TOAW III reviews & awards

Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III is the next game in the award-winning Operational Art of War game series. TOAW3 is updated and enhanced version of the TOAW: Century of Warfare game series. TOAW3 is a turn based game covering operational warfare from 1850-2015. Game scale is from 2.5km to 50km and half day to full week turns. TOAW3 scenarios have been designed by over 70 designers and included over 130 scenarios. TOAW3 comes complete with a full game editor.

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Updated as they come in:
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Armchair General Magazine - 83%
The release of TOAW3 is the return of past glories of war gaming, and shall remain popular and be played for years to come.
Link to review: http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles...

Gamers Hall - Silver Award - 88%
"Eines der besten klassischen Strategiespiele / One of the best Classic Wargames"
Link to review: http://www.gamershall.de/...

Bovine Conspiracy - 9/10
"The game is an incredibly deep approximation of operational warfare. It is also one of the best war games you’ll ever play, and it will have legs for year..."
http://www.bovineconspiracy.com/...

Out of Eight Review - 7/8
"The Operational Art of War is one of the most comprehensive wargames available."
Link to review: http://jaguarusf.blogspot.com/...l
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Armchair General
TOAW 3 Pre-Release Thoughts
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles ... 647&page=1
Interview: Ralph Trickey on TOAW 3
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles ... 649&page=1
Interview: James Mathews on TOAW 3
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles ... 658&page=1
Interview: Daniel McBride on TOAW 3
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles ... 680&page=1

Ralph Trickey
TOAW IV Programmer
Blog: http://operationalwarfare.com
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Bovine Conspiracy (9/10):
http://www.bovineconspiracy.com/index.p ... &Itemid=42

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Bronze for Wargame of the Year 2006.
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Armchair General Magazine - 4 1/2 Stars
The Operational Art of War is a treasure chest of stimulating play and a must-have for any serious wargamer.
March 2007 Page 104
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I wrote a review in italian:

http://www.netwargamingitalia.net/gioch ... sione.html

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Some missing reviews in this thread

The Wargamer
http://www.wargamer.com/article/2295/Th ... t-of-War-3

SimHQ
http://www.simhq.com/_land2/land_065a.html

Deaf Gamers
http://www.deafgamers.com/06reviews/toaw3_pc.html

Gildia.pl (Polish)
http://www.gry.gildia.pl/gry/operationa ... i/recenzja

Dome.fi (Finnish)
http://dome.fi/pelit/arvostelut/operati ... of-war-iii


WROTE ON THE GROUND 5 Stars
„This is the definitive version of what is probably the definitive boardgame-like computer wargame. Highly recommended.“
http://wroteontheground.blogspot.de/search?q=TOAW
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ORIGINAL: Templer

Some missing reviews in this thread

The Wargamer
http://www.wargamer.com/article/2295/Th ... t-of-War-3

SimHQ
http://www.simhq.com/_land2/land_065a.html

Deaf Gamers
http://www.deafgamers.com/06reviews/toaw3_pc.html

Gildia.pl (Polish)
http://www.gry.gildia.pl/gry/operationa ... i/recenzja

Dome.fi (Finnish)
http://dome.fi/pelit/arvostelut/operati ... of-war-iii


WROTE ON THE GROUND 5 Stars
„This is the definitive version of what is probably the definitive boardgame-like computer wargame. Highly recommended.“
http://wroteontheground.blogspot.de/search?q=TOAW
And those! :)

English:
http://www.wargamer.com/article/3454/pc ... of-war-iii

German:
http://www.stratege-magazin.de/index.ph ... ulaer-sind
http://www.stratege-magazin.de/index.ph ... elle-cosim

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