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Insurrection By J. P. Silverado

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A Kingdom at peace... The society is governed by a board of equals... The wars ended long ago... But when the lust for power speaks louder... A bloody battle breaks out, like no other befo...

Print version AU$ 36.86

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Tales about videogames By Bruno Santos

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Uma coletânea de contos com a temática centrada nos jogos virtuais

Print version AU$ 21.98 | EBook Version AU$ 6.04

Eyptian Battle of Kadesh, 1300 BC

An Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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In the simulation the Egyptian tactical maneuver will have three phases, the first being the establishment of divisive defensive devices; the second is the erosion and, if possible, the destruction...

Print version AU$ 17.13 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

France Campaign, 1914

A German Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The scenario of the wargame that will be used will reinforce four key factors for the campaign's success, and if the original Schlieffen Plan had been maintained, they would certainly have been tho...

Print version AU$ 29.18 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

World War One, 1914 - 1918

A Historical Simulation of the Central Powers By André Geraque Kiffer

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Considering the principal historical assumption that the Central Alliance had better military leadership capable of innovating (technology) and maneuvering (flexible planning), based primarily on t...

Print version AU$ 44.97 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Peloponnesian Spartan War, 431 - 404 BC

A Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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It will be simulated, based on the summary and analysis of the historical fact, which are the main factors of the strategy adopted by the Peloponnese League (Sparta), concluding by outlining a new ...

Print version AU$ 34.98 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Battle of Mantinea, September 418 BC

An Argive Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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In the simulation it will be considered the hypothesis of what might have been the final tactical result if the Argive left wing had been reinforced by exploring a technique similar to the oblique ...

Print version AU$ 14.99 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Punic Wars, 264 BC

A Carthaginian Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Let us consider, to make the next simulation possible, that the political power of Carthage (the suffetes and the families descended from kings) would have understood the risk of living in the shad...

Print version AU$ 27.84 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Medieval Kingdoms in Great Britain, 410 to 1453

A Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The simulation will cover more than a thousand years (410 to 1453 AD) of the history of the island of Great Britain, from the end of the Roman province - that is, the end of the Old Age in the area...

Print version AU$ 19.01 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Battle of Cannae, August 2nd, 216 BC

A Roman Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Tactics should have sought to guard against the surprises of the Carthaginian device. Initially, leaving aside the pride of the Equites citizens, the cavalry would have been balanced on both flanks...

Print version AU$ 14.90 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Battle of Azincourt, October 25, 1415

A French Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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As an outline of the tactical maneuver that will be tested in the wargame - simulated battle - of chapter 3, we present the model of the Sicilian Opening, where we will consider a hypothesis (compa...

Print version AU$ 20.44 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Crusades in the Levant, 1096 to 1291

A Catholic Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Since the Persian Empire reinstated a Jewish state in Palestine - after its Diaspora by the Assyrians and Babylonians - through the Empire of Alexander and successors to the Roman Empire, there has...

Print version AU$ 26.59 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Matrix for a Study of Military History

By André Geraque Kiffer

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Based on a summary of the historical fact I seek to highlight the decisive fact (s) causing the negative result (s) before playing the simulation through a board wargame - the actions on the “other...

Print version AU$ 15.08 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Thirty Years' War, 1618 to 1648

A Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Historians still argue about the reasons for the bohemian (Czech) Wallenstein during the war. Some see him as a German patriot, others as a great mercenary. He did not have Gustavo Adolfo's tactica...

Print version AU$ 28.64 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Land Battles in the 16th century

An Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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In the simulation, all the possibilities of the study's purpose are completed, when the past of history is analyzed based on the theory of the present and designed for similar situations in the fut...

Print version AU$ 28.47 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Naval Battles in the Mediterranean in the 16th century

An Historical Simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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In the simulations of these naval battles we will use combined adaptations between the board games "War Galley" and "Flying Colors" of GMT Games, thus characterizing well to have been a century of ...

Print version AU$ 17.13 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Battle of Edgehill, 1642, in the English Civil Wars

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The English Civil Wars, between 1642 and 1651, were a series of political machinations between Parliamentarians - the “Roundheads” - and Royalists - the “Gentlemen” -, mainly over the form of gover...

Print version AU$ 20.79 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Battle of Jankau, 1645, in the Thirty Years’ War

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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The Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648 is considered one of the most destructive wars in European history. It is estimated that between 4.5 and 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a direct re...

Print version AU$ 22.04 | EBook Version AU$ 3.52

Battles of the Guararapes, 1648 and 1649

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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After the defeat of the Invincible Armada in 1588, there was a huge expansion of Dutch maritime trade, with the Dutch extending their attacks to Spanish maritime domains. The Guararapes battles wer...

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Art and Science of the Wars in the Modern Age (1453-1774)

A historical simulation By André Geraque Kiffer

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Generally speaking, I consider that this Age of human history characterizes a watershed, as at the end most contacts - or clashes - between the existing civilizations on the planet had been made, b...

EBook Version AU$ 3.52

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