THIS MONTH IN HISTORY: NOVEMBER

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THE FIRST TOTAL WAR GAME WAS THE BREAKOUT HIT THAT CREATIVE ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO FREE ITSELF FROM ITS WORK-FOR-HIRE SITUATIONSHIP WITH ELECTRONIC ARTS. SINCE THEN THE SERIES HAS GONE FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH, COVERING EVERYTHING FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE NAPOLEONIC WARS TO SKAVEN AND UNDEAD LORDS

WITH OVER FOUR DECADES IN THE INDUSTRY ELITE HAS MADE AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF GAMES. HERE’S THE HITS AND MISSES THAT SHAPED THE CLASSIC PUBLISHER

The ‘light military simulation’ game ships out to Vietnam, 1965

When their B-17 came under attack during a reconnaissance mission in the South Pacific, two crewmen earned the highest award for gallantry