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Combat Mission: Commonwealth Forces – PC Game Review

Charlie Hall | Published: May 23, 2012 at 2:12 pm

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.

Strategic Command 2 GOLD – Strategy Advice from ‘Brute Force’ Scenario Writer

Alvaro Sousa | Published: May 20, 2012 at 8:26 pm

"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 …

Warlords of Europe – Boardgame Review

Steven M. Smith | Published: May 16, 2012 at 11:07 am

‘Warlords of Europe’ is a strategic board game covering 13th-century Western Europe, with plastic playing pieces and a clever mechanism for handling the Church’s moral authority.

CDG 51 – Battle of St. Mihiel, 1918

Andrew H. Hershey | Published: May 11, 2012 at 10:54 am

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.

Xenonauts – PC Game Preview

Charlie Hall | Published: May 09, 2012 at 10:41 am

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.

CDG 50 – 82d Airborne Division in Sicily, 1943

Armchair General | Published: April 30, 2012 at 4:03 pm

This is the solution to the Combat Decision Game “82d Airborne Division in Sicily, 1943” that was presented in the May 2012 issue of Armchair General® magazine.

Baptism of the Zero – A ‘Fighting Wings’ Scenario

Rick Martin and J.D. Webster | Published: April 24, 2012 at 5:01 pm

‘Baptism of the Zero,’ a ‘Fighting Wings’ series scenario created exclusively for Armchair General, re-creates the clash between Japanese and Chinese pilots in the air over Chunking, China, Sept. 13, 1940.

‘Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy’ Video Tutorial 3

Armchair General | Published: March 12, 2012 at 4:39 pm

The third installment in the ‘Combat Mission’ tactics video tutorial series by Lt. Col. (ret) Jeffrey Paulding covers the key principles of the attack: Find, Fix, and Destroy.

CDG 50 – 82nd Airborne Division in Sicily, 1943

Andrew H. Hershey | Published: March 09, 2012 at 7:13 pm

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.

J.D. Webster Interview: Designing Air Combat Games

Rick Martin | Published: March 08, 2012 at 6:51 pm

In an exclusive interview with J.D. Webster, whose air combat boardgame designs include ‘Air Superiority,’ ‘The Speed of Heat,’ ‘Over the Reich,’ ‘Achtung – Spitfire,’ and ‘Whistling Death,’ talks about his work.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 – PC Game Review

Rod White | Published: December 18, 2011 at 12:33 am

There’s not a lot that’s new in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, but it is an excellent sequel that doesn’t stray from a formula that works.

Skyrim – PC Game Review

Rod White | Published: December 07, 2011 at 4:28 pm

Skyrim, the latest game in the Elder Scrolls series, offers a mind-boggling degree of interaction with NPCs and objects, and even movie dragons don’t look as good as the ones in this PC game.

Battlefield 3 – PC Game Review

Rod White | Published: December 06, 2011 at 1:16 pm

The Battlefield franchise returns with a vengeance. Battlefield 3 is the best game of the series yet.

CDG 48-Japanese Defense of Saipan, 1944

Andrew H. Hershey | Published: November 07, 2011 at 12:40 pm

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

Gamers Solve HIV-related Mystery

Published: September 19, 2011 at 11:36 am

Structure of Molecule Solved by Gamers.

May Help In Halting Spread of Many Viruses Including HIV.

In a study published by the journal Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, gamers took three weeks to solve a problem that had stumped …

CDG 47 – Clarke at the Battle of Nancy, 1944

Andrew H. Hershey | Published: September 12, 2011 at 1:10 pm

In this interactive decision-making game you assume the role of U.S. colonel Bruce C. Clarke, commander of Combat Command A (CCA), 4th Armored Division, as you prepare to encircle the German-held city of Nancy, France, in September 1944.

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