In MBT, players manage the flow of the game through control of the initiative. It dictates the course of action for the current turn. Who controls it is determined during the Initiative Phase. Initiative works hand-in-hand with command and control. Both relate to the management and sequencing of individual units. However, because the Command Phase […]
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Designer Blogs, Examples of PlayHere is a long overdue update for Silver Bayonet. As you are all, no doubt, well aware, we didn’t hit our desired date for Oct-Nov last year. I decided to push production out because, quite simply, the game wasn’t ready yet. The team has been working hard to test all of the scenarios to ensure
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Designer Blogs, Development Updates“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 #26: Vassal Module It’s finally here! The Vassal module for Talon!
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Designer BlogsWhen it comes to shilling, not only am I not in the same league as Lee Brimmicombe-Wood, I don’t even play the same sport! But despite the lack of news, there has been substantial progress on Wild Blue Yonder during the past few years. A major proportion of the project has been designing and testing
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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 #25: Talon Puzzle 3 OK new Talon Puzzle! This time I decided to throw the Terrans some love by way of Fighters. FTRs are extremely powerful.
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Designer BlogsThe following is Part 3 of a series replaying the Wing Leader Scenario V25 “Singapore Sling”, one of the supplemental scenarios provided by Lee B-W online. To catch up, see Part 1 and Part 2.
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Designer BlogsNote: Here are links to Part 1,  Part 2, and Part 3 of this ongoing article. Also, please note that all of the pictures and graphics herein are of Gene’s homemade dtp counters, map, and cards. This is decidedly NOT final art! 🙂
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Designer BlogsThe COIN Series is similar to Card-Driven Games (the CDG System) in leveraging event cards to bring political, diplomatic, economic, and other non-military aspects into a wargame without muss. (Consider, in this regard, the lineage from 1994’s “We the People” by Mark Herman to today’s Liberty or Death.) Falling Sky,is no different. Here we preview a
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Designer BlogsNote: Here are links to Part 1 and Part 2 of this ongoing article. We’re picking up the action as you enter the 2nd month of your Presidency. Let’s get right to Game Turn 1, Round 2.
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Designer BlogsJoel Toppen and Mike Bertucelli asked me to play through the tutorial for Comanchería to assist in proof reading. For me it was a rare treat to learn to play this much-awaited game with adult supervision and possibly get a few games in before it gets printed! The game covers 4 historical periods from 1700
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