This article continues the case study of the Battle of Issus started in the InsideGMT article Great Battles of Alexander: The Battle of Issus picking up the action with Game Turn 4. The Macedonians begin the turn with 41 RP lost and units worth 10 RP routed, well under their Withdrawal level of 135 RP. […]
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After Action Report
Introduction by Assistant Designer & Editor, Fred Schachter: Someone unfamiliar with our beloved gaming hobby might at first presume the first words of this piece’s title: “Humans Versus the French Bot” relates to a Terminator movie or some potential Gallic A.I. horror. Ah, but as InsideGMT readers know, this article is about Congress of Vienna,
Introduction The second edition of Illusions of Glory: The Great War on the Eastern Front (“IoG”) is currently on the P-500 list. Links to prototype unit counters, player aid cards, mapboard, and playbook can be found on the IoG webpage. Google’s Artificial Intelligence says that IoG is a “heavyweight wargame with a great design”, that
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After Action Report, Designer Blogs, Videos
Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV) Assistant Designer/Editor, Fred Schachter – When I read the author’s “Congress of Vienna with Kids” BGG post last month, I thought “What a marvelous and inspiring story to share with InsideGMT‘s audience!” For wargaming seems, at least to me and quite a few of my gaming chums, a hobby
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After Action Report
If you would like to read Part I of this BoAR Tournament After Action Report before proceeding, you can find it here. -Rachel Prior to the start of play, it was recommended to the GM that he take time to review the rules for the scenario. White Plains is a big game and can be
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After Action Report, Convention Report
A robust twenty-seven players entered this year’s Battles of the American Revolution (BoAR) tournament, including three fresh players who had attended the demo on Monday night. A total of forty-three games were played. Overall, the King’s arms prevailed in twenty-one contests, or 49% of the matches played. American or Allied forces won eleven matches (26%)
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Introduction by Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East’s Game Developer, Fred Schachter: When ACME Designers Chris & Mark, as well as myself, first read in BGG James Lowry’s entertaining ACME Game After Action Report, we thought “Wow, wouldn’t this, with a bit of editing, be grand to share with InsideGMT’s audience?!?” and so this article
Designing a game with the scope of Combat Commander: Vietnam requires a lot of testing. Before the game is opened up for broader playtesting, the core design team has to ensure that all of the pieces of the design are working to provide the play experience we want. In the previous article we discussed how
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After Action Report, Designer BlogsAlong with my friends, Johan and Chris, I have been playing the scenarios in The Ancient World: Rise of the Roman Republic and The Ancient World: Carthage pretty much every Wednesday night since December 2023. At first, we just wanted to take the system for a spin as Johan spoke highly of it, but it
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After Action Report, Designer Blogs, Developer Notes, Development UpdatesIntroduction by Hannibal’s Revenge Co-Designer, Fred Schachter: While the GMT Team continues its efforts to make production-ready Hannibal’s Revenge, the next game of the Card Conquest System series, play testing progresses. While this is underway, readers may find of interest this report of a Hannibal’s Revenge playtest game between Robert Baynosa and his buddy Marlon
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After Action Report, Designer Blogs