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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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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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 BlogsBelow you will find Part 2 in a Plantagenet replay series from Cristophe Correia originally published on The Boardgames Chronicle blog. You can read Parts 1 and 2 here and here. Enjoy! -Rachel
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After Action ReportBelow you will find Part 2 in a Plantagenet replay series from Cristophe Correia originally published on The Boardgames Chronicle blog. You can read Part 1 here. Enjoy! -Rachel After the defeat and the death of Henry VI and Somerset at the Battle of Ipswich, Richard York becomes King of England for the next 10 years.
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After Action ReportBelow you will find Part 1 in a Plantagenet replay series from Cristophe Correia originally published on The Boardgames Chronicle blog. Enjoy! -Rachel Levy & Campaign Series developer Christophe Correia and his friend John O’Reilly face off in a run through the full-length scenario of Volume IV, Plantagenet. The scenario covers the full War of the Roses between
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