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	Game: ETO Series: ETO Series Publisher: Victory Point Games Date: 5/20/2019 5:56:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	The Soviets' Barbarossa Bullet Points "You must bog down the Axis’ logistics for as long as possible. How?" Alan Emrich discusses a "…checklist of important things to remember for the Soviets…" at the beginning of Victory Point Games' ETO, their European World War II mega game. This includes deciding how to approach untying the essential conundrum of the East Front war: "Preserving the Red Army and denying German advances are essential, but these goals often conflict…"
	Game: Ivar the Boneless: Northumbrian Blood-Eagle Series: Warrior Kings Campaign Series Publisher: High Flying Dice Games Date: 5/19/2019 1:40:00 PM Poster: Mark D.	Ivar the Boneless - New from High Flying Dice Games "1st of November 866AD, All Saints Day in the Northumbrian City of Eoforwic (Yorvik in Danish), would have been a hive of activity as the good folk went about their lives drawn to the Mynster for the feast of All the Saints and the last market fair before winter. Little did they realize the great calamity about to enter their lives, as outside the gates was a wolf, Ivar the Boneless (son of Ragnar). Standing over seven foot tall, a great warrior and military tactician but also a tyrant, Ivar was the cruel and ruthless leader of the mycel heathern here, or Great Heathen Army." New from High Flying Dice Games...
	Grognard Challenge Time! Date: 5/19/2019 12:50:00 PM	New Challenge Clues! Last Challenge Results! See the graphic clues for the new Challenge (#917) for 19-May-2019 and the winners for the last Challenge (#916).
	Game: Men of War Publisher: 1C Entertainment Date: 5/19/2019 8:55:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Men of War Review In his “8 Out of Eight PC Game Reviews” blog, James Allen gives a 7 out of 8 review to this real time simulation (RTS) that covers tactical World War II scenarios. Allen notes that the game is excellent for multi-player situations and is “an excellent game for those players looking for realistic tactical online gaming.”
	Game: Transylvania Publisher: Mayfair Games Date: 5/19/2019 6:00:00 AM Poster: Mark D.	Transylania Playthrough and Review A play through, followed by a review of Transylvania from Mayfair Games. It's an area control game from 1981 where villagers, knights and clerics set out to destroy a vampire castle that has been raiding their village. Video produced by Centurion's Review.
	Game: Paths of Glory Publisher: GMT Games Date: 5/18/2019 6:43:00 PM Poster: Mark D.	Paths of Glory: Replay "That was one of longest wargame sessions I played - full, 20 turn PATHS OF GLORY game. 13 hours of heroic battles, turns of fate, excitement and sorrow - simply everything what you would expect from great game! Such an epic event had to be commemorated in special way - I created a movie with all the maps, moves, collapses of countries, major battles, etc. Everything with great music. That was already some time ago but I did not shared it on my blog yet. If you are intrigued, please have a look at below session report and enjoy watching the tremendous struggle of Central Powers and Allies in the The Great War!" Replay shared by The Boardgames Chronicle web site...
	Game: Hammerfall Series: Team Yankee Publisher: Battlefront Miniatures Date: 5/17/2019 5:14:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Team Yankee - Counterattack at Ludermund "…the US sends three combat teams to reclaim two bridges just north of Fulda City…" Brad Smith, in his Hexsides and Hand Grenades blog, has some fun playing out an engagement from his new World War III First Strike novel, using the Battlefront Miniatures' Team Yankee: Hammerfall set. Check out why Brad gets two very different results from his play throughs!
	Game: Ici, c'est la France! The Algerian War of Independence 1954-62 Publisher: Legion Wargames Date: 5/16/2019 7:00:00 AM Poster: Ed Sommers	Ici C'est la France - Unboxing video by Moe Another unboxing video courtesy of Moe's Game Table blog.
	Game: Blitzkrieg Commander IV Series: Blitzkrieg Commander Publisher: Pendraken Miniatures Date: 5/15/2019 5:53:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Taking Blitzkrieg Commander IV for a spin "Having had a brief dabble, I can readily appreciate why this system is so popular." Norm Smith, in his Battlefields and Warriors blog, has a kick-the-tires session of Pendraken Miniatures' Blitzkrieg Commander IV. Check out why Norm concludes "This system delivers an uncertainty as to what will happen next and the rules give a ton of replay value…"
	Game: Battle 1917 Publisher: CCS Date: 5/13/2019 8:20:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Three Short War Game Reviews for Battle 1917 The ZX Spectrum was an early home computer popular in the 1980’s and 1990’s built in the UK by Sinclair. Graphics were rudimentary and sounds were limited to beeps but some of the games created for this platform were quite challenging. Several magazines including ”Popular Computing Weekly”, “Crash”, “Games Machine” and “Your Sinclair” provided tips and reviews for ZX Spectrum users. These three reviews, one from “Popular Computing Weekly” and two from “Crash” give good to bad ratings for Battle 1917 from CCS. The game is a two player simulation somewhat like chess and it won the Cambridge Award for 1983.
	Game: Tonkin: The Indochina war 1950-54, 2nd Edition Publisher: Legion Wargames Date: 5/13/2019 8:00:00 AM Poster: Mark D.	Tonkin: Board Game Unboxing Unboxing of Legion Wargames Tonkin: The First Indochina War. Produced by Moe's Game Table.
