I just returned from a seminar discussion at the University of Maryland led by Dr. Matt Kirschenbaum of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. The topic was advertised as “A conversation about the long history and seemingly unlikely combination of warfare and gaming” but ended up being a discussion that had the usual […]
Entries Tagged as 'Wargames'
Ironclads: American Civil War Demo Comments
October 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Indie Games, Wargames
A demo is now available for Totem Games’ 19th century naval wargame. You can play either side of the war in a multiple ship battle. My early impressions are not good, mostly because it doesn’t feel like naval combat. It’s turn based, which is fine, but you only face enemy fire on the enemy’s turn, […]
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Improving Wargames
October 4th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Design, Media, Wargames
IGN’s Steve Butts is one of the last wargamers at a major game media site. (Before his departure from 1up, Jeff Green and I were in negotiations over how I could contribute there since Grognard God Geryk is too busy for that sort of thing. That may be a dead letter at this point.) In […]
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Some things we need to know
August 12th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Wargames
From page 97 of the manual for Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States. Movement Tips: The good news is you don’t have to count movement points, but you may be left wondering why you can’t make a move. Is it the or reaction phase? it winter? Does a leader with attached units have initiative? Are […]
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WW2GenCom: Op WotR
July 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Industry, Wargames
Or, if you insist on writing the full name: World War II General Commander – Operation: Watch on the Rhine When it comes to awkward titles, the only things that can compete with wargames are motivational/inspirational autobiographies or journal articles on post-structural hermeneutics. I also somehow doubt that it is the “first real time operational […]
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Three Wargames
July 29th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Wargames
Last night, I finally got around to request review copies of three Matrix published games. I dabbled a bit in all of them today, so here are some first impressions, based on little more than some mucking about. Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States – The tutorials are a step above click through slideshow stuff, […]
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