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Monday, 31st August
Board Games: Advanced Pacific Theater of Operations
Decision Games have published Advanced Pacific Theater of Operations (APTO) which is arguably the most comprehensive game to ever cover WW2 in Asia and the Pacific. It comes with two maps and 1,680 die cut counters. Visit the APTO webpage at Decision Games to find out more.
Thursday, 27th August
Board Games: Caesar’s Gallic War Released
Worthington Games have published Caesar’s Gallic War. It is a two player game designed by Daniel Berger which covers Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul between 51 and 58 BC. Visit the game’s webpages at Worthington to find out more.
Board Games: 1805: Sea of Glory Released
GMT Games have published 1805: Sea of Glory which covers the Napoleonic naval war between the British, French and Spanish fleets during the year of the Battle of Trafalgar. Visit the game’s webpage at GMT to find out more.
Wednesday, 26th August
Computer Games: Empires in Arms Patched
Matrix Games and Australian Design Group have released a major update for their Napoleonic grand strategy title Empires in Arms. The comprehensive version 1.06.03 update comes with dozens of bug fixes, an updated manual, several improvements leading to a smarter AI and a few rule tweaks. It can be downloaded from the game’s official webpages at Matrix.
Tuesday, 25th August
Computer Games: CMSF and Marines Updated
Battlefront have released the version 1.20 patches for their Combat Mission Shock Force base game and its Marines expansion. They can be downloaded from Battlefront.com.
Podcasts: Point 2 Point Episode 40
Jason and Scott have released their latest board gaming podcast (mp3 format). In this episode, amongst other things, they discuss Paths of Glory, Napoleonic Wars, Wilderness War, Hammer of the Scots, Crusader Rex, Warriors of God, FAB Bulge and Conflict of Heroes. You can find out more and download their podcasts here.
Friday, 21st August
Board Games: 1940: The Fall of France Released
Avalanche Press have published 1940: The Fall of France. It is the latest boxed game in the Panzer Grenadier series of games and comes with 50 scenarios, eight map boards and 660 playing pieces. Visit the game’s webpage at Avalanche Press to find out more.
Thursday, 20th August
Computer Games: CMSF British Forces Review
The Out of Eight game reviews blog has published a review of Battlefront’s Combat Mission Shock Force: British Forces. It gave it six out of eight. You can find the review here.
CMSF: British Forces was also reviewed by the Armchair General earlier this month. See below for details.
Podcasts: Meeples and Miniatures Episode 52
Neil Shuck has released his 52nd podcast (mp3 format). In this show he looks back at what happened at this year’s UK Games Expo and at Manorcon 2009. You can download Neil’s podcasts from here.
Wednesday, 19th August
History Today: The Dieppe Raid
A largely Canadian force launched a raid upon the French port of Dieppe on this day in 1942. The Allies learned lessons at Dieppe which would help them to be successful during the Normandy landings in June 1944.
Monday, 17th August
Board Games: Strategy & Tactics Issue 258
Decision Games have released Strategy & Tactics #258 featuring the game The Santiago Campaign, 1898, which covers the US campaign to capture the Cuban port of Santiago during the Spanish-American War. Further details are available on the Strategy & Tactics magazine website.
Monday, 10th August
Computer Games: Black Shark Patched
Eagle Dynamics have released a patch for their attack helicopter simulator DCS: Black Shark. It can be downloaded from the Digital Combat Simulator website.
Sunday, 9th August
Computer Games: Hearts of Iron 3 Review
The Out of Eight game reviews blog has published a review of Paradox Interactive’s WW2 grand strategy game Hearts of Iron III. It gave it seven out of eight. You can find the review here.
An official game trailer.
Saturday, 8th August
Computer Games: Tour of Duty Expansion Pack
HPS Simulations have released a free expansion pack for their Vietnam wargame Tour of Duty featuring scenarios based upon Keith Nolan’s book House to House: Playing the Enemy’s Game in Saigon, May 1968. It can be downloaded from the Squad Battles upgrades page at HPS.
Thursday, 6th August
Podcasts: Meeples and Miniatures Episode 51
Neil Shuck has released his 51st podcast (mp3 format). In this show he talks about the Society of Ancients (website here) and reviews their newsletter Slingshot. You can download Neil’s podcasts from here.
Tuesday, 4th August
Computer Games: CMSF British Forces Review
The Armchair General website has published a review of Battlefront’s recently released Combat Mission Shock Force: British Forces. The reviewer (Richard Martin) summed up his thoughts as follows: “Passed Inspection: Amazingly detailed and playable expansion to the Combat Mission: Shock Force line of games. Campaign is very challenging. High replay value. Failed Basic: Limited control over unit choices in quick battles. Fuzzy objectives.” You can read his review here.
Computer Games: CMSF Marines Review
The Armchair General website has published a review of Battlefront’s Combat Mission Shock Force: Marines. The reviewer (Jim H. Moreno) summed up his thoughts as follows: “Passed Inspection: Finest Marines-focused computer game in play. Failed Basic: Stuttering camera movement, would like more tooltips to show in game.” You can read his review here.
Sunday, 2nd August
Podcasts: Print and Play Episode 92
The Print and Play games blog has been updated with a podcast review of the free print and play board game Galaxy Grid - which is a two to four player game of sci-fi tank combat. You can find the blog here.
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