“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 #9 We didn’t add terrain to Talon until about a year into the development cycle. The game offers enough interesting choices and the counters are large […]
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Designer BlogsStorming the Heights is the latest entry to hit the GMT P500 from Consim Press. This release covers one of the first major battles of the Crimean War