Monthly Archives: April 2023

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Napoleon in Egypt: Dramatis Personae, Part 1

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Article written by Pascal Toupy and Tom Toupy-Durant

The French campaign in Egypt and Syria is probably the most misunderstood of Napoleon’s military epics. And yet it is the foundation of the Napoleonic legend. Indeed, Bonaparte’s seclusion on Egyptian soil gave him the opportunity to test his ability to manage and lead a conquered territory and experiment with a number of military, administrative and social reforms. Of course, the Corsican general was not alone and he had the support of exceptional men, most of whom would follow him throughout his epic journey.

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Video: The Recreation Department Ranks Levy & Campaign Series Factions

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Below is a great video from The Recreation Department on YouTube ranking all six factions from the first three Levy & Campaign series titles: Nevsky, Almoravid, and Inferno. Enjoy! -Rachel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRm9OxIiYrA
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Order & Opportunity: Cards and Card Play Part #2

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Some time ago, a new game named Order & Opportunity: Making of the Post-Cold War World Order entered GMT Games’ P500 list. This is the sixth in a series of articles talking about different aspects of the game.

Following the previous insideGMT article on the cards and card play in Order & Opportunity, in this article we look at some further types of cards included in the game.

Recently, a number of short playthrough videos were posted on YouTube that can be a helpful companion to the present article.

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Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East (ACME) Is Electric… on Vassal That Is!

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Designers Christopher Vorder Brugge, Mark McLaughlin, and I would like to express our gratitude for the support, patronage, and encouragement which so many of the GMT Community provided over the lengthy, but always enjoyable, journey of ACME from concept to publication.  You have our thanks.

We would also like to express our particular gratitude to Joel Toppen, a prolific, talented, and creative designer who so graciously and expertly created a VASSAL module for ACME. This module is available at VASSALEngine.org: https://vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Ancient_Civilizations_of_the_Middle_East

ACME Map on VASSAL
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A Short Story of the French Campaign in Egypt, Part 3 – The Fall

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In this series of articles, we will chronologically discover the epic of Napoleon in Egypt. In our previous article, we saw how, after conquering Egypt, Napoleon had to take his men to Syria to face the Ottoman army. But after failing to conquer the walls of Acre, coupled with a British landing, Bonaparte had to turn back to defend his hard-won territory. What does the future hold for these thousands of French soldiers, trapped between the desert and the enemy? This is what we will see in this final article, which covers the third scenario of Napoleon in Egypt: The Fall.

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Allied Strategy in Battle Command: The Bulge

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This article discusses Allied strategy in the forthcoming design, Battle Command: The Bulge. For an overview of the game, and the battle it represents, see the first article in the series: An Introduction to Battle Command: The Bulge. We also have an article on German strategy.