Where am I?
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
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Maximum fog-of-war (A Q&A with a blind wargamer)
If you frequent certain forums at Matrix Games, Subsim, and Reddit you may have come across posts written by today’s interviewee, ‘BlindGuyNW’. As his online handle suggests, Zack wargames by ear and touch rather than eye. In many battle sims this approach is simply impractical, but not in all.
Friday Foxer #233
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.
Sod Minecraft, Warcraft, and Roadcraft, we need Cushioncraft
Yesterday I ticked another vehicle off my transport bucket list: hovercraft. Inevitably, while being whisked across the Solent by a descendant of Christopher Cockerell’s SR.N1, my mind turned to the question of why these marvelous machines still lack a serious dedicated PC sim.
Panzer III (Three new tank games trundling in our direction)
As strong, original tank sim names are hard to come by nowadays, and many of Spearhead 2’s potential customers probably won’t be old enough to remember that Spearhead 1 wasn’t up to much, perhaps MicroProse’s latest choice of title isn’t as questionable as it first appears.
Where am I?
Using the following clues (the map above is purely decorative) in combination with Street View, work out my location.
Return to Riesberg (Remembering the very first Combat Mission demo)
For many, the love affair with Combat Mission began with Chance Encounter and Valley of Trouble, the astonishingly replayable CMBO demo scenarios that showcased Big Time Software’s brave new world of 3D WeGo wargaming so well. It’s easy to forget that this genre-jolting trial had a predecessor.
Friday Foxer #232
This week’s handmade co-op puzzle won’t defox itself. If you’re a whizz at quizzes, lateral thinking, and search engine sleuthing, why not lend a hand.