Welcome back to Firefight Fridays. Last week in the fifth article we covered the major checks that occur in a game of Firefight Tactical. In doing so we finally finished talking about the core game mechanics, and in celebration we will do something entirely different this week. Firefight Tactical’s lead developer, Peter Evans, and I recorded a playthrough […]
Firefight Friday #6: Nowhere to Run Read Post »
Designer BlogsIntroduction by Hannibal’s Revenge: A Card Conquest System Game Co-Designer, Fred Schachter: To begin, readers have hopefully, by now, checked out the tantalizing glimpse of this game’s graphics created by the talent-extremis Mark Mahaffey. His fine initial work, with assistance of Co-Developer Jason Carr, of Hannibal Revenge game components can be viewed via this link or above: January
A Play Session of Hannibal’s Revenge Read Post »
Playtest ReportsWelcome back to Firefight Fridays. Last week in the fourth article we looked at the core squad types and their functions. This week we will round out the core mechanisms and look at how checks work. This will be superficially familiar to many, but I promise there are some fun wrinkles in there. Many actions
Firefight Friday #5: Check the Rules Read Post »
Designer BlogsWelcome back to Firefight Fridays. Last week in the third article we discussed the battle grid and terrain in Firefight Tactical. At this point we have looked at most of the essentials of how the game works, so let’s start talking about the fun stuff that is built on top of the game’s engine. Specifically, this
Firefight Friday #4: Variety of Infantry Read Post »
Designer BlogsAfter covering the four individual games in The Guerrilla Generation in the previous articles of this series, it is now time to discuss the multipack’s campaign scenario: Resisting Reagan. I think campaign scenarios that link at least some of the games together is an essential part of each multipack, allowing designers to show broader connections
The Guerrilla Generation: Resisting Reagan Campaign Scenario Read Post »
Designer BlogsIntroduction by Fred Schachter – Congress of Vienna (CoV), Assistant Designer & Editor: What a wonderful and pleasurable journey it’s been in this “labor of love” regarding Designer Frank Esparrago’s Congress of Vienna game. Previous InsideGMT articles were devoted to various aspects of the game (see: GMT Games – Congress of Vienna); but with this
A “Congress of Vienna” GMT Production Process Status Report Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Development UpdatesWe intend to offer up our design notes regarding our simulation of the 2nd Russo-Ukrainian War, Defiance, beginning with Volume 1: Miracle on Dnipro: Kyiv & Chernihiv campaign, from time to time. Given that we are designing a simulation regarding an ongoing conflict, it’s a first draft of history. Consequently, at least you’ll get some
Defiance Design Happy Hour: Modeling the Political Dimension of 2nd Russo-Ukrainian War Read Post »
Designer BlogsWelcome back to Firefight Fridays. Last week, in the second article, we discussed the action menus on counters and the interaction between those options and the dice draft. We’ve now covered the core engine of the game, but are missing one very large piece of the puzzle. This week we will be talking about the
Firefight Friday #3: Dynamic Battlefields Read Post »
Designer BlogsNow that we’ve covered the basics of combat and movement, it’s time to tuck into the meat and potatoes of the game: Activations and actions. Grab your tactical spork and let’s dig in.
Decisive Action: Activations and Actions Read Post »
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