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A common set of rules was created for all four games in the Westwall gamebox, a revision of the games system developed for the previously published quadrigame Modern Battles. [2] Each turn, which represents 12 hours of game time, consists of five phases: Both players: Special Weapons Fire; American Movement; American Combat; German Movement ...
The Leitner system [1] [2] [3] is a widely used method of efficiently using flashcards that was proposed by the German science journalist Sebastian Leitner in 1972. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is a simple implementation of the principle of spaced repetition , where cards are reviewed at increasing intervals.
The earliest mention of Contra appears in a list of games in a 1755 poem. [2] In 1773 it is described as one of the games played with "German cards" i.e. a 32-card German-suited pack, [3] and, in 1786 it was reported that, along with Trischaken, it was a very popular game among the peasants in German-speaking lands.
The accent is on a fast, easy game rather than on historical accuracy." He believed "the historical 'feel' and the choice of strategies are conveyed rather well." Palmer did admit that the game was "widely thought to be vastly biased to the Allies, but a conservative German defence can work well."
Die Macher ("The Maker") was designed by Karl-Heinz Schmiel of Germany, and published by Hans im Glück in 1986 as a four-player game.The original edition used only the Länder (German states) of the former West Germany, and featured political issues relevant to the mid-1980s.
1914 is a two-player corps-level simulation of the first few weeks of World War I on the Western Front.With a 22" x 28" mounted hex grid game map, almost 400 double-sided die-cut counters, a mobilization chart pad for secret deployment, and various charts and instructions including a Battle Manual, the game was considered highly complex.
Hammerschlagen (also called Stump or Nagelbalken [German lit. 'nail beam']), is a game in which participants compete against each other to drive nails into a wooden beam. Competitive nailing can be a solo game. [1] [2] However, the most common form is as a competition between several individuals, the winner of which gets a prize. [3]
1378 (km) is a first-person shooter multiplayer video game developed by Jens M. Stober, a student at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.In his game, Stober had reused some code and gameplay principles of "Frontiers", a game by the artist group gold extra, on which he had also worked as a map designer. [1]