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Claasen_book

“Convoy is to scatter”*

At 11.52 a.m. on 20 September, Rolf Hilse, on board U-48, received a coded message from Günther Prien in U-47. He had spotted a large eastbound convoy heading to Britain, and since U-48 had the latest most advanced radio equipment, he asked her to report this news to Dönitz at his command post in Lorient. […]

imperialism2

Imperialism and its discontents

If anyone ever turns his basement into a museum of strategy gaming, the broken card table that holds the best of the turn-based era probably only needs to have one game on it. If you’re wondering why I’m dragging Civilization into a retrospective about developer Frog City’s Imperialism series, the answer is that I’m not. […]