Posted on April 25, 2008 by David
The Kentucky Kernel, a student-run publication at the University of Kentucky, recently ran a story on the games club. Sure it had the expected references to Mountain Dew, Cheetos, and “stereotypical gamer physique,” but it was also among the nicest social assessments of dedicated gamers that I’ve seen in a general publication. The article quoted [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2008 by David
Days of Wonder has announced that the long-awaited Memoir ‘44 Campaign Bag will finally be available in June. The Campaign Bag will be a reinforced canvas sack in classic army olive-drab and will accommodate two complete copies of the base Memoir ‘44 game along with all of the available expansions. The bag will also include [...]
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Posted on April 17, 2008 by Yehuda
Find Your Game Store is a new site to help you find local game stores in the UK.
It covers specialty tabletop games of all types.
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Posted on April 16, 2008 by Yehuda
Lock and Load’s newest game in the World at War series is Blood and Bridges, a standalone game with reworked rules, beautiful map, 264 pieces, 12 scenarios, player’s aids, dice, and a “beer-resistant box”.
It’s the summer of 1985 and Soviet forces have punched deep into West Germany. The Red steamroller has taken a beating but [...]
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Posted on April 11, 2008 by David
Avalanche Press is shipping this week Island of Death: The Invasion of Malta 1942. The game explores what might have happened if the Axis powers had followed through with their plans to invade Malta during World War II. Avalanche ranks the game among their more complex offerings but suggests that a scenario will only take [...]
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by David
The News-Leader (Springfield, MO) describes a picnic gathering for local geeks of all stripes. Represented at the event were live-action roleplaying, tabletop roleplaying, miniatures gamers, and the local Harry Potter fan club. Picnic at the End of the Universe is sponsored by retailer Meta-Games. The next event is scheduled for October.
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Posted on April 9, 2008 by David
Precis Intermedia recently announced that it has acquired the rights to several 25-28 mm miniatures skirmish games originally published by Game Werks. The games in this deal include Tombstones n’ Tumbleweeds, New World Disorder, and Zombie Apocalypse. Once revised, the games will be released in both print and PDF form.
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Posted on April 6, 2008 by David
GMT Games is giving away three free copies of Clash of Monarchs to members of the public who helped locate artwork for the game. Clash of Monarchs is a soon-to-be-published card-driven game of the Seven Years War in Europe (1756-1763). While working its way through final development, GMT found that it still needed portraits for [...]
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Posted on April 5, 2008 by Yehuda
The Chess Forum and The Chess Shop stand opposite each other on a street in Greenwich Village and form the backdrop for an interesting story about the struggle for survival in the modern Internet age.
(source, hat tip: Marc Balgavy)
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Posted on April 3, 2008 by David
Khyber Pass Games is set to begin shipping B-29 Superfortress, a solitaire war game in which players take charge of a World War II bomber in missions over Japan. Similar in concept to the long out of print but still much beloved B-17 Queen of the Skies by Avalon Hill, this game approaches the subject [...]
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