Monthly Archives: November 2015
Gaming Nostalgia – Another $2100 for a wargame?
Folks dug the Nostalgia ads so much that we’re keeping them around, and just changing the day. Look for our blasts-from-gaming’s-past to show up on #tbt from now on, and occasionally some other day, just to keep you on your toes.
In case you had a spare $2100 after the first one you dropped your coin on.
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#GFC – the 24hr Board Game Marathon for a Cure
Games for Cures – a benefit for the Turner Syndrome Society – held their 24-hour board game marathon this weekend at Gamer’s Armory in Cary, NC.
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The entire store is stuffed with folks in their blue t-shirts, playing games, gnoshing on food, and raising money for a great cause.
Battle of the Bulge – An AAR
Developed by Shenandoah Studio and Published by Slitherine
Boggit, 7 November 2015
“To the German Commander.
NUTS!
The American Commander”
The response of General Anthony McAuliffe (acting commander of 101st Airborne Division) to General Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz (commander of XLVII Panzer Corps), on being surrounded at Bastogne by far stronger German forces.
The Battle of the Bulge (hereinafter referred to as Bulge) is a popular setting for world war 2 games, and represents Germany’s last hope to forestall the Allies in the vain hope of bringing them to the negotiating table. Bulge is a divisional level game representing the German offensive in the Ardennes in late 1944/early 1945. The game itself is a port from an iOS game to the PC and Mac, and this short screenshot article is to give you a taste of what is being offered.
Bulge comes with 5 scenarios. There is a separate tutorial which deals with all the basics fairly quickly. The game is not difficult to learn, although as with many easy to learn games winning is not always easy. The game can be played either single or multiplayer.
Gaming Nostalgia – Arco Illustrated Military Guides
Folks dug the Nostalgia ads so much that we’re keeping them around, and just changing the day. Look for our blasts-from-gaming’s-past to show up on #tbt from now on, and occasionally some other day, just to keep you on your toes.
We all love out mothers, but some days it’s hard, like the day you recall your mother taking two dozen of your military reference books to the library donation sale. Mom! What were you thinking?!
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Fortune & Glory – First Look!
Span the world in a boardgame! We look at what’s inside the new box ~
Michael Eckenfels, 4 November 2015
I ordered Fortune and Glory: The Cliffhanger Game about a month ago and got it a few days before a business trip. That business trip kept me away for a week, and then once back I had a lot of catchup to do…so I’m finally having time to open this bad boy up to show it off.
This game is by Flying Frog, whom also made Shadows of Brimstone (another game of theirs that I own). I really liked the Indiana Jones feel to this game – a comparison that is inevitably made in just about any forum or article anywhere about it. It’s just as well, since it is a very apt description.
The box is huge and comes in at about 8 pounds or so (I’m working from memory on the weight from when it shipped to me). There’s a lot of stuff under the hood here, and I’ve seen plenty of videos on it to know what’s in store…but still, it’s nice to experience this for myself!
