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
Peloponnesian War: What Are the Opponents’ Objectives? (Part 2) Read Post »
Designer BlogsBelow 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
Clausewitz’ Trinity in 1989 (1989, #7) Read Post »
Inside the Game as History1914 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
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
Conquest of Paradise As a 4X Game Read Post »
UncategorizedIn 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.
It’s All in the Cards: The Cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (Part 3) Read Post »
Designer BlogsAs 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,
Peloponnesian War: What Was Old is New Again! (Part 1) Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Solitaire SystemsNevsky: 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
Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 1 Read Post »
Designer Blogs[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.
GMT Website Update Read Post »
The Inside ViewIn this second article of the series, we examine the 103 event cards that provide the random and color factors which can add so much excitement (and a bit of player stress) into a game of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (ACIS). In the first article we covered natural events. Here, we move on
It’s All in the Cards: The Cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (Part 2) Read Post »
Designer BlogsIn Part 1 I looked at how changes to second edition of Wing Leader: Victories affected air combat. In this second part I break down how the tweaks to bombing affect the results of air-to-ground attacks. If air combat has barely changed since the first edition, the bombing system has evolved significantly. The rules haven’t
Wing Leader Second Edition: Combat Analysis, Part 2 Read Post »
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