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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Allan B. Calhamer, inventor of the game Diplomacy has died

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Gamescience box Word is seeping through the Internet gaming community that Allan B. Calhamer, the inventor and designer of the boa...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

Napoleon Kickstarter starts

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OK, the Napoleon Kickstarter showed up a few minutes ago -- I may have been Backer No. 1!
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Sunday, February 24, 2013

It's a plot to take my money, I say!

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Oh, My, yet another Kickstarter project that I feel compelled to take part in! Yep, Columbia Games is joining the fun and has announced ...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Dice research

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Came across some interesting research done on 6-side dice. http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/That%27s_How_I_Roll_-_A_Scientific_Analysis_o...
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Spammer comments

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Just a administrative note. A lot of spam comments seem to be showing up. All comments are moderated and anyone posting as "anonymous...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Kicking it! Wargames and Kickstarter

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Over the past few months I've backed three wargame projects on Kickstarter, the crowd funding site that's become pretty popular for ...
Monday, February 11, 2013

GMT hit by hackers

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Very odd situation. GMT reports it was the target of a denial of service attack.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Guns of Gettysburg Kickstarter

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This is exciting. Kickstarter for Guns of Gettysburg starts Friday! Apparently the plan is to have the games shipped in time for the 150th ...
Monday, February 4, 2013

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The cover of Columbia Games' Richard III wargame So it appears Richard III has been found . I'm not a big fan of wargaming ...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Put up them dukes -- and final thoughts

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I don't actually have an awful lot to add to Harvey's analysis of the campaign. I'm not even sure I have any quibbles. What I ...
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Eight -- Decision at the Battle of Altenbourg

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Fighting breaks out along the main front and continues around Jena By the time Napoleon rode back to Soult's headquarters he was a...
Monday, January 21, 2013

1806 campaign Day Seven -- Battle of Jena

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Dawn breaks with Hohenlohe's troops nowhere to be seen, but Brunswick and Ney well engaged. This day saw action occurring in three d...
Sunday, January 20, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Six -- A battle that didn't happen

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The battle line takes shape as the French corps arrive Day Six was shaping up pretty satisfactorily as far as Nappy was concerned. Soul...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Five -- Missing Blucher

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Blucher advances to find himself nearly surrounded! Meanwhile, despite being outnumberd 2-1, Soult holds his ground in front of Gera. ...
Friday, January 18, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Day Four Approaching a decision Oct 14

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Lannes disengages on the left while the bulk of the French army approaches the final battlefield on the right On the fourth day of the...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Battle of Gotha

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The Battle of Gotha opens on the left flank, while Hoehnlohe pulls back to Gera on the right. As dawn broke on Oct. 13, the crack of mus...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Three -- Hesitation?

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On the left, Murat finds Ruchel, while on the right Soult and Berndotte lose contact with Hohenlohe at dawn. The third day of the campai...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

1806 Campaign Day Two -- Confusion and contact

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Bernadotte and Soult encounter the enemy (right) while Lannes and Murat encounter each other (left). Meanwhile the Prussians seem to be sp...
Monday, January 14, 2013

1806 Campaign -- Great Reveal and Day One

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So the "Great Reveal" has occurred. Sadly I was not able to attend the actual event and will have to rely on Harve's great Pow...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

I didn't know that Grant was an artist.

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But so it appears, according to the Grant home page . (Which I also didn't know about.) Indian Trader
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