Links for the weekend

Some of the stuff I've been reading online in late January

Board games

• There is Zombicide revised rules v3, and the changes are considerable
• The four AEG boardgames in the Tempest setting, reviewed by Michael Barnes. Love Letters comes out on top
• Article 27, a negotiation game: "bribe, cajole, threaten, bully, intimidate [...] You know, just like at the actual UN." says Jeff Luce
• Legend of Heroes, a classic ´dungeon crawler´ by TSR from 1987
• Nate Owens reviews Clash of Cultures, the new civilisation dudes on a map game by Z-Man
• Nate Owens wonders whether expansions have become an easy way to wrench money from customers
  

Miniatures

• Now Blackball Games is also making Weird War WWII miniatures. eg the German starter set
• First impressions of Maurice, 18th century miniature rules by Sam Mustafa. Including campaign system. JW van der Pijl is excited
• Fantasy Flight released one of the best Living Card Games with Star Wars, but using a salestrick that sucks
• A great series of blog posts about a scratch built Steam Punk machine. Wish I could do that
• Lee Hadley explains why Tank Battles in Miniature: Western Desert is still a great wargame book
• The material used for Shapeways3D printing does have its peculiarities in painting. Some tips
• In the spirit of this winter: miniaturen of French troops in the Retreat from Moscow, by several manufacturers 
• Extensive review of the new Dropzone Commander rules
• On 23 and 24 March the Tin Soldiers of Antwerp will organise a miniature megagame aboout the 2nd day of the Battle of Gettysburg. It´s their sixth American Civil War Campaign, using Johnny Reb III rules

History

• The BBC interviewed survivors from the Battle of Stalingrad, including civilians that remained in the city as fighting went on
• Great pictures of English Civil War reenactors at a parade commemorating the execution of King Charles I in 1649