Fox d’Or found!

If you think yesterday’s most remarkable sporting feat occurred in France and involved Jessica Fox, Léon Marchand, or Adriana Ruano, you clearly haven’t heard about what Froggster achieved in a leafy corner of Wiltshire. Less than twenty four hours ago, with a little help from friends, this gifted, self-taught defoxer found the hiding place of the fabulous Fox d’Or.

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Communal Combat Mission game fairly imminent

Assuming I pull my finger out, and don’t encounter any insoluble problems during testing, this year’s play-by-comment CM session will commence next Tuesday. Currently, it’s looking like there will be slots for six players. Chances are, three of those slots will be reserved for airlifters – the generous readers whose subscriptions are all that stands between Tally-Ho Corner and instant extinction.

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Fire & Maneuver “was hell for us to develop”

You have to admire the brutal honesty on show in the 25-minute post-mortem video embedded below the break. According to studio head, Griffin Johnson, Armchair History Interactive embarked on their first wargame without a clear plan and proceeded to make a string of classic beginner’s mistakes.

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Cut Off: Road to Dunkirk

What a pity there wasn’t a Battle Academy fan amongst the sixteen Bellecour École students who made Cut Off: Road to Dunkirk. The free two-level vertical slice is handsome, très friendly, and refreshingly Gallic, but absent morale and fairly insignificant terrain undermine its wargame aspirations.

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