21 May 2013

Internationale Spieltage - SPIEL 2012

EVENT COVERAGE posted on 26 OCT 2012 by Eddy Sterckx

Eddy Sterckx is in Essen, Germany for the annual four days of board gaming fun at SPIEL. He reports back on what was new this year and what was the most attractive.

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Anzio Beachhead

THE RETRO-GROGNARD posted on 24 OCT 2012 by Gideon Marcus

Gideon Marcus takes us back to 1969, storming the beaches at Anzio in this SPI classic. How does the game compare to what's on the market today?

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Battle of Loubino Scenario

MINIATURE WARGAMING posted on 14 OCT 2012 by Bill Gray

The Battle of Loubino preceded the Battle of Borodino in 1812. Bill Gray presents this least known and yet most critical engagements of Napoleons 1812 campaign within a wargaming scenario.

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Strategic Command World War 1: Breakthrough! - After Action Report: Part 2

STRAIGHT FROM THE BETA TESTERS posted on 30 SEP 2012 by Michael Kollmann

Fury Software's beta tester Michael Kollmann shares with us his exclusive play-through with the expansion to Strategic Command World War 1. Is he able to change the outcome of the First World War, or will the Central Powers again submit because of internal and external pressures? This is Part 2.

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Strategic Command World War 1: Breakthrough! - After Action Report: Part 1

STRAIGHT FROM THE BETA TESTERS posted on 29 SEP 2012 by Michael Kollmann

Fury Software's beta tester Michael Kollmann shares with us his exclusive play-through with the expansion to Strategic Command World War 1. Is he able to change the outcome of the First World War, or will the Central Powers again submit because of internal and external pressures? This is Part 1.

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Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1812

BOOK REVIEW posted on 15 SEP 2012 by Paul Robinson

To the depths of Russia Paul Robinson heads, equipped with eyewitness accounts and memoirs of the horrors of war and the disastrous French retreat.

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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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Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar - Logistics

DEVELOPER FEATURE posted on 28 FEB 2012 by The Wargamer

Rob McConnell, lead designer for Hegemony Rome: Rise of Caesar drops off an interesting article on how the game itself interprets the logistics and siege works of warfare in the 1st century B.C.

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Roman Civil Wars

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 10 JAN 2012 by John Thompson

The die is cast: HPS brings more ancient warfare with this latest entrant in its series as John Thompson serves Julius Caesar or rewrites history.

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Battle Academy: Operation Market Garden

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 30 NOV 2011 by Chris Mohon

Join Chris "Steelgrave Mohon" as he jumps out of a perfectly good airplane into the confusion and hard-fought battles that awaited Allied paratroopers on the ground in Battle Academy: Operation Market Garden.

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Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 22 NOV 2011 by James Allen

James Allen from outofeight.info reviews this latest strategy game from Unicorn Games Studio that relies on a dynamic campaign game world. Does it equal up to a worthy strategy title?

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Panzer Corps - Wassigny

AFTER ACTION REPORT posted on 30 OCT 2011 by Scott Parrino

This new scenario from the upcoming Panzer Corps DLC is shown off in AAR form, from the new Grand Campaign of 1940.

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Stronghold 3

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 27 OCT 2011 by James Allen

James Allen from outofeight.info mans the walls in this strategic defense game that challenges both militaristic and economic minds. Does it stand strong or crumble?

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Panzer Corps DLC - Developer Diary

DEVELOPER FEATURE posted on 27 OCT 2011 by Scott Parrino

Kerensky swings by the Wargamer to give us a bit of information on the upcoming DLC for Panzer Corps, released earlier this year in July.

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Air Conflicts - Secret Wars

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 21 OCT 2011 by James Allen

James Allen from outofeight.info takes to the skies to check out a war-spanning flight combat game that covers World War I, II and beyond with a variety of planes and settings. Does it soar or stall?

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Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 13 OCT 2011 by Curtis Szmania

Curtis Szmania dives down below the surface of the Atlantic to take on Ubisoft's premier U-boat simulator. Does this latest installment join the Wolfpack or sink to the ocean floor?

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Crusader Kings II

PC GAME PREVIEW posted on 9 OCT 2011 by James Allen

James Allen from outofeight.info checks out the upcoming strategy game from Paradox Interactive set in the late Middle Ages.

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Supreme Ruler: Cold War

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 21 SEP 2011 by Chris Mohon

Duck under your school desks and cover your heads with Chris Steelgrave Mohon as he reviews Supreme Ruler: Cold War.

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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

PC GAME REVIEW posted on 19 SEP 2011 by James Allen

James Allen from outofeight.info heads to the Eastern Front to check out Tripwire Interactive's sequel to their popular World War II historical shooter. Does it live up to the glory of its predecessor?

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Battle Academy: Operation Market Garden

AFTER ACTION REPORT posted on 6 SEP 2011 by Wargamer Staff

Coinciding with the release of Battle Academy: Operation Market Garden, Wargamer is pleased to bring you an after action report from one of the missions of the add-on!

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