Boardgames reviews, strategies, unboxings and session reports.
Army of the Potomac: Campaigns of 1862 and 1864 is the second volume in Mark Herman’s Civil War Heritage series, published by GMT Games. It follows the acclaimed Rebel Fury, which won the Charles S. Roberts Award for Best American Civil Wargame of 2024 and earned its designer the James F. Dunnigan Award for Playability […]
I am thrilled to bring you another update for our Dear Readers about Cube4Me products – featuring new sets and storage solutions for our favorite board games. But before we dive into the details and, as always, showcase some beautiful photos, I have exciting news: Cube4Me has just celebrated its 5th anniversary, and to mark […]
Inferno: Guelphs and Ghibellines Vie for Tuscany, 1259-1261 is the third volume in Volko Ruhnke’s Levy & Campaign series from GMT Games. After Nevsky took us to the frozen north and Almoravid to Reconquista Spain, this time we travel to 13th-Century Tuscany, where the comuni of Firenze and Siena stand at the head of the […]
Blood & Roses is the third volume in GMT Games’ Men of Iron series, designed by Richard H. Berg, covering the Wars of the Roses in England between 1455 and 1487. True to the series’ reputation, it is built for quick learning and fast play – there are no rigid turns, combat resolves on a […]
We continue our grand campaign covering the Crusades, playing on tactical level all the major battles as depicted in Crusades expansion for Commands & Colors Medieval. So far we went through the initial engagement – Nicaea (1097 AD) – then the first major battle in three chronological scenarios – Dorylaeum (1097 AD) – and finally […]
Baltic Empires: The Northern Wars of 1558-1721 is a 2-5 player strategic level wargame designed by Brian Asklev and published by GMT Games. It covers a tumultuous period in the Baltic region – from the collapse of the Teutonic Order in Livonia in 1558 to the end of the Great Northern War in 1721 – […]
Three Days of Gettysburg: Deluxe Edition is published by GMT Games and represents the excellent treatment of the this classical game on the largest battle of the American Civil War. First released in 1995, 3DoG has stood the test of time as one of the most popular entries in the Great Battles of the American […]
Most of the time on this blog I write about tanks, battalions and moving lines of the front. But every now and then a game comes along which has nothing to do with war and still scratches exactly the same itch – the itch of expanding, competing for territory, and squeezing the most out of […]
Chandragupta: Great Battles of the Mauryan Empire is the 13th volume in GMT Games’ long-running Great Battles of History series, designed by Stephen R. Welch under the series framework created by Richard Berg and Mark Herman. It is a hex-and-counter game that brings the ancient warfare system to India for the first time, tracing Chandragupta […]
My journey with Wargames started with typical Hex & Counters titles. And while my hobby grew across the years, and I started to experience many more types of conflict simulations, I was always very fond and keen to play that type of games. The moving lines of the front, the initiative struggle, the friction of […]
New Cold War is a card-driven geopolitical game from VUCA Simulations, designed by Andoni Orive and Igor Plaza, covering the thirty turbulent years between the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 and the eve of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019. Up to four players take the reins of the great powers jockeying for the […]
Over the past few months I have had a great opportunity to play Seljuk: Byzantium Besieged, 1068-1071 extensively, and as the fifth installment in Volko Ruhnke’s acclaimed Levy & Campaign series, it definitely deserves a proper set of materials to help you get into it. Designed by Justin Fassino and published by GMT Games, Seljuk […]
So, you are planning – or maybe even already starting – your dream vacation? Time to rest, recharge the batteries and disconnect a bit from everyday issues? But the bag has its limits, and it is almost full. On the other hand, you do not want to part with your beloved hobby – boardgames. How […]
An Impossible War: The First Carlist War in the North, 1834-1838 is a two-player block wargame from Bellica 3rd Generation, designed by David Gómez Relloso. It recreates the northern campaigns of Spain’s First Carlist War, the brutal civil conflict that erupted after the death of King Ferdinand VII pitted the traditionalist Carlists against the Liberal […]
To immediately jump to the Gamefound Campaign page of the game go here: Michal: Hi Wolfgang and welcome to The Boardgames Chronicle blog! It is a genuine pleasure to have you here at last – we have met at Essen Spiel, played Sicily ’43 together before it was even out, and I have been following […]
Battle Box: Napoleonic Wars is a complete wargame that fits in a small tin box you can slip into your pocket – and yet, despite its minimal footprint, it delivers a surprisingly full tactical experience set in the age of black powder and bayonets. The game comes with 24 unit blocks in two colors, representing […]
Silver Bayonet recreates the pivotal November 1965 clashes between the US 1st Air Cavalry Division and a full North Vietnamese Army division in the Ia Drang Valley. Originally published in 1990 as GMT Games first ever release and a CSR Award winner, this 25th Anniversary Edition refreshes and streamlines the original operational system while incorporating […]
It has become a small tradition of mine – once a year I step away from the regular monthly Cube4Me storage and sorting updates to mark something special. This time it is the fourth anniversary of the cooperation between Cube4Me and The Boardgames Chronicle! If you would like to see where we stood twelve months […]
Dice Commandos is a solitaire tactical dice puzzle game designed by Cole Munro-Chitty – a tribute to 1980s action films packed into a compact, fast-playing format. You take command of a team of elite operatives and guide them through a series of missions that demand a sharp mix of stealth, combat, and clever use of […]
I have already played with my Friends from other countries several games on Rally the Troops (RTT) – not being able to often see each other live, this is our main way to spend time together with the boardgames. We had great time with Time of Crisis, wrapped our heads around Vijayanagara, relived American rebellion […]