Greetings from just south of Baltimore, MD. My name is Barry Setser and I am the developer for GMT’s upcoming game – Bayonets & Tomahawks. Many of you know the name from numerous conventions and gatherings over the years, but there’s a larger contingent that have no idea who I am. I would like to […]
B&T Warpath Chronicles #4: Developer’s Introduction Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Development UpdatesAs we examined in the previous volume of these Chronicles, raiding is an important feature of the period covered by Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain. As a consequence, if you are playing a Briton faction, you better be prepared to suffer significant harm and desolation from marauding raiders. But that does not mean you
The Pendragon Chronicles Vol. 3 – Counter-Raider Warfare Read Post »
Designer BlogsThe following is an actual example of play from the MBT rulebooks. It has been annotated with additional notes to help with the gaming mechanics and terminology.
MBT Example of Play (Part 1): Basic Game AP Combat Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Examples of PlayIntroduction by 7YW:FG Game Developer – Fred Schachter Mark McLaughlin and my designer/developer partnership span a number of fine GMT games: but since my business career took me away from the Northeast; it’s been all too rare that I could visit with my friend Mark and enjoy a good fun time gaming. A recent trip
The Awakening expansion to Labyrinth was released in September, 2016, and added event cards and rules to cover the period 2010 through 2015. It has been exciting for me as the designer to see player comments on-line as they explore the rules and test the Bots. Many players commented that their goal in this exploration
First Time Into The Maze: Beginner Strategy in Labyrinth: Awakening Read Post »
Designer BlogsThe B-17 Flying Fortress was a menacing machine of the air, but it was positively frightening when it flew in formation. Skies Above the Reich is premised on a simple idea: the formation can be thought of as a terrain. For the Luftwaffe pilot tasked with the job of knocking those B-17s out of the
Terrain in Skies Above the Reich Read Post »
Designer Blogs“Bayonets & Tomahawks Biweekly” is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically every two weeks. It features articles from the Bayonets & Tomahawks development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. NOTE: The cards in the final product have replaced the Action tokens. Issue #3: Action tokens PART 3 — Full Action Round Example: French
The following is the first installment of an Example of Play of the Last Hundred Yards.
The Last Hundred Yards Example of Play – Part 1 Read Post »
Designer BlogsPossibly the most characteristic feature of Pendragon: The Fall of Roman Britain is the importance of raiding and counter-raider warfare: no matter what approach you adopt, you are going to undertake (if you play a Barbarian faction) or suffer (if you are playing a Briton faction) a lot of raids, so let’s start with raiding.
The Pendragon Chronicles Vol. 2 – Raiding Read Post »
Designer Blogs“Talon Tuesdays†is an article series appearing on InsideGMT periodically on Tuesdays. It features articles from the Talon development team regarding the game’s design, development and upcoming release. Issue #28: Talon 1000 on P500 We’re so excited to announce the next addition to the Talonverse (what we call the universe in which Talon takes place)
Talon Tuesday Issue #28: Talon 1000 on P500 Read Post »
Designer Blogs, Scenarios/Variants