Introduction: We explained in the previous article how CoV’s Solitaire Game’s Initial and Diplomacy Phases utilize Stuka Joe’s marvelous Card Driven Games’ Solo Method (CDGSM) adapted for Congress of Vienna: Designing the Congress of Vienna Solitaire Game, Part 1of 2: Diplomacy and The French Bot | Inside GMT blog. In this article we continue this […]
Borikén: The Taíno Resistance includes three separate games, each covering a distinct period of the history of the Taíno people of Borikén (modern day Puerto Rico). Each game uses the same map and the same basic system, but with different additional rules and objectives to model the particularities of its era. The first game, taking
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Developer Notes, Playtest ReportsArticle written by Pascal Toupy and Tom Toupy-Durant The French campaign in Egypt and Syria is probably the most misunderstood of Napoleon’s military epics. And yet it is the foundation of the Napoleonic legend. Indeed, Bonaparte’s seclusion on Egyptian soil gave him the opportunity to test his ability to manage and lead a conquered territory
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Designer BlogsBelow is a great video from The Recreation Department on YouTube ranking all six factions from the first three Levy & Campaign series titles: Nevsky, Almoravid, and Inferno. Enjoy! -Rachel
Video: The Recreation Department Ranks Levy & Campaign Series Factions Read Post »
VideosSome time ago, a new game named Order & Opportunity: Making of the Post-Cold War World Order entered GMT Games’ P500 list. This is the sixth in a series of articles talking about different aspects of the game. Following the previous insideGMT article on the cards and card play in Order & Opportunity, in this
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Designer BlogsDesigners Christopher Vorder Brugge, Mark McLaughlin, and I would like to express our gratitude for the support, patronage, and encouragement which so many of the GMT Community provided over the lengthy, but always enjoyable, journey of ACME from concept to publication. You have our thanks. We would also like to express our particular gratitude to
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Developer NotesIn this series of articles, we will chronologically discover the epic of Napoleon in Egypt. In our previous article, we saw how, after conquering Egypt, Napoleon had to take his men to Syria to face the Ottoman army. But after failing to conquer the walls of Acre, coupled with a British landing, Bonaparte had to
A Short Story of the French Campaign in Egypt, Part 3 – The Fall Read Post »
Designer BlogsThis article discusses Allied strategy in the forthcoming design, Battle Command: The Bulge. For an overview of the game, and the battle it represents, see the first article in the series: An Introduction to Battle Command: The Bulge. We also have an article on German strategy.
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Designer BlogsIn this series of articles, we will chronologically discover the epic of Napoleon in Egypt. In our first article, we followed the French from the moment they left their country throughout the Nile campaign, which allowed them to conquer an immense territory from Alexandria to Thebes via Cairo. The year now turns to 1799, and
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Designer BlogsSome time ago, a new game named Order & Opportunity: Making of the Post-Cold War World Order entered GMT Games’ P500 list. This is the fifth in a series of articles talking about different aspects of the game. In this installment, we turn our attention from the thematic aspects of the game that have preoccupied
Order & Opportunity: Cards and Card Play Part #1 Read Post »
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