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Tag: War Games (Conflict Simulation, Consim)

Saturday Review
General Orders: Sengoku Jidai (Saturday Review)

General Orders: Sengoku Jidai

1 Nov 202524 Oct 2025 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

The land was divided, its provinces fractured by ambition and betrayal.

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Topic Discussion
Fatal Attractions – my fascination with historical games (Topic Discussion)

Fatal Attractions – my fascination with historical games

27 Feb 202427 Feb 2024 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

Historical simulation games, conflict simulation games or war games - call them what you will.

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Saturday Review
General Orders: World War II (Saturday Review)

General Orders: World War II

17 Feb 202424 Oct 2025 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

The mountains provided great vantage points for both sides.

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Topic Discussion
Serious war games – controversial or not (Topic Discussion)

Serious war games – controversial or not

10 Jan 20239 Jan 2023 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

War games are often seen as controversial.

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Saturday Review
Pax Pamir: Second Edition (Saturday Review)

Pax Pamir: Second Edition

27 Aug 202221 Oct 2025 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

The Durrani Empire had just collapsed and large swathes of Central Asia had fallen into disarray.

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Topic Discussion
Storytelling (Topic Discussion)

Storytelling

29 Jun 202112 May 2022 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

We probably all have a favourite children's story that we loved as a child or maybe a favourite book that we've read many times or a favourite film or TV show that we love watching and that takes us away from our day-to-day.

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Plakks Hokcey - Hockey Hits The Table - $29 - 100% In 1 Hour

Topic Discussion
Seriously? (Topic Discussion)

Seriously?

4 May 202112 May 2022 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

I have previously talked about how some games try and tackle a serious topic and treat it with the respect it deserves.

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Saturday Review
Dune (Saturday Review)

Dune

8 Feb 202021 Feb 2024 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

Our heighliner was positioned safely in Arrakis' orbit.

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I see the light

I see the light

29 Jan 201915 Jun 2022 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

For a lot of seasoned gamers only heavy games with a lot of complexity, many different mechanisms and that last at least two hours are worth playing.

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Coming in 2019

Coming in 2019

1 Jan 201915 Jun 2022 a selfie of meOliver Kinne

Let me start by wishing you a Happy New Year.

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