Tuesday Screenshot – Bliiiiipsssss Innnnnnn SPAAAAAAAAACE!
Vincent Kowolik, 23 September 2014
This Tuesday screenshot is just a preview of what’s to come in a much longer AAR feature… stay tuned!
09/23/14
Month: September 2014
09/20/14
Grogheads Reviews Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front
Vance Strickland, 20 September 2014
So how does the newest installment of Battle Academy stack up to the reputation set by its predecessor? Let’s find out…
Never in the history of mankind has there been such a titanic struggle as the one played out on the Russian Front during World War II. The German army, already veterans of the new mobile style of combat with highly trained and for the most part well led troops. And the Russian Army, gutted of its leadership by years of purges, highly motivated by fighting for they very own homes, villages and cities. Locked in combat that took place across vast stretches of open farmland, or through tough urban battle grounds where every corner could bring swift death. Now you get to lead parts of the huge warmachines that clashed in Russia.
Battle Academy 2: East Front is the follow up to the very successful Battle Academy that took us through the fighting in West and in the desert of North Africa. Here you will be challenged in fighting that lasted for almost 5 years. From the opening acts of Operation Barbarossa to the death throes of Army Group Center in Byelorussia, you get to plan and execute your own tactics against the computer and other players. Are you game?
09/17/14
Fire In The Lake – First Look!
By: Michael Eckenfels, 17 September 2014
I’ve never played any of the COIN (COunter INsurgency) games by GMT (so far, there’s A Distant Plain, Andean Abyss, and Cuba Libre). To be honest, only A Distant Plain sounded interesting to me personally, though I’d heard good things about all three. When Fire in the Lake came around as a possible review title, I jumped on the chance. The Vietnam War is of interest to me and I wanted to learn some more about their COIN system, so I jumped at the chance.
I did watch the tutorial video that the designers (Volko Ruhnke and Mark Herman) produced for YouTube – you can check it out here. I highly suggest it if you’re interested in the game and want to get a feel for its flow; it’s what sold me on my choice to check this out for review. (The camera work is, well…let’s just say there’s an immediate apology from Mark on his camera work. But that’s easily overlooked.)
A review will be coming by the end of October to a beloved wargaming website near you (cough, cough). In the meantime, I thought I’d provide some teasing bits through an unboxing ceremony that, for me, has become a standard thing now with every game I buy, it seems.
The box in all its shrink-wrapped glory. This thing is thick and heavy. I love the good feel of a heavy wargame box in the morning (though it’s late in the evening when I take these pics). It feels like…well, you know. I really like the cover artwork and the subdued darkness that makes you feel like you’re staring into a quagmire. Huge props to the artist on this venture!
09/16/14
Tuesday Screenshot – Shogun 2
Lloyd Sabin, 16 September, 2014
What game keeps you coming back?
09/13/14
GrogHeads Reviews Ancient Battle: Hannibal
Review by Michael Eckenfels, 13 September 2014
Developed and Published by Hunted Cow Studios, for iOS (iPad) and Mac (Reviewed on iPad)
Wargaming on the go sounds great – but how does it play? Michael gives you the low-down…
Hunted Cow Studios is an interesting developer. Before I reviewed this title, I already owned two of their games that I had bought through the App Store (Civil War: 1863 and Tank Battle: 1944). I was already familiar with their titles and their game system, and had heard of this one (as well as the others, like Ancient Battle: Rome), so their games are not a mystery to me.
