Talon Tuesday Issue #21: How to Build a Warhead

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“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #21: How to Build a Warhead Missiles, perhaps, underwent the greatest number of changes during development in terms of mechanics. They are a Talon faction weapon […]

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Design Collaboration in Skies Above the Reich

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I asked my design partner, Mark Aasted, if he wanted to write something for InsideGMT about our game, Skies Above the Reich. He came back with a pithy reply. Actually, he came back with an uncooperative, evasive, mildly combative, yet unexpected, reply. It’s worth printing here. His reply may not provide the details of the

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Talon Tuesday Issue #20: Talon Puzzle 1

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“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #20: Talon Puzzle 1 Things are winding down here on Talon Tuesdays.  In the last 20 consecutive weeks, we’ve taken you on a whirlwind tour of

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Next War India-Pakistan: An After-Action Review

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Pakistan started it. It was supposed to be a short, sharp push over the border into the disputed territory. Pakistan had prepared well, both militarily and diplomatically. Initially, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (IROP) gained tactical surprise over the armed forces of the Republic of India (ROI). Diplomatically, Pakistan secured the support of the People’s

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Talon Tuesday Issue #19: The Newest Ship in the Fleet

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“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #19: The Newest Ship in the Fleet by K. Patrick “Shadowmeld” Barley One of the challenges we had to overcome in Talon was balancing fleet strength across

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An Informal Introduction to “Gallipoli 1915: Churchill’s Greatest Gamble”

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The following summary is like a five minute run down of the rules from an experienced player. This won’t tell you everything, just enough to get you pushing counters and giving you the bones on which to hang the details.

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Talon Tuesday Issue #18: The Player Aid Cards

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“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #18: The Player Aid Cards One of the challenges of making a war game more accessible is trimming the number of tables.  STOPPING play to reference

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Talon Tuesday Issue #17: The Critical Damage Table

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“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #17: The Critical Damage Table Hull damage is serious business. If given the opportunity, you always want to deal damage directly to a ship’s hull. An

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MBT Command and Control Example of Play

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Command and control is a common element of most tactical games for good reason. Force management is a necessity to properly model low scale combat where each counter represents just a single unit up to no more than a few, not to mention supporting infantry units. It basically comes down to who can do what

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Talon Tuesday Issue #16: The Play Book

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“Talon Tuesdays” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays.  It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #16: The Play Book As we’ve mentioned in previous posts, we wanted the Talon Rulebook to be thin and streamlined. This way, new players can pick

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