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[6 Apr 2013 | No Comment | ]
Ancient Battles Deluxe (Video Review)

With grim-faced determination and sharpened sword, lead your troops through the greatest battles of history using the simple maneuver and combat mechanics that allow you engage in the decisive missile and melee combat that is Ancient Battles Deluxe.

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[14 Jan 2013 | No Comment | ]
Caylus (A Video Review)

An instant classic. Caylus is a medium-heavy worker placement and resource management board game centering around civilization building in 13th century France.

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[20 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]
Infidel (Video Review)

This is a period that saw cavalry reign supreme, and pitted the European heavy cavalry – armored “knights” – system against the Eastern/Turkish light cavalry tactics.

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[12 Nov 2012 | 2 Comments | ]
Kingmaker (Video Review)

Kingmaker is based on the War of the Roses in English history, a time of civil war when two royal houses competed for the rightful throne.

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[2 Nov 2012 | No Comment | ]
Medieval ( Video Review)

Fast paced card game based on medieval European power-politics.

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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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[29 Aug 2012 | No Comment | ]
Empires of the Middle Ages (Review and Play Through)

Highly innovative design from SPI’s glory days.For a long time, this was the only fairly serious power-politics game set in the medieval period.

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[13 Aug 2012 | No Comment | ]
Men of Iron (Review & Play Through)

Simpler than Great Battles of History, but with many of the same mechanisms.

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[1 Jul 2012 | No Comment | ]
Cathedral – first look

A short abstract game on area control and fitting pieces like a puzzle.

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[12 Jun 2012 | No Comment | ]
Legend of Robin Hood (Video Review & Play Through)

The setting is 12th century England, before the signing of the Magna Carta, as the daring outlaws of Sherwood Forest oppose the Sheriff of Nottingham, Sir Guy of Guisbourne, and the evil Prince John.