Comments on: June Strategy Preview

By: Jimmy A. Brown

Jimmy A. Brown — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 19:32:00 +0000

I have only now been able to steal enough time from Burning Crusade to dive into Medieval II, so I think I am set to ride out any drought of strategy games.

By: Donald R. McClarey

Donald R. McClarey — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:04:50 +0000

Carriers at War should be released by Matrix Games next week. The Born of the Blood expansion to Sword of the Stars is coming out this week. Slitherine Games begins to ship Great Battles of Rome on June 8th, and I think there is a good chance that their Commander: Europe at War will be available sometime this month.

By: Scott R. Krol

Scott R. Krol — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 04:57:33 +0000

Did you guys ever sign an actual release giving up your content rights? If that never happened than you’d be in the free and clear to republish your reviews. And if you did sign a release, what exactly was the release for? Did you sign it all over to CGM?

Of course even if a release was signed you’d still probably be in the free and clear. Since this wasn’t a case of the magazine being purchased but rather everything imploding, who’s left to care? I cannot see the basis for anyone trying to cause trouble for you guys if you post *your* writing.

By: Dave Long

Dave Long — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:49:35 +0000

What’s the status of posting old CGM stuff now? Can we legally do that? I feel like I should go about putting all that stuff I’ve done somewhere so that potential employers can see it. Up til the magazine closed, it didn’t seem like that was legally possible…

The World In Conflict Beta keys ran out at Gamespot, so unfortunately I don’t think anyone else can get in.

I’m not one to play betas either, but since they’re trying so much new stuff with this one, I figured I should get up to speed with it. It really is Battlefield RTS in multiplayer. I’ll probably have something about it on my blog soonish.

By: Troy

Troy — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:19:00 +0000

DtR was one of the best wargames of last year, hands down. And very easy to pick up and play. Playing as the Germans was like swatting at hordes of locusts, but quite enjoyable in any case.

(I should look into reprinting my old CGM reviews somewhere on this blog.)

By: Scott R. Krol

Scott R. Krol — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:15:43 +0000

I love Defending the Reich! First there’s the fact that how many other games (computer or board) have ever tackled the night air war? You can count them on one hand (I’m talking pure games, not games that also include a scenario or two dealing with the RAF campaigns). Second, it’s easy to get into and manages to be enjoyable, something Grigsby’s air games never achieved in my opinion.