This is the second article on the organization of Allied and German units in Drop Zone: Southern France. Part 1 was a discussion of the organization of the Allied and German infantry from squad level moving up to battalion level. Part 2 will focus on regiment and brigade level organization.
Drop Zone: Southern France Organization – Part 2: Regiments and Brigades Read Post »
Designer BlogsIn previous installments, I have described the “main characters†in Banish the Snakes: the historic people that players represent in their attempts to convert Ireland. But now I’m moving on to the “supporting cast†of historic characters, people who were notable in the history of the time and show up in the game on Event cards. The previous articles
Historic Characters in Banish the Snakes: Coroticus Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Inside the Game as HistoryBelow you will find the seventeenth and final installment of an ongoing design diaries series from Border Reivers designer Ed Beach. (The previous installments can be found here.) He regularly publishes design updates on the “Reivers and Reformers” Facebook group, so if you would like to read those as they are released you can do so here. Ed is
Border Reivers Design Diary #17: Border Reivers With Less Than Four Players Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Solitaire SystemsThis is our third installment in a series going through the commands and special activities of the newly released COIN Series game, All Bridges Burning, Volume X. If you would like to read the previous two installments, they can be found here.
This will be the first of many articles on the history of the campaign and design notes for Drop Zone: Southern France. We will begin with a discussion of the organization of the Allied and German armies in August 1944, beginning with the infantry from squad level moving up to battalion level.
We usually announce new P500 game information when we add the game to our P500 list. Every once in a while, though, especially for game series with strong followings, we give you some insider previews here in InsideGMT. Today, designer James Day gives us a peek at the next game in his popular Panzer series.
Panzer North Africa On The Horizon Read Post »
Designer BlogsIn the latest InsideGMT articles on All Bridges Burning, we kicked off a series of short posts going through the base game commands and special activities to help gamers ease into playing the game with minimum effort. Last time we looked at the Rally command and the Prepare special activity. Today we continue that series
Introduction by Congress of Vienna (CoV)’s Editor, Fred Schachter – To familiarize the InsideGMT audience of what designer Frank Esparrago accomplished with his fun and exciting Congress of Vienna game, now a GMT P-500 offering which has “Made the Cut” and then some (thank you patrons, thank you so very much!) kindly reference previous InsideGMT
Strategies for Russian in Congress of Vienna: “We are Russians… God is with us!![1]” Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Strategy ArticlesAs I write this, the preorders placed on All Bridges Burning have just been charged and the game is due to begin to ship within the next few weeks. In the last few InsideGMT articles on All Bridges Burning, we looked at the game’s solitaire system in action (see those articles here, here, and here).
All Bridges Burning: Examples of Play to Keep the Doctor Away #1: Rally + Prepare Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Examples of PlayLike its parent game, our forthcoming SpaceCorp expansion, SpaceCorp:Ventures includes a dedicated solo version with its own rules. For Ventures, designer John Butterfield tweaked the Solo AI to make it tougher to beat, by enhancing the competition’s responsiveness to the strategic situation on each era’s board. Players who enjoyed the original SpaceCorp solo game and
Enhanced Competition in Solo SpaceCorp Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Scenarios/Variants