Month: December 2005
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Review In Brief: Lee’s Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox
Books on the Appomattox Campaign Lee’s Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox by William Marvel 328 pp., 6 maps Within the past two weeks, I’ve reviewed Chris Calkins’ self-published book/pamphlet titled Thirty-Six Hours Before Appomattox and the H.E. Howard published book The Battles of Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, April 8-9, 1865, 2nd Edition. […]
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Mad Minute Games Announces Publishing Deal and Q2 2006 Release for TC2M
Mad Minute Games announced today that they have reached a preliminary agreement with an as yet unnamed publisher. This allows the company to see a retail release of their new game, Take Command: Second Manassas. Here are the details, straight from MMG: Major Announcement for TC2M & Preorders December 21, 2005 MadMinute Games, Inc. would […]
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North & South Volume 8, Number 7
Here’s a summary for Volume 8, Number 7 of North & South magazine. For those of you who have never read an issue, I consider this, along with Blue & Gray, to be the two best Civil War magazines today. (Note: I haven’t seen much of Gettysburg Magazine, which I hear is excellent from everyone […]
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After Action Report: CWBR: Jackson’s Brigade at First Bull Run, Part 2
After Action Report The Battle of Bull Run: Take Command 1861 1st Manassas – Jackson’s Brigade Played:15Dec2005 3:26 P.M. Game Start: Noon, July 21, 1861 Difficulty Level: Normal When we left off last time, Jackson’s Brigade had driven off a lone, impetuous attack by the 11th Massachusetts. However, troops under Colonel William B. Franklin have […]
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MMG Releases New Screenshots for Take Command: Second Manassas
Mad Minute Games today released 5 new screenshots of their upcoming game Take Command: Second Manassas. In addition to the link above, I have included two of the screenshots below, with explanations of what you are seeing. Dorsey Pender’s Brigade watches from a fenced pasture as Grover’s Federal Brigade routs Thomas’ men from their line […]
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Review In Brief: The Battles of Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, April 8-9, 1865
Books on the Appomattox Campaign The Battles of Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, April 8-9, 1865, 2nd Edition by Chris M. Calkins 300 pp., 19 maps, numerous illustrations A few days ago, I reviewed Chris Calkins’ self-published book/pamphlet titled Thirty-Six Hours Before Appomattox. It covered April 6-7, 1865, the two days prior to the […]
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STAB, Glory III, Red Badge of Courage, and Guilford
Today I preordered several board games and purchaed one on the Civil War and one on the American Revolution as well. The first Civil War game is Strike Them A Blow, a Civil War Brigade Series game focusing on the fight between Lee and Grant at the North Anna River and published by Multiman Publishing. […]