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- ↑ Leckie, Robert (2000). "A Few Acres of Snow" The Saga of the French and Indian Wars: The Saga of the French and Indian Wars . New York City: Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-24690-5.
- ↑ "2011 Golden Geek Award Winners". Board Game Geek . BoardGameGeek, LLC. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
- ↑ "Meeples Choice Awards". BoardGameGeek.
