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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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[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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[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.

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[6 Mar 2013 | No Comment | ]
The Alamo Remembered (Sample Turn & Review)

With no dice rolling, rules to cover many variable conditions during this historic assault, and a “Last Stand” climax to the game, the birth of Texas is yours to relive. As the Texians, can you hold out at the Alamo to the last, or as the Mexicans quickly breach walls for glory? Find out in The Alamo Remembered!

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[6 Feb 2013 | No Comment | ]
No Retreat (Video Review)

With some corrective Rule changes. This review comes with corrective element to correct a mistake in a rule misunderstanding which lead to a defective play through.

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[26 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Darkest Night (A Video Review)

Ravenous undead roam the realm, and as the necromancer continues to build his power base, he blights the land and his army steadily grows.

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[13 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Danube 20 (A Video Review)

 
When the capture of Vienna failed to bring the Austrians to the bargaining table, Napoleon sought more direct means of ending the War of the Fifth Coalition. His first attempt was a nearly impromptu effort to force a crossing of the Danube, then in full spring flood, with the handful of forces that were immediately available. Almost predictably, the resulting battle of Aspern-Essling resulted in a crushing French defeat. Stung by the setback, Napoleon then spent the next month and a half preparing for another assault at the same site, …

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[3 Oct 2012 | No Comment | ]
Boom & Zoom (A Video Review)

Boom & Zoom is a two-player strategy game about the “wars of the future” where Laser Tower vehicles conduct fire and movement across the battlefield.

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[19 May 2012 | No Comment | ]
Operation Veritable (A Video Review)

This desperate campaign was fought during the second and third weeks of February and into March, 1945 in bitter cold and over inhospitable ground.