Here’s another great set of brief (about 2-3 minutes each) videos from Joel Toppen, this time taking us inside Scenario 4 of Fighting Formations. Enjoy! – Gene
Monthly Archives: June 2018
GMT’s Battles of the American Revolution Tournament at WBC 2018
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Friends of the BoAR Series,
We’re now just four weeks away from WBC 2018 and I wanted to report on what we have planned for GMT’s Battles of the American Revolution tournament this year. Those of you that regularly check our folder on Consimworld or follow our Facebook page may already know some of this information. A refresher never hurts and I want to be sure those that don’t routinely get our posts will have everything they need to make a quality decision.
Peloponnesian War Series Replay: Turn 1
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For those of you who have been following Mark’s “What Was Old is New Again” series covering Peloponnesian War design and strategy, please enjoy another selection from the years ago published Volume 28 #1 of The General. This four part article series is a replay of Peloponnesian War featuring Kevin Boylan as the Athenian Player, Doug Whatley as the Spartan Player, and Mark Herman as the Neutral Commentator. Enjoy! -Rachel
Replicator Tuesday Issue #45: After Action Report
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Replicator Tuesdays is an article series appearing on InsideGMT. It features insights into the development of the 2nd expansion for the board wargame Space Empires:4x by Jim Krohn. Here the designer, developer and play testers will share their thoughts and experiences on this upcoming expansion. Since there is much crossover between the Space Empires and Talon development teams, both Space Empires and Talon articles will be featured in this series.
Issue #45: After Action Report
This is an After Action Report of one of the Solitaire Playtest Games that I conducted for the Space Empires: Replicators Expansion.
Next War: Poland Video AAR (Part 5)
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In Part 1 , Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 of Joel’s video AAR of Next War: Poland, he covered the action during turns 1 -6 of the campaign game. In this article, we’ll pick up the action during turn 7. Enjoy! – Gene
Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 3
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Continuing our detailed exposition of gameplay in Nevsky—Teutons and Rus in Collision. Part 3 covers storming an enemy garrison—including our first closeup look at the nature of forces and fortifications in the Levy & Campaign system. Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Note: All images below are playtest images, not final art.
We are within the Campaign portion of the 40-Day game turn. The Teutons have their final Command Activation, which will be Hermann, currently Besieging the Russian border Fort of Izborsk.
Hermann issues the final Teutonic Commands of the first 40 days.
Cataclysm Overview and Strategy Videos
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Joel Toppen has created another set of informative and insightful game videos – this time for one of our newest releases, Cataclysm. We present them here for your enlightenment and enjoyment! – Gene
Peloponnesian War: Final Strategies and Conclusion (Part 4)
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Here is Part 4 of Mark’s “Advice on Peloponnesian War, from 38-year old Mark†as published in his original article from The General. Enjoy the article! – Gene
Next War: Poland Video AAR (Part 4)
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In Part 1 , Part 2, and Part 3 of Joel’s video AAR of Next War: Poland, he covered the action during turns 1 -5 of the campaign game. In this article, he’ll take us into the action during turn 6. Enjoy! – Gene
Operation Silver Bayonet (Part 1)
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Volko and three friends met recently at Volko’s place to begin playing a Silver Bayonet campaign. Subsequently, Volko posted a series of well-illustrated AARs as a thread on Twitter. We are presenting that information as a single article here with Volko’s permission, so players can reference the information in one narrative. This initial article takes us through their first 2 1/2 turns (days) of game play. Enjoy! – Gene
First Contact: I had three buddies over to feel our way through #SilverBayonet, 25th Anniversary Edition, by @GMTGames (Gene Billingsley) and @Toadkillerdog (Mitchell Land). We covered the first 2½ days of the most famous Ia Drang battles. Here’s what went down.
