Below is an After Action Report and Narration using the mini-campaign scenario for Battles of the Warrior Queen that comes from one of our customers, Vladimir Vladov. He had that scenario published on InsideGMT and it can be found here. Enjoy! -Rachel
Chronicle of the Battles of the Warrior Queen: Part 1 – Camulodunum and Mona Insulis Read Post »
After Action Report, Scenarios/VariantsBelow is a look at one of the games coming to the P500 list this month, The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944, designed by Ted Raicer. Ted has also included a first turn playtest after action report for The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944 at the end of this article. Enjoy! -Rachel
The Dark Summer: Normandy 1944 – Introduction and After Action Report Read Post »
After Action Report, Designer BlogsThe following article, “The End” is Part 4 in an Apocalypse Road After Action Report series from Stig Morten Breiland. To read Parts 1, 2, and 3, go here, here, and here.
Apocalypse Road AAR: Full Metal Jacket Derby at Black Widow Hollow (Part 4 and Final) Read Post »
After Action ReportLast week’s installment included a synopsis of the Battle of Cross Keys, along with a brief description of the way in which the Death Valley scenario seeks to simulate the caution that characterized John C. Fremont’s generalship that day. It concluded with the first part of my playtest AAR, describing the scenario’s 1200 turn. Here
Cross Keys: A Good Day for Richard Stoddert Ewell (Part 2) Read Post »
After Action Report, Scenarios/VariantsThe following article, “The Dominator”, “Dasher”, and “Thor” Go to War is Part 3 in an Apocalypse Road After Action Report series from Stig Morten Breiland. To read Parts 1 and 2, go here and here.
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After Action ReportThe Battle of Cross Keys: A Synopsis The aftermath of Nathaniel Banks’ defeat at Winchester on May 25th, 1862, roused the Lincoln administration to action. With Stonewall Jackson rampaging through the lower Shenandoah Valley to within a few miles of the Potomac at Harper’s Ferry, half of Irwin McDowell’s corps marched west from Fredericksburg, threading
Cross Keys: A Good Day for Richard Stoddert Ewell (Part 1) Read Post »
After Action Report, Inside the Game as History, Scenarios/VariantsThis article is Part 2 in an Apocalypse Road After Action Report series from Stig Morten Breiland. To read Part 1, go here.
Apocalypse Road AAR: Full Metal Jacket Derby at Black Widow Hollow (Part 2) Read Post »
After Action ReportLadies and Gentlemen! Load your guns and start your engines! The Apocalypse Road Beckons! You´ve seen your Thunder Alley buddies link up with the other lane, and thereby leaving your car alone, activated and ultimately lapped in turn 1 on Saint Adriana. Your words “…but we had a deal…” seemingly lost to your buddies. You´ve
Apocalypse Road AAR: Full Metal Jacket Derby at Black Widow Hollow (Part 1) Read Post »
After Action Report, Playtest ReportsThis is the fifth installment of Tokyo at Dawn, an after action report created using GMT’s Enemy Coast Ahead: The Doolittle Raid. Where a word appears in bold, it references a game mechanic or rule. The first four articles of the Tokyo at Dawn series can be found here, here, here, and here. Another of Chris’ fantastic InsideGMT articles, “Walking the Distant Plain” can be
Tokyo at Dawn #5: The Doolittle Raid Debriefing Read Post »
After Action ReportThe 1st Battle of Winchester Spring, 1862, brought the southern Confederacy a succession of defeats in the west and retreats in the east. Richmond’s only glimmer of hope came from the Shenandoah Valley, where at great cost Stonewall Jackson drove back elements of John C. Fremont’s Army of West Virginia at the Battle of McDowell
Death Valley: Rearguard Action at Winchester, Virginia, May 25th, 1862 Read Post »
After Action Report, Playtest Reports