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Entries from January 8th, 2008

Minotaurs in Armor

January 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Gas Powered Games

I’m not a huge Supreme Commander fan. It’s a game I respect more than I like, since I get what Gas Powered Games is trying to do though it doesn’t scratch any of my personal itches. But when their next game, Demigod, has images like this, it would be curmudgeonly of me not to get […]

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1960: Making of the President

January 8th, 2008 · 6 Comments · AAR, AAR1960, Board Games

With the 2008 Election For Change now in full swing, the next gaming AAR to hit Flash of Steel will be a play by play of me and Bruce Geryk reliving history. Well, I’ll try to relive it. Bruce will try to stop it. He loves Nixon. 1960: Making of the President is an historical […]

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January 2008 Strategy Preview

January 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Preview

First month of the new year, and not a lot to show for it strategy wise. January is sort of like December that way; most publishers have either fired their shot or are saving up for the spring rush. Looks like March and April will be full of good stuff. I am now going to […]

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Steve Bauman’s Top Ten

January 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Steve Bauman’s Top Ten · Blogs

Though he’s out of the professional commentary game, former CGM editor still knows what he likes. His list has the usual suspects but not in the order you would expect them to be in.

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Content is King: Thoughts on 2007

January 1st, 2008 · 10 Comments · Blogs, Me

Looking back on 2007 at Flash of Steel, it became apparent how important a steady stream of content is for minor blogs like mine. I took a couple of short (a week or so) breaks and traffic dipped. December was an especially bad month since I had deadlines to make plus holiday travel that got […]

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