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The Middle Ages: Is It Gaming’s Most Influential Time Period?
Video games have taken players across vast landscapes and expansive worlds filled with fantastical creatures and imaginative stories. And while many games feature entirely original and often abstract worlds, many of them take inspiration from history and real-world places and … Continue reading
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Hypotheticals – Gaming Wars that Could Happen or Never Did.
Hypothetical conflicts and wargaming have gone together like cookies and cream for as long as there has been a hobby. Often, these games range the gamut of more fanciful or science fiction subjects, but many times, they’re grounded in some … Continue reading
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Thoughts About Logistics in Board Wargaming
Wargaming logistics is a tricky subject on the hobby side. As the old saying goes, “Amateurs study tactics; professionals study logistics.” But the truth is, nobody wants to play a game that’s true to life on the logistics side. We … Continue reading
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Ubisoft Formally Announces ‘Assassin’s Creed Infinity’
After several rumors, leaks, and fan speculation, Ubisoft formally announced that the next installment in its long-running flagship franchise is going to be Assassin’s Creed Infinity. The newest entry into the Assassin’s Creed series will be vastly different as, instead of a standard single-player … Continue reading
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Cyberwarfare and Wargaming – How Best to Simulate It?
Cyberwar and all of its ramifications have been in the news a lot lately. Everything from the OPM hack of several years ago to the recent attack on the Colonial Pipeline represent the current state of cyberwarfare. Much of the cyberwar that we do … Continue reading
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Which World War II Battles Should ‘Call of Duty” Tackle Next
Call of Duty originally made its claim to fame way back in 2003 starting off as a World War II shooter, in an era where first-person shooters had just begun to hit their stride. Gamers eventually grew quite tired of the … Continue reading
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Imperial War Museum Consults on World War 1 Survival Game, ‘War Hospital’
Developer Brave Lamb Studios recently announced a partnership with the United Kingdom’s Imperial War Museums on an upcoming historical title, War Hospital. War Hospital is a society survival game set in 1917, where the player takes on the role of Major Henry … Continue reading
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‘Old World’ Brings Historical Strategy to Epic Games Store
The long awaited 4X strategy title, Old World, is out now on the Epic Games Store. Set in classic antiquity, Old World takes inspiration from similar games like Civilization III and IV, which head developer Soren Johnson of Mohawk Games previously worked on. The game … Continue reading
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Newly Released ‘Jin’s Revenge’ Blends History and the Future
On July 2nd, developer W.R.K.S. Games announced their next feature game. Drenched in the rich history and folklore of Feudal Japan, Jin’s Revenge will blend elements of beautiful tradition with the futuristic styling of the cyberpunk genre in a Katana-Ra universe. Alongside … Continue reading
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Celebrating Independence Day in Wargames!
The sky is filled with the recognizable scent of erupted fireworks, and the barbecues have all ended. With the parties over and the celebrates subsided, it seems appropriate to focus on the reason why we gather each Fourth of July. Many people … Continue reading
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