The Microgame Co-op has released it's next three games: Afghanistan, The Battle of Armageddon and Freikorps. The Co-op web page has moved to: http://members.home.net/co-op/

Perry Moore's Afghanistan by Perry Moore. At 12 hours per turn, this game does not cover the entire ten year war but instead portrays small vignettes of battles in a quasi tactical feel. An interesting looking game.

Kerry Anderson's The Battle of Armageddon admittedly is an unusual topic -- the final battle as described in the Bible -- but why not, isn't this the whole purpose of the Co-op? If one can accept the remise, the game can be quite fun. Because of the ever changing political situation, the game uses Biblical names for nations -- Magog, Gomer, Kings of the East, etc. -- but we all know who they really are (Russia, Germany, China, etc.). The game has liberal use of nuclear weapons and will have random events cards bases upon the Biblical woes (seven seals, seven trumpets, seven vials). While the game tries to represent things in a respectable fashion, this could be a very politically incorrect game!

Brian Train's Freikorps is a slightly-alternate history game works on the premise that the Red Army defeated the Poles at the battle of Warsaw in 1920 and are now proceeding to steamroll into Germany. Using a modified version of the Arriba Espana system, Brian has included lots of fun stuff like armoured trains, shock troops, revolts, etc.

Ypres: 1915 has been purchased by Moments in History/Critical Hit and will be released in time for this year's Origins. Though we have copies left, we are obliged to pull the game from sale in April.

Books on Strategy

I call your attention to Alexander J. de Voogt: "Limits of the Mind, towards a characterisation of Bao mastership", Leiden 1995, ISBN 90-7378249-X. http://www.leidenuniv.nl/interfac/cnws/pub/africa.html