Except there wasn't any fire - just a dusty industrial-style corridor. We had a chat with Rod Humble, who's working on a secret project for Paradox and loves wargames.

Hearts of Iron 4's new expansion has now been officially announced - check out all the details here...

These are some of the best American Civil War strategy & war games you could be playing in 2019.

Bill's concluding his run of 'Age of Sail' articles with a list of top quality books and reference material for anyone else looking to learn more about this diverse period.

Lots of interesting things to catch up on still, and that's even taking into account what we've already covered!

Matrix & Slitherine have announced a new 4X war game that takes inspiration from Dune and Civilization.

This curious mix of shooter, war game and RPG has finally left Early Access, although we suspect it needed a bit more time. Full review to follow later!

Another short and sweet update for you this week - enjoy your weekends!

We're giving away five copies of the new Close Combat game, plus five bundles of all the classic Close Combat games - get involved!

We've spotted a new game that's being developed by the mind behind Polaris Sector - it's about thermonuclear war (yay?).