Command Decision Game No. 57 places you in the role of Brigadier John Godfrey “Jock” Spragge, commander of 7th Infantry Brigade, 3d Canadian Division. Your mission is to attack across the Leopold Canal near Antwerp and establish and hold bridgeheads.

The article below is an abridged version of Combat Decision Game #56, “British Rifle Brigade in World War I, 1915,” written by Andrew H. Hershey. Additional text and illustrations appear in the May 2013 edition of Armchair General® magazine, …

In this decision-making game YOU command a regiment of Spanish volunteers fighting for Germany against a powerful Red Army attack in 1943.

As commander of a force of irregular Confederate cavalrymen, YOU lead your men against Union troops at Fort Blair, Kansas, in this Command Decision Game.

In this Command Decision Game, you take on the role of a British brigade commander in Burma, 1944, and chose the best solution to defend Kohima against a powerful Japanese attack.

As the leader of an ad hoc group of freedom fighters, YOU must decide how to destroy Soviet tanks in the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Pat Proctor offers a unique “boots on the ground” perspective from his recent deployment to Afghanistan with 1st Infantry Division. This is part two of his new “Reports from Afghanistan” series.

In this free Command Decision Game, you take on the role of U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune leading a division comprised of both U.S. Marines and U.S. Army infantry to assault strong German positions near the town of St. Mihiel in 1918.

In this Command Decision Game, you are Col. James M. Gavin, commander of 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), U.S. 82d Airborne Division, leading an ad hoc force in Sicily, 1943, when you encounter elements of the Herman Goering Division.

A decision-making game in which the player chooses the best course of action for Saladin, sultan and commander of his region’s combined Saracen forces, to defeat a Crusader army under Guy de Lusignan in Palestine, 1187 AD.

Looking for a good computer wargame for yourself or for a gift? Armchair General recommends these intriguing offerings from 2011′s releases.

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A Command Decision Game in which you must choose the best course of action for the Japanese defense of Saipan in 1944.