Gaming Classics
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Thoughts and Ramblings
Happy 50th Anniversary to Strat-O-Matic Baseball
Hal Richman received an honor five decades in the making on Saturday, when his labor of love reached an impressive milestone of longevity. Richman, the creator of Strat-O-Matic Baseball, saw legions of fans descend upon the Community Church of New York to jointly celebrate the game's 50th anniversary and its…
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Thoughts and Ramblings
Wishlists, Grails, and the Joy of Gaming
At a time of year when family demands can seem onerous, games can help us slow down as we come together over a cleared table.
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The War Room
B-17: Queen of the Skies – A Look Back
B-17: Queen of the Skies is a strategy game which re-creates the early bombing missions and aerial combat of the B-17 (F Model) bombers of the US Eighth Air Force over Europe between October 1942 and May 1943.
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RPGs
Gaming Classics: Call of Cthulhu
I still remember the first time I held Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game in my trembling hands. Alright, I’ll be honest, my hands weren’t really trembling. They weren’t trembling because at that moment, back in 1981, I had no idea of what in the world Cthulhu could be or…
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The War Room
Gaming Classics: Nuclear War
Back in the day when the real threat of nuclear annihilation was in the air, the doomsday clock ticked away, and the feel good ABC film The Day After was on the horizon, only one game had the cojones to poke fun at the threat of a nuclear holocaust. That…
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The War Room
Gaming Classics: ‘Fletcher Pratt’s Naval War Game’
One of the earliest games that I began to play, outside of D&D, was Fletcher Pratt's Naval War Game. It was freshman year and I was attending Lane Tech High School in Chicago.