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Discussion of HPS’ Campaign Antietam at the Mason-Dixon Tavern

March 9th, 2008 · No Comments

There is currently a nice discussion ongoing about HPS Simulations‘ new Civil War Battles game Campaign Antietam at the Mason-Dixon Tavern message board. The board is the official forum of the American Civil War Game Club, a group of wargamers who play all of the HPS Civil War games as well as their predecessors, the […]

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Categories: Civil War Games - New · Civil War Wargames · HPS Simulations

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Mad Minute Games’ Programmer Norb Timpko Has A New Web Site

March 9th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve been away from the Mad Minute Games web site for far too long, but I read in the forums that Norb Timpko, head (only?) programmer for the company, has a new web site of his own. A quick read of the FAQ and some other areas revealed Norb is hard at work on his […]

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Categories: Civil War Game Publishers · Civil War Wargames · Mad Minute Games

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HPS Releases Campaign Antietam and Mexican-American War

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

HPS Simulations today released the latest title in their Civil War Battles series, Campaign Antietam, along with Mexican-American War, a title which should be of some interest to Civil War wargamers. The games are selling initially at an introductory rate of $39.95, but will eventually revert to the standard price of $49.95. Details on Antietam […]

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Categories: Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Game Publishers · Civil War Games - New · Civil War Wargames · Eastern Theater · HPS Simulations · Strategy & Tactics

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Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States

November 1st, 2007 · No Comments

I’m not sure how I managed to miss this, but Gary Grigsby’s new Civil War game has received a title: Gary Grigsby’s War Between the States. A new forum is now available at Matrix games for those of you interested in tracking its final stages of development. In addition, an AAR thread has been started […]

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Categories: Civil War Games - AARs · Civil War Games - New · Civil War Wargames · Gary Grigsby's War Between the States

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First Impressions of AGEOD’s American Civil War

October 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Note: This blog entry is based solely on the tutorials. My continuing thoughts on the game will be sure to follow in the weeks ahead. After reading Bill Trotter’s lengthy and profusely positive review at The Wargamer, I finally caved and bought AGEOD’s recent Civil War grand strategy game AGEOD’s American Civil War: The Blue […]

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Categories: AGEOD · Civil War Games - Info · Civil War Wargames · Matrix Games

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Mark Tewes’ Antietam (Version 1) Scenario

August 24th, 2007 · No Comments

File: AntietamVer1.zip Author: Mark Tewes Mad Minute Games Mods Home Page Mad Minute Games Scenarios Page

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Categories: Mad Minute Games · MMG Mods · MMG Scenarios

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n00b’s Gettysburg Scenario 2: Heth’s Confederate Division

May 17th, 2007 · No Comments

File: GB2 – To Feel the Enemy – Heth (C-Division).mmg Author: n00b Mad Minute Games Mods Home Page Mad Minute Games Scenarios Page

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Categories: Mad Minute Games · MMG Mods · MMG Scenarios

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