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[27 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Duel of the Eagles (Video Review)

The game requires the players to maintain supply lines, both to rally units that are shaken or low on ammo and to achieve the victory conditions.

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[26 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Braccio Da Montone (Video Review)

The game simulates the two major battles fought by the condottiero: Sant’Egidio (July 12, 1416), whereby he became Lord of Perugia and l’Aquila (June 2, 1424), in which he was defeated and mortally wounded.

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[25 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
Batman Arkham City Escape (Video Review)

Batman: Arkham City Escape is a two-player game that pits Batman against all of his greatest foes – from The Joker and Harley Quinn to Poison Ivy and The Riddler – as they try to escape Arkham City!
In this game, one player represents Batman, and the other player has command of twenty members of Batman’s rogues gallery, with each villain having abilities exclusive to that character. When Batman and a villain occupy the same space on the board, epic battles ensue as Batman utilizes his Utility Belt and Combat cards …

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[7 May 2013 | No Comment | ]
The Last King of Scotland (Video Review)

With a seeming fascination for all things Scottish, Idi Amin referred to himself as the “uncrowned king of Scotland”. When Amin fled Uganda in a sense he truly became “The Last King of Scotland.” Each game turn is a month of real time. Each hex covers 30 miles, and units range from platoons to battalions.

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[26 Apr 2013 | One Comment | ]
Newtown (Video Review)

Newtown includes a three-tiered movement system that simulates the individual nature of Indian warfare. Small war parties often acted according to their own will rather then following orders from “commanding officers.”

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[19 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Mercury Market Garden (Video Review)

The Battle Command Series are quick playing games with large 7/8″ counters, a double sided map board, rules, and dice. Each battle has 4 pages of rules. Units are rated for their strength and movement, as well an endurance rating that reflect how much damage a unit can sustain in combat. Each battle includes 2 scenario’s, one for the complete campaign, and one for a shorter scenario.

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[16 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Anzio the Fight for the Beachhead (Video Review)

Anzio: The Fight For The Beachhead is a solitaire or two-player mini-game that simulates at the division level the battle of Anzio.

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[1 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Strategy and Tactics’ Trajan

Trajan is a two player war game covering the military campaigns of Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajan from 114 to 117 AD. The game is strategic in scale, with units representing Roman and Parthian forces, and their allies. The mapsheet, overlaid with a hexagonal grid, covers an area corresponding approximately to modern day Iraq, Iran and Kuwait.

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[29 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
The Road to Cheren (Video Review)

Cheren is a game where the movement of each piece is critical. After movement your opponent may react but with only a few units, making player decisions difficult; do I go to the aid of a unit likely to be attacked or use my reaction to push troops forward in an area where I am on the offensive.

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[26 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
Hell’s Gate (Video Review)

Hell’s Gate is a simulation game of the Battle of the Korsun Pocket in Ukraine, during January and February of 1944. Two players direct the German and Soviet forces as they seek to capture or regain territory and inflict losses on the opposing side while minimizing their own losses.