Monthly Archives: February 2021

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Factions in Red Dust Rebellion: Martian Provisional Government

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Today marks the 20th anniversary of the human presence on Mars. 200 years ago, a small group of intrepid explorers from multiple of Earth’s nations set foot on our world. And starting from that first brave step, we have built all that you see around us today. A living, breathing, vibrant community, a rich diverse world of peoples from all the nations of Earth and many of us who have always called Mars home.

Today is a day when we must reflect one where we have come from. The debt we owe our forebears and the struggles and sacrifices they made to carve out a life in the barren rock of Mars. The botanists who learned to grow plants that feed us, the engineers who built the tunnels we live in, the scientists who built our water reclamation system, the miners who dug up the materials we need, and the machinists who built the places we now call home.

Today we must reflect on where we came from. But we must also look forward to the next 200 years of this greatest of human endeavors. We will terraform Mars. We will build a new world, a new home for humanity. It will be our greatest accomplishment. And for all that our forebears have done to bring us to this point, we must do more.

For our future, for our children’s future, and for the future of humanity. Let us all work together in this noblest of goals.

Teresa Yeo, Prime Minister of the Martian Assembly, Bi-centennial day address  
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Caesar: Rome vs. Gaul – Playing the Gauls

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Below is another great article from The Boardgames Chronicle, this time showing his game of Caesar: Rome vs Gaul playing as the Gauls. If you would like to read this article on his blog, you can find that here. Enjoy! -Rachel

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A Hop, Skip, and an Amphibious Assault — Playing Next War: Taiwan (Part 2)

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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

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.

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Roles and Relationships in Prime Minister

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The first InsideGMT article for Prime Minister discussed the game’s use of numbers to simulate Britain’s political system. Now we’ll go beyond the numbers and look at how player roles and relationships evoke the struggle for political power.

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A Desperate Struggle: Event Cards and Suits in In the Shadows

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In the Shadows was born in a whirlwind. We (Chris, Dan, and Joe) created the game for the inaugural Consim Game Jam in October 2020. We were tasked with designing an original game using the existing components from one of the COIN series games. And, if that wasn’t challenging enough, we only had 72 hours to do it!

Amidst the swirl of creativity, we desired to design something that told the story of the French Resistance within the framing of a Lunchtime Game. In the game you will play as either the Resistance or the Occupation in a fight over the hearts and minds of the French People. In this article we will focus on the Event cards and the importance of the regional Suits.