Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles Session Report – Arita Castle 1517 AD

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With Commands & Colors: Samurai Battles recently unboxed and all the stickers already applied, it was just a matter of time before I brought that title to the table. I am going to present the session reports connected with the game in similarly way as I did for C&C Medieval and the Belisarius Campaign. You may expect the historical background to […]

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After Action Report

The Last Hundred Yards Volume 2: Airborne Over Europe After Action Report — Mission 13, Bridge 10

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Able Company, 504 PIR 0530 18 September, 1944 Near Neerbosch, on the Maas-Waal Canal  Holland is flat, no two ways about it. On Sicily it was the heat. In Italy, it was the mud. But here in Holland, it is the complete lack of cover. Pool-table flat, pancake flat, you get the picture. Scouting the position before

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After Action Report

“It’s All in the Cards”: A Compendium of Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East’s Cards: Chapter Two, Part Two – Trade Cards

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Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East provides ten (10!) Trade cards… not cards the players trade with one another, but cards representing the Ancient World’s commercial environment and the forces which effected it.  Please note cards are generally played sequentially by Civilization after the Deployment Phase which places disks upon the map. For an explanation

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Designer Blogs

Inside the Opposing Armies of Dubno ’41 (Part 1): Soviet Army – The Stumbling Colossus

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The little known battle of Brody-Dubno pitted the highly proficient German Wehrmacht against the unproven Red Army colossus, both supported by their own air forces. Let’s take a look at both sides’ forces and how they are modeled into Dubno ’41.

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Designer Blogs

“All Along The Demilitarized Zone”: Playing Next War: Korea (Part 3)

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Ian M. Sullivan is the Special Advisor for Analysis and ISR at the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, US Army Training and Doctrine Command. Disclaimer: All views expressed in this post are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or Army Training and Doctrine Command

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After Action Report

Inside GMT One: Evolving Trưng into Tây Sơn

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The development process for Fall of Saigon’s bots began way back with the development of the Trưng Bot Update Kit. Much of what Bruce Mansfield designed for Trưng eventually made its way into the Fall of Saigon bots, which we call Tây Sơn. The three Tây Sơn brothers united Vietnam in the 18th Century after

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Developer Notes, Solitaire Systems

Laban! Chapter 7: The Events in People Power

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While the dramatic events of the People Power Revolution are familiar to many people, far fewer know the events that led to the mass protests and to Marcos’ deposition. The event deck in People Power covers these lesser known events – the events of February 1986 are simulated via a different method – and they

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Developer Notes

Faster Assault Resolution for Mons 1914 and Gallipoli 1915

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Mons, 1914: The Mad Minute will include the 2.0 version of the Rifle and Spade series rules; the 1.0 version shipped with Gallipoli, 1915: Churchill’s Greatest Gamble.  In the last chapter I described the new fire resolution method. In this chapter I will describe the streamlined charts used for assault resolution.

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Designer Blogs

Elite vs. Regular Units in the Last Hundred Yards

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The introduction of airborne units to the LHY series raised an interesting question: What was important to model Airborne units during WWII? Essentially, the challenge was how to model the difference between these elite units and the regular units depicted in LHY. We asked some military experts and they cited that an important distinction is

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Designer Blogs

Never Tell Me the Odds: Strength-Dependent Risk Mitigation and the Combat System in Vijayanagara

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Introduction In the previous articles we introduced some of the main modeling choices in Vijayanagara, and presented the central features representing each Faction’s goals and their means of attaining them. In this article we turn to the game’s combat system.

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