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August 1942: The Solomon Islands. Japan occupies the Solomon Islands, interfering with Allied supply lines in the South Pacific. In a surprise attack, the Americans capture Guadalcanal and its inva ...

We have some interesting news! This year, we will be making a trip to Europe to attend SPIEL Essen in Essen, Germany. SPIEL Essen, often referred to as Essen Spiel, is the world's larges ...

I love a good game that is focused on submarines and their operations in World War II or in other theaters and periods as well, such as during the Cold War. There is something to say about those br ...

In 2017, we played '65 when it was released on Kickstarter. This was Volume I in the Squad Battles Series and uses a very interesting Card Driven Game mechanic where the cards a ...

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 ...

In case you didn't know, the Irregular Conflicts Series is a spin-off from the COIN Series and attempts to adapt the core mechanics to model different kinds of historical (and n ...

A few years ago, we became acquainted with Andrew Rourke through his Coalitions design from PHALANX that went on to a successful crowdfunding campaign. He has since been a busy guy with s ...

France '40 2nd Edition is a major upgrade to the original game. The rules for Extended Movement, Combat, Advance After Combat, Breakthrough Combat, and Determined Defense have been updated so they ...

We have interviewed Francisco Ronco in the past with his FAB Series #5 Dubno '41 from GMT Games (that has since been removed from the P500) and more recently Von Manstein's Triumph from NAC Wargame ...

We attended Buckeye Game Fest in late April/early May this year and had a blast getting to play 14 total games over 4 1/2 days of convention goodness! In this post, I want to share the few videos w ...