22 May 2012

Uwe Eickert - Founder of Academy Games

INTERVIEW posted on 21 MAY 2012 by The Wargamer

Exploring the ambitions of the strategy board, and now PC, game developer.

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Changing History: Battle for the Olympus Pass

AFTER ACTION REVIEW posted on 12 MAY 2012 by Curtis Szmania

Curtis Szmania gets into the boots of an infantryman, crews a tank, and flies a fighter plane to change history in the Battle for the Olympus Pass in the Forgotten Hope 2 mod for Battlefield 2.

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The Battle for the Olympus Pass

HISTORICAL ARTICLE posted on 9 MAY 2012 by Curtis Szmania

Curtis Szmania gives the Wargamer a bit of a history lesson on the battle during the Battle of Greece, also known as Operation Marita.

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The Lions of Carentan - Fallschirmjager Regiment 6

BOOK REVIEW posted on 5 MAY 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson gets his nose between the pages of a book written by Volker Griesser, a former Bundeswehr paratrooper during World War II, that focuses on the Regiment's fights through Russia and in Market Garden.

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Team Assault: Baptism of Fire

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 1 MAY 2012 by Curtis Szmania

Curtis Szmania assumes command in this tactical wargame set during World War II in Italy.

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Achtung Panzer: Operation Star

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 27 APR 2012 by Curtis Szmania

Curtis Szmania draws the line in the snow on the Eastern Front in Matrix Game's release of this tactical tank combat/combined arms strategy game.

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Coverage of Home of Wargamers in Stresa

INDUSTRY NEWS posted on 23 APR 2012 by The Wargamer

We get inside the press event in Stresa, Italy with live coverage! Be sure to check back here in this article from time to time to see updates and photos!

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Steam and Iron: A Second Look

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 21 APR 2012 by Vincenzo Beretta

Vincenzo Beretta lends Wargamer's his take on the World War I tactical naval strategy game developed by Fredrik Wallin.

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Caught Up in the Storm: The 101st Military Intelligence Battalion in Desert Storm

BOOK REVIEW posted on 16 APR 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson sits down and cracks open Pete Ferrari's book about the 101st Military Intelligence Battalion in Iraq during Desert Storm.

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Steam and Iron: The Great War at Sea

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 11 APR 2012 by Jim Cobb

Jim Cobb dons his admiral's cap and engages the enemy fleets in this review of Naval Warfare Simulation's Steam and Iron: The Great War at Sea.

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Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 8 APR 2012 by Curtis Szmania

Curtis Szmania checks in with a review of one of the most well-known mods for Hearts of Iron, but what makes it stand out against all other mods out there?

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Field of Glory - Napoleonic

BOOK REVIEW posted on 3 APR 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson checks out the latest addition to the Field of Glory rules, 'Napoleonic', the combination effort between Slitherine and Osprey.

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Naval War: Arctic Circle

INTERVIEW posted on 2 APR 2012 by Jim Cobb

Jim Cobb sits down with Jan Haugland, lead developer for Paradox Interactive's upcoming naval wargame Naval War: Arctic Circle.

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Battle of the Bismarck Sea and Changing History

EDITORIAL posted on 29 MAR 2012 by Curtis Szmania

Curtis Szmania brings another history lesson to the Wargamer with the Battle of the Bismarck Sea...and then changes history in his AAR using HPS Simulations' Naval Campaigns: Guadacanal.

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Wargame: European Escalation

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 27 MAR 2012 by Curtis Szmania

The hypothetical question of what would happen if NATO and the Warsaw Pact decided to take their words to the battlefield could possibly be answered in Wargame: European Escalation.

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Cold Wars 2012 - A World at War in Miniature

CONVENTION COVERAGE posted on 23 MAR 2012 by Colonel (Ret) Bill Gray

Colonel Bill visits the Historical Miniature Gaming Societys winter convention and returns to declare victory over recession!

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Unity of Command - Operation Edelweiss

AFTER ACTION REVIEW posted on 22 MAR 2012 by Daniel Mellbin

Daniel Melbin stops in with an after action review on the German offensive in July of 1942 titled "Operation Edelweiss".

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Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear! - German Offensive

AFTER ACTION REVIEW posted on 21 MAR 2012 by Angelo Ricci

Angelo Ricci takes on the Russian in a classic German offensive attack, but will he overcome the staunch "Not One Step Back" order that Stalin has given his troops?

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Platea 479 BC - The most glorious victory ever seen

BOOK REVIEW posted on 20 MAR 2012 by Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson checks Osprey's offering by William Shepherd on one of the most overshadowed battles of all time - the battle at Platea.

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Jagged Alliance: Back in Action

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 15 MAR 2012 by John Thompson

John Thompson gets 'back in action' with the latest release of the revamped classic that puts players in control of mercenaries to free an island from tyranny. Is it a job worth of the A-Team?

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