Last article, I covered the struggle in South Vietnam between the Ngo Dinh Diem regime and the Viet Cong (VC) insurgency. Both sides in the war received external assistance and advice from sponsors seeking to direct the conflict and exert control over their clients. Over the course of the Kennedy administration (1961-1963), US assistance in […]
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Designer BlogsThis is the fourth article in a series I will present each of the five powers of Baltic Empires in turn. This time I will cover the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (or “Poland” for short).
The Powers of Baltic Empires — Poland Read Post »
Designer BlogsLast year we released the first expansion for Tank Duel: Enemy in the Crosshairs, adding North Africa’s sand and sun to Tank Duel. We also incorporated feedback from hundreds of games using the Anti-Tank Gun and Infantry Rules to improve the rules for both. Those rules require some new components, so we wanted to make
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FreebiesBy Ed Ostermeyer, Master Engineer (Grade 2) Ah, the budding entrepreneur returns. Welcome back, young Inventor. If you will open your copy of the Inventor’s Vade Mecum to the section entitled “Sailors,” we will get started. You must be mindful that several decisions must be made before you are allowed access to the Navy’s manpower
I truly love coming back from time to time to C&C Ancients, my most played game of all times. After covering all the official scenarios now I am picking my favorite mini-campaigns – connected thematically sets of battles – and try to play them in one go. Recently I brought to the table couple of Civil
Greco-Persian Wars as Depicted by Commands & Colors: Ancients Read Post »
After Action ReportThough the “H.L. Hunley” was the first submarine to sink another vessel in combat, it was by no means the first submarine built by the American Confederacy in the 1860’s. There were multiple underwater marvels in various stages of completeness at several different locations when war broke out between North and South in April, 1861.
Infernal Machine: The Tale of the “Pioneer” Read Post »
Designer BlogsIn my last InsideGMT article, I gave some background on the Ngo Dinh Diem regime and covered some of the threats to the regime besides the Viet Cong (VC) insurgency. In this article I shift focus to the war in the countryside between the ARVN and VC players. In the early 1960s, the Strategic Hamlet
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Designer BlogsThis is the third article in a series I will present each of the five powers of Baltic Empires in turn. This time I will cover Prussia, the clear underdog among the powers during this period (1558-1721), and certainly not the Prussia from later eras that wargamers may be more familiar with.
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Designer BlogsThis AAR is from round 16 of the Last Hundred Yards Ladder playoff by Marc Rivet. The Americans were played by Marc Rivet and the Germans by Jason Martin.
By Ed Ostermeyer, Master Engineer (Grade 2) A good day to you once more, young Inventor. In our last look into the Inventor’s Vade Mecum, we learned how to recruit and retain your project’s Mechanics. In today’s lesson, the Inventor’s Vade Mecum will provide you guidance in choosing and caring for a surprisingly necessary crewmember
