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FullMtlAlcoholc on Nov 26, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fidel Castro has died

Yes! There is nothing like a video game ability to spark interest in history, at least for me. I experienced the same thing after playing "Empire: Total War. Napoleon."

Afterwards, I inhaled biographies on him. My favorite was the Felix Markham book: https://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-Signet-Classics-Felix-Markha...

miiiiiike on Nov 26, 2016 [–]

Agreed! But board games in my case.

I have Command & Colors: Napoleonics and a biography of Napoleon sitting next to my desk as I type this.

http://www.gmtgames.com/p-576-commands-colors-napoleonics-3r...

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