Edition)

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/29/2025 7:06:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Tabletop Simulator Module for Chancellorsville

Steam has added a module for Avalon Hill’s Chancellorsville for their Tabletop Simulator. The Tabletop Simulator allows you to make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created modules with players in the Steam community.

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Game: Moscow '41: The Road to Moscow, July - December 1941

Series: Barbarossa Trilogy: Leningrad '41, Moscow '41 and Kiev '41
Publisher: VentoNuovo Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/28/2025 7:47:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Luftwaffe: First of the Five Secrets Revelead!

"When we started telling you about the expansion for Moscow '41, we had left some topics hanging." VentoNuovo Games offers the first of a number of interesting reveals from their research: "The VVS (Military Air Forces of the USSR) in 1941 had nothing similar..."!

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Game: Illusions of Glory: The Great War on the Eastern Front

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/26/2025 8:29:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
Multi-Player Variant for Illusions of Glory

"Here is a variant for up to two players on a side." Perry Silverman, in Inside GMT Games, lays out intriguing elements to make this World War I game multiplayer. For example, "...an AP (Allied Powers) player may choose to play a Strategy Card from his own hand or the other AP player’s hand, simulating the friction in Allied Powers decision-making and allowing some 'interesting' and 'exciting' table talk."

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Game: Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis, 1860-61

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/23/2025 7:40:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Learn As We Play: Fort Sumter (video)

In this video, The War Room discusses the rules, setup, and game mechanics.

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Game: Brandywine

Series: Battles of the American Revolution Series
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/23/2025 7:35:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Brandywine - Battles of the American Revolution (GMT Games) AAR (video)

Justegarde presents this after-action report in this nicely done video. The battle ended in a disaster for the Colonials. The reviewer loves the game system calling it a “fantastic experience playing through all of these games” in the series playing both solo and head-to-head. The last minute mentions other games in the series that he played recently.

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Game: Empires of the Middle Ages

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/22/2025 7:56:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Download parts for SPI Games

SPIGAMES.net is an excellent source for all things related to SPI Games. This link presents downloads for rules, counters, charts, and maps. Scroll down for parts related to Empires of the Middle Ages.

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Game: NATO Division Commander

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/22/2025 7:23:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
NATO Division Commander(SPI)

This video describes the Japanese version of this game including an unboxing and game review from もりつち シミュレーション・ウォーゲームで歴史を学ぼう. Be sure to use auto translate to understand the commentary.

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Game: Nieuchess

Publisher: Avalon Hill
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/22/2025 7:08:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
How To Play: Nieuchess (video)

The Name of the Game discusses the entire rules set and then plays a game using the VASSAL version on a computer. The video starts with a concise review of the early Avalon Hill games when Charles Roberts owned the company including war games from Tactics to Afrika Korps and the educational non-war games Verdict, Dispatcher, and Management. The Nieuchess review is at the 5-minute mark.

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Game: Urban Battle

Publisher: Forsage Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/21/2025 8:06:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
2 Games Which Make Me Feel Like a Kid at Christmas! Urban Battle and Urban Battle Junior – Board Game Preview

"...fun and challenging and perfect for a quick afternoon gaming session...". Rick Martin takes a look at this pre-release tank battle game (and its junior version), of which he feels the "...scenarios in both games are very well thought out and fun."

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Game: American Revolution series

Series: American Revolution Series
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/19/2025 1:04:00 PM
Poster: Doug Holt
Mentioned In Dispatches S14 E7 ~ GMT’s Battles of the American Revolution series

Armchair Dragoons hosts an interesting audio podcast to discuss "...GMT’s long-running Battles of the American Revolution series...". (Page down to see the podcast link)

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Game: The Battle of Khalkhin Gol

Publisher: Princeps Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/18/2025 6:25:00 AM
Guest Poster:

The Boardgames Chronicle


Interview with Vukasin Nisavic, designer of The Battle of Khalkhin Gol by Princeps Games

In below material we shall talk about The Battle of Khalkhin Gol, one of the less known episodes of WWII, which had dramatic consequences long-term. Please enjoy the interview with designer, Vukasin Nisavic!

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Game: Pacific War: The Struggle Against Japan, 1941-1945 (Second Edition)

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/18/2025 6:22:00 AM
Guest Poster:

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Pacific War – Video Review

Let us present today a Video Review for fantastic game by Mark Herman - Pacific War. Recent reprint by GMT Games really brings that game to the top quality level. Enjoy the material!

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Game: Here I Stand

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/17/2025 8:49:00 AM
Poster: Doug Holt
How to Win as the Ottomans in Here I Stand

"The Ottomans! Straightforward gameplay, huge armies, and the always-popular piracy make them a power like no other." Clio, in Inside GMT Games, offers some excellent insights on how this flank power "...can easily get to 25 VP just by doing their two favorite activities..."!

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Game: Brandywine

Series: Battles of the American Revolution Series
Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/16/2025 7:02:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Battle of Brandywine Creek - Gmt after action report (video)

Caledonian reviews the situation after the British won a victory.

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Game: Normandy '44

Publisher: GMT Games
Game Type: Board
Date: 3/16/2025 7:00:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
NORMANDY 44 - Mark Simonitch -GMT

José MD Bernal discusses strategy and mechanics in this illustrated review. Be sure to use page translation to convert the text from Spanish to your language.

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Game: Wreck of the B.S.M. Pandora

Publisher: SPI
Game Type: Magazine
Date: 3/15/2025 7:56:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Let's Play Wreck Of The BSM Pandora (video)

In his 2nd play, Blue Botic loses most of his crew but manages to restart the ship.

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Game: 30 Years War

Publisher: Decision Games
Game Type: Magazine
Date: 3/15/2025 7:47:00 AM
Poster: Pat L.
Cyberboard Gamebox Module for 30 Years War

Flavio Etzio has added a Cyberboard gamebox for Decision Games’ 30 Years War game. You will need to be a registered user at Boardgamegeek to download this file. Cyberboard is a Windows game engine, created by Dale Larson, for building and playing online adaptations of board games and war games via Play By EMail (PBEM). The files that are created/used for each individual game title are known as 'Gameboxes'. Cyberboard is very popular amongst wargamers for PBEM. Compared to the other PBEM game engines, creating Cyberboard 'gameboxes' is more involved than for ZunTzu, but less technical than for Vassal.

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