The “Evolution of Expansion or Extinction (EOE)” is an article series appearing in InsideGMT periodically. It features articles from the designer regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release.
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Fire in the Lake Strategy Tips from ElusiveMeeple
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Today’s Fire in the Lake Strategy Tips article is from Robert Crowter-Jones, the writer behind ElusiveMeeple, a wonderful and very useful site that provides both reviews and strategy tips for a wide variety of boardgames. Robert has reviewed Fire in the Lake in some depth and written strategy tips for the game on his blog (see the ElusiveMeeple site). For strategy tips on Triumph and Tragedy, 1960: The Making of the President, Time of Crisis, and Churchill, see his InsideGMT articles here, here, here, and here.
Darkness Visible: The “Dark” System and The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944 (Part Two)
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Below is the second in a series of articles about the “Dark” System from Ted Raicer. Part one can be found here. Enjoy! -Rachel
GMT’s Battles of the American Revolution Series Turns 20-Years Old! – After Action Report: WBC 2018 (Part 1)
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Part I By: Mark Miklos
At the 2018 World Boardgame Championships (WBC) held in Seven Springs, PA in July, Mark Miklos’ Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR), published by GMT Games, celebrated its twentieth anniversary. The designer and publisher pulled out all the stops for this milestone event. Several players also volunteered to contribute prizes and memorabilia. Bruno Sinigaglio donated t-shirts, Chris Easter (even though he couldn’t attend) donated dice cups, and Tim Miller donated book marks. Mark Miklos donated couzies and collectible buttons, and all these items were emblazoned with a special anniversary logo created by Darlene Miklos exclusively for the occasion. Everyone that played in even a single heat was given ALL the aforementioned items.
Manoeuvre Tournament Part Seven: Austrian Empire vs. Ottoman Empire
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Darkness Visible: The “Dark” System and The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944 (Part One)
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The Dark Valley: The East Front Campaign 1941-45, was titled after a Winston Churchill quote to Joseph Stalin, referring to “the dark valley” of the war. More or less as a joke, I promised when The Dark Valley was published that any future games using a variation of the rules system for TDV would include “Dark” in the title. But war being war, that turned out to be an appropriate adjective to use, and TDV was followed by The Dark Sands: North Africa 1940-42, and now The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944, with more darkness almost certain to follow.
Plains Indian Wars Turn by Turn: Setup and First Draw Round
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Welcome to the Great Plains of the American West. Back East a Civil War rages, but those who look beyond the war see a transcontinental railroad and settler expansion all the way to the Rockies. Across the wide Mississippi, Native Plains tribes brace for a war of their own against the white invaders. In this alternative history, warrior chiefs settle traditional tribal scores and united, North and South, take a stand against European encroachment. Welcome to … Plains Indian Wars!
In the following installments of this series, allow me to walk you through the game, turn by turn. Settlers and their Cavalry protectors will clash with the Northern and Southern Plains tribes as the Northern Crow and Mexicans in the south attempt to nibble away their territory. Across the years, long snaking trains of emigrant wagons creak their way west while the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific inch their way forward in hopes of mating their tracks before the Plains Tribes shatter the myth of Manifest Destiny. Ready? Here we go.
Manoeuvre Tournament Part Six: France vs. Russia
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Wing Leader: Eagles – The New Aircraft, Part 3
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In Parts 1 and 2 we looked at the new German, Japanese, Soviet and American aircraft appearing in Wing Leader: Eagles. It’s great to see a mixture of late-war curios and hot-rods finally make it into the game. However, there are two more nations–one a surprise entry in a World War 2 game–that contribute data cards to the new expansion module.
Churchill Strategy Tips from ElusiveMeeple
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Today’s Churchill Strategy Tips article is from Robert Crowter-Jones, the writer behind ElusiveMeeple, a wonderful and very useful site that provides both reviews and strategy tips for a wide variety of boardgames. Robert has reviewed Churchill in some depth and written strategy tips for the game on his blog (see the ElusiveMeeple site). For strategy tips on Triumph and Tragedy, 1960: The Making of the President, and Time of Crisis, see his InsideGMT articles here, here, and here.