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Tributes pour in after death of award-winning veteran wargame designer Dean Essig

Mike Didymus-True, in BoardGameWire, brings us the sad news of the passing of designer Dean Essig.

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 4/1/2024

"...I actually enjoyed this show more than any other that I have been to in the past couple of years." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, regales us with sights and surprises from this show, along with some great pictures! And check out the source of an insight that led Norm to conclude "It made me realise that considering these things went into the air in their thousands, the financial investment in longbow archers must have been huge."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/22/2024

Fields of Corn & Rye

"...I was pretty sure that I had found something that might do the job." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a way he's found to address an old itch, namely adding texture and/or crop fields to tabletop settings. Check out what he finds to be a reasonable, cost-effective approach, considering that "...sometimes I think we have made ourselves a picture perfect world and lost something along the way."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/11/2024

On wargames campaigns (after Polemarch)

"If one is to do this, it is quite useful to read Caesar to see the kinds of things he considered important when choosing if or when to give battle." Prufrock muses about the value of running campaigns for the ancients gaming he prefers. See why "It turned out I'd rather refight Zama for the tenth time than try to sustain interest in endless minor encounters between similarly equipped neighbours over local concerns."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/28/2024

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Fast, simple, not expensive, little errata, but only reasonably fun. (War game Review)

In his review on BoardGameGeek, Brendan Whyte first turns a critical eye towards the components and rules and lists their shortcomings. Game play fares better: “…the game is fast and quite fun”. Whyte then goes into comprehensive details covering game mechanics and spares no criticism for the game opponent (AI). His discussion concerning solitaire board games vs solitaire computer games is very interesting.

