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Hot horchata in Mexico. Horchata de arroz is made of rice, sometimes with vanilla, and typically with cinnamon. [1] [20] [21] It is the most common variety of horchata in Mexico and Guatemala. [citation needed] In the United States, it is popular in taquerías and Mexican ice cream shops. [22] [23] [24]
War Room is a video game written by Robert S. Harris for the ColecoVision and published by Probe 2000 in 1983. [1] The player takes the role of a four-star general defending the United States from a nuclear attack.
Mark Simonitch (born December 30, 1957 [1]) is an American wargame designer and graphic artist. His game designs include Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage and Ardennes '44, and he has made maps for Wilderness War and Empire of the Sun among others.
Most wargames are turn-based, involving movement and combat resolved through arithmetic and dice rolls. The setting of a game determines the type of units used, with popular historical themes including WWII, the Napoleonic Wars, and the American Civil War, while Warhammer 40,000 is the leading fantasy setting. Models, historically made from ...
Wargames tend to be representational, with many using soldier-shaped pieces on a map-like board; as such, they may colloquially be called "dudes on a map" games. [3] Generally, they depict a fairly concrete historical subject (such as the Battle of Gettysburg , one of several popular topics in the genre), but it can also be extended to non ...
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.
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The game "Pursuit of Glory" by Brad Stock and Brian Stock, covering the First World War against the Ottoman Empire in greater detail, was published by GMT Games in 2008. Another spin-off game, "Illusions of Glory," covering the Italian , Eastern , and Balkan Fronts in more detail, was published by GMT Games in 2017.