Interview with Vincent Cooper, designer of Guadalcanal: The Battle for Henderson Field, Oct 23-26 1942 by Dan Verssen Games (DVG)
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
19h ago
The Kickstarter Campaign page link will be inserted here once it is available (campaign starts July 30th, 2024). For now, feel free to check the Promo Video. Michal: Nice to meet you Vincent! Please tell us a little about yourself. What do you do for a living, what games do you play? Also, what is ..read more
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Unboxing & Overview – For the People, 25th Anniversary Edition
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
1w ago
For the People gets a fantastic treatment with 25th Anniversary Edition! This title was created during the early years of Card Driven Games – one can even say golden years – when such significant titles like We the People, Hannibal vs Carthage, Paths of Glory or Successors were being designed. It still gives players a lot of fun and with enhanced, refreshed graphical look as well as refined rules, is even more fun to play than ever! In below material we show those beautiful components as well as explain the main game concept. More content to come! Enjoy ..read more
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Rebel Fury – Chancellorsville 1863 – strategic considerations by Mark Herman
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
1w ago
Let me invite you to a great strategy article by Mark Herman for his Rebel Fury game. The main topic and focus area is the battle of Chancellorsville in 1863 – the so called Robert E. Lee’s “perfect battle”. The Confederates are standing in front of immensely difficult task, being flanked by multiple Union forces. What should be done in such case? Let us see how the game depicts that conflict. Enjoy! Chancellorsville 1863 – scenario set-up (click to enlarge) Operational Turning Movement Broadly the Union wants to get as many of their forces from off map across the river to turn Lee’s left flan ..read more
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Fields of Despair: France 1914-1918 – impressions after the full campaign
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
2w ago
The Fields of Despair: France 1914-1918, a wargame designed by Kurt Keckley and published via GMT Games, was on my and Marcin’s radar for a long time. We were really intrigued how the The Great War on Western Front will play using the blocks, hidden information and multitude of auxiliary systems like Economy, Attrition, US Entry, Eastern Front, etc. Finally, we managed to organize a copy of the game and play – first the introductory scenario and then – the great campaign! In below article I will try to familiarize Dear Readers with that intriguing title, will present two session reports from o ..read more
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First Look At Gift of the Nile: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
2w ago
I have a weakness for Ben Madison solo designs. Probably, I love the system author is using State of siege is series of games in which the player is the commander of a desperate situation. Surrounded by enemies in every direction (paths!), your decisions regarding your scarce military, political and economic resources decide the game. So when the new title appeared, I knew I need to get it! Gift of the Nile is – of course – a solitaire game where you play the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt’s many successive ruling dynasties beginning in 2686 BC. As I am not too familiar with that part of histo ..read more
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Top Travel-Friendly Wargames: Compact and Quick to Play
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
2w ago
With the vacation season just starting (at least here, in the Northern Hemisphere), I am presenting the newest edition of one of my flagship articles – namely, Top Travel-Friendly Wargames. We talk here about titles which you can easily take for your summer trips! Now, what does it mean “easy to take on a trip”? We can look at this in two dimensions: first and foremost, important factor: space needed to play the game – they cannot be too large nor take too much space to set-up; you anyhow are travelling so do not want to burden your luggage with too much additional stuff! second key considera ..read more
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Frosthaven – Scenario #127 Derelict Freighter
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
3w ago
Our Frosthaven adventure just took another twist. Kind in the style of…. Pirates of Caribbean! Well, that what happens when you open the wrong bottle or are too curious and unlock some old, mysterious scroll. Then the Pirates ship, full of Wraiths, will arrive at your doorsteps and will wreak chaos and terror within the vicinity. But we would not be so reckless to bring it on us? Wouldn’t we?… Ekhm… We love new adventures and oftentimes fancy venturing into most unhabitable places. Sometimes we will find glimmering, intriguing artefacts. Sometimes, even with the warning of bystanders, we would ..read more
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The Fields of Normandy 2: Game Overview & Example of Play
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
3w ago
I admit, I am a bit late to a party as far as Mike Lambo’s solitaire designs are concerned But I am catching up and doing it pretty quickly! And as this is an extremely nice and pleasant process, this of course comes to me with an ease! Why you may ask? Because for a ridiculously low price you are getting some fantastic solitaire designs, highly replayable, without ambiguities, in nice graphical format which is also challenging and fun to play! What do I have on the radar today? The Fields of Normandy 2! This game is set in Normandy, France in 1944 and reflects loosely the conditions and situ ..read more
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[REVIEW] Plantagenet: Cousins’ War for England, 1459 – 1485
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
3w ago
About game: Levy & Campaign is definitely quite quickly becoming one of the fastest developing GMT Games game series. Of course, this is not coincidental and to large extent thanks to Volko Ruhnke. He not only designed a great system, but also built a group of devoted designers, developers and simply enthusiast further expanding the genre. Now, the volumes in this series share similar core systems & mechanics, simulating medieval Levy of armies by individual great Lords and lesser Vassals, equipping of those armies with transport (such as Carts) and special Capabilities (such as c ..read more
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My preorders analysis – what am I waiting for!
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by The Boardgames Chronicle
1M ago
It is good to do inventory of your games from time to time – in my case their number grows very quickly, as I am getting new titles at least couple of times in a month. But that is for what already landed in my hands. However, I just realized it would be great to gather all my preorders in one place and finally have some understanding how many of them there is out-there! Well, once I did the provisional list immediate realization came that this might be a cool material for article. And thus, here it comes – my list of pre-orders / supported campaigns / new editions for which I am anxiously wai ..read more
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