Fairness = Play to win!
By Mario T. Lanza There is a guiding principle in the world of strategy games by which all players should […]
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ZUZZY Flagston Paven Release Date and Advance Ordering
The Flagston Paven wargaming mat will be the first release in ZUZZY Miniatures’ new line of Stoneworks terrain. It’s scheduled
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Zuzzy Miniatures mat review
Recently I arrived home and found a big envelope. Inside there was an 11 x 14 inch gaming mat from the Wounded City range. I kid you not if I say my jaw dropped. I was seriously and instantly delighted with the mat.
A Lone Banner
I recently got my order filled by Small Box Games, which included the new, and very fun, A Lone Banner. It’s a light wargame that looks very simple at first glance, but is surprisingly fun and is easily the quickest Small Box Games product to learn and play.
Interview with TactDeck’s Eric Etkin
The TactDecks Battle System is a card-based strategic combat game set in this precarious world of feudal warfare, magic, and decaying technology. Part CCG, part miniature war-game, TactDecks combines the tactical challenges of skirmish gaming with the collectability and deck-building components of CCGs.
We Must Tell the Emperor
By David Scolari Concept: We Must Tell the Emperor (Emperor) is part of the States of Siege games meant for
Cyclades–Your own Iliad!
There are a few themes which I love much more than most, and one of them is Greek mythology. When I was a youth, watching Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans, and reading the Odyssey made a huge, ongoing impact on my tastes and when I was told by a buddy, Matt Drake (www.drakesflames.blogspot.com) about a Greek-themed light wargame, I was thrilled.
Dominant Species
Once in a while, wargames publisher GMT decides to zig when everyone else zags, and prints a game that doesn’t fit their usual line-up. They did it years ago with titles like Winds of Plunder and Conquest of Paradise, and more recently with the cute Leaping Lemmings. This time around, GMT takes out the big guns: acclaimed wargame designer Chad Jensen (of Combat Commander fame), one of the biggest boxes and boards ever to roll off their assembly line, and a mammoth leap back in time to present us with Dominant Species, an evolutionary battle that’s roughly 90,000 years old. (Talk about a different breed of conflict simulation!)
Victory At Sea
By Stuart Fieldhouse Victory At Sea is a WW2 naval miniatures battle system from Mongoose Publishing, loosely based on their
Malifaux, Rising Powers
By pigi314159 Malifaux premiered at Gen Con 2009 and introduced the world to a new world, a new minis game,