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All Bridges Burning: Simulating the Finnish Civil War, Part 2

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In the previous InsideGMT article on All Bridges Burning, we looked in in more detail at some historical particularities the game deals with. It is understood that as a topic the Finnish Civil War is relatively little known, and so gamers may appreciate detailed looks at some aspects of the history and how these are […]

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Fort Sumter: Final Crisis Strategy

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Introduction Now that Fort Sumter has entered the gaming universe, I thought it was time to do a few articles on strategy. If you are unfamiliar with this game, please look at my earlier Inside GMT articles or download the Playbook and read the comprehensive example of play.

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Nevsky: Crusade on Novgorod Replay – Part 4

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We continue in Part 4 with a close-up look at battle in Nevsky—Teutons and Rus in Collision and the Levy & Campaign system, as the Russian Lord Gavrilo advances to challenge the Teutonic invader.  You can find this series of articles’ Part 1 here, Part 2 here, and Part 3 here.

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It’s All in the Cards: The Cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (Part 6 – Final)

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In this article we continue to explore the event cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (ACIS). To read the previous five articles in this series, follow the links here, here, here, here, and here. We hope you’ve enjoyed this InsideGMT series thus far. 

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Peloponnesian War Series Replay: Turn 3

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For those of you who have been following Mark’s “What Was Old is New Again” seriescovering Peloponnesian War design and strategy, please enjoy another selection from the years ago published Volume 28 #1 of The General. This four part article series is a replay of Peloponnesian War featuring Kevin Boylan as the Athenian Player, Doug Whatley as the Spartan Player,

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Apocalypse Road – What’s in a Name

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So far on InsideGMT we have covered the design process and how Carla and I managed to get from Thunder Alley to Apocalypse Road. We have discussed why we did it. We wrote about mistakes that we made. We have written about the “eureka” moments of finding not only what works but what works and

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It’s All in the Cards: The Cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (Part 5)

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In this article we continue to explore the event cards of Ancient Civilizations of the Inner Sea (ACIS). To read the previous four articles in this series, follow the links here, here, here, and here. We hope you’ve enjoyed this InsideGMT series thus far. 

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Peloponnesian War Series Replay: Turn 2

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For those of you who have been following Mark’s “What Was Old is New Again” series covering Peloponnesian War design and strategy, please enjoy another selection from the years ago published Volume 28 #1 of The General. This four part article series is a replay of Peloponnesian War featuring Kevin Boylan as the Athenian Player, Doug Whatley as the Spartan

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Peloponnesian War Series Replay: Turn 1

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For those of you who have been following Mark’s “What Was Old is New Again” series covering Peloponnesian War design and strategy, please enjoy another selection from the years ago published Volume 28 #1 of The General. This four part article series is a replay of Peloponnesian War featuring Kevin Boylan as the Athenian Player,

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Replicator Tuesday Issue #45: After Action Report

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Replicator Tuesdays is an article series appearing on InsideGMT. It features insights into the development of the 2nd expansion for the board wargame Space Empires:4x by Jim Krohn.  Here the designer, developer and play testers will share their thoughts and experiences on this upcoming expansion. Since there is much crossover between the Space Empires and

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