Our Almoravid research and design team take us on a guided tour of 11th-Century Muslim Spain—a patchwork of middling to tiny “taifa” emirates. Al‑Andalus in the Levy & Campaign Series’ second volume presents players a far different political geography to exploit and maneuver across than that of Nevsky. Here we visit each 1085 taifa state […]
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Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as HistoryTwilight Struggle: Red Sea, the newest addition to GMT’s Lunchtime Series, will be added to the GMT P500 list this week! TS: Red Sea is a two-player, card-driven game that builds on the award-winning Twilight Struggle system and recreates the sudden spark in the Cold War around the Horn of Africa and its vital sea
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Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as HistoryIntroduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): Welcome back! The first part of this article series provided an overview of the 1805-1812 Napoleonic Wars period. This episode sets the historical stage for commencement of GMT’s P-500 offered Congress of Vienna Game. This article Part 2 of 4 resumes the exciting narrative with Napoleon’s remarkable comeback after
Introduction (By CoV Editor Fred Schachter): Although wargame grognards who have affinity for the Napoleonic Period, which includes the Congress of Vienna Design/Development Team, will likely have ample familiarity with what occurred during the game’s 1813-1814 historical timeframe; reconciling that history to how the game presents it, or allows its alternate history portrayal through options
Here is the final installment of my series of articles on the main characters in Banish the Snakes, who are called “saints” in the game. I hope you have enjoyed these short biographies. Perhaps they have brought some understanding to a little-known episode in world history.
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Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as HistoryBorn in Ulster Province, Moninne was the daughter of Machta, a high chief of Ulaid. Tradition says that she was baptized as a child and also later confirmed by Saint Patrick himself. It is said that he predicted that her name would be remembered forever. Perhaps because of this prediction, she chose a religious life,
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Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as HistoryRight in the middle of this important era in Irish history is the curious story of Brendan the Navigator. Born into a common family of fishermen on the Atlantic coast of Munster, he was baptized by Saint Erc, and as a boy studied under “the Brigid of Munsterâ€, Saint Ita. He continued his ecclesiastical studies
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Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as HistoryBelow you will find another fantastic article from Clio’s Board Games, this time discussing Cold War games and the legacy of Twilight Struggle. You can also find this article on Clio’s blog. If you are interested in Clio’s Board Games’ series on InsideGMT discussing the fall of Communism through the lens of GMT’s 1989, you can read that here.
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Inside the Game as HistoryAlong with its three patron saints (Patrick, Columba, and Brigid) Ireland also has four “most sacred†bishops. The list changes with the telling, but most versions include Ibar of Beggerin. Ibar has been linked with Brigid; he was a missionary bishop who was active around the same time and in the same areas where she
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Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as HistoryThe Twelve Apostles of Ireland were a group of twelve monastic leaders who spread Christianity far and wide. They led expeditions throughout the island, and then out into the wider world: to return the faith first to the Picts, then the rest of Great Britain, and then onto the continent. The Western Roman Empire had
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