WBC 2025: Battles of the American Revolution Tournament After Action Report — Part I

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A robust twenty-seven players entered this year’s Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR) tournament, including three fresh players who had attended the demo on Monday night. A total of forty-three games were played. Overall, the King’s arms prevailed in twenty-one contests, or 49% of the matches played. American or Allied forces won eleven matches (26%) […]

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The Life & Games of Wallenstein Through the Lens of Won by the Sword, Thirty Years War, and Cuius Regio

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Below you will find another fantastic article from Clio’s Board Games, this time discussing the decline of Albrecht von Wallenstein’s life through the lens of boardgames. You can also find this article on Clio’s blog. The previous articles in this series can be found here and here. Enjoy! -Rachel Back to Wallenstein, the mystery of the Thirty Years’ War!

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The Hubris Histories – Book 4: Of War and Peace

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The Hellenistic period was undoubtedly one marked by much war: the prominent historian John D. Grainger for instance identified no less than nine “Syrian Wars”, i.e. wars pitting the Seleucids against the Ptolemies, in a span of 170 years… This should not surprise us with dynasties descended from Alexander’s generals, who had built their patrimonies

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Men of Iron: What is a Turn Anyway?

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In this article, we’ll look at one of the major game mechanics that causes players to make choices in any Men of Iron series game. You might think this would be movement or combat, as in many wargames. But that’s the point. Although players’ choices made involving those two mechanics are important in Men of

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The Life & Games of Wallenstein Through the Lens of Thirty Years War, Cuius Regio, and Baltic Empires

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Below you will find another fantastic article from Clio’s Board Games, this time discussing the zenith of Albrecht von Wallenstein’s life through the lens of boardgames. You can also find this article on Clio’s blog. The previous article in this series can be found here. Enjoy! -Rachel Two weeks ago, we had a first look at Wallenstein’s life until its

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The Hubris Histories – Book 3: The Lay of the Land

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We have introduced in the precedent entry of these Histories the main players and movers of things in Hubris – Twilight of the Hellenistic World: the Kings and their Friends. Now we are going to examine what they were fighting over, i.e. as in most of history, land and the resources that could be obtained

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The Hubris Histories – Book 2: The Kings and their Courts

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As we have seen in the general historical overview in Book 1, individual leaders, first and foremost, but not exclusively, kings, drove the historical narrative in Ancient times. Accordingly, Hubris – Twilight of the Hellenistic World has been built around these leaders, their strengths and weaknesses, unique abilities and relationships. Who can you trust to

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Disease and Other Unexpected Losses in A House Divided

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Disease killed significantly more soldiers in the Civil War than bullets did. The Union lost 110, 000 killed in action and 225,000 from disease. The South lost 94,000 killed in action and 169,000 from disease. In addition, each side had about 30,000 men die in captivity, and almost all of those would have been die

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Ermine Design Process & Historical Look at The Battle of Champtoceux

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In 2024, my upcoming game Men of Iron Volume VII: Ermine was put onto the GMT P500 list, and reached its number relatively quickly. For those who don’t know, Men of Iron, created by Richard Berg is a hex and counter series of games focussed on medieval battles at the grand tactical scale.  Ermine covers

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The Hubris Histories – Book 1: Historical Overview

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Hubris – Twilight of the Hellenistic World takes one to three players twenty-two centuries back in time to the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean. This period is often little known, obscured by the great epopees of Alexander the Great (that preceded it), Hannibal (that took place simultaneously) or Julius Caesar (that followed it). It was nonetheless pivotal

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