Book reviews. It has come to this. EuroWarGames, Cardboard Ghosts, and Wargames According to Mark – which ones are good, and which ones are worth buying?

Mathematicians keep suggesting games so infuriating that other people rebel against numbers.

If you've written a novel or two, writing a few pages of rules should be easy… right?

As the Cold War takes a turn, computer wargames transform into strategy games, where a president does whatever the last person to see him told him to, dudes multiply in castles, and officers ask Napoleon to speak proper English.

The Cold War continues to terrify and inspire, so say hello to orbital laser strikes, new games of power politics, and the start of a long-running Japanese series. The British are still weird.