I am becoming more and more fan of VUCA Simulations games. There are several reasons for this. What they do, is to pick up interesting topics – sometimes these will be fresh designs, sometimes new editions of great games – and then put them into incredibly beautiful and appealing graphical form. Thus I am pretty happy to share my impressions and experiences with another of their titles. Let us talk about Donnerschlag: Escape from Stalingrad! The Game & Historical Background Presentation of beautiful game components From December 12 to December 23 in 1942, Unternehmen Wintergewitter was in ..read more

Berestechko 1651 is a game for two players simulating the third day of the battle of Berestechko, fought on 30th June 1651 between the Zaporozhian Cossacks, led by Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and aided by their Crimean Tatar allies, and a Polish-Lituanian army under King John II Casimir, near the Styr river in Volhynia. It was one of the largest land battles of 17th century Europe – with approximately 300 thousand combatants on both sides. The game is a small-footprint simulation intended to give a quick and easy representation of the battle, focusing on good preparation of attacks and on when a ..read more

I wrote about Combat Commander a lot on my blog – in the end, this is among my most played titles of all times. In recent years we tackled with Dave whole Base Game for C&C Europe and progressed most of the C&C Pacific. However, when I got a chance to play this position live recently, I realized that last time I had such occasion – to bring it to the table face to face – was only before pandemic! And it was – surprise, surprise – exactly with Konrad, who encouraged me now to come back to this fantastic position. I can tell you, playing live, with all this opportunity fire, artillery po ..read more

A year ago I spent many great evenings playing Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942. This title simply fascinated me with straightforwardness of its rules as well as with the depth – and replayability – of its actual play. So it was a no brainier to get the sequel! Manila: The Savage Streets, 1945 puts the player in charge of the attacking and far more mobile American side while the game system handles the defending and largely static Japanese side. Each turn presents new and unique challenges for the player in the form of random events, uncertain supply deliveries, and unknown Jap ..read more

We start another month so let me briefly summarize just finished April and provide latest updates from the storage solutions front. As always, we shall focus on newly added titles and solutions which appeared on Cube4Me page. This time I would like also to ask you for your requests regarding further sets – the more interest, the more probably particular title will get a dedicated solution. A quick reminder too – you can find all Wargaming Sets under below link: https://cube4me.com/product-category/wargames-sets/ And now let us jump to actual games and new sets which were created! Rebel Fury ..read more

Chickamauga Overview (source: Wikipedia) The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, between the United States Army and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a U.S. Army offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia. It was the first major battle of the war fought in Georgia, the most significant US defeat in the Western Theater, and involved the second-highest number of casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle was fought between the US Army Army of the Cumberland under Maj. Gen. William Rosecrans ..read more

My journey into Wargames commenced with the conventional Hex & Counters titles. Over the years, as my hobby expanded, I delved into numerous types of conflict simulations, yet my affection for these games remained steadfast. The fluidity of frontline movements, breakthroughs, encirclements, and more; I appreciated and continue to appreciate every aspect. Through a plethora of designs – ranging from simple I-Go, You-Go mechanisms to chit pull and card-assisted systems – each endeavor aimed to encapsulate the dynamism of battlefield initiative, the ebb and flow of action, and the sheer chaos ..read more

Today I have a special material for all fans of Levy & Campaign series and specifically, Plantagenet: Cousins’ War for England, 1459-1485. We will focus on Bosworth Field (1485) battle which concluded the Wars of the Roses! The 30 years long conflict between houses of York and Lancaster/Tudor came to the end here. “A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!” Richard III was screaming but it did not help him – he was slain on the battlefield and Henry Tudor became king of England. All Plantagenet materials:- Replay by Christophe Correia: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3- First Impressions- Unbox ..read more

Last week we played one of the craziest Frosthaven scenarios so far – #16 Derelict Elevator. That one was actually linked to the next adventure – #26 Quatryl Library. What that means? You do not come back to Town for the Outpost Phase but play two scenarios one after another, gaining in process a lot of loot, money and experience. All of this to progress as much as possible the Unfettered (Machines) sub-campaign – Algox one is finished, Lurker one is so difficult we decided to pause it for a moment. Thus we are facing all those strange, sometimes rusty robots, trying to uncover mystery ly ..read more

Fredericksburg Overview (source: Wikipedia) The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. The combat, between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee, included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched Confederate defenders along the Sunken Wall on the heights behind the city. It is remembered as one of the most one-sided battles of the war, with Union casua ..read more