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Showing posts with label Boardgame. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Boardgame. Show all posts
Tuesday, 3 November 2026

Interview with Mark Herman (Concordia University)

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Links to the interviews with the great and the good of wargames design contine (see below, Concordia University meets Mark Herman):  https:/...
Sunday, 1 November 2026

Interview with Frank Chadwick - YouTube (Concordia University)

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Another headline Wargames designer .. Frank Chadwick:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNFRbHrmcjg&list=PLKWSTkN5DHsjuHV2ZCUz6yQCeWR3G3z...

Interview with Jo Miranda - YouTube Link (Concordia University)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRkgGy12X3s Jo Miranda in 2022:  It is a very long talk but nevertheless interesting! Almost as interesting ...
Wednesday, 3 June 2026

Note to Self: Game: Urban Operations - YouTube Walk Through

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This is a game I have and so want to "get into". I have it from the first edition, already a second edition is out. I so want to t...
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Sunday, 24 May 2026

Remote Gaming over Google Hangouts: Escape from The Dark Sector (Boardgame)

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I have played a fantasy board game called "Escape From The Dark Castle" over Google Hangouts with friends several times with good ...
Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Boardgame: By Stealth and By Sea - WW2 Italian Special Forces

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I "finally" got round to playing this intriguing little game. A solo, or collaborative style game where each player is an Italian ...
Saturday, 27 September 2025

Snit's Revenge

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I had never heard of this game before, published under Steve Jackson Games,  a "trippy" classic from Tom Wham (circa 1977). Amazin...
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Thursday, 11 September 2025

Tunnel Rats - Purple Haze, Stand Alone Game

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I was so glad that I snapped up the Purple Haze Vietnam boardgame (I got it from Zatu Games as I was too late for the Kickstarter) as it app...
Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) Start Kit #2 has arrived!

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Even though I am only seven pages through the twelve pages of ASL SK#1 rules, I decided that I really needed the indirect and artillery rule...
Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Note to Self: ASL Resource Link(s) and Third Time Lucky [Updated]?

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Superb ASL Resource Link: https://www.desperationmorale.com/ I know, it is like Groundhog Day, or a scratched record (again and again). Yes,...
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Wednesday, 26 March 2025

Overflight: A Solitaire Cold War Game

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I can neither confirm or deny the existence of this "book game" to be in my possession, or then again not in my possession. The ad...
Thursday, 20 March 2025

Map of Ukraine 1943/44: Strategy and Tactics 118 - The Tigers are Burning

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Although this is an old S&T Ziplock game from way back when (in 1988, when I had stopped wargaming, RPG's and the like, foolish chil...
Saturday, 7 December 2024

BattleTech: Missed It First Time Round .. so .. Got It On Re-launch

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Sad fact, I never grew up, so when the opportunity come along to get something that I missed when I was a kid - I find it hard to refuse (se...
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Friday, 19 January 2024

Late Review of some Xmas Presents - Family Games

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The Reign of the Cthulhu board game is now fixed as a family favourite, however the family was gifted two additional games "Taskmaster:...
Tuesday, 16 January 2024

Trying to learn "Root"

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Darn if the US Marine Corp use it in their training, then I have "got to" take a look at it. Now from what I thought was going to ...
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Saturday, 13 January 2024

Call of the Cthulhu - Pandemic Style (Collaborative Game)

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I can highly recommend this game that was a Xmas present purchase that went down a storm with friends and family (see below, a Pandemic styl...
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Tuesday, 7 November 2023

Exploring WWII with an Old Friend: Panzer Leader

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Back in 2019, yes pre-Covid, and a memory dredged up from the "Draft" folder. I was looking at Panzer Leader with a friend (see be...
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Sunday, 5 November 2023

1/300 Battle of Britain Planes: PSC

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I found these lurking in the PSC Battle of Britain Game Box when I was looking for a 1/300 Stuka of all things (yes, I was doing another ran...
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Saturday, 4 November 2023

To Clip or Not To Clip .. Board Game Counters .. That is the Question!

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Although I do like my modelling (ahem, understatement) and my table top wargaming - along with plenty of models, even better when serendipit...
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Friday, 13 October 2023

Note to Self: Naval Kindle(?) Books - Russo Japanese War

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I have a strange (hot and cold) interest in the Russo-Jap war (as in I am trying to justify a large collection of 1/3000 Navwar ships of the...
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