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Volko Ruhnke
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Nevsky: Scenario Balance and Strategy
The designer gives us a close look at the shorter scenarios in Volume I of the Levy & Campaign Series, with advice for competitive play...

Hunt for Blackbeard: Action on the Map
We carry on our examination of gameplay in Hunt for Blackbeard where our previous article left off. We had surveyed the state of each player’s...

Hunt for Blackbeard: A Peek at Play
Our P500 page for Hunt for Blackbeard offers a brief sense of the game’s sequence of play. Here we extend our spyglass for a closer...

Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 5
With our fifth and final report, we proceed into the second 40 days of summer, 1240. Gavrilo has chased the Teuton Hermann into the previously...

Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 4
We continue in Part 4 with a close-up look at battle in Nevsky—Teutons and Rus in Collision and the Levy & Campaign system, as the...

Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 3
Continuing our detailed exposition of gameplay in Nevsky—Teutons and Rus in Collision. Part 3 covers storming an enemy garrison—including our first closeup look at the...

Operation Silver Bayonet (Part 1)
Volko and three friends met recently at Volko’s place to begin playing a Silver Bayonet campaign. Subsequently, Volko posted a series of well-illustrated AARs as...

Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 2
We continue here with Volko’s detailed explanation of gameplay in Nevsky—Teutons and Rus in Collision on his homemade playtest set. Part 1 can be found here....

Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 1
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision is the first volume in Volko’s intended Levy & Campaign Series covering various medieval and perhaps other pre-industrial conflicts at...

Why Ariovistus?
Here is a look at why we thought Falling Sky deserved an Ariovistus expansion, what comes in the package, and how we chose what to...