[Whiterook]

Ha! I hear 'ya....games first, eh? It's a game called "Band of Heroes" from Lock 'N Load publishing. If you're into the older chit pushing games, like AValon Hill, SPI, Victory Games, etc...this is one of the great next gen games out there. Absolutely gorgeous graphics, and a faitly simple game system. D-Day timeframe. It plays amazingly well solitaire, too. I saw it at Origins Game Expo last year...the designer, Mark Walker, demoed it for me and I was hooked! It has a couple expansions which add the Russians and British.

Go to my Moderator's Game Review section for a review of the game, and also the website for the game, where you can download a free demo version of the game (a scenario and may, with enough counters to play the scenario....playable many times just by itself! The website also has the rules download as part of the download demo.

I highly recommend this game to all!