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Anatomy of a Failure: The Defeat of the Soviet Kharkov
Offensive, 1942
by Jim Werbaneth
Janauary 10, 2022
Churchill the Indispensible: How the Prime Minister
Became the Most Important Figure of World War II
by Jim Werbaneth
December 31, 2021
Portrait of the
Führer as a Compulsive Gambler: How Winning Early Warped
Hitler's Perceptions of Strategy
by Jim Werbaneth
December 19, 2021
The
Logistical Foundations of Grant's Overland Campaign of 1864
by Jim Werbaneth
December 11, 2016
The 77th
Infantry Division In World War II: A Study in Excellence
by Jim Werbaneth
December 16, 2014
Battle for Brittany: An Analysis of Patton's Post D-Day
Diversion
by Jim Werbaneth
May 27, 2013
Normandy
Counteroffensive: An Analysis of the Battle of Mortain,
August 1944
by Jim Werbaneth
December 18, 2012
Heinz Guderian: A Short Biography
by Jim Werbaneth
December 18, 2012
Scott's
Mexico City Campaign: Jomini, Clausewitz, and Winfield
Scott
by Jim Werbaneth
December 27, 2011
One Battle, Three Perspectives: How Three Leading
Military Historians View Grant's Role in the First Hours
of Shiloh
by Jim Werbaneth
May 5, 2011.
Military History for Beginners: My Own Introduction to
Teaching Military History at the College Level
by Jim Werbaneth
January 18, 2011.
Articles Originally Published on Line of Departure@The Gamers Net, Line of Departure/Military Gamer Online and Line of Departure/The Wargamer
¡Viva el Presidente!: Fun With Economics and Government
in Tropico
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published April 14, 2008
That Classic, Again: Modern Naval Warfare With Larry
Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published April 14, 2008
Three Dragons: The Asian Dynasties Expansion for
Age of Empires III
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published January 6, 2008
One Nomination: Why StarCraft Might Be the Best
Real Time Strategy Game Ever
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published January 6, 2008
Decisive Stalingrad: A Preview of Stalingrad: Pivot
on the Volga For Turning Point Simulations
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published August 9, 2007
Beyond the Classic: Global War at Sea With Harpoon 3:
Advanced Naval Warfare
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published June 24, 2007
Indigenous Powers: The Warchiefs Expansion for
Microsoft's Age of Empires III
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published April 14, 2007
The Sun Rises Early: A Review of War Plan Orange
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published June 18, 2006
Exploring for the Ages: The Extra Roles of Explorers in
Age of Empires III
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published June 7, 2006
Magnum Opus of the Pacific: An Overview of War in the
Pacific, From Matrix Games
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published June 7, 2006
Fantasyland Goes Retro: Fantasy Warfare in Land of
Legends
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published November 28, 2005
Beaches to Breakout: Battles in Normandy for the
Personal Computer
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published July 28, 2005
Mrs. Thatcher's War: A Review of Shrapnel Games' The
Falklands War: 1982
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published July 28, 2005
The Global Game: The Second World War on a Global Scale,
In Gary Grigsby's World at War Computer Game
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published June 20, 2005
Ages of Nations: A Look at Rise of Nations and
the Thrones & Patriots Expansion
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published February 19, 2005
Miniatures March Across the Monitor: A Review of Tin
Soldiers: Alexander the Great
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published February 19, 2005
The Traveling Trade Show: A Review of Interstellar
Trader 2
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published May 28, 2003
Process Into Product: A Design Methodology for Board
Wargames
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published February 2, 2003
Talonsoft's Tactics: Playing World War II Battles With
The Campaign Series of Computer Games
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published November 10, 2002
The Moveable Heritage: How the Evolution of Computer
Games Obscures Their Own History and What Can Be Done
About It
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published November 10, 2002
The Raiders: An Analysis of Naval Surface Commerce
Raiding Since the Elizabethan Era
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published June 25, 2002
New Battlegrounds: The Clone Campaigns Expansions
for Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published May 29, 2002
Age of the Force: The Star Wars Universe Comes to
Real Time Strategy, in Star Wars Galactic
Battlegrounds
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published February 7, 2002
Afghanistan Post-Mortem: Early Lessons of the War
Against al-Quaida and the Taliban
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published January 1, 2002
The Law and the Wargame: My Experience as a Guest at a
Premier Law School
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published October 19, 2001
Revolution in Hand: The Potential Impact of the Smallest
Computers on Board Wargaming
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published October 5, 2001
A Pox on the World: Science Fiction's Most Disturbing
Aliens, in StarCraft
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published October 5, 2001
The Brutal Road to Security: First Thoughts on the First
War of the Twenty-First Century
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published September 14, 2001
Guide to Conquest: A Review of the Official Strategy
Guide to The Conquerors Expansion to Age of Empires
II: The Age of Kings
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published November 10, 2000
The Age of Conquerors: A Review of The Conquerors
Expansion Set for Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published October 18, 2000
Invasions in Real Time: Amphibious Strategies in Age
of Empires II: The Age of Kings
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published October 18, 2000
A Case Study of Case Yellow: The Fall of France in
The Operational Art of War I
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published January 23, 2000
War to the Extreme: Decisive Elements of Desert Warfare
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published September 8, 1999
Defining "Modern": Wargaming's Problematic Era
by Jim Werbaneth
Originally Published July 26, 1999