All Bridges Burning: Simulating the Finnish Civil War

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As a gaming topic, the Finnish Civil War is relatively unknown. Gamers might therefore appreciate thematic guidance as to what they are thematically doing when interacting on the game board. A previous InsideGMT article already provided a basic account of the general faction characteristics and aims. In the next two InsideGMT articles on All Bridges […]

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It’s All in the Cards: The Cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (Part 4)

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In this article we continue to explore the event cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (ACIS). To read the previous three articles in this series, follow the links here, here, and here. 

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Peloponnesian War: What Are the Opponents’ Objectives? (Part 2)

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Here is Part 2 of Mark’s “Advice on Peloponnesian War, from 38-year old Mark” as published in his original article from The General. You can find Part 1 here. Enjoy the article! – Gene

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Clausewitz’ Trinity in 1989 (1989, #7)

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Below you will find the seventh in a series of articles from Clio of Clio’s Board Games. The article is Part 7 of 7 in a planned series that looks at the fall of Communism through the lens of GMT’s 1989. Hope you enjoy the article! -Rachel

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Advanced Railroad Engineering Rules for 1914 Offensive à outrance: The Initial Campaigns on the Western Front in WWI

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1914 Offensive à outrance (Oào) is a monster game designed to be played to its conclusion. Specifically, that its 30 GTs can be completed in the time available at one Consimworld Expo (about six days). The rules were written to enable players to accomplish this feat while being careful not to compromise the historical simulation

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Conquest of Paradise As a 4X Game

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Below is another article from one of our newer blog contributors, David Waldorf. You can find his previous InsideGMT articles covering Conquest of Paradise here. Enjoy! -Rachel

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It’s All in the Cards: The Cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (Part 3)

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In this article we continue to explore the event cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (ACIS). To read the previous two articles in this series, follow the links here and here.

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Peloponnesian War: What Was Old is New Again! (Part 1)

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As I write this, my solitaire Peloponnesian War design, published in 1991 under the Victory Games label, has made a successful P500 debut as an enhanced version with GMT. To all those who supported bringing this one back from the past, thank you. I was contemplating what to write for an article about the game,

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Designer Blogs, Solitaire Systems

Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 1

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Nevsky: Teutons and Rus in Collision is the first volume in Volko’s intended Levy & Campaign Series covering various medieval and perhaps other pre-industrial conflicts at the operational level. Readers have asked for a closer look at the mechanics in the new series, so we answer that call to arms here with the first installment from

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GMT Website Update

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[avatar user=”gmtgames@aol.com” size=”thumbnail” align=”left” /] Hi everyone! In this article, I want to give you guys a quick update on the website transition, let you know what we’ll be testing during the coming days and weeks, and let you know what you can do right now to help us with that, if you’re so inclined.

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