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The Best of Board Wargaming

The Best of Board Wargaming 1980

Design Nicholas Palmer Art Nicholas Palmer Publisher Hippocrene Books
7.3 /10
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#18863
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2.5
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0
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0+
Best at
12
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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.

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Book Napoleonic Science Fiction Wargame
Mechanics
Hexagon Grid
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33 · geek rating 5.52
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