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The Guns of Gettysburg – A Boardgaming Life Review

March 11, 2017 Harvey Mossman

If you want to replay history using scripted movements and positions, playing across a hexagonal grid, you will not likely enjoy Guns of Gettysburg, designed by Bowen Simmons and published by Mercury Games. But if you are looking for a unique design that takes you into the action of those three days, this is a candidate well deserving of your time.

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Gettysburg’s Gettysburgs: A Boardgaming Life Review

December 20, 2014 Guest Author

By Paul Comben     Let’s face it, some of us have had more than forty years of marching down the Chambersburg Pike, and we

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All Around the Block: A Look at the Utterly Unique Designs of Rachel Simmons – A Boardgaming Life Review

December 7, 2014 Guest Author

 By Paul Comben It is far from unusual within the broad church of board wargaming to find designs based upon the use of wooden blocks.

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