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November 17, 2019 Harvey Mossman

Six Empires is a 2-6 player game of military and diplomatic strategy set in Europe, North Africa, and the New World in the year 1714. Each player controls of one of six empires, each with its unique flavor and play style. In addition to the playable empires, there are 17 independent nations, and any empire which is not controlled by a player remains in the game as a non-player empire.

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Ships of the Line: Trafalgar Part 2

April 2, 2017 Harvey Mossman

Therefore, what you will not get in Trafalgar, with sixty ships in the combat area, is a lot of overly detailed fiddling around with rigging and sail arrays – that part of the ship’s handling is now simply defined by one of three modes of sail deployment: low, medium and full. There is rather more detail assigned to combat, because, if we are honest about it, that is why we are playing the game in the first place – to experience a battle, not a regatta.

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Ships of the Line:Trafalgar 1805

February 12, 2017 Harvey Mossman

Trafalgar 1805 certainly has plenty of colour – sixty minis (supplied painted if that is your purchase option, and flaunting their national ensigns from the stern) will deploy on ten sea-effect tiles, whilst their crews will bustle around on ship logs dedicated to each of those sixty ships, loading different types of ammunition (advanced game), fighting fires, fighting enemy crews, and taking axes to fallen masts, canvas and rope in order to clear the broadsides and ready the ship once more.

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REVENGE OF CHUCKIE- A BoardgamingLife Review of Victory Point Games English Civil War Game Cruel Necessity

December 27, 2015 Harvey Mossman

Oliver Cromwell, who boasted a head rounder than Charlie Brown, delivered the best line at Parliamentary Comedy Club: “The act of regicide was a cruel necessity.”
Hence the title for a solitaire board game of the English Civil War pitting you, as a split Puritan personality called Parliament, against a host of Royalists in support of papists

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Bar Lev: The Yom-Kippur War 1973 – A Board Game Review

September 27, 2013 Guest Author

Nearly 40 and Still Going Strong By Mitch Freedman Why would anyone want to read about a game that is almost 40 years old, let

Bannockburn 1314 – A Board Game Review

September 26, 2013 Guest Author

By Robert DeMaio “The Battle of Bannockburn (Blàr Allt a’ Bhonnaich in “Scottish Gaelic”) (24 June 1314) was …. one of the most decisive battles of the First War of Scottish

Circus Train (Second Edition) – A Board Game Review

September 17, 2013 Guest Author

The Omnipresent Magician By Mitch Freedman When you slide Circus Train out of its protective sleeve, the first thing to catch your eye is its garish, poster-bright

Bobby Lee: The Civil War in Virginia

July 28, 2013 Harvey Mossman

by Harvey Mossman Although seven score and ten years have passed since the Civil War, this titanic struggle still profoundly affects American culture and the

Blocks in the East: Review

July 21, 2013 markbglife

Back to the “Big War” with Blocks in the East by Mark D. Overview Sometime in the early 1990’s, after completing a grueling campaign game of Advanced

Duel of Eagles – Board Game Errata

May 24, 2013 Guest Author

Designer Errata and Clarifications for Duel of Eagles by Hermann Luttmann Hey all! I hope you’re enjoying the game. The reviews have been very positive

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