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The Next War Series has always intrigued me but also intimidated me. But, last December, we had our first play of the system (with our good friend Bill Simoni coming over to teach us the game) in N ...

2024 was another fantastic and very busy year of gaming for us and we wanted to take a look back at some of what we did, played and experienced in 2024 in this Retrospective video! But, we also to ...

In late 2019, we hosted a 3-part series on an upcoming game called The Troubles: Shadow War in Northern Ireland 1964-1998. Through that process I came to appreciate the designer Hugh O'Donnell ...

The July 2025 Monthly Debrief Video, which is the 7th episode in Season 5 of this series, saw us discussing Classic Wargames. While we have not played many of the classics to date, we have played e ...

There were 3 new P500 games offered this month including Fighting Formations: Gross Deutschland Division's Battle for Kursk, which is the 3rd volume in this very interesting series of ta ...

A few years ago, we posted an interview with Matt White, who is a very talented graphic artist and budding game designer, that focused on his artistic talents and love of tanks. He has since design ...

First Victories: Wellington versus Napoleon includes the small battles of Roliça and Vimero in the Peninsula War between Great Britain and France. It has 3 rule sets, 9 scenarios, and a detailed so ...

Ju 87 Stuka Ace is a solitaire tactical air combat game by Lock 'n Load Publishing that places you in the cockpit of the infamous Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, one of World War II's most feared dive b ...

SCOPE Panzer is a tank combat card game set in the European theater of WWII. One player leads a squad of American tanks, which faces a squad of German tanks commanded by the other player, in a batt ...

Part II of the extensive AAR provided by Mark Miklos of the battle for supremacy at the Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR) Series tournament at the 2025 World Boardgaming Champions ...