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This 2006 Ted Raicer design depicts the 1914 battles over Galicia at the divisional level.
What is Clash of Giants II?
This 2006 release from designer Lee Brimmicombe-Wood depicts the planning and execution of the Battle of Britain.
What is The Burning Blue?
This 1968 release was James Dunnigan's second published design for Avalon Hill.
What is 1914?
This 1990 Avalon Hill release features competing factions cooperating against their common enemies, but can have only one winner — but everyone can lose collectively.
What is Republic of Rome?
The "War of Jenkins' Ear", fought between England and Spain, was a part of this major European conflict.
What is the War of the Austrian Succession?
This 2006 Joe Miranda design was featured in Strategy & Tactics magazine issue #237.
What is No Prisoners: The Campaigns of Lawrence of Arabia?
This World War I dogfighting game saw a French edition published in 1993 by Oriflam.
What is Blue Max?
This quasi-historical game about summoning diabolical forces was was released with cover art by famed comics artist Howard Chaykin.
What is Demons?
This game has been more or less continuously in print since 1959, and has spawned many fanzines, including Perfidious Albion.
What is Diplomacy?
This West German Krautrock band featuring Klaus Schulze released their self-titled debut album in 1971.
What is Ash Ra Tempel?
This 2022 Kerry Anderson design simulates the first Battle of Ypres, fought in 1914.
What is Death of an Army: Ypres 1914?
This compact adaptation of a Salvatore Vasta design appeared in c3i magazine issue #28.
What is Unconditional Surrender: Case Blue?
This 1969 title was the first game to appear contained in an issue of Strategy & Tactics magazine.
What is Crete?
This Avalon Hill classic features a player faction that can steal a win by accurately predicting the turn that another faction meets their victory conditions.
What is Dune?
This northernmost distillery on the Scottish island of Islay was established in 1881 and is known today for its mellow peated whiskies.
What is Bunnahabhain?
This operational simulation of the Battle of Mons in 1914 first appeared in a 2005 issue of Strategy & Tactics magazine.
What is The Old Contemptibles at Mons, 1914?
This 2016 release from Against the Odds depicts a major, decisive battle of the Chinese Civil War, which was fought in 1949, and ultimately resulted in the resignation of Chiang Kai-shek.
What is Red Dragon, Blue Dragon?
This predecessor to a 1971 Dunnigan release first appeared in a Sid Sackson book.
What is Origins of World War I?
This Soviet Minster of Transportation is represented in Mark Herman's game Churchill by a 2-point card.
Who is Lazar Kaganovich?
This physicist, born in 1907, predicted the existence of mesons in 1935, and was the first physicist from his country to receive the Nobel Prize.
Who is Hideki Yukawa?
This designer depicted the 1916 duel between Admirals Jellicoe and Scheer in his 1991 game Jutland.
Who is Ben Knight?
This Evan Jones design featuring card play was originally released in 1999 in the UK.
What is Blue vs. Gray?
This 1973 jet combat game first appeared in the infamous SPI "white box".
What is Foxbat & Phantom?
Ths German theologian, represented in Here I Stand, defended Martin Luther in his work Didymi Faventini versus Thomam Placentinum pro M. Luthero oratio.
Who is Philip Melanchthon?
This 1977 film directed by John Badham saw a PG-rated version released in 1979.
What is Saturday Night Fever?