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.
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The last A2Z for a while
A is for Alphabetised wargame, sim, and site news. Now and again, assuming I can persuade Austerity’s Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier engine to perform the miracle of internal combustion, I spend a few days scouring Simulatia and Grognardia for stories with…
Sodden, Middling, and Scottish
Thanks to the magic of PC gaming, although I’ve not left England this week most of my evenings have been spent North of the Border. Read on for fulsome praise of two Scotland-steeped playthings, and faint praise of a third.
3×3
Want to turn a green lane into a brown lane, tow a Gulaschkanone across a snowy field, or roam the Western Desert trashing Axis airfields? Get a 4×4. Want quick introductions to games of interest to realism relishers and old…
A2Z
A is for Alphabetised wargame, sim, and site news. Now and again, assuming I can persuade Austerity’s Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier engine to perform the miracle of internal combustion, I spend a few days scouring Simulatia and Grognardia for stories with…
3×3
Want to turn a green lane into a brown lane, tow a Gulaschkanone across a snowy field, or roam the Western Desert trashing Axis airfields? Get a 4×4. Want quick introductions to games of interest to realism relishers and old…
AI: Boon or boondoggle for sim and wargame studios?
Today’s article is inspired by an eye-opening conversation I had with a developer pal recently. My friend creates bespoke business software and over the last year has become a firm fan of AI-assisted coding. His enthusiasm got me thinking. Are…
Easy Red 2 is easy 2 recommend
Grunts don’t give armour enough respect, tinned tuna is too common in inventories, and the Gurkhas don’t carry kukris. If you held a Luger to my head I guess I could come up with a few criticisms of Easy Red…
Bold Campaigner: Master of Command reviewed
When you’re a member of the snobbish Wargame Reviewer’s Guild, heaping praise on a title that doesn’t model line-of-sight and battlefield fog of war, and treats beverages such as tea and coffee as potential battle winners, isn’t without risk. It…
“Not Human”
Here in Bramley End, we celebrate Halloween in the traditional Wiltshire way. We hood the local goats, do the Broom Dance on the village green, then retire to the pub to sup ale and recount spooky experiences. Over the years…
A2Z
A is for Alphabetised wargame, sim, and site news. Now and again, assuming I can persuade Austerity’s Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier engine to perform the miracle of internal combustion, I spend a few days scouring Simulatia and Grognardia for stories with…
Flashpoint Campaigner: Robert Crandall interviewed
Very few people in the world of computer wargame design have been concocting conflicts sims commercially for as long as Robert Crandall of On Target Simulations. Although the father of the chaos-embracing Flashpoint Campaigns series is busy putting the finishing…