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The Best of Board Wargaming (1980)

Players
0
Best: 0+
Playing time
0–0 min
Age
12+
7.26
Average rating
33
Ratings
2.50/5
Weight
#18708
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Designer:Nicholas Palmer
Artist:Nicholas Palmer
Publisher:Hippocrene Books
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Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 7, Luck 5, Interaction 5, Complexity 5, Theme 6
Strategy7.0
Luck5.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity5.0
Theme6.0

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Overview

Nicholas Palmer's second book on wargaming, this time with an emphasis on capsule reviews. About two thirds of the book consists of capsule reviews for about 150 wargames.

The book also includes six chapters profiling various facets of the wargaming hobby - Patton Rides Again: Operational Games, Across the Galaxy: Science Fiction Games, The First Thousand Hours are the Hardest: Monster Games, Roll a Six to Pillage Byzantium: Beer-and-Pretzels Games, Rule 101.423, Bomb Near Misses: Realistic Games and Regret to Inform You that You are Dead: Computerized Games.

194 page hardbound book with dust jacket, no illustrations.

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