The Velicogna Verdict: Bastogne
THC is lucky enough to have an ex-KCL Wargame Studies lecturer amongst its guest contributors. Today, Arrigo Velicogna assesses Bastogne, a snow-mantled solitaire board wargame that shuns hexagons and deifies dice.
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Hmmsim Metro: Seoulful but soulless?
I’m not sure I’ll ever warm to Hmmsim Metro’s deserted platforms and ugly PSDs, but it only took me an hour or two of virtual EMU operation to get over my dislike of this Korean train sim’s pedantic stopping rules, and quick-to-intervene automatic train protection systems.
Where am I?
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
The Fight for Faire Bissone (Part 2)
I don’t envy the polygonal Canucks endeavouring to secure Faire Bissone’s bridge in this novel Combat Mission experiment. Commanded, during monthly wargaming sessions at Calgary Military Museums, by volunteers, some of whom have no previous CM experience, their promised Sherman has yet to arrive, and their surroundings teem with potential enemy positions.
Friday Foxer #217
This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a dab hand at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not help out.
Review Reprise: FTL
I’ve written hundreds of reviews, previews, and retrospectives during my twenty-odd years as a games inspector. As many of these appeared in the British version of PC Gamer magazine and nowhere else, now and again something from my archive may appear as one of THC’s daily posts. In late September 2012, a fab sci-fi story generator called FTL coaxed me from my cosy genre niche and persuaded me to part with 89 of PC Gamer’s precious percentage points.
Inclines and bottom lines are your adversaries in Alpine Route
If there’s no foxer on Friday, blame Alpine Route. Right now, Roman, my Chief Foxer Setter, should be putting together a vowel-stripped list of ‘33 Things Wot You Might Find in Russia’ but instead he’s pondering possible routes for a mule track in the Swiss Alps.
Interview: Sir Nuno of Strategy and Wargaming
The days when THC dealt with competitors using polonium-laced IPA, booby-trapped sim hardware, or bouquets sprinkled with funnel-web spiders, are long gone. Nowadays we usually employ more humane methods like distracting our rivals with time-consuming interview questions.