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[28 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
Sword of Rome (Video Review)

This time, event cards and point-to-point maneuver enable up to four players to recreate the vicious struggles among the peoples of Italy and Sicily in 4th and 3rd Centuries BC.

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[5 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
RAF: The Battle of Britain 1940 (A Video Review)

France has fallen. England stands alone against the might of a triumphant Germany, defended only by the Spitfire and Hurricane squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Hitler orders his mighty Luftwaffe to destroy the RAF in preparation for Operation Sealion – the invasion of England. German fighters and bombers fill the English skies and the RAF responds.

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[26 Jan 2013 | No Comment | ]
Mr. Madison’s War

In June of 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia. Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, the young Republic of the United States declared war on Great Britain.

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[19 Dec 2012 | No Comment | ]
Hearts and Minds

Vietnam is a card-driven game covering the American buildup of troops and arms in Southeast Asia as to our decision to begin troop withdrawal: 1965-1975. The game is quick (3-6 hours) and clean (map using area movement) Hearts and Minds uses most major events of the period, including proposed events such as the Macnamara Line which was never actually built. Although nominally a combat game, the mechanics actually revolve around both sides occupying South Vietnamese provinces for propaganda purposes. The heart of the game is political influence. There is little …

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[26 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]
Washington’s War ( Video Review)

Washington’s War is the long awaited re-design of the original card driven game, We the People. Washington’s War, like it’s predecessor, pits the forces of a world power (England) against its rebellious American colonists as they fight for their independence.

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[31 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Labyrinth ( Video Review)

US efforts to counter extremists’ use of terrorist tactics but the wider ideological struggle — guerrilla warfare, regime change, democratization, and much more.

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[27 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Kingdom of Heaven ( Video Review)

 
 
n 1097, thousands of lords and knights, soldiers and camp-followers, pilgrims and prophets marched east in response to a Papal appeal, charged with the task of restoring Jerusalem and the Holy Land to Christian control. Their surprising victory led to the creation of the first overseas European colonies and the reshaping of Muslim power in the Middle East. The repercussions of their journey continue to live with us today.
In Kingdom of Heaven – The Crusader States 1097-1291 (KOH) two players use cards to activate forces, trigger random events, conduct diplomacy or prosecute …

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[12 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Thirty Years War (Video Review)

CDG game on the Thirty Years War

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[9 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Successors (Video Review)

Classic multi-player CDG.

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[5 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
For the People

CDG based upon the American Civil War.