Decisive Action: Movement and Opportunity Fire

by Evan Yoak and Joe Chacon Last time we shot, this time we’ll move, next time we’ll communicate. Erm, we’ll shoot this time, too. Maybe communicate as well. Heck, we’re just going to do it all! That said, we’re not going to cover movement in Decisive Action in any great depth since, if you’ve ever […]

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Plantagenet – War of the Roses Replay by Christophe Correia, Part 1

Below you will find Part 1 in a Plantagenet replay series from Cristophe Correia originally published on The Boardgames Chronicle blog. Enjoy! -Rachel Levy & Campaign Series developer Christophe Correia and his friend John O’Reilly face off in a run through the full-length scenario of Volume IV, Plantagenet. The scenario covers the full War of the Roses between

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Resisting Revolution: The Soviet Union

The Soviet Union was just as surprised as everyone else when the Cuban revolution succeeded, and their initial attitude towards Castro was cautious, as it was not yet clear where his sympathies lay. The Cuban communist party (the PSP, or Popular Socialist Party) had even supported Fulgencio Batista during his first presidency from 1940 to

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Rebellion: Britannia — Intra Machina (Inside the Machine)

In the earliest development of Rebellion: Britannia we were visualizing the systems in the form of various levers, so that the key elements of Briton Tension, Briton Warbands, and Legion Cohesion (which is rather fun to say out loud) all had mechanisms to both increase and decrease them. We might show this in the form shown in

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Battle Command: The Bulge After Action Report Part 8 — U.S. Turn 4

US Turn 4 – The last chance. Moving to the US Turn, fewer cards are drawn by both sides now. Moving to close a gap in the lines with a pre-planned move, the Germans use a Force March card to shift 2nd SS Panzer into the good defensive terrain at Elsenborn. Needing to maintain a

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Resisting Revolution: The United States

At the beginning of 1959 United States companies owned about 40 percent of the Cuban sugar lands—almost all the cattle ranches—90 percent of the mines and mineral concessions—80 percent of the utilities—practically all the oil industry—and supplied two-thirds of Cuba’s imports. John F. Kennedy, October 1960

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The Last Hundred Yards Vol. 4 AAR: Mission 45.0 — Tigers on the Prowl

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After Action Report

Cuius Regio: Campaign Game Summary / Example of Play

Cuius Regio is an operational level wargame depicting the military activities of the Thirty Years War.  This is a summary of activity in the first two turns of a Campaign game from one of our teaching games with our playtest group.  While this is not a detailed explanation of the rules, but it does provide

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Battle Command: The Bulge After Action Report Part 7 — German Turn 4

German Turn 4 – Don’t rest on your laurels. The Germans draw a decent strong hand, but lack cards for their most important fights, which will be conducted by the 5th Panzer Army. The US draw a disappointing hand, geared entirely for defence at time when they need to be counterattacking. Next, powerful German reinforcements

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Why Levy & Campaign: Ancients?

Here the designer of Epipolae: The Athenian Expedition in Sicily, 415-413 BCE (P500), presents his thoughts on why the Levy & Campaign system works well for ancient settings. (All images are public domain from the Illustrated History of the World, 1881.) Levy & Campaign The Levy & Campaign (L&C) series of games was designed from

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