Monthly Archives: December 2014
Tuesday Screenshot – Tank on Tank… goes digital!
16 December 2014
Fresh outta alpha, and into beta, the guys at LNLP sent us a sneak peek of a fantastic little tabletop game that’s getting a digital conversion. Note that the graphics are likely to change some over time as the game gets more polished and closer to release.
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No release date yet, but it’s getting closer!
GrogHeads’ 2014 Holiday Buying Guide
The annual tradition returns – the holiday buying guide!
Once again the holiday season approaches, and once again gamers’ loved ones may be struggling to come up with a gift that goes deeper than a tie, sweater, or fruit cake. Relax. Grogheads is on it, and once again we are proud to present our Buying Guide for the hard-to-buy-for gamer/military historian. Once again our categories are broken down into approximate areas of interest. They’re not going to be perfect, but hopefully at least one will cover a sufficient area of interest that you can safely point a gift-giver to. And enough of the dangling prepositions. Let’s get on with it!
For The Electronic Gamer
At the top of the list have to come PC wargames. Many good ones have been released this year and hopefully at least one on this list will hit a sweet spot.
Command: Modern Air Naval Operations Wargame of the Year Edition
Fans of modern naval warfare on the PC will find Command a must-have. Players can simulate battles from the 1950’s through the modern era and pretty much any nation with an ocean view can be dialed up for conflict in this game, if one of the pre-made scenarios doesn’t do it for you.
Gamers playing on the iOS aren’t missing out on much of the action. Battle Academy 2 has been released and East Front leads the way for some light tactical wargaming on the iPad. Offering fun, scripted scenarios this is one of those games that is both enjoyable and challenging. And it covers the Eastern Front. What more is there to say?
Prosciutto – Hamming it up with the di Parmas… Entering Its 3rd Decade
When they talk about marathon games, this is what they had in mind…
In Part 29 Benvenuto left the field of battle over the Duchy of Apulia and province of Bari to his minions, in order to manage affairs of state at home. Once there he set about a plot to marry his son to Flandina, the beautiful heir of Apulia, imprisoned in the di Parma dungeons. It turned out that her brother, the Duke of Apulia refused to consent to the marriage. He was removed from power, di Parma style, now Flandina resides over the Apulia duchy and awaits our proposal. In this part, I honestly have no idea how to explain it
Turns out Flandina thinks she’s too posh for the di Parmas too – it’s a no from her
Having chosen the dress, the flowers, the horses and the fancy honeymoon Benvenuto broke off the previously arranged marriage to the di Luccas having seen Flandina’s perfect CV. Now he goes back cap in hand to get a wife for his son.
Historia – First Look!
Italian publisher Giochix has shipped this Summer’s Kickstarter project, Historia.
Brant’s copy is here and he shows us the innards.
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Here’s the box!
And here’s the guts!
Tuesday Screenshot – Wars & Battles
Some iOS wargaming for your battles on-the-go!
Vance Strickland, 9 December 2014
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A light-but-gorgeous wargame for the touchscreen set, Wars & Battles is for the grog-on-the-move.
