Preorder from Academy Games. Awakening the Bear: Computer Version includes a full AI opponent as well as full multi-player support with an integrated forum and game lobby. To remain true to the core gameplay and historical accuracy of the boardgame, the PC version is designed to be fun, fast and easy to play, though hard to master. The game design teaches and rewards platoon and company-level combined arms tactics without overwhelming the player with rules. Windows XP SP3, Vista, 7 required. Anticipated release date: early April. Preorder Price: $49.95.
Coming soon from Naval Warfare Simulations. Steam and Iron: The Great War at Sea is a naval simulator (software) featuring naval battles of World War One. Control the mighty battlelines at Jutland, the greatest fleets ever to clash, or command the Emden against the Sydney if you prefer a gentlemanly single ship duel. Price: $34.99. Anticipated Release date: March 2012. Windows platform.
Computer game review by Michael Peck @ Foreign Policy Magazine
Reviewer, Michael Peck, battles against Al Qaeda in this U.S. Army counterinsurgency game, UrbanSim.
New from John Tiller Software. Squad Battles: Falklands lets you recreate this short, but sharp war between Great Britain and Argentina over what boiled down to little more than national honor. System Requirements: Windows XP, Vista, 7. Price: $39.95.
New from Historical Software. Five new scenarios for their combat simulation software, Battle Command. The Normandy Battles focus on actions between the US 4th Armored Division and the 2nd Panzer Division during Operation Cobra, July 1944.
New from John Tiller Software. Squad Battles: Modern War takes the Squad Battles series into current battlegrounds to explore the complexities of combat now facing US forces in both Afghanistan & Iraq. Windows platform only. Price: $39.95.
[expired] Order Field of Glory today and receive a 50% discount from Slitherine Games. Enter coupon code ‘fog2010’ to qualify for the 50% price reduction. Offer ends 25 Dec. Windows and Mac platform.
New from Matrix Games. Battlefileld Academy: Blitzkrieg France allow players to take command of crack German forces and lead them to the conquest of France. With nine single player missions and four multiplayer missions, 25 new units and a host of additional features, Blitzkrieg France takes Battlefield Academy to a new level. Price: $14.99 (download) or $24.99 (boxed edition). Windows platform.
New from Matrix Games. Gary Grisby’s War in the East is the spiritual heir to the great Eastern Front board and computer wargames of the past; a turn-based World War II strategy game down to the division and brigade level, stretching across the entire Eastern Front at a 10 mile per hex scale. Price: $89.99 (boxed) or $79.99 (download only).
The VASSAL Team has released VASSAL 3.1.15, which fixes several problems found in earlier versions. Learn more. [download here]
Lady Nancy Astor said to Churchill, “If you were my husband, I’d poison your tea,” to which he responded, “Madam, if...
Anti-aircraft gun on a Moscow roof top, the Kremlin in the background. Ferocity of Moscow’s anti-aircraft defenses surprised the Luftwaffe
Defeat Into Victory and issue #36 of ATO
北はミイトキーナや雲南はばっさりカット。コヒマも無し。開戦時の焦点だったモールメンもマップ外となっている。
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