Issue 78 of Line of Departure has been mailed to the subscribers, and the first issues should be arriving at their destinations now.  The articles, all by me, are:

Gunflashes in the Night: A Review of Iron Bottom Sound III

Six Days of War: Middle Eastern Battles in 1967: Sword of Israel

High Definition Addiction: The Return of Age of…

My copy of the game arrived this weekend and I spend a couple of days reading the rules.

In my opinion the rules are good and well structured, though I missed several obvious clarifications... Maybe they are so obvious, that you don't need to mention it in the rule book, but for me it was a bit confusing. For example I tried to find any information on step losses, but failed. Going through examples and counters I realized, that each MMA has 2 or more counters with different letters…

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We used the Alexander elite commander rule and man what a difference that makes. The scenario warned that to preserve realism not to use the Elite Commander rules but being the curious war gamers we are we had to use Alexander to his greatest potential. His elite commander rule allows him to…

My gaming opportunities have been far and few between.  Two months ago, my friend Joe and I got together for our only game session so far this year.

In light of today's 72nd Anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, this turned out to be oddly appropriate, since it was Scenario 1 from the Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit--The Retaking of Vierville.…