Review: Toy Soldiers

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The First World War is a bit of a white elephant for the gaming industry. Despite the abhorrently high body count, the wealth of interesting battlegrounds and the advent of both tanks and military aircraft, no one outside the strategy genre has ever really given the “War to end all wars” a fair depiction.


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Article Date: Mar 08,2010

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