Longtime listeners will know that I’m a big “1 miniature represents 1 soldier” fan. Naturally, it took the Something Awful goons mentioning Eisenhower all of twice for me to get very interested in the World War 2 wargame of commanding entire division, with battalion being the smallest unit on the table. Naturally.
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28 hours has to be enough. Second (if not third) Flashpoint Campaigns game I’m getting off Slitherine – and the first one I’m [gendering] up to review. Because I promised the good folks online – nobody in particular really, just the general online population – that I’d do it. So here it goes: Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War is the best Cold War game you can play on this, the publication day of the article.
Continue reading “Flashpoint Campaigns: Cold War review | Cold War Done Good”Would a Dungeons and Dragons miniature skirmish game allow you to hire its titular beast into your starting team? No! But Burrows & Badgers: Second Edition is totally cool with you hiring a badger – and is an excellent rule set besides.
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Continue reading “Burrows & Badgers 2E | Fortified Niche!”This review came about solely ‘cos I watched the Master of Command developer videos. Previously, I did’t know anything about the Seven Years’ War, nor was I an Armchair Historian follower. But I was mildly interested in Fire & Maneuver, his previous title, and liked what I saw in those recorded dev streams. This encouraged me to beg for a game key. It was graciously provided and I immediately ran into unforeseen problems.
Continue reading “Master of Command review | The other Napoleonic war”This is the third time I’m starting writing the Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon review anew. While I really want to call it “Polish Skyrim,” it is a lot more than that. It also does so many small things differently that its very easy to get lost in the weeds and balloon the review. But while it took me 67 hours to finish the game, it should take you a lot less to read my review. In short, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is a good title already, but if you wait before buying it, it will get even better with patches.
Continue reading “Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon review | What costs a nation?”Glorantha is one of those settings that gets the video game treatment infrequently, but it’s always a good time when it does. Everybody has fond memories of King of Dragon Pass. But what about a 3D game set in Glorantha? I played the RuneQuest: Warlords preview version to see how that would look like.
Continue reading “RuneQuest: Warlords preview in 7 screenshots!”To explain why I don’t play WarmaHordes, I simply say “it’s as gamey as a card game, but with miniatures.” Imagine my surprise when I found a game that’s essentially just that – a CCG with miniatures! And you know what? Malediction is pretty good.
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Continue reading “Malediction review | Fortified Niche!”I didn’t know the game was already out when I downloaded the demo. But I don’t own the full game yet, and I have completed the dang thing, so here’s a short review of Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon demo!
Continue reading “Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon Demo in 7 Screenshots!”Whimsical fantasy! Not as often encountered as high- or dark-fantasy. But still, wargames of the type exist. We already covered and extensively praised Moonstone. Now, it’s our turn to do Arcworlde, 2nd edition!
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Continue reading “ArcWorlde 2E review | Fortified Niche!”When the XIV Legion mockingly left the Youngblood behind to “prove his tactics right” by pacifying the toxic world of Kuzmin’s Pendulum, Abraxus was just a Breacher sergeant. After years of spearheading attacks on insurgent strongpoints and fortresses, his heterodox praetor was promoted him to centurion. One of his first triumphs as a full officer would be the boarding of the cruiser leading the small traitor detachment came to retrieve the Death Guard forces from Pendulum short after Drop Site Massacre.
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