Old prejudices die hard. Although Ada’s hard drive is as capacious as a Zeppelin hangar, and download speeds in rural Wessex are no longer narrowboat slow, I still wince when I go to download a game and see double digits…
The wallets of many digital wargamers will be feather light by the end of November if both Triassic Games and Veitikka Studios make their deadlines. Due next month, Armored Brigade 2 seems intent on occupying the sunlit uplands between playable,…
The inauspiciously named Corporal Bignon fires his cumbersome bolt-action elephant gun four times during the course of Turn 7. Three 0.55 calibre armour harmers whizz in the direction of a zealous scout car, while the other outsized bullet attempts to…
If plotting the demise of distractible Deutschlanders floats your Schwimmwagen, an already great year is about to get even better. In a couple of hour’s time, 63 Days, the Warsaw Uprising-themed sequel to War Mongrels, sidles onto Steam.
I’ve been writing about Green Tree Games’ WW2 “leadership RPG” off and on for over seven years. Yesterday, I finally got to try it.
Mars, Ares, Odin, Huītzilōpōchtli… I’ve been fortunate enough to interview quite a few gods of war during my time as a wargame correspondent. While most of them seemed to respect bravery and self-sacrifice, to a man/deity they all sneered, sniggered,…
MicroProse’s last ocean-going release was a bit of a stinker. Their next, however, looks awesome.
As I pointed out a few weeks ago, Firefight is one of Steam’s hidden gems. Anyone who has Close Combat-ted contentedly in the past, is sure to appreciate its elegance, plausibility, and scope (western, eastern, and Pacific/Asian fronts) – its…
The block of Union Jack wavers to the left of my commentary box lets out three mighty groans during the course of Turn 5. The first occurs at T+32 when the British Crusader sends a 57mm AP round sailing over…
Seven quid buys a prodigious quantity of gripping guerre at Fanatical.com right now. Using the site’s Build Your Own Special Editions Bundle option, you can snag Field of Glory II Complete, plus a fully-DLCed copy of Fantasy General II, for…
The unashamedly political People Make Games cause me to sigh and splutter my Earl Grey from time to time, but the world of game journalism would be a much poorer place without their heavyweight investigations. Their latest free-to-watch video essay…
I’m not saying the first three minutes of this CMAK contest were uneventful, but when the TV camera panned across the grandstands at the end of Turn 3, I noticed several people scrutinising phones or reading newspapers, and at least…