Pawnderings on Games

War of 1812, differences between the Gamma Two edition and current Columbia game. The Map The Gamma Two edition is mounted and has very dull...

Every one of us can recount minute-by-minute our experience of 9/11. It was a terrifying day, and it still echoes through society, affecting...

The British have the burden of attack. With no advantage in numbers the British player must maneuver to one single known point and seize i...

Quebec 1759 Some musings on French strategy As the defender, the French are necessarily in a reactive role. Despite this, they have the firs...

The granddaddy of block games, Quebec 1759 has been in print since 1972, which probably sets some records for wargames . The essential featu...

Winter War was one of the last S&T games done by an outside designer during the Dunnigan era at SPI . Dunnigan was ramping up his sys...

Richthofen's War was part of Avalon Hill's rebirth in the early 1970s. After SPI turned into a rising competitor and not just a des...

I got my copy of Waterloo when I first subscribed to Strategy & Tactics magazine in 1971. All new subscribers got a copy of the game as ...

In 1965 I was among the thousands of Massachusetts schoolchildren who contributed my pennies to help bring "Bib Mamie." the Batt...

I've decided to move non-game content to a new blog at http://torturedillogic.blogspot.com It was just too jarring to write a post abo...

To my family, friends, colleagues and fellow BGG denizens a Happy New Year! May God keep you all safe and bless you.

Few games have had an impact as big as PanzerBlitz . It's probably the third most important commercial wargame aside from the very firs...

Of all the ill winds blowing through this administartion, none is a greater threat than torture. The real problem is that fear isn't a g...

The old 3M line included some old classics such as chess, go and backgammon and some updated versions of classic games such as Oh- Wah -Ree ...

Battle of Moscow was my second Strategy & Tactics magazine issue game and the one that prompted me to change my three-issue trial subscr...

Everybody is familar with Scrabble. it's one of those classic family games of enduring popularity that just about everybody gets to play...

Peace on Earth.

1914 holds an unusual post in the annals of wargaming . It was never terribly popular, as such. It was never reprinted or updated after its...

Just remember, in Bush's America you have no actual right to be left alone: http://forums.roadfly.com/forums/politics-lounge/7387449-1....

Breakthru was part of the line of 3M bookcase games from the 1960s. copyrighted 1965, although it's a development and refinement of the...