The PC adaptation of the Field of Glory miniature rule set is now available from Slitherine. . Game play that allows key decisions to decide the results of historical battles. · Detailed and accurate depiction of ancient warfare (combat mechanics, leaders, morale). · Single and 2 player head to head modes as well with an […]
Entries Tagged as 'Wargames'
Decade Feature – 2000: Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
November 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Battlefront, Feature:Decade, Wargames
What this is about. When I was in grade school, I had a set of painted toy soldiers. While my friends had the anonymous green plastic bazooka guys that you could buy at that time, I had dozens of colorful Polish toy soldiers obtained on multiple family trips back to Poland, and each time we […]
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Histwar: Les Grognards Dropped By Battlefront
November 5th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Battlefront, Indie Games, Industry, Napoleonics, Wargames
I can’t say I blame them. Histwar, an ambitious Napoleonic strategy/wargame, has been in development forever and it says something about the state of independent publishing that Battlefront stuck it out this long. I do hope the game gets finished, of course, and that it is good. But all it would take is one or […]
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March to Baghdad
September 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · ProSim, Wargames
Go to Armchair General for a free wargame from ProSim based on the AATF engine.
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Operation Babarossa Released
September 10th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Matrix, Wargames, WW2
Yet another war game I don’t have time for. Operation Barbarossa: The Struggle For Russia is probably as uncreative a name as you can imagine, but how many options are there? I like the range of campaigns, scenarios and tutorials they promise – including a tutorial specifically on the use of paratroops, something that is […]
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Three Moves Ahead Episode 28 – We’re on a boat
September 1st, 2009 · 8 Comments · Podcast, Three Moves Ahead, Wargames
The smallest podcast ever! Scheduling confusion means that just Tom and Troy are on hand to talk about naval tactics in strategy games. High on nostalgia, low on insight and yet another plug for Crown of Glory: Emperor’s Edition‘s tactical naval engine. You do get a moment where Tom fancies himself to be Da Vinci. […]
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