Totally Accurate Battle Simulator brings the wacky joy of fighting action figures to life

In the history of video games, there have been many titles that have tried to encapsulate the raw and brutal reality that is war. From giant, AAA first-person shooters like the Battlefield or Call of Duty series that put you in the boots of a single solider on the ground, to real-time strategy games like StarCraft or Total War giving a more top-down overview of conflicts, to small indie titles like like Valiant Hearts: The Great War and This War of Mine that show the more personal and emotional cost of battle.

But despite the sheer number of war games in existence, none capture the madness of war quite like Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS for short) went into open alpha.

I've played a fair amount of shooters and war games in my...

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