Plantagenet – War of the Roses Replay by Christophe Correia, Part 3

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After Action Report

The Guerrilla Generation: Uruguay

This is the first in a series of InsideGMT articles on the games in the second COIN Multipack by GMT Games, The Guerrilla Generation. First, I should mention that I’m very happy with the reception of the first COIN Multipack, The British Way, in terms of reception and sales. Thanks to all your support the

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Designer Blogs

Solitaire TacOps: Dynamic Hexes and Counters

As promised at the end of my last blog post, today we are diving into the way that the maps and components in Solitaire TacOps: Ortona impact the game play.  As discussed in the second part of this series, the system builds off of the ideas from classic hex and counter games, but it does

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Solitaire TacOps: From Double Blind to Solitaire

Last week, we started off with by talking about the design principles and scale behind Solitaire TacOps: Ortona. This week we will be talking about the design behind the series system. The Solitaire TacOps system, as a design idea, entered the formative stage while considering the map of the 1977 SPI game Cityfight by Joe Balkoski and Stephen Donaldson. It

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Hussites, Bohemian Catholics, and Foreigners: What Has Changed Without Adding New Rules?

Upcoming game Žižka: Reformation and Crusade in Hussite Bohemia, 1420-1421 comes with a bunch of new mechanics such as new Assets, new rules for Crusade, for immediate surrender of some types of Strongholds, new multi stronghold Locale (Prague), or the whole new multi-purpose deck of so called Cause cards.  It also relies heavily on mechanics

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How Scale, Effectiveness, and Maneuver Inform Solitaire TacOps

At first blush, the connection between my first GMT game, Cross Bronx Expressway, and my next, Solitaire TacOps: Ortona, might seem tenuous. However, the connection is quite simple – I have an affinity for urban settings and how they serve as representations of human modernity.  Cross Bronx Expressway explores this through the social, political, and economic domains.

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First Draft of History: Designing a Military Simulation of the Russo-Ukraine War 2022-2023

Below you will find an article from co-designers D. B. Dockter and Mark Herman on the design of their upcoming game titled Defiance: 2nd Russo-Ukrainian War 2022-?, which is available for P500 preorder from GMT as of this December. This article was originally published on Conflicts of Interest Online in April 2023, and you can

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Fields of Fire Deluxe – Heartbreak Ridge Mission Book

The new Mission Book for the Heartbreak Ridge campaign from the upcoming Fields of Fire Deluxe is now free to download from the Fields of Fire Deluxe P500 page at GMT Games for anyone with the original game to play with. [Link] About The Campaign Heartbreak Ridge was originally released as a free extra for

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Development Updates

Plantagenet – War of the Roses Replay by Christophe Correia, Part 2

Below you will find Part 2 in a Plantagenet replay series from Cristophe Correia originally published on The Boardgames Chronicle blog. You can read Part 1 here. Enjoy! -Rachel After the defeat and the death of Henry VI and Somerset at the Battle of Ipswich, Richard York becomes King of England for the next 10 years.

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After Action Report

A Roman, a Carthaginian, a Gaul and a Latin Ally Walk Into a Bar…and Tear it Apart — The Conflict and Event Cards of Hannibal’s Revenge

Introduction by Hannibal’s Revenge Game Developer, Fred Schachter: To those who placed P500 orders for the game and/or InsideGMT readers curious regarding the all too long hiatus in communications regarding it, Mark and I, after tragic periods in our personal lives (we both lost our beloved wives within a single year), are pleased to resume

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