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News : Point 2 Point 35: FAB Bulge and Three Levels of Wargames

Posted by Jason on 2008/6/30 6:04:37 (289 reads)

Point2Point Episode 35

In this episode, the boys offer their opinion on Rick Young's latest design, FAB Bulge. They also divide wargames into three levels (Strategic, Battle, and Tactical Games) and discuss what they see as the differences in these three levels. The best two hours in gaming is back!

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News : Point 2 Point 34: Feedback, Dawn of War and Armegeddon

Posted by Jason on 2008/5/21 17:24:42 (837 reads)

Point2Point Episode 34

In this episode, Jason and Scott answer feedback and discuss the issues it raises: the definition of monster game, the difference between point to point maps and area maps, and the various problems bringing online versions of War of the Ring to realization. ASLSKFan discusses (and reviews) the latest in his list of air war games, Wings of War: Dawn of War. And Moritz gives us some German wargaming history and discusses a fascinating hybrid - not of Euro and wargame, but of LARP and wargame?

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Session Reports : FAB: Bulge Challenge Match

Posted by Scott on 2008/3/22 20:12:18 (370 reads)

On Consimworld, I took up a challenge by Kevin Garber to play FAB: Bulge. People were saying it is too hard to win with the Germans and he wanted to demonstrate how that is not true. We are just starting Turn 3 and I can already see he really knows what he is doing. I believe he was a play tester for the game, so that makes sense.

Kevin is doing a move by move AAR so you can follow along and learn good German play and some sketchy Allied play. He already had a nasty breakthrough on me.

I tried to make hyper link, but something is funky here and it will not do it. So you will have to cut and paste the URL. Just make sure you do not cut and paste the """". This was way more annoying then normal.

"http://talk.consimworld.com/WebX?7@473.fNYqd3iWS9C.189@.1dd2e4c6/7 "

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Podcasts : Point 2 Point 32: Prezcon 2008 and Rick Young

Posted by Jason on 2008/3/19 5:33:03 (959 reads)

Point2Point Episode 32

In this super-mega-sized episode, Jason and Scott discuss Prezcon and their many victories (okay, Scott discusses his victories and Jason discusses something else). They also answer some feedback. ASLSKFan contributes a piece about B-17 and the upcoming B-29, Moritz talks about the passing of a gaming legend, and Jason interviews Rick Young about all things Engulfed (Antartica Engulfed?), all things FAB and all things Lemmings (along with a sprinkling of Detroit Tigers). They finish with what might be the last of the Gamer Rules?