	Game: Warplan Publisher: Matrix Games Date: 5/13/2019 5:52:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	What is a WarPlan, and how do we get one? New WW2 Grand-Strategy Simulation Announced "...WarPlan must have been in development for quite some time..." Joe Robinson takes a quick look at the beta information for Matrix Games/Kraken Studios' Warplan. See if you think it measures up!
	Game: Time of Crisis Publisher: GMT Games Date: 5/12/2019 6:43:00 PM Poster: Mark D.	Time of Crisis: Unboxing Unboxing video by the Boardgames Chronicle. Session reports to follow...
	Game: Pub Battles: Brandywine Series: Pub Battles Series Publisher: Command Post Games Date: 5/10/2019 8:27:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	What makes PB: Brandywine so darn replayable In his blog “Mike's Pub Battles & Journal”, Mike Strand praises the replay value of this Revolutionary War battle miniatures game from Command Post Games. The game is quick with easy to remember, intuitive rules but the clincher is the “positive synergy” created by the turn order and rules of engagement. Mike concludes “The end result is a quick and fun game that is endlessly re-playable.”
	Game: Hammerfall Series: Team Yankee Publisher: Battlefront Miniatures Date: 5/10/2019 7:32:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Team Yankee - Hammerfall "...as my friends call it, 'Plastic Crack Cocaine' for middle-aged guys." Brad, in his Hexsides and Hand Grenades blog, checks out Battlefront Miniatures' Hammerfall World War III starter set. See why Brad concludes "The game is fast-playing, especially with such a small number of units, but it is fun."
	Game: Less Than 60 Miles Publisher: Thin Red Line Games Date: 5/9/2019 5:53:00 PM Poster: Mark D.	LT60M Command & Posture Notes First of what will hopefully be a series of videos, produced by Kevin Sharp for his Big Board Gaming blog, taking us on a tour of "Less Than 60 Miles", a new release from Thin Red Line Games.
	Game: One Hour Wargames Publisher: Neil Thomas Date: 5/8/2019 6:34:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	1065 and all that! (yes, you read that right) "...Norman troops are on the English south coast, ravaging the land, taunting him to do his Kingly duty and protect his people." Norm Smith, in his Battlefields and Warriors blog, has some fun playing a scenario from Neil Thomas' One Hour Wargames. How can he resist when "…my part painted 1066 12mm do beg for a day out…"!
	Game: Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance Series: Terminator Publisher: River Horse Ltd. Date: 5/6/2019 5:42:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	“Come with me if you want to live!” Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance Board Game Review "As we used to say in the 1990s, Terminator 2 was the bomb!" Rick Martin reviews River Horse Games' Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance for Armchair General, giving it a 95% rating. See why Rick enthuses that the game "…captures the frantic energy of the movies perfectly…"!
	Game: COUNTER-ATTACK: THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, 1940 Publisher: Revolution Games Date: 5/4/2019 1:27:00 PM Poster: Pat L.	VASSAL Module for COUNTER-ATTACK: THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, 1940 The folks at VASSAL have added a module for COUNTER-ATTACK: THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, 1940 from Revolution Games. 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.
	Game: L'Attaque Publisher: Au Jeu Retrouvé, Gibsons, H. P. Gibson & Sons Date: 5/4/2019 8:05:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	The development and dispersal of L’Attaque games Fred Horn and Alex Voogt discuss the elements of the L’Attaque series of games. The article covers the history of these games and a comparison between the three major games in this series: L’Attaque, Stratego, and Jun Qi.
	Game: Trial of Strength Publisher: LNL Publishing Date: 5/3/2019 8:00:00 AM Poster: Mark D.	Trial of Strength - Unboxing Another unboxing video from Moe's Game Table.
	Game: Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah Series: Great Battles of the American Civil War Publisher: GMT Games Date: 5/3/2019 5:38:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Fisher’s Hill: A Death Valley Narrative-Style AAR (Part 1) "The Rebs retreat again before a line of bristling bayonets." William Byrne is back with more wargamer narrative art as he offers the first installment of the battle of Fisher's Hill, using GMT Games' Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah. Check out some intense action supported by excellent map illustrations. "Screaming the rebel yell, the 40th surges forward and retakes the Monroe battery."
	Game: Less Than 60 Miles Publisher: Thin Red Line Games Date: 5/2/2019 7:00:00 PM Poster: Mark D.	Less Than 60 Miles - New Release from Thin Red Line Games! Less Than 60 Miles has been released! "At 0400 Zulu Time, July 24 1985, three Warsaw Pact Armies cross the Inner German Border and advance at full speed into the Fulda Gap. US V Corps, supported by West German 5 Panzer Division, start executing OPLAN 33001 – the CENTAG Defense Plan prepared and refined for decades – to accomplish the apparently impossible task of stopping 4000 Soviet Tanks before they reach the Rhine. Taking its roots from SPI’s 'Central Front' and 'NATO: Division Commander', Less Than 60 Miles is the first of an operational simulation series focused on Command, Control and Communications."
	Game: Pacific Tide: The United States Versus Japan: 1941-45 Publisher: Compass Games Date: 5/1/2019 6:00:00 AM Poster: Mark D.	Unboxing - Moe's Game Table Unboxing video produced by Moe's Game Table blog.
	Game: The Chosin Few Publisher: Victory Point Games Date: 4/29/2019 4:00:00 PM Poster: Mark D.	Review of VPG's "The Chosin Few" Excellent review/critique of Victory Point Games' title "The Chosin Few". Review written and shared by Nanking Defender...

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