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ici, c'est la France! - 'shaking the French Fourth Republic'

http://www.rusteddice.com A war in which civil war and terror formed a large part, the Algerian War of Independence was sometimes referred to the 'Vietnam' o...

Jun 23, 2012

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Paths of Glory - 'Never such innocence, Never before or since'

http://www.rusteddice.com Paths of Glory (1999) by GMT Games allows players to gain a flavour of WWI as far as most of the Fronts are concerned. In this vide...

Jun 20, 2012

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ici, c'est la France! - 'public order operation'

"true...I think I said that...but for illustrative purposes I drew randomly. When I play the game I WILL consider the chits. Mark"

Jun 17, 2012

Kim Kanger commented on Rusted Dice's video

ici, c'est la France! - 'public order operation'

"You choose freely among those chits that you have on hand, as long as the time span is correct."

Jun 17, 2012

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ici, c'est la France! - 'public order operation'

http://www.rusteddice.com The Algerian War was both a bloody and devisive moment in French and Algerian history. Mark explains the ever changing political as...

Jun 17, 2012

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ici, c'est la France! - Thawra Al-Jaza'iriya, Guerre d'Algerie

"Hi Kim, yes! I saw that on the website...glad you like. Mark"

Jun 13, 2012

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ici, c'est la France! - Thawra Al-Jaza'iriya, Guerre d'Algerie

http://www.rusteddice.com The Algerian War of Independence is now an often forgotten conflict, one in which not only did The French Colony of Algeria uncoupl...

Jun 13, 2012

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The Halls of Montezuma - 'Polk's War'

http://www.rusteddice.com The Mexican-American War has been called 'Polk's War' by some, denoting a form of Imperialism in which the end of combat had Mexico...

Jun 10, 2012

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Paths of Glory - home before the leaves have fallen from the trees

http://www.rusteddice.com Many consider the Great War difficult to encapsulate in a board wargame, with its static Western and Italian Fronts, but fluid and ...

Jun 9, 2012

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The Halls of Montezuma - final thoughts and score

http://www.rusteddice.com In this short video Chris sums up his feelings on the game, as well as offering his final scores. Has the game been enjoyable to pl...

Jun 6, 2012

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Wilderness War - 'the paths of glory lead but to the grave'

http://www.rusteddice.com After a brief recap of where his game currently stands Mark continues with a rules exposition of Wilderness War (2001) by GMT Games...

Jun 2, 2012

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Wilderness War - 'an issue of land ownership'

http://www.rusteddice.com We were remiss to stop our review of Wilderness War (2001) by GMT Games half way through our normal review cycle. We promised that ...

May 31, 2012

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The Halls of Montezuma - 'where we could take a gun'

http://www.rusteddice.com Having unboxed GMT Games's The Hall of Montezuma Chris now considers the game-play itself, after first addressing a problem of actu...

May 29, 2012

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in which we talk about cinematics (audio)

http://www.rusteddice.comFor our fourth 'fireside chat' we consider the usual panoply of games we have recently played, and are scheduled to play, together with some new additions to the format of the show: some recommended books, and the 'fireside challenge'. We also give a 'shout-out' for our next e-Magazine, and our main topic is the influence of films and boardgames which have given us those 'cinematic' moments we so cherish.…See More

May 26, 2012

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Duel in the Dark - 'accepted and intended aims'

http://www.rusteddice.com 1943 witnessed an escalation in the bombing of German cities in an attempt by the Allies to disrupt the war-making capacity of the ...

May 23, 2012

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Duel in the Dark

http://www.rusteddice.com http://www.rusteddice.com Our main review of Duel in the Dark is at an end and in this short video Mark talks through his final tho...

May 21, 2012

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Your introduction to consim gaming:: playing strategic, thematic & conflict simulation games

Your favorite game(s):: Europe Engulfed, Paths of Glory, 1805: Sea of Glory

What game(s) are you currently playing (solitaire, FTF, PBEM, etc.) or wish to play next?: 1805: Sea of Glory

What game(s) have you played recently?: Paths of Glory, Hibernia

In general, how much time do you spend gaming?: every other day

How big is your game collection?: 40+ games

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ici, c'est la France! - 'shaking the French Fourth Republic'

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in which we talk about cinematics (audio)

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For our fourth 'fireside chat' we consider the usual panoply of games we have recently played, and are scheduled to play, together with some new additions to the format of the show: some recommended books, and the 'fireside challenge'. We also give a 'shout-out' for our next e-Magazine, and our main topic is the…

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Posted on May 26, 2012 at 11:56pm

Duel in the Dark - after action report

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In this audio report Mark feeds back on how he has found the experience of playing game: weather, intercepting, ground resources, and lack of fuel. He also muses on possible cross-over of pieces. …

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Posted on May 19, 2012 at 12:05am

Issue 1: Rusted Dice Magazine

Our first three months have been a real blast and we thought that it would be fun to put some of the points raised in our fireside chat audio episodes in to a magazine format. Thus we are proud to announce the first issue of Rusted Dice Magazine. It is free, on-line, and you can easily access it by clicking the 'front page'…

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Posted on May 15, 2012 at 3:21am