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The Best of Board Wargaming

The Best of Board Wargaming

Hippocrene Books · 1980
12+ yrs2.5/5 complexity7.3 BGG#18.644 BGG92CouplesStrategy
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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.

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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.

game anatomy
Complexity2.5 / 5
BGG rating7.3 / 10
Vibe
CouplesStrategy
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Recommended age
12+ yrs
BGG rank
#18.644
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The Best of Board Wargaming is recommended from age 12.
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The Best of Board Wargaming has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.5 out of 5.

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