Command an infantry squad supported by a Sherman tank in “A Ranger Squad Gets a Tall Order,” an original ‘Armchair General’ magazine scenario that has been adapted to play with ‘Combat Mission: Beyond Normandy.’

A preview of the MMO ‘Heroes & Generals’ finds it is the nexus where strategic wargames and first-person shooters meet, a team-based shooter that actually promotes teamwork.

Vladimir Tortsov talks to Armchair General about the game ‘Masters of the Broken World.’ A ‘non-linear strategy game with karma’ it is one of the most tactics- and strategy-focused fantasy games to come along in many years.

Author Peter Suciu highlights the top shooter games from the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Author Peter Suciu highlights the top top strategy games from this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.

Day Z creator Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall, in an exclusive Armchair General interview, talks about the gaming phenomenon and how his training in the New Zealand Army may have influenced the development of this survive-against-the-zombies game.

In the Napoleonics multiplayer expansion for Mount & Blade Warband players can choose from over 200 different soldiers of widely differing types. Combat is deadly, and there is no single-player version.

In an exclusive interview about the World of Warplanes MMO, producer Anton Sitnikau answers questions about whether it will be simulation or arcade, will it be integrated with World of Tanks, what kinds of planes to expect, and more.

Poles, Brits and Canadians, along with SS and Luftwaffe jackboots storm the beaches of your PC in the ‘Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy Commonwealth Forces’ expansion that makes an exceptional strategy game even better.

"Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat."

As a World War II buff and wargamer, I find the above quote corresponds well to how the Allies and Axis played …

‘Combat Mission: Touch’ distills the essence of a fine wargame system into a highly playable portable format for iPad2

Xenonauts seems to take the best parts of the original X-Com and remains faithful to them, while at the same time polishing off the rough edges and removing minor annoyances.

A preview of more than a half-dozen games displayed at the Slitherine-Matrix Press Days 2012 that prove computer wargaming is alive, well and growing despite the lack of coverage in mainstream gaming media.

Sword of the Stars was a classic science fiction game; the same cannot be said for Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter.

‘Wargame: European Escalation’ puts gamers into a NATO – Warsaw Pact clash in the 1970s – 1980s, with over 300 units and great graphics.

The PC game ‘Crusader Kings II’ is really in a league of its own in strategy games. Its focus on dynastic survival requires different thinking and strategy than most strategy PC games do.