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	Game/Publisher	Article Info
	Game: Red Strike - 1989 Publisher: VUCA Simulations Game Type: Board Date: 4/17/2024 8:10:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Red Strike by Vuca Simulations Part 1 "This is a game that many grognards have been dreaming about." Robert Peterson, in A Wargamers Needful Things, brings us the first of a two-part review of this monster game. See what Robert means when he says that the designer "...is also completely correct in saying that the design is not for the faint-hearted." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: The Great Northern War Publisher: Conflict Simulations, Ltd. Game Type: Board Date: 4/15/2024 8:35:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Interview with Raymond Weiss Designer of The Great Northern War from Conflict Simulations Limited "Playtesters uniformly reported tense and anxious turns...". Grant Kleinhenz, in The Players' Aid, interviews designer Raymond Weiss about his upcoming title on the Baltic conflict in the early 18th century. Check out how Ray intends "...that players must utilize several separate and distinct mechanics..." with an array of design tools that he calls a "strategic hybrid card/wargame". Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Grognard Challenge Time! Date: 4/14/2024 4:00:00 PM	New Challenge Clues! Last Challenge Results! See the graphic clues for the new Challenge (#1170) for 14-April-2024 and the winners for the last Challenge (#1169).
	Game: Korean War: Pusan Perimeter - A Panzer Grenadier Game Series: Panzer Grenadier Series Publisher: Avalanche Press Game Type: Board Date: 4/13/2024 8:21:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Korean War: Pusan Perimeter Panzer Grenadier Headquarters is an excellent web site that covers all things related to the Avalanche Press Panzer Grenadier Series of games. You will find descriptive information and quantitative comparisons for each game along with a forum and lots of supplemental information. Panzer Grenadier enthusiasts will want to visit this web site. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Clash of Wills: Shiloh 1862 Publisher: Mayfair Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/13/2024 8:20:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Clash of Wills - Shiloh 1862 - Martin Wallace/Coleman Charlton - An Unboxing (video) A thoroughly illustrative unboxing video from Prasutagus The Orwell Wargamer. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: V-Sabotage Publisher: Triton Noir Game Type: Board Date: 4/13/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	V-Sabotage Ghost Expansion Review James Wolff presents this nicely illustrated review of the Ghost Expansion for V-Sabotage. The expansion offers several new modes of play and additional game components. While Mr. Wolff liked the expansion, he only gave it a middling rating based on his game playing preferences. The review includes a link to a 4 star review of the game’s original title, V-Commandos. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Forward Defense '85 Publisher: Strategist's Den Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/12/2024 2:09:00 PM Poster: Doug Holt	Interview with Ethan Redrup, designer of Forward Defense ’85 "Your units get better as the game goes on, but if you lose experienced units it makes a noticeable difference." Michał, in The Boardgames Chronicle, interviews designer Ethan Redrup about his upcoming solitaire tactical "Cold War gone hot" game. Check out the interesting discussion of how the AI works: "The challenge lies in acting with lesser resources and coming up with a clever strategy to defeat them [the AI] without having your own troops too badly depleted." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Defiance: 2nd Russo-Ukrainian War 2022-? Publisher: GMT Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/10/2024 8:05:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Defiance Design Happy Hour: Modeling the Political Dimension of 2nd Russo-Ukrainian War "If military operations are included in power politics games, they are heavily abstracted. What about the other way around? Military simulations including a strong political dimension?" Designers D. B. Dockter and Mark Herman offer the next in their series of articles on designing a simulation of an ongoing conflict, this time focusing on the impact of political elements on the struggle. Check out the factors that they feel "...will generate a strong narrative, provide players with a better understanding of political dynamics and, most importantly, create a 'richer' simulation experience." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942 Publisher: Compass Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/8/2024 7:06:00 PM Poster: Doug Holt	1941 - the Barbarossa Campaign "The Combat Table has the capability of being brutal." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors checks out the Barbarossa scenario of this Compass Games title. See why he thinks "...it looks to be a 'players game'. Let's see if real world play matches up to that instinct." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Operation Skorpion: Rommel's First Strike – Halfaya Pass, May 1941 Publisher: Compass Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/7/2024 3:00:00 AM Poster: Robert Holifield	Operation Skorpion (Compass Games): Componentes - Spanish Language video Wargame Reviewer is a project dedicated to the promotion of board wargames at an international level, performing this function through the YouTube channel, in social networks (Facebook, twitter and Instagram) and in the Bellota Con (international convention of board wargames) held in Badajoz in January. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Clash of Wills: Shiloh 1862 Publisher: Mayfair Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/6/2024 8:10:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Unboxing Clash Of Wills Shiloh 1862 (video) A completely silent unboxing video from Pandorrah Nl. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: V-Sabotage Publisher: Triton Noir Game Type: Board Date: 4/6/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	V Sabotage - Playthrough w/ the Designer!! (video) Nick from the Talking Cardboard game group and You Tube Channel, and Thibaud de la Touanne, game designer, discuss game play topics and demonstrate them. A short history of Mr. de la Touanne’s game precedes the game play examples. Note that the demonstration uses the Tabletopia game platform where many games can be played solo or on-line with other players. