Sometimes it can be rather difficult to score the perfect holiday gift for the discerning gamer in your life. That's why we're here to present (in no particular order) a fine selection of titles which are sure to please both newcomers to the hobby and longtime hardcore gamers.…
One of our favorite wargames around here is Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear (check out my review here) and Academy Games is soon releasing an update to the entire CoH system which allows for solitaire play.…
Known for such best sellers as the Conflict of Heroes series and Fief - France 1429, Academy Games and Asyncron Games recently launched a Kickstarter project for Mare Nostrum - Empires.…
If you're a fan of Conflict of Heroes, from Academy Games, and live in the Schenectady, NY area you'll be keen to make your way to the tournament taking place next weekend at the Proctors Theatre and Convention Center.…
Our friends at Canadian game company Academy Games have a new project on Kickstarter worthy of your consideration, Fief - France 1429. Fief is for three to six players who each take on the role of nobles in 15th century France looking to become the power players behind the throne and the Pope in Rom…
The latest title up for funding, from Academy Games, is Freedom - The Underground Railroad. The game achieved its goal within 24 hours and looks to continue it's exceptional funding pace with three weeks to go. Freedom puts players in the roles of abolitionists from 1800 - 1865 as they do their…
I'm sure Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear, from Academy Games, needs no introduction to the wargamers out there as the title has garnered loads of awards including an Origins Award for best Historical Wargame and a couple of Charles S. Roberts Awards! Now a second edition has hit with more uni…
It turns out my previous post about 1775: Rebellion arriving this month was a bit premature... It turns out Academy Games is taking the Kickstarter route to fund production and the project is now live for backing. If the title is anything like the previous release in the Birth of America Series, 181…
Although Academy Games hasn't updated their website to include this info, retailers have received sell sheets for the second game in the Birth of America series, 1775 - Rebellion, indicating a release date in November. There aren't too many details about the game as of yet but if it's anywhere near …
There's still time to get your pre-order for the second edition of Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear and with your order from Academy Games you'll receive the Wrecks and Destruction expansion at no charge.From Academy:The highly anticipated release of Awakening the Bear 2nd Edition arri…
In advance of the 2nd edition board game printing, Academy Games is releasing Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear for PC wargamers and it looks to be a faithful port of the Origin Award winning title. If you preorder the title now, you have a chance to win a free copy of 1812: The Invasion of Can…
Elliott was really under the weather but he certainly soldiered on like a real trooper! Elliott reviews Mob Ties from Hostage Entertainment, and Thunderstone Advance from AEG, while Jeff reviews Black Friday from Rio Grande and 1812: The Invasion of Canada from Academy Games. Plus we reveal the "Row…
Two new games are coming from FRED Distribution: Academy Games’ 1812 - The Invasion of Canada and the latest release from Arkham Horror and Defenders of the Realm designer Richard Launius, Dragon Rampage.First up, The Invasion of Canada:The year is 1812. Great Britain and her allies are batt…
