What follows is a thematic story “review” based on my recent solitaire session of Warfighter by DVG. Warfighter is a card-based tactical game of modern warfare, focusing on smaller groups of soldiers who are undertaking missions through enemy territory. As… Read More ›
Scott Bogen of The Board Game Show interviews Sans Alliés designer Geoffrey Greer. This beautiful-looking game is portable, war-themed and solitaire. Sans Alliés sets out to capture the feel of a grand-strategy, area-movement war game in a solo package, and… Read More ›
This article originally appeared on The Roving Hobbyist and has been re-posted here with permission and for your interminable enjoyment. Yes, I love playing miniatures. Gazing at little landscapes of roads, villages, hills and forests compels me to shrink down… Read More ›
I have never been to war. I have watched war movies. I’ve played war games. I’ve followed news of war. I’ve read books on war. I’ve talked up going to war. I’ve talked down going to war. I’ve talked to… Read More ›
Commander Andy Benford was the living and breathing embodiment of Tom Clancy novels while many of us were still cutting our war gaming teeth on the likes of Risk, Stratego and Axis & Allies. (Okay, maybe also Panzer Blitz if… Read More ›
When a game promises “politics and power struggles in the dark Arthurian Britain” and only eight actions per player, per game, the money flies out of my wallet. The promise of simple game mechanics that belie a deeper, strategic experience… Read More ›
Outfit your own “Little Nellie” in this tactical miniatures game of cat and mouse in the skies above Blofeld’s nefarious volcano lair. Can you outwit your opponent’s helicopters and goons with your nimble arsenal of flame throwers, aerial mines, rockets,… Read More ›
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