World in Conflict
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 4 NOV 2007 by Jim Zabek
One of the most highly anticipated strategy games of the year has been released. World in Conflict, based on a hypothetical hot war between the USA, USSR, and NATO, offers gamers a chance to get in some RTS lovin’ without the peasant pushing and in a modern setting. Does it work?
Defcon
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 14 OCT 2006 by Oleg Mastruko
"This is a game about a quickly deteriorating situation, nuclear war, that, in real life, would last no more than two to three days. Would you like to play a game?"
Scud Ballistic Missile and Launch Systems 1955-2005
BOOK REVIEW posted on 24 SEP 2006 by Jim Zabek
Jim Zabek reviews a history of the modern era's "most infamous missile."
Cuban Missile Crisis
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 20 MAY 2006 by Mark H. Walker
The war that never was in a game that should be something else.
E3 2006: World in Conflict
PC GAME PREVIEW posted on 18 MAY 2006 by Jim Zabek
With the help of Larry Bond, Massive Entertainment's next strategy game is already looking to be one of the most promising titles of the coming year. Jim Zabek offers his first impressions.
Hammer & Sickle
AFTER ACTION REVIEW posted on 21 NOV 2005 by Michael Eckenfels
Meet Rook, a Red Army spy tasked with an impossible mission deep into the heart of West Germany. This is his story from the first chapters of Hammer & Sickle, CDV's upcoming tactical game.
T72 Balkans on Fire!
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 19 AUG 2005 by Aaron McKenna
"Simulations seem to be rather out of fad these days and tank sims receive even less attention than naval sims, with aerial combat games looking positively elephantine in comparison."
Flashpoint Germany
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 25 APR 2005 by Aaron McKenna
The Wargamer's Aaron McKenna relives the war that never happened in his review of Flashpoint Germany.
North German Plain '85
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 18 NOV 2004 by Michael Eckenfels
Tiller's Modern Campaign series marches on with this fictional Cold War conflict in Germany. Michael Eckenfels analyzes this latest game; does it offer anything new?
Strike Fighters: Project 1 (SP2)
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 24 APR 2004 by Mark T. Bourdeaux
Flight sim ace Mark Bourdeaux revisits the jet-powered Strike Fighters: Project 1 to see what's been improved with Service Pack 2 since the game's FUBAR'ed release in the fall of 2002.
Korea '85
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 23 DEC 2003 by Neil Stalker
Korea '85 is a hypothetical Cold War conflict wargame from John Tiller. Neil Stalker reviews this latest edition of the Modern Battles series.
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 15 OCT 2002 by Mark T Bourdeaux
The winner of our 2001 Game of the Year Award is back with a new expansion pack. Mark Bourdeaux looks at the unique improvements in this infantry combat first-person shooter expansion pack.
Fulda Gap '85
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 22 JUL 2002 by Jim Robinette
John Tiller brings his energy, talents, and the Modern Campaigns engine to bear on one of the greatest hypothetical questions of recent memory – what if the Warsaw Pact had attacked NATO across the inter-German border (IGB) in 1985? The result is a greatly satisfying operational level wargame, but there are still nits for the grognard to pick.
Sub Command
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 5 FEB 2002 by Gary
The real brilliance in game interface design lies in the fact that Sub Command is indeed three different submarine simulations rolled into one game, with essentially common control functionality.
SPEC OPS - Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice
BOOK REVIEW posted on 20 OCT 2001 by Jim Zabek
Given the increased interest in the topic of special operations, readers of The Wargamer should find William McRaven’s book, SPEC OPS, of interest. SPEC OPS reads like a textbook that might be used to teach a class on military science and the book's subtitle, Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice, sums up its content nicely. This training approach is not entirely a surprise however, when one considers that the author, at the time of the book’s publication, was an active duty member of the U.S. Navy SEALs, in command of SEAL Team Three.
Steel Beasts
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 1 OCT 2001 by Jason Logue
Steel Beasts is a modern tank simulator built around two of the most common main battle tanks in Western inventories: The M1A1 Abrams and Leopard 2A4, tanks that were common in the US and German armies shortly after the Persian Gulf War in 1991 (the game's actual time frame is 1993 to 1997). The tanks can be operated from the gunner or crew commander's position, with the player usually leading a tank platoon in battle. For those with the knack, controlling the movement and tactics of large mechanised battlegroups is also possible.
Operation Flashpoint 1985: Cold War Crisis
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 1 OCT 2001 by Mark Bourdeaux
...is a revolutionary infantry sim that has wowed us with its complete revision of the tactical-squad shooter and military wargame genres.
People’s General Strategy Guide
STRATEGY AND TACTICS ARTICLE posted on 1 DEC 2000 by Mark Kirby
The purpose of this strategy guide is to describe each of the elements of the game system. The idea is that if the player has a fuller understanding of how each element functions, it will improve his play.
Operational Art of War - A Century of Warfare
PC GAME REVIEW posted on 25 JUN 2000 by Jeff Vitous
After various gold, platinum, and "game of the year" editions, The Operational Art of War - A Century of Warfare seems to be the all-encompassing complete package. If you have been putting off purchasing any of The Operational Art of War products waiting for this date: rejoice, it has come. If you're missing either The Operational Art of War: Volume 1 (World War II and Korea), or The Operational Art of War: Volume II (modern), resist the lure of the bargain bin editions; this is the one you want. If you are an active play-by-email player, updates to the game engine will require ownership of A Century of Warfare when playing against like-equipped opponents.
Steel Beasts
PC GAME PREVIEW posted on 1 JUN 2000 by Jason Logue
Steel Beasts is a modern-day armoured sim that models two of the most common tanks in current western defence force inventories: the M1A1 Abrams and the Leopard 2A4. For me, the ability to fight from the Leopard was a big enough drawcard to start hassling the lead developer Al Delaney for more information. I'm not sure about anyone else, but coming from a defence force that does not have the M1-series of tanks, I was getting pretty tired of being restricted to the US vehicles in release games. Off the top of my head I can think of seven M1-dominated sims released in the past few years and there are bound to be a couple more.
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