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18/09/2025

In a continuing series of Event Card spoilers covering the recently released Chicago ‘68 from The Dietz Foundation with designer Yoni Goldstein in this 9th post we look at Antiwar Sympathy.

Early last year, I caught wind that The Dietz Foundation was working with a new designer named Yoni Goldstein on his first game called Chicago ’68 and I was immediately interested. C…

17/09/2025

The year is 1941. Germany, at the height of its power, launches Operation Barbarossa, the largest invasion in history, against the Soviet Union. The Wehrmacht pushes eastward in a brutal campaign to capture vast territories, destroy the Red Army, and bring the Soviet regime to its knees. Can you lea...

17/09/2025

My Favorite Wargame Cards – A Look at Individual Cards from My Favorite Games – Card #47: Fidel from Twilight Struggle: The Cold War, 1945-1989 from GMT Games.

With this new My Favorite Wargame Cards Series, I hope to take a look at a specific card from the various wargames that I have played and share how it is used in the game. I am not a strategist and…

16/09/2025

My 2nd play of Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II from Best with 1 Games. Cool solitaire game with some fantastic mechanics and beautiful art and components. Here I won but not without some trouble. Nearly lost several times but figured it out to escape and win. Great game!

16/09/2025

This arrived today! Against the Iron Ring: The Fate of the Sixth Army in Stalingrad from VUCA Simulations.

16/09/2025

Grant shares his First Impressions for Siege Works: A Napoleonic Siege Roll & Write from Solo Wargame.

Until a few months ago, I had literally never heard of the concept of a Roll & Write game. But, I started seeing these things pop up on Kickstarter from a new company called Solo Wargame and I …

15/09/2025

Our interview with Martin Melbardis designer of Crusade: Road to Jerusalem from Solo Wargame.

Martin Melbardis began his design career with Campaign: Fall Blau from Catastrophe Games. This was a very interesting little dice chucking solitaire game on Operation Barbarossa during WWII. Since …

14/09/2025

Our RAW video for Red Dust Rebellion from GMT Games.

Red Dust Rebellion is Volume XII of GMT’s COIN Series, and tells the story of the Martian revolts of the 2250’s and the rise of Martian nationalism. We posted an interview with the designer J. Carm…

14/09/2025

This arrived yesterday! Star Wars: Battle of Hoth which uses the Commands & Colors system. So excited about this one!

13/09/2025

Our unboxing video for Men of Iron Volume V: Norman Conquests: Conflicts of the Normans and Their Successors 1053-1265 from GMT Games.

The Normans, and their successors, had a large impact on history. Normans, from Nortmann (northman), were originally Viking raiders that settled in what would now be northern France. Normans gained…

13/09/2025

On my 2nd play, the Union corners Booth in Pittsburgh and searches and raids relentlessly removing his accomplices and making him hunker down. Very lucky he hid the last 4 cards. Ends in a capture and justice is brought to bear. The Pursuit of John Wilkes Booth from Blue Panther.

13/09/2025

A little solo gaming tonight with The Pursuit of John Wilkes Booth from Blue Panther Games I very much enjoy the pace and theme of this one. We are hot on the trail of the assassin. Wes Crawford