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Serious war games - controversial or not (Topic Discussion)
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War games are often seen as controversial. Replaying the atrocities that occurred during a large-scale conflict seems completely inappropriate. Condensing the huge amount of suffering, death and destruction into a game of pushing tiles around a board and rolling dice or playing cards seems perverse. So in this article, I try to put everything into a bit more context and tease out the pros and cons of war games and how controversial they really are when compared to some of the other games in our vast hobby.
Read the full article here: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2023/01/10/serious-war-games-controversial-or-not-topic-discussion/
Useful Links
- Undaunted: Normandy review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/07/23/undaunted-normandy-saturday-review/
- March on the Drina review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2021/08/21/march-on-the-drina-saturday-review/
- Twilight Struggle BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12333/twilight-struggle
- Pax Pamir: Second Edition review: https://tabletopgamesblog.com/2022/08/27/pax-pamir-second-edition-saturday-review/
- This War of Mine BGG listing: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/188920/war-mine-board-game
Intro Music: Bomber (Sting) by Riot (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/)
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Battle For Honor by Michal Mojzykiewicz
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The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Hoplites In Battle by Euan Ford
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6936-hoplites-in-battle
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
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