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I'm not great with a camera, but here's what I got
April 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Had a great gaming day at Congress of Gamers - played Gandhi, 1979: Revolution in Iran (not pictured), and Arabian Struggle
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Arabian Struggle Gandhi (board game)
January 19, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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I cannot speak to Imperial Struggle, but one of the primary aims of The British Way is to portray the frequently brutal methods used by the British in their colonial counterinsurgency, as a counterpoint to the mythology surrounding their approach. The following note is featured in the rulebooks:
The historical simulations that comprise The British Way multipack are designed to depict the full range of strategies used by the British during these conflicts, ranging from the more benevolent but still coercive provision of material benefits through pacification programs to the horrific measures used to gain control over the local population. Although many myths have arisen about an enlightened British approach to counterinsurgency that avoids large-scale violence and focuses on winning the population’s ‘hearts and minds’, new scholarship on these conflicts have confirmed the brutality of the methods commonly used. This volume is intended to help synthesize and present this crucial scholarship, even if the simulations depicted are at times more unpleasant than fun. The main goal is that players find these thought-provoking and the gameplay encourages them to seek out the discussion of sources and historical background material in the Event notes and Campaign booklet.
December 11, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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What's going on in MoCo Precinct 12-02?
November 6, 2024 at 2:40 AM
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This remains one of the clearest explanations of Star Trek film quality (and a pretty good metric for sci-fi films as a whole)
August 30, 2024 at 8:02 PM