I have played ASL for over two decades and I must admit that I do this, especially with AFVs and the positively architectural stacks they tend to form!

Off the top of my head, only Great Battles of the American Civil War and Flying Colors can match ASL's "Towers of Hanoi" feel

I was fortunate to play it at VCOW this past weekend in a fantastic session hosted by Ian Robinson. A very thought-provoking game that never failed to deliver tension and spur discussion.

A lovely game that I bought recently. After playing it and in light of my experience with For the People, The US Civil War and A House Divided, I've decided that my favourite Civil War strategic level wargame is all of them

I was going to mention precisely that one. The 1914 version is also excellent. I use both in class.

Yes! I teach history in high school and I wrote the syllabus around a series of educational board games. It was a bit of an experiment and involved a ridiculous amount of work, but I'm really happy with the results so far! Votes for Women was one of our first purchases naturally

A third group put it out much too early and got beaten before they could even lock twenty states. It was fortunate, as it let us discuss three very different outcomes. I will be doing it again next year for sure.

Pretty much what went on in my class. The group that won passed the 19th through Congress in the last turn and managed to secure the ratification before the final voting. A second group waited too long and failed a roll to put down three cylinders, so the 19th never passed.

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I've used Salvo!, Der Tag, Weltkrieg and Stringbag to great effect. U-Boat captain and Sniper Attack are also great "lite" games for students to play on their own if you can source enough decks of cards.

Great! I may wait for the second printing (assuming it makes its way to Spain like the first one did) but the temptation to preorder Halls of Montezuma straight away is strong. Very underrepresented war. Still kicking myself for not having bought Gringo! back when it was in print

Indeed! I learned about it here from @zillablitz.bsky.social and instantly thought "well, there goes more of my money I guess". The worst part is, I'm now thinking that it will probably snowball into getting Tripoli and Montezuma at least...

Currently playing four simultaneous games of Votes for Women in my history class. I will never, ever get tired of that game.

Excellent news! Clayton and I wish him a long life of destroying furniture

One of my favourite games, and a cover that has a special place in my heart. They should have used it for the Anniversary Edition, along with the old map art.

I just don't know what to say