2021 Holiday Tournament: Championship

Championship Round All good things must come to an end. But before this tournament concludes, there is a smidge of business left to handle. That would be selecting a champion between the two remaining wargames. 😊 So, without further ado, let’s get to it. Author’s Note: Category scoring will be presented a bit differently. Each …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Final Four Part II

Final Four Part II Tactical Games #2 MBT vs Central Front Operational #1 Third World War:Battle for Germany Here we go again. Two superstar titles fighting to advance. Rules- With the difference in scales between these titles, you’d expect BfG rules to be vastly more complex and the rulebook rivaling War and Peace in size …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Final Four Part I

Here we are at the end of the road. Four titles remain and by Tuesday evening a champion will be crowned. It has been an exciting, unpredictable tournament so for. There were some big upsets early on. As time went on, a pair of #1 seeds fell prematurely and others rose to replace them. So, …

2021 Holiday Tournament Semifinals: Central Europe Operational

Semifinals Central Front Operational #1 Third World War: Battle for Germany vs #2 NATO: The Next War in Europe As was the case in the Tactical semifinal, both of these titles are already established classics. It’s only proper that they square off here. The victor takes the Central Front Operational region and moves on to …

2021 Holiday Tournament Semifinals: Tactical-Level Games

Semifinals- Tactical Author’s Note: Tactical will post in the early afternoon and I hope to have Central Front Operational written up and posted by this evening. It might not be up until tomorrow, though. I’m starting the year by purchasing an automobile….Ugh. Today will be fun. 😊 Tactical #5 Fire Team vs #2 MBT These …

2021 Holiday Tournament Semifinals: Operational Outside Europe and Naval Operational

Semifinals: Operational Outside Europe and Naval Operational We’re at the point in the tournament now where the margins of victory can be microscopic. Two titles remain in each game category from an original field of eight. To aid with scoring I’ve broken each semifinal matchup down into five subcategories. If this system works out, I’ll …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Round 2 Central Front Operational

Central Front Operational #1 Third World War: Battle for Germany vs #3 1985: Under an Iron Sky Monster wargames are not for the faint of heart. Monster NATO-Warsaw Pact Central Front wargames are especially not for casual gamers. Both of these titles qualify as monsters from different eras and this is apparent in their design, …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Round 2 Tactical

#1 Team Yankee  vs #3 Fire Team We’re at the point now where all four remaining game titles are veritable mirrors of each another; Tactical land combat between NATO and Warsaw Pact platoon and company-sized units in West Germany at some point in the mid- to late 1980s. The devil will be in the details …

2021 Holiday Tournament: Round 2 Operational Outside Europe, Naval Operational

Operational Outside Europe #1 Gulf Strike vs #3 Korea 1995 The mark of a classic wargame is the title’s ability to accurately simulate the changing realities in a particular theater’s era of conflict. Gulf Strike exemplifies this, having offered not only a game but a simulation tool that served gamers well through the volatile period …

2021 Holiday Tournament Round 1: Central Front Operational

#1 Third World War: Battle for Germany vs #8 The Next War: Modern Conflict in Europe NATO vs Warsaw Pact in Central Europe in the 1980s captures the imagination like no other hypothetical conflict ever has and probably ever will. Both of these titles were released at times when this conflict appeared quite possible. The …