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: '85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires Series: Squad Battles Publisher: Flying Pig Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/5/2024 8:07:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Unboxing: '85 Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires (Flying Pig Games) "You are not going to have a tough time handling these, and they are easy to read. What an impressive set of counters!" Steven Pow, in Boisterous Exuberance, looks over his newly arrived copy of this Squad Battles title. Join Steven as he examines the package, and finds an interesting twist, that the "...game also includes Bonus Victory Condition cards, which can give you additional ways to score Victory Points in scenarios that use them." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942 Publisher: Compass Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/5/2024 8:02:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Suggested WWII Campaigns: 1940 Order of Battle Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us some historical deployment guidelines for the 1940 scenario. He "...checked two different orders of battle and have come up with the following ‘at-start’ deployments...". Thanks Norm! Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Axis & Allies: Guadalcanal Series: Axis & Allies Publisher: Hasbro Game Type: Board Date: 4/4/2024 11:00:00 AM Poster: Robert Holifield	A&A Guadalcanal FAQ and rules Errata Essential Reinforcement Rule Errata for proper game play and helpful FAQ. Thanks to Axis & Allies.org for making this available. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Polis: Fight for the Hegemony Publisher: Asylum Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/4/2024 9:30:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Polis Game Review: A Million Ways to Die in the Mediterranean Thomas Wells tells us why he enjoys this strategic level approach to the Peloponnesian Wars. Wells first covers game mechanics and components with several excellent illustrations and also compares the differences between two editions of the game. In the end, your challenge is to defeat your opponents and the game itself! 4 stars out of 5. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: WWII Campaigns: 1940, 1941, and 1942 Publisher: Compass Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/3/2024 10:55:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	WWII Campaigns - 1940 (France) "...I capture Sedan almost accidentally and then realise that I don't have enough nearby force to breakout and exploit, while the enemy are all over on the other flank!" Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, brings us his usual insightful analysis and first play of this Compass Games title. He will play the game again, but has a few grumbles, and then has an intriguing conclusion when "...our result of the Germans failing their plan, but scoring more VP's (casualty based) does not seem to fall within any of the victory outcomes!" Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Operation Skorpion: Rommel's First Strike – Halfaya Pass, May 1941 Publisher: Compass Games Game Type: Board Date: 4/2/2024 3:00:00 AM Poster: Robert Holifield	Basic Tips for the German Player The game designer Randy Heller provides some advice for the German Player. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Rise and Decline of the Third Reich Publisher: Avalon Hill Game Type: Board Date: 4/1/2024 2:10:00 AM Poster: Robert Holifield	Rise and Decline of the Third Reich - Spotlight A look at this Classic WW2 Avalon Hill board game that still holds up so well today. Thanks to Tabletop Templar's YouTube Channel for this video. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Ardennes II Series: Standard Combat Series Publisher: Multi-Man Publishing Game Type: Board Date: 3/31/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Robert Holifield	Ardennes II - Gameplay A look at the remake of the 1994 entry "Ardennes" known, appropriately enough as "Ardennes II", part of MMP/The Gamers' Standard Combat Series. More than just a remake, the game has a lot of new and interesting mechanics that are new not only to Ardennes but also the SCS itself. We take a look at some of these new mechanics in this video. Thanks to Hexed and Countered YouTube Channel *Search for this and related games with Noble Knight*
	Game: Tactics II Publisher: Avalon Hill Game Type: Board Date: 3/31/2024 3:00:00 AM Poster: Robert Holifield	Tactics II from Avalon Hill A nostalgic look back look back at a special game. Thanks to Brian Patterson for providing Moe's Game Table with an excellent copy of Tactics II for this review. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Centurion: Tactical Warfare, 100B.C.-600A.D. Publisher: SPI Game Type: Magazine Date: 3/30/2024 5:00:00 PM Poster: Robert Holifield	SPI's Centurion from 1971 SPI Strategy & Tactics issue # 25 with Centurion game. Reviewed by Gilbert Collins Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Talavera & Vimeiro Series: Napoleonic Brigade Series Publisher: Multi-Man Publishing Game Type: Board Date: 3/30/2024 8:16:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	VASSAL Module for Talavera & Vimeiro Here is a module for Talavera & Vimeiro from Multi-Man Publishing created by bennyb. VASSAL is a game engine for building and playing online adaptations of board games and card games. A growing list of game Modules is available at the web site and at web sites for some game publishers. Players can play solitaire off-line, play live on the Internet or play by email. Vassal runs on all platforms, and is free, open-source software. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Save South Vietnam! Publisher: Fortress Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/30/2024 8:11:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Steam Tabletop Simulator for Save South Vietnam! Eric Cabral has added a module for Save South Vietnam! from Fortress Games for Steam’s Tabletop Simulator. The Tabletop Simulator allows you to make your own online board games or play the thousands of community-created modules with players in the Steam community. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Clash of Wills: Shiloh 1862 Publisher: Mayfair Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/30/2024 8:10:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Clash of Wills - Shiloh 1862 - Playthrough & My Thoughts (video) Prasutagus The Orwell Wargamer illustrates his replay by showing the situation after each turn and highlighting what occurred. See the end for a positive review and final thoughts. