No One Asked Me To Be President – Part 2
by Michael Eckenfels, 23 August 2026 When we left off last time, I was walking us through the disast-errr, I mean, the intricate set-up for what …
Author: Michael Eckenfels
No One Asked Me To Be President – Part 1
Michael Eckenfels, 16 August 2026 Nobody asked me to run for President. I want to be clear about that up front. There was no draft …
Don / Onto Stalingrad: A Review of Taktyka i Strategia’s WB-95 Stalingrad 1942
Michael Eckenfels, 25 May 2026 This is an operational-scale historical wargame with two scenarios published by the Polish wargame house Taktyka i Strategia as part …
Armchair Dragoons Reviews Sea & Steel
Michael Eckenfels, 20 April 2026 There is a certain gravity that comes with cracking open a wargame set in 1492. As someone who has spent …
Classic Reviews ~ Theophrastus by Mayfair Games
Michael Eckenfels, 26 March 2026 Science class (especially chemistry) was, I must admit, very boring for me. The only fun you really had been when …
The Wargamer’s Paradox: Why the Pursuit of Perfect Historical Accuracy Can Lead to Ahistorical Play
Michael Eckenfels, 11 February 2026 Part I: The Dilemma of Command and the Simulation of History The modern board wargame stands as a remarkable, often …
Armchair Dragoons Reviews Vorwärts! (Crowbar Expansion)
Michael Eckenfels, 28 January 2026 If you have ever stared at the imposing cardboard cliffs of Crowbar!: The Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, you know …
Classic Reviews ~ BCT Commander by Shrapnel Games
Michael Eckenfels, 27 November 2025 As a respectable thirty-something wargamer, I pride myself on using what little time I have to effectively to discover the …
Armchair Dragoons Reviews Berlin 1945: The Fall of the Reichstag
Michael Eckenfels, 19 November 2025 This latest (2025) historical wargame offering, published by NAC Wargames designed by Jose Antonio Rivero with artwork by Adolfo Suárez, …
Special Dispatch: The Bell of Treason—A Nation’s Fate on the Tabletop
By Michael, Special Correspondent Prague (ČTK) – It is now a matter of grave Czechoslovakian national concern that our German neighbors to the north and …