P2T
P is for Periscopic peak. Purchasers of Modern Naval Warfare, a military-grade modern sub sim due to enter Early Access later today, will encounter a learning curve shaped like “a mountain not a hill”. Publishers Matrix Games have taken the…
Category Wargames
J2O
J is for Judicious jugular slicing. If the Red Recon: 1944 trailer (see below) tempts, try the demo while you can. Available until Thursday, the single-mission taster for Varangs’ upcoming Commandos-like launches in Russian. Tap this menu button to access…
E2I
E is for Exceptionally elastic engine. No-one could accuse Lado B da História of lacking ambition. The Brazilian YouTubers behind a library of short WW2 history documentaries are working on a wargame-cum-visualisation tool able to sim warfare of all eras.…
D is for Dangers of AI-aided game development
Ask an AI about the risks of developing games with AI assistance, and it will probably mention ethical, PR, and legal issues, quality control implications, and the possibility of producing a plaything that’s short on character or fun. What it…
A2C
A is for American Revolutionary War released. The bibliography for the game I’m working on, currently consists of four tomes. I’ll need to pull my socks up if I wish to out-swank ARW’s ‘recommended reading’ list. Mike Cox, the lead…
Older, Wiser, Warier: Are PC wargames getting veterancy right?
As I’ve done it hundreds of times, you’ve probably done it hundreds of times too. You’re embroiled in a virtual battle and, faced by a particularly stiff challenge or tough adversary, find yourself scouring your force for ‘old hands’ –…
Bounce the Bogen: Postscript
For thirteen of the Allied soldiers involved in THC’s 2025/26 play-by-comment Combat Mission marathon, there will be no joyful homecoming, no grey hairs or grandchildren. Thirty-four others will carry physical mementos of the Battle of Nottingheim until the day they…
Bounce the Bogen: Turn 35
Assuming that suspiciously huge woodpile by the station isn’t a Tiger about to shed an inspired disguise, or that weird waspish whine audible over the dwindling rattle of battle isn’t the sound of a Staffel of bomb-laden Stormvogels bearing down…
Bounce the Bogen: Turn 34
The Comment Commanders’ confidence in the abilities of their artillery spotter and off-map 25-pounder battery is a tad scary. With the finish line of this eight month-long co-op Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord marathon a mere two turns/minutes away, and victory…
Bounce the Bogen: Turn 33
Apart from a couple of bursts of sketchy MP 40 fire in the first ten seconds of the turn, the flow of violence is all one way in Bounce the Bogen’s thirty-third instalment. As British and American forces surge towards…
Quick Sherman Commander review
As Sherman Commander releases tomorrow, has had almost no attention on THC, and has done a grand job of enhancing my evenings this week, I reckon it deserves Cornering, sabbatical or no sabbatical.
Bounce the Bogen: Turn 32
When the clock froze at the end of Turn 31, Captain Hood was in deep trouble. Alone, short of ammo, and battling – at close range – a remarkably feisty/deadly two-man platoon HQ, his chances of surviving Turn 32 seemed…