Monthly Archives: June 2021
The Challenges That Indie Developers Face in the Historical Gaming Market
Unsplash Historical video games have become more popular in recent years, with the overall gaming landscape becoming significantly larger. And with more gamers comes a higher demand and interest in video game development. As a result, numerous indie development studios … Continue reading
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Can Historical Games Benefit From Influencer Marketing?
Unsplash Influencers play a major role in modern society, with businesses of all types using them to help advertise their products. Studies have shown that influencer marketing is significantly more effective than commercials, as consumers trust influencers more than traditional … Continue reading
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Review of ‘Dogfight – The Greatest Air Duels of World War II’
Amazon.com Edited by Tony Holmes Published in 2012 by Osprey Publishing 352 pp 5 out of 5 stars Osprey Publishing has the wonderful habit of occasionally releasing omnibus editions of some of their book series in one volume. It does … Continue reading
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Total Conversion Mods That Turn Games Into History Lessons
Slitherine While mods can be a lot of fun and can help spice up some of your favorite video games, total conversion mods can take games to a whole new level entirely. For those who aren’t familiar, total conversion mods … Continue reading
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Wargaming the 1940 Campaign in the West. Part 2, Miniatures Rules
A British 20mm force for 1940 | JP Wargaming Place I’m on a little surer ground for this piece as opposed to Part 1. What I like is, at the operational and tactical levels, there’s a lot to choose from. … Continue reading
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Why Do We Game the Past?
PlayStation Blog Since their inception in the late 1970s, video games have traditionally been a form of entertainment, an exciting and relaxing escape after a long, hard day. While many games are set within fictional worlds with fantastical stories and … Continue reading
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Is Historical Wargaming Inaccessible?
British Historical Games Society I don’t want to rehash old articles of mine or those of my fellow contributors, but I was wondering something recently; is it because the study of history has become passe, that Historical Wargaming is having … Continue reading
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Review of Model Box, a Wargaming Subscription Service
YourModelBox.com I’ve been receiving these as a Christmas gift from my wife who, I must say, has found a pretty genius gift. What is Model Box? Well, it’s a wargaming subscription service. Every month, you get a few figures, some … Continue reading
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Snipers in Miniature Wargaming
Bolt Action WWII British Sniper Team | Warlord Games, Picture from War and Peace Games This isn’t an article about the history of snipers or even about the “rule of cool” snipers have around them (WWII Russian army players, take … Continue reading
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‘Chivalry 2′ Developers Announce That Their Game Has Gone Gold
YouTube For those unfamiliar with the title, Chivalry 2 is an online medieval warfare simulator, where players fight as medieval warriors in first-person combat against other players online. The game is one of the biggest historical video games to be … Continue reading
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