Growing up in a northern US state Cuba and the US policies affecting it always seemed remote. Besides studying the facts in school I never gave the Cuban Revolu

Growing up in a northern US state Cuba and the US policies affecting it always seemed remote. Besides studying the facts in school I never gave the Cuban Revolution, Cuba, or Castor much thought until I played "Cuba Libre: Castro's Insurgency (1957-1958)" this summer. Reading the historical/design notes in the player's guide and watching events unfold while playing as M26 brought history to life in a very visceral way. I spent the week after playing obsessively reading about modern Cuban history. http://www.gmtgames.com/p-497-cuba-libre-reprint-edition.aspx http://www.gmtgames.com/p-497-cuba-libre-reprint-edition.asp... Cuba Libre is part of a game series on COunter-INsurgencies (COIN). "Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection" covers the American Revolution using the same system. http://www.gmtgames.com/p-582-liberty-or-death-the-american-insurrection-reprint-ed.aspx http://www.gmtgames.com/p-582-liberty-or-death-the-american-...