After a somewhat longer break, we’re back with the American Revolution! We had concluded last time with the French entry into the war on the American side. Today, we’ll look at the cooperation between the allies, the British strategic shift to the south, and how these two impulses collided and gave way to peace – as always, with board games. You […]
The following are a few British Faction first Event cards and the associated history: 27. The Queen’s Rangers Show for Battle The Loyalist regiment with a history reaching back to Rodger’s Rangers in the French and Indian War was renamed in honor of Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III. Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe
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Designer BlogsThe following are a few French Faction first Event cards and the associated history: 60. Comte d’Orvilliers Builds a Fleet at Brest In 1777 D’Orvilliers was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Navy and worked to prepare the navy for conflict with the British including the preparation of a fleet in Brest.
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Designer BlogsThe following are a few Indian Faction first Event cards and the associated history: 75. Congress’ Speech to the Six Nations “We desire you will hear and receive what we have now told you, and that you will open a good ear and listen to what we are now going to say. This is a
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Designer BlogsThe depth of the history around the American Revolution is captured in the Liberty or Death Event Cards. Below is a sample of the Patriot Faction first Event cards with a brief discussion of the history. Card Number 4. The Penobscot Expedition The largest American naval expedition of the war, a flotilla of 19 warships
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Designer BlogsAs a historical boardgamer, my greatest hope in trying out a new game is that it will reveal to me something about some other time or place that I did not already understand. Harold Buchanan’s Liberty or Death does that for me, even on the should-be familiar topic of the American Revolution. Let me tell
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Designer BlogsThe GMT Weekend at the Warehouse offers gamers an opportunity to play their favorite games amongst the shelves of thousands of GMT games. For me, the best part is the opportunity to meet designers and other notables that created and love the games. Now that I am designing Liberty or Death it gives me the
A GMT Weekend at the Warehouse with Örjan Ariander (April 2015) Read Post »
Designer Blogs, The Inside ViewVICTORY CONDITIONS How could the French or Indians win the American Revolution? If you define winning the game as controlling North America in some way – they can’t. But the question for me is a broader question: How can these Factions, each important to the outcome of the conflict, win their situation? With that question
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Designer BlogsVolume VI of the COIN series will bring a number of changes to the system to apply the realities of combat, politics and economics in the eighteenth century. Each leader has a specific Brilliant Stroke card with capabilities that can be used by trumping an event card in play. The mechanism allows each
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Designer BlogsWe’ve just added Liberty or Death to our P500 list today, so order away! 🙂 Liberty or Death P500 Page. Enjoy! – Gene ——————- Below is a narrative from a recent playtest of Liberty or Death at the Camp Pendleton Conflict Simulations Club here in San Diego. I am indebted to my friends for taking
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