Mentioned in Dispatches Season 5 Episode 10
The Charles S Roberts “Awards”
Greetings! I hope everyone is having a restful Thanksgiving holiday. Here is the listener's guide for episode 10. I list the games, or other items of interest, in the order they are mentioned, or discussed. I'm sure I missed a few along the way, so if you notice something missing, let me know. If a game is talked about or listed in the awards more than once, I do not link it multiple times. I only put the word "Repeat" after it. Games that won in their category either have an asterisk, or are in bold font.
I stop at the end of the Best Game Review or Analysis award. If you want to see the three other categories, you can look 'em up.
I've fallen behind in getting the listener's guide posted. I'm going to do my best to get caught up; however, I these may be late until the season ends. Fingers crossed that isn't the case.
Banter before discussing the awardsCase Blue (2007)Carcassonne (2000)7 Wonders (2010)Ticket to Ride (2004)The Campaign for North Africa: The Desert War 1940-43 (1979)While talking about CNA, someone brought up the fact that this game appeared in the Big Bang Theory. Here's a screen capture of the game, probably older than many of the actors on that program.
Bing Bang Theory episode S11 E16
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The Boardgaming WayNow, without further ado, the awards discussion!!
Best Ancients to Pre-Napoleonic Era Board WargameImperium Romanum (2019) Commands & Colors: Medieval (2019) Freeman's Farm 1777 (2019)*Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242 (2019)* Peloponnesian War (2019)Best Napoleonic Era Board WargameLa Bataille de Bautzen 1813 (2019) Moravian Sun (2019)Napoleon Retreats: Campaign in France, Part II (2019) *Quatre Bras 1815: Last Eagles (2019)*Waterloo Campaign 1815 (2019) Other game mentioned:Waterloo 1815: Fallen Eagles (2015) - this integrates with Quatre Bras 1815.
Best Post-Napoleonic to Pre-World War 2 Era Board WargameBrave Little Belgium (2019) Crusade and Revolution: The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (2013)Custoza, Fields of Doom (2019)*Death Valley: Battles for the Shenandoah (2019)*Triumph of Chaos V2: The Russian Civil War 1918-1921 (2019)Other games mentioned:Dawn's Early Light: The War of 1812 (2020)The Shores of Tripoli (2020)
Armchair Dragoons Reviews The Shores of Tripoli by Fort Circle GamesEmpire of the Sun (2005)Best World War 2 Era Board WargameBrazen Chariots: Battles for Tobruk, 1941 (2019)The Last Hundred Yards (2019)Stalingrad ’42: Southern Russia, June-December, 1942 (2019)*UBOOT: The Board Game (2019)*Wings of the Motherland (2019)Other games or websites mentioned:Screaming Eagles (1987)TTS mod for Screaming Eagles by HasboroGrogHeads Readers' Choice Awards at GrogHeadsBest Post-WW2, Cold War, & Hypothetical Era Board WargameBlue Water Navy: The War at Sea (2019)Hearts and Minds: Vietnam 1965-1975 (Third Edition) (2019)Less Than 60 Miles (2019)Red Storm: The Air War Over Central Germany, 1987 (2019)*World At War 85: Storming the Gap (2019)*Other games mentioned:Dust 1947 (2016)Against the Odds Magazine - Cactus Throne: The Mexican War of 1862-1867 (2005)Scythe (2016)Fire in the Lake (2014)Vietnam 1965-1975 (1984)Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Wargame*Dune (2019)*Escape From Hades (2019)Red Alert: Space Fleet Warfare (2019)Space Infantry: ResurgenceTime of Legends: Joan of Arc (2019)Best Pre-20th Century Era Computer Wargame*Blocks! Julius Caesar*Blocks: Richard IIIFields of Glory: EmpiresFort Sumter: The Secession CrisisBest Modern Era Computer Wargame*Command: Modern Operations*Unity of Command 2WarPlanWorld of TanksBest Science-Fiction or Fantasy Computer WargameBattlefleet Gothic Armada 2Fantasy General 2*Stellaris*Best Computer Wargame Expansion or Update*Through the Ages – New Leaders and Wonders*Best Computer Wargame GraphicsSteel Division 2U-Boot: The Board Game - Repeat
Unity of Command 2 - Repeat
World of Tanks - Repeat
Best Amateur / Print & Play Board WargameBattles for the Pacific (2019)B-25 Prince of the Skies (2019)*Federation Stellar Force (2019)*S-Boats: Scourge of the English Channel (2019)Storm Over Dublin (2019)Best Solitaire/Cooperative Board WargameFields of Fire 2 (2019)Jeff Davis: The Confederacy at War (2019)Peloponnesian War - Repeat
U-Boot: The Board Game - Repeat
Zeppelin Raider: Imperial German Naval Airships (2019)Other games mentioned:Pavlov's House (2018)D-Day at Omaha Beach (2009)Race for Berlin: The Final Struggle (2010)Best Magazine Board Wargame*Campaigns of 1777 (2019) (Strategy & Tactics)*Die Atombombe: The Reich's Bid to Build the Bomb (2019)(Against the Odds)Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere: War in Asia and the Pacific (2017) (Operations)Pitt's War (2019) (Paper Wars)Waterloo Campaign 1815 (2019) (C3I) Best Postcard/Small format Board WargameA Hard Pounding Fight: The Battle for La Haye Sainte (2019)Series: Five for Fighting (Against the Odds) (2019)*Imua!: The Unification of Hawaii, 1795 (2019)*JU87 Stuka Jericho Trumpets (2019)S.W.A.T.: Hostage Rescue (2019) Best Expansion or Supplement for an Existing Board WargameGreat War Commander: British Expeditionary Force (2020)Next War: Supplement #2 – Insurgency (2019)Red Factories: An Advanced Squad Leader Historical Module – Stalingrad 1942 (2019)*Time of Crisis: The Age of Iron and Rust (2019)*Wing Leader: Eagles 1943-45 (2019)Best Board Wargame Playing ComponentsCrossing the Line: Aachen 1944 (2019)Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242 - Repeat
U-Boot: The Board Game - Repeat
Wings of the Motherland - Repeat
World at War 85: Storming the Gap - Repeat
Best Board Wargame Map GraphicsDeath Valley: Battles for the Shenadoah - Repeat
Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242 - Repeat
Stalingrad ‘42 - Repeat
The Last Hundred Yards - Repeat
U-Boot: The Board Game - Repeat
Best Board Wargame RulesPeloponnesian War - Repeat
Stalingrad ‘42 - Repeat
U-Boot: The Board Game - Repeat
Undaunted: Normandy (2019)Wings over the Motherland - Repeat
Best Computer Assist ModuleU-Boot: The Board Game - Repeat
Best Original Box Cover ArtNevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242 - Repeat
Peloponnesian War - Repeat
Stalingrad ‘42 - Repeat
U-Boot: The Board Game - Repeat
Wings of the Motherland - Repeat
Best Professional Wargame MagazineAgainst the OddsBattles*C3I*Modern WarStrategy & Tactics Best Amateur MagazineBanzai!!Dispatches from the BunkerLine of Departure*War Diary*Best Historical or Scenario Article1777 Year of Decision Trevor BenderEvolution of Historical Small Unit Tactic Board Wargames Robert CarollOCS 101 Vitebsk Introductory Scenario Chip SaltsmanBest Game Review or AnalysisArmchair GeneralHarsh Rules- Breaking Down Boardgames*The Player’s Aid*Wojennik TVWhew! That's it for this time. As always, if I made a mistake, let me know so I can correct it.
