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Alumwell Wargame Show 2024

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"...I actually enjoyed this show more than any other that I have been to in the past couple of years." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, regales us with sights and surprises from this show, along with some great pictures! And check out the source of an insight that led Norm to conclude "It made me realise that considering these things went into the air in their thousands, the financial investment in longbow archers must have been huge."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/22/2024


Fields of Corn & Rye

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"...I was pretty sure that I had found something that might do the job." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, discusses a way he's found to address an old itch, namely adding texture and/or crop fields to tabletop settings. Check out what he finds to be a reasonable, cost-effective approach, considering that "...sometimes I think we have made ourselves a picture perfect world and lost something along the way."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 3/11/2024


On wargames campaigns (after Polemarch)

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"If one is to do this, it is quite useful to read Caesar to see the kinds of things he considered important when choosing if or when to give battle." Prufrock muses about the value of running campaigns for the ancients gaming he prefers. See why "It turned out I'd rather refight Zama for the tenth time than try to sustain interest in endless minor encounters between similarly equipped neighbours over local concerns."

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 2/28/2024


Lord Stanley arrives at Piggy Longton 1472

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"...Piggy Longton is under the certain threat of Yorkist attack." Norm Smith, in Battlefields & Warriors, sets the stage for our next Piggy Longton encounter. Why must Lord Darcy cautiously accept help from one who is "...gaining a reputation of duplicity based upon political expedience."?

Poster: Doug Holt
Post Date: 1/29/2024


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Fast, simple, not expensive, little errata, but only reasonably fun. (War game Review)

In his review on BoardGameGeek, Brendan Whyte first turns a critical eye towards the components and rules and lists their shortcomings. Game play fares better: “…the game is fast and quite fun”. Whyte then goes into comprehensive details covering game mechanics and spares no criticism for the game opponent (AI). His discussion concerning solitaire board games vs solitaire computer games is very interesting.

PE TANG 1900 Q&A with Marco Campari

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PE TANG 1900 Strategy Tips

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Game: 278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats



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Publisher: Quarterdeck International
Game Type: Card
Designer(s): Marco Campari
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Solitaire, Italian torpedo bomber missions from World War II.


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Date: 7/9/2023
Poster: Pat L.
278th Squadron "The Same 4 Cats" 2nd Game

From the Solitaire Wargames Facebook group comes this game score summary achieved by Ira Gossett. Can you beat his score?
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Date: 3/25/2023
Poster: Pat L.
278th Squadron the same 4 cats: SM79 Damned Hunchback – Unboxing (video)

Daniel Niemi, on his WW2 Solitaire Board Game Channel, unboxes this solitaire game based on a little known Italian air force unit in World War II.
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Date: 3/18/2023
Poster: Pat L.
278th Squadron the same 4 cats: SM79 Damned Hunchback – Playthrough (video)

You are a torpedo bomber pilot for the Italian Air Force during World War II. Can you survive 10 missions and sink 9 ships? Daniel Niemi, on his WW2 Solitaire Board Game Channel, tries his best in this complete play through video.
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Date: 1/9/2023
Poster: Doug Holt
278th Squadron by Quarterdeck International

"...the closer you get the more you have a chance for a torpedo hit, or for you to turn into a fiery ball." Robert Peterson, in A Wargamers Needful Things, reviews a game that has you playing a torpedo bomber the English called "Damned Hunchback". Check out why Robert explains that his "…nickname in the Italian Air Force is 'Smoky'."
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Date: 3/26/2020
Poster: Mark D.
278th Squadron: Same 4 Cats Review from A Wargamers Needful Things

A Wargamers Needful Things reviews Quarterdeck International's release of 278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats. It is a solitaire campaign card game where you are a pilot of the famed 278th Squadriglia "i Soliti 4 Gatti" which flew the SM79 and SM84 Torpedo Bombers during WWII. For 10 Missions an everchanging Mission Deck will lead you through AA fire, Spitfires, Waves and Clouds. Will your decision to torpedo the Target Ship earn you the Gold Medal? Or you will be shot down?
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Date: 9/1/2018
Poster: Ed Sommers
278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats

"278th Squadron: The Same 4 Cats" is a solitaire campaign card game based on our game "SM79 Damned Hunchback". You are a pilot of the famed 278th Squadriglia "i Soliti 4 Gatti" which flew the SM79 and SM84 Torpedo Bombers during WWII. For 10 Missions an everchanging Mission Deck will lead you through AA fire, Spitfires, Waves and Clouds. Will your decision to torpedo the Target Ship earn you the Gold Medal? Or you will be shot down? New from Lumaca Games.