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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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King Philip’s War: Opening Moves (Strategy)

October 11, 2010 markbglife

Indian Tactics for Game Turn 1 Overview Success, for the Indian player in King Philip’s War seems to be heavily dependent on competent play during the first

War Without Mercy: Everything Old is New Again (Review)

September 24, 2010 Harvey Mossman

The basic system is right out of the old SPI era with Igo Hugo, stop upon entering a ZOC, a 2nd movement phase for motorized units and a 6 hex supply trace to a railroad leaving your side of the map.

King Philip’s War: Review

September 19, 2010 markbglife

First Impressions of King Philip’s War Multiman Publishing recently released its latest strategy board game King Philip’s War, designed by John Poniske, and based on the conflict

NATO: The Next War in Europe (Review)

September 5, 2010 markbglife

Overview NATO: The Next War in Europe, one of the “modern” era board war games produced by Victory Games in the 1980’s, was another of

Battle for Baghdad Rules Questions

August 29, 2010 markbglife

Designer Responses to Battle for Baghdad Rules Questions Responses by MCS Group Questions by Harvey Mossman and Mark D. Q: What are the Political Point Values of the

The Third World War (Series Errata)

August 22, 2010 markbglife

Errata for “The Third World War”, as of July 10, 1984 By GDW Rule Book Expanded Sequence of Play 1) The NATO regroup pahse was

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