The design of Time of Crisis started with one fairly simple idea. Wray was living and working in Chicago, so I was lucky to be able to meet with him in person fairly frequently. At one game day at my house, we were discussing possible game design projects, and I related my interest in the […]
Time of Crisis Design Diary: A Design History Read Post »
Designer Blogs I’m privileged to be Game Developer for The 7 years War: Frederick’s Gamble (henceforth referred to 7YW:FG). This is a wonderful game based on the innovative and still ever popular card driven game engine from Designer Mark McLaughlin: The Napoleonic Wars. If you’re familiar with TNW or its successor games, Wellington and/or Kutuzov; you’d have
The 7 Years War: Frederick’s Gamble – Playtest Report Read Post »
Development Updates, Playtest Reports“Kashmir”, Game Turn 3 Game Turn 3 in this scenario is a “contested” turn; with much more limited movement/combat segments. In the Next War series turns are either “Initiative” turns (that have 3 move/attack cycles for the attacker and 2 move/attack cycles for the defender) or “Contested” turns that provide only 1 move/attack cycle for
Series Replay – Next War: India-Pakistan, Part 3 Read Post »
Series ReplayWe’ve just added Liberty or Death to our P500 list today, so order away! 🙂 Liberty or Death P500 Page. Enjoy! – Gene ——————- Below is a narrative from a recent playtest of Liberty or Death at the Camp Pendleton Conflict Simulations Club here in San Diego. I am indebted to my friends for taking
The Campaign of 1777 – Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection Read Post »
Playtest Reports“Kashmir”, Game Turn 2 GT2 is another Initiative turn for the Pakistan/Chinese side in this scenario. GT3 is a Contested turn by SSR, and the Indians will have the initiative in GT4 by SSR, so the Paks/Chinese really need to push. During initiative movement, the Paks move up more full-strength divisions into Baramula in an
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Series ReplayWe’re excited to be adding Cataclysm to our P500 list this coming week. This is the first of several planned articles by William and Scott to give you guys insight into what this game is all about. Enjoy! – Gene ——————— In the wargaming hobby, every war has to fit into a box. When it comes to
Creating World War 2.0: The Genesis of Cataclysm: A Second World War Read Post »
Designer BlogsI’d like to add just a bit here to the background. But first, I’ll have Doug introduce himself: I have been a gamer since the mid-1980s, when I started with Squad Leader, which of course led to a long obsession with Advanced Squad Leader. In college I was also a Harpoon fanatic, including gaming basically every naval
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Series ReplayLudography Operation Dauntless – Developer – P500 Pax Romana 2nd Edition – Developer – P500 Infidel – Developer Blood & Roses – Developer Red Winter – Rules Proofreader/Editor Desert Falcons (GDW) – Playtester Pax Romana 1st Edition – Playtester Prussia’s Glory II – Playtester Ralph, tell me a little about yourself? I’m a data base
Interview with Developer Ralph Shelton Read Post »
InterviewsJerry White has been attending our GMT Weekends at the Warehouse for many years now. A few years back, as I greeted him at one of the events, he mentioned that he had a game design that he wanted to show me. This happens a lot at GMT Weekends, and it’s kind of “hit and
Enemy Coast Ahead: Evoking the Story Read Post »
Designer BlogsI guess it’s been six or seven years now since I got a call from Rick Young asking me if we’d be interested in publishing games from a proven block game designer. I was a little hesitant, as we didn’t have many block games in the line back then, although Rick and Jesse had done
Triumph and Tragedy: Outside the Box Read Post »
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