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: La Bataille de la Moskowa Series: La Bataille Series Publisher: Game Designers Workshop (GDW) Game Type: Board Date: 3/30/2024 Poster: Pat L.	Review page #1 of 5 Charles Vasey reviews the GDW versions of this game originally from Marshall Enterprises. This is page 1 of 5. The Phoenix, published in the UK from 1976 to 1982, was a magazine devoted to war games. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Berthier Campaign Manager Publisher: Tony De Lyall Game Type: Computer Date: 3/29/2024 9:15:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Berthier Campaign Manager v11.3.1 (Free Software) Tony De Lyall is offering a new update to his free Berthier Campaign Manager software (Version 11.3.1). Tony points out: "'Hide Map' and 'View Berthier Map' options have been added to the Terrain menu..."! Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Defiance: 2nd Russo-Ukrainian War 2022-? Publisher: GMT Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/27/2024 9:05:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Defiance Design Happy Hour: Partisan/SOF Operations vs. Regular Russian Forces "The 2nd Russo-Ukrainian War has forced us to re-examine how we model modern warfare." Designers D. B. Dockter and Mark Herman continue their series of articles on designing a simulation of an ongoing conflict, this time focusing on the fight's irregular element. Check out how they are designing on the fly: "After repeated playtesting, we concluded that neither [mechanic] really did a good job of modeling partisan/SOF encounters with regular Russian forces. So, we had to invent...". Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: White Death Publisher: Game Designers Workshop (GDW) Game Type: Board Date: 3/27/2024 6:55:00 AM Poster: Robert Holifield	White Death gameplay (PC edition of GDW's boardgame, 1990) Introduction and gameplay for the PC edition of GDW's White Death. This DOS PC game was produced by R.A.W. Entertainment in 1990. Played through Dosbox emulation platform. Recorded with original sound. Thanks to Squakenet. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Assault Series Series: Assault Series Publisher: Game Designers Workshop (GDW) Game Type: Board Date: 3/25/2024 10:03:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Soviet Airborne Command - Independent Desant Battalions/Brigades and Airborne Divisions Christopher Selman, on his My Assault Page website, has posted variant counter sheets (as PDFs) for Soviet Airborne Command - Independent Desant Battalions/Brigades and Airborne Divisions. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975 Publisher: Worthington Publishing Game Type: Board Date: 3/25/2024 Poster: Pat L.	Hearts and Minds (5 videos – play through and Review) Enrico Viglino aka Calandale takes a close look at Hearts and Minds from Worthington Games. He finds major problems with the rules and minor problems with the components. Each video covers different turns in his initial play of the game and each includes his usual insightful commentary. The final video discusses other strategic Vietnam games and designer goals that attempt to balance a game or make it more historical. He notes that he loves the game and thinks there are enough options to make players want to play the game many times. Click these links to see the full set of videos: Intro; 1; 2; 3 (Tet); and 4 Wrap & Review. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Traces of War Publisher: VUCA Simulations Game Type: Board Date: 3/25/2024 Poster: Bill Clancy	[REVIEW] Traces of War by VUCA Simulations The game uses well-known chit pull mechanisms, with some twists – like changing composition / availability of actions for each side depending on the turn. The move and battle rules are pretty straightforward, while the supply – while existing – is not overly complex. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: La Bataille de la Moskowa Series: La Bataille Series Publisher: Game Designers Workshop (GDW) Game Type: Board Date: 3/24/2024 Poster: Pat L.	errata (for Martial Enterprises ed.) Andrew Webber compiled this list of errata for the Marshall (aka Martial) Enterprises edition. We thank John Kula for passing this along. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: La Bataille de la Moscowa 3rd Edition Publisher: Clash of Arms Game Type: Board Date: 3/23/2024 9:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Clash of arms La bataille Moscowa unboxing (video) clarkcommando1983 unboxes this edition, an update from the Marshall Enterprises and GDW editions. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Save South Vietnam! Publisher: Fortress Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/23/2024 8:11:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Save South Vietnam! Open the Bag! (video) Dave’s Gaming Cave unbags this solitaire game from Fortress Games. The game features laser cut counters, already punched, but needing some cleaning. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Clash of Wills: Shiloh 1862 Publisher: Mayfair Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/23/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Game review: Civil War, Arthurian lore highlight Test of Fire, Clash of Wills and Shadows over Camelot Cody K. Carlson compares Test of Fire and Clash of Wills from Mayfair Games. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 Series: Great Battles of the American Civil War Publisher: GMT Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/23/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 (GMT) - Unboxing and Brief Overview (video) Here is a nicely done video from KilroyWasHere. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: V-Sabotage Publisher: Triton Noir Game Type: Board Date: 3/23/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Infiltration. Combat. Sabotage. (war game review) Peter Gifford on his blog, The Esoteric Order of Gamers, praises what he calls this “…ingenious modular scenario system…” with a “…brilliant solution to scenario design…”. The review includes links to 3 videos: an unboxing, an overview of expansions, and a foam-core storage solution. The blog also has rules summaries for many games that simplify replay over time, something of interest for Grognards. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Stalingrad Roads Series: Roads Series Publisher: Nuts! Publishing Game Type: Board Date: 3/20/2024 8:40:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Stalingrad Roads from Nuts! Publishing "All in all, these rules work together very well with a minimum of effort and plenty of flavour...". Polydor, in A Wargamers Needful Things, reviews this Eastern Front title. Check out what he finds that's new, for example a "...crucial development in the novel twists to well known war game tropes is the Support Phase...". Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Rebel Fury: Six Battles from the Campaigns of Chancellorsville and Chickamauga Publisher: GMT Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/18/2024 8:13:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Unboxing: Rebel Fury (GMT Games) "...you apparently are able to play three scenarios simultaneously...". Steven Pow, in Boisterous Exuberance, takes a first look at his newly arrived copy of this Mark Herman title. Check out the details on a game he feels offers "...a good variety of scenarios using a well-regarded system." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: La Bataille de la Moscowa 3rd Edition Publisher: Clash of Arms Game Type: Board Date: 3/16/2024 9:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	La Bataille de la Moskova (Shevardino) (6 short videos) In his channel dedicated to Napoleonic Games for the La Bataille series, Stratège plays through the Shevardino scenario. The video uses an unusual stop-action photo series to display the moves and combat results. Be sure to use auto-translate and closed captions as the commentary is in French. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Clash of Wills: Shiloh 1862 Publisher: Mayfair Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/16/2024 8:43:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Clash of Wills - the battle of Shiloh 1862 from Mayfair Games Norm Smith, in his long-running Battlefields & Warriors blog, covers the game mechanics and provides an after-action report from a game he played solitaire representing both sides. “The see-saw action of Shiloh is nicely captured and the system does manage to bring tension into the game and both players are equally engaged.” Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 Series: Great Battles of the American Civil War Publisher: GMT Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/16/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	“Seeing” Into the Woods Dick Whitaker, co-designer of Into The Woods, discusses and clarifies the special Line of Sight rules that affect play for this game in the Great Battles of the American Civil War series. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Assault: Red Horizon 41 Publisher: Assault Publishing Game Type: Board Date: 3/16/2024 Poster: Bill Clancy	First Impressions for Assault Red Horizon 41 Assault – Red Horizon 41 is the first volume in a planned series of tactical level wargames in which players lead historical units into battle during Operation Barbarossa (June through October 1941). It is intentionally planned not to be a simulation, but rather it abstracts certain aspects in favor of playability and manageable game length to convey the feeling of comprehensive tactical combat situations. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Three Days of Gettysburg Deluxe Edition Series: Great Battles of the American Civil War Series Publisher: GMT Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/15/2024 11:11:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	Three Days of Gettysburg Deluxe Edition – Designer Update "Deluxe 3DoG will be the ultimate Gettysburg game and we have tried to add as much optional historical flavor and chrome as any gamer might want to see in this best known of battles." Designer Dick Whitaker offers some interesting tidbits on what is coming in this new edition of the classic Richard Berg title. For example: "For players with a larger play area, the East Cavalry Battlefield map can be added to give some options to the Union arrival timetable and location." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Panzers Last Stand Series: The Boardgames Chronicle Publisher: Multi-Man Publishing Game Type: Board Date: 3/13/2024 9:10:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	First Impressions for Panzers Last Stand: Battles for Budapest, 1945 A series "...created to show that there is a level of warfare that has its own distinct nature and behaviors between the tactical and operational levels of war." Michał, in The Boardgames Chronicle, checks out this Battalion Combat Series title. See why he concludes "While smaller scenarios are nice experience, only the grand campaign / operations show the beauty and ingenuity of the system in the full.", yet "...even for smaller-scale engagements this is definitely worth getting." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: La Bataille de la Moscowa Series: La Bataille Series Publisher: Marshal Enterprises Game Type: Board Date: 3/9/2024 9:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	GDW La Bataille de la Moscowa First Look (video) The Centurion, David Lent, unboxes the GDW version of this game originally published by Marshall Enterprises. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Clash of Wills: Shiloh 1862 Publisher: Mayfair Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/9/2024 8:22:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Double review! \| Mayfair’s Test Of Fire + Clash of Wills From Hex, Dice, Fire! comes this double review comparing two games with similar systems from Mayfair games. The reviewer likes both games but considers Test of Fire to be easier, best suited for “…boardgamers or wargame’s newbies”. Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: Into the Woods: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 Series: Great Battles of the American Civil War Publisher: GMT Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/9/2024 8:00:00 AM Poster: Pat L.	Into the Woods - Battle of Shiloh - April 6 & 7, 1862 – Unboxing (video) Bill Thornton shows all the components and provides commentary. The box is packed and the game is highly complex making Bill wonder “…what am I getting into?” Search for this and related games with Noble Knight
	Game: 8th Air Force Publisher: Fortress Games Game Type: Board Date: 3/8/2024 8:46:00 AM Poster: Doug Holt	8th Air Force 2nd Edition by Fortress Games "The rules are simple and so is the setup, but the game is far from easy or a 'light' wargame." Robert Peterson, in A Wargamers Needful Things, reviews the 2nd Edition of this Fortress Games title. Check out what Robert likes in this update, and why he comments "The game has been compared to AHs Luftwaffe which should make most grognards ears perk up." Search for this and related games with Noble Knight