Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Naked Cardboard Boardgames Uncovered. ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [We Are Coming, Nineveh](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/we-are-coming-nineveh/) - I have read that the Battle of Mosul in 2016-17 saw some of the most intense urban combat since World War II. When you see the pictures of the tight and labyrinthine landscape the fighting took place in, it's not difficult to believe. I've never been particularly attracted to stories of modern conflict, but after - [Verdun 1916: Steel Inferno](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/verdun-1916-steel-inferno/) - On Ne Passe Pas! Few battles can evoke such a visceral reaction from me as the Battle of Verdun. Even the name itself kind of churns my stomach and makes me feel uneasy. It brings to mind the hellish landscape and the sound of the guns. At least, what I suspect the guns sounded like. - [Mrs Thatcher's War: The Falklands 1982](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/mrs-thatchers-war-the-falklands-1982/) - The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb. Jorge Luis Borges Growing up in the 1980's I spent a lot of time near a television set, like many kids my age. Every night at 6pm my parents would watch the news. At that age I didn't pay a lot of - [The Levels of Wargaming](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/the-scales-of-wargaming/) - When you first approach wargaming you'll hear a lot about the "scale" of games, but really what's being discussed is the "level of war". It's a tactical game, or a strategic game. Publishers don't always tell you what the level is outright. So how important is it to know or understand this? Let me clarify - [The Fall of Avalon Hill](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/the-fall-of-avalon-hill/) - I came across this interesting article about the history of Avalon Hill, published on a small Earthlink site called the Academic Gaming Review, by Peter L. de Rosa. This was originally written in 1998 and published on his Earthlink blog in 2002. I reached out to Peter and got his permission to repost the article here - [This War Without An Enemy](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/this-war-without-an-enemy/) - As Stubble To Our Sword Oliver Cromwell’s letter to Colonel Valentine Walton, 1644 The English Civil Wars were not a topic taught in Canadian high schools when I was a teen, but I do remember stumbling on the 1970's movie "Cromwell" (starring Richard Harris and Alec Guinness) one afternoon while channel surfing between A&E, Bravo, - [Sherwood](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/sherwood/) - Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions. Maitreya The Friend of All Souls I've always had a bit of a love affair with the story of Robin Hood, especially with the films (for better or worse). It began, of course, with the 1973 Disney film (which I also had on vinyl), then on to - [The Hunters: German U-Boats at War, 1939-43](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/the-hunters-german-u-boats-at-war-1939-43/) - The Boat Is Rated To 90 Metres, But Of Course We Can Go Deeper. 2nd Lieutenant (Das Boot) Designed by Gregory M. Smith and published by Consim Press and distributed by GMT Games. I bought a copy of The Hunters on a whim back in 2013 during the later days of my wife's pregnancy. I - [Tarawa 1943](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tarawa-1943/) - Small dollops of land scattered within vast amounts of ocean became key strategic points in moving the US forces closer and closer to Japan during the summer of 1943. The goal was to take the Mariana Islands, where a forward air base could be set up to reach Japan. To do so, land-based aircraft would - [Votes for Women](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/votes-for-women/) - I'll come right out of the gate and tell you that while I'm no expert on the history of the women's suffrage movement, I'm intensely excited about the idea of playing a game on it. This is an important piece of history that I know very little about, and that's once of the major reasons - [Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision 1240-1242](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/nevsky-teutons-and-rus-in-collision-1240-1242/) - It was 2018 when I first learned about Alexander Nevsky, the Prince of Novgorod. They don't teach this sort of history in Canadian high school, and while I had heard about the famous Battle On The Ice, I had no real insight into it until Harold Buchanan's inaugural episode of his podcast "Harold On Games" - [1415 Agincourt: A New History (by Anne Curry)](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/1415-agincourt-a-new-history/) - From this day to the ending of the world,But we in it shall be remember’dWe few, we happy few, we band of brothersFor he today that sheds his blood with meShall be my brother Henry V, Act IV, Scene III I first became familiar with the Battle of Agincourt through Shakespeare's "Henry V". Not the - [Crécy: Battle Of Five Kings (by Michael Livingston)](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/crecy-battle-of-five-kings-by-michael-livingston/) - Over the past year I've been exploring various parts of The Hundred Years' War, from Poitiers to Agincourt, from Verneuil to the exploits of Joan of Arc... but I wanted to more closely explore the battle that really started the ball rolling. Crécy. But where to start? As it happens, I was recently recommended the - [Solo the COINs](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/solo-coin-wargames-review/) - I have a bit of wargaming problem. Some of you reading this might understand. I'm falling in love with all these wargames, and I have nobody to play them with! So, I tend to play all my wargames solitaire - even the ones that weren't designed to be played that way. I view solo gaming much - [Measuring The Ways To Win](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/measuring-the-ways-to-win/) - Whenever we teach a game, there comes that inevitable moment where we're explaining how to win, and 9 times out of 10 it ends with "and the player with the most points is the winner!". The repetition of that statement led me to start thinking about all the possible manners in which victory is or - [A weekend at SDHistCon Online](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/review-sdhistcon-2021-online/) - I’ve been playing boardgames my whole life, but I’ve never been to a boardgame convention. Most of them are too far away, requiring me to take time off work and invest in expensive travel and lodging. It just hasn’t been in the cards. Since 2020, however, attending a con hasn’t been in the cards for anyone ## Pages - [Contact!](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/contact/) - [About](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/about/) - My name is Jason Paterson. I am an IT professional with a formal education in journalism, and art and design. I've been played boardgames all my life but I began the more specific journey of wargaming in the mid-2010's, which appeals both to my love of history and minutiae. My aim with this website is ## Categories - [Book Review](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/category/book-review/) - [Editorial](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/category/editorial/) - [Event](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/category/event/) - [Boardgame Review](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/category/review/) ## Tags - [Agincourt](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/agincourt/) - [Block Game](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/block-game/) - [COIN](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/coin/) - [Consim Press](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/consim-press/) - [Convention](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/convention/) - [English Civil War](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/english-civil-war/) - [Essay](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/essay/) - [Falklands War](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/falklands-war/) - [Fantasy](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/fantasy/) - [Fellowship of Simulations](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/fellowship-of-simulations/) - [Fort Circle Games](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/fort-circle-games/) - [GMT](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/gmt/) - [Hundred Years War](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/hundred-years-war/) - [Levy&Campaign](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/levycampaign/) - [Medieval](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/medieval/) - [Nautical](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/nautical/) - [NUTS!](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/nuts/) - [Politics](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/politics/) - [Shower Thoughts](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/shower-thoughts/) - [Solitaire](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/solitaire/) - [White Dog Games](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/white-dog-games/) - [WWI](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/wwi/) - [WWII](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/wwii/) - [Worthington](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/worthington/) - [Pacific](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/pacific/) - [Modern](https://www.nakedcardboard.com/tag/modern/)