Designer Blogs

The Arjuna Chronicles #7: Sarojini Naidu Inspires the Masses

Gandhi includes a brand new Solitaire system, called Arjuna, that replaces the flowcharts that have become a staple of the COIN Series. Players who play COIN Solitaire have asked many questions about how the system works – and don’t fear! – COIN Series Developer Jason Carr is here to walk through the design, ergonomics, and […]

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Designer Blogs

The Gandhi Chronicles #6: Playing the Muslim League in Gandhi — Operations and Special Activities

The Muslim League is one of two Nonviolent Factions in Gandhi, alongside Congress. Though they share the same Operations and two of the same Special Activities with Congress, the Muslim League has different victory goals that will eventually pull them away from their Congress allies, perhaps even leading them to work with the British to

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Designer Blogs

The Barracks Emperors Preview

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Designer Blogs, Examples of Play, Playtest Reports, Videos

The Arjuna Chronicles #6: Great Bengal Famine

Gandhi includes a brand new Solitaire system, called Arjuna, that replaces the flowcharts that have become a staple of the COIN Series. Players who play COIN Solitaire have asked many questions about how the system works – and don’t fear! – COIN Series Developer Jason Carr is here to walk through the design, ergonomics, and

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Designer Blogs

The Arjuna Chronicles #5: Bhagat Singh Frustrates the Empire

Gandhi includes a brand new Solitaire system, called Arjuna, that replaces the flowcharts that have become a staple of the COIN Series. Players who play COIN Solitaire have asked many questions about how the system works – and don’t fear! – COIN Series Developer Jason Carr is here to walk through the design, ergonomics, and

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A Game of the Ages for All Ages: Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea at Huzzah! Convention in Maine

To the table came six players from three generations, including a father, his millenial-age son, a lad of 12, and three guys from the late 30s to late 50s. None had ever played Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea before.

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After Action Report, Designer Blogs

The Arjuna Chronicles #4: Khadi Spinning Wheels

Gandhi includes a brand new Solitaire system, called Arjuna, that replaces the flowcharts that have become a staple of the COIN Series. Players who play COIN Solitaire have asked many questions about how the system works – and don’t fear! – COIN Series Developer Jason Carr is here to walk through the design, ergonomics, and

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Designer Blogs

The Evolution of “Expansion or Extinction” #4: An After Action Report (AAR) from Prezcon!

The Evolution of “Expansion or Extinction” (EOE) is an article series periodically appearing in InsideGMT.  It features articles from the designer regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release.  Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series can be found here.

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Designer Blogs

Fisher’s Hill: A Death Valley Narrative-Style AAR (Part 3)

Introduction This is the third and last installment in my after-action report for “Fisher’s Hill”, one of Death Valley‘s 1864 battles. Like the preceding parts, it employs a “narrative” style designed to display the GBACW system’s level of detail. In all but the final section of the article I avoid game terminology. Nevertheless, the AAR

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After Action Report, Designer Blogs, Scenarios/Variants

The Arjuna Chronicles #3: Jawaharlal Nehru Rises to Prominence

Gandhi includes a brand new Solitaire system, called Arjuna, that replaces the flowcharts that have become a staple of the COIN Series. Players who play COIN Solitaire have asked many questions about how the system works – and don’t fear! – COIN Series Developer Jason Carr is here to walk through the design, ergonomics, and

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