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Category Archives: Board games
A Sample Article for June
This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is ‘“Legendary Leagues” with the game Marvel Legendary’ by Craig Dunglison. The author explains how Leagues for players of Marvel Legendary work and the benefits they provide the solo gamer, including substantial … Continue reading
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Another sample article added
This month’s sample article from previous issues of Lone Warrior is by Paul Le Long and is titled “Escape From Colditz.” Using the Black Ops rules from Osprey and a map from the old “Escape From Colditz” board game produces … Continue reading
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Rules added for a Waterloo game
A set of rules for a board or miniatures game about the Battle of Waterloo has now been added. The rules are by George Knapp and include design notes to explain how the game is meant to work and reflect … Continue reading
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Avalon Hill board games
By Jim Rohrer Paul Le Long reviewed “Bull Run: First Major Battle of the American Civil War,” published by Avalon Hill in 1983 and designed by Richard Hamblen. His review gave me hope that other Avalon Hill board games might … Continue reading
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A sample article for this month
For the September addition to the roster of sample articles, Craig Dunglison reviews “Legendary,” a card deck-building game based on the Marvel superheroes. Hint: He likes the game. It’s on the Sample Articles page. Share this…emailPrintFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedin
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‘Escape from Atlantis’ Part 2: The ships
By Rob Morgan It’s quite incredible how many board games seem to have small and useful model ships included. Even ‘Monopoly’ has (or had?) a splendid little ironclad warship as one of the pieces, but for the moment, let’s stick … Continue reading
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‘Escape from Atlantis’ Part 1
By Rob Morgan I don’t suppose Waddingtons Ltd have had so much coverage in a wargame publication for many years, but the response to my short note on the excellent game of ‘Buccaneer’ leads me onward. Peter Barkworth’s comment is … Continue reading
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Waddingtons at war
By Rob Morgan These days, when reading most of the glossy wargames magazines, I come upon what can only be regarded as totally staged sets, where the figures take second place to a totally, 100% accurate depiction of a 17th … Continue reading
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Cathedral – a very useful board game
By Rob Morgan A little while before we were all forced to stay in, I bought a boxed game in the local charity shop. It cost me £1.99, about 3 Euros, or, what, $2.50-ish? Now I’ve had the chance to … Continue reading
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New month, new sample article
This month’s sample article from past issues of Lone Warrior is a look at the board game “Reign of Cthulu” by Jonathan Aird. In the article, he describes how he tweaked the game to make solo play even harder. It’s … Continue reading
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