We left in the first glow of dawn, the docks of Wilhelmshaven fading quickly in the morning mist. Brave and bold we were then, still flush with the immortality of youth. We had much to learn.... U-Boat Leader is one of a series of solitaire war games produced by DVG games. In it you lead a small group of German submarines through one of four eras of the Battle for the Atlantic. You are attempting to sink as much tonnage as possible while keeping your boats from becoming crumpled bits ...

And so it was that the True Believers gathered once more at the Secret Lair by the Lake of Crystal in the wild lands known as Connecticut. In a world of chaos and flux, they cling to the one sure thing, the one thing they can most assuredly count on, that if it is F:AT Thursday, there will be games. All the members of our little cabal were there this week along with a special guest appearance by Jared who is Josh's brother. Jared seems to be nice but perhaps a bit shy or intimidated and is...

“He’s not dead yet!” Emerging later than usual from the incommunicado of the long darkness of my annual slough of despond, I found myself drawn back into social networking via BoardGameGeek, as is my wont. One thread which attracted my attention was Deep or Wide: What kind of wargamer are you?, to which I added my tuppenceworth, you can be sure (deep, as we shall see). Before I knew where I was I’d been prompted to make an unexpected return to the keyboard for the benefit of my readers here at RD/KA! ...

For the last few months I've been sitting on an article, largely because my understanding of the subject matter changes every two weeks. My son aged 12 has been attending a Strategy Gaming "club" that meets on alternate Saturdays for six to eight hours per session. Lunch is eaten on the fly, coaching occurs throughout the session and after-action reports occur at the end of the day. Conquest of the Empire, Axis & Allies, Joan of Arc, mostly long DoaM games where conflict and long-term goals are featured...

When you walk up to the velvet rope at the door of The Crystal Palace but get told that you aren't cool enough to enter, when you shuffle away with your self esteem in tatters and your spirits low, when you then run into a powerful sorceress who has a proclivity for practical jokes, when you offer to become her assistant but instead she informs you that you shall be her latest punchline as she turns you into a talking donkey, when you then follow your spirit guide in the form of a ghostly mule to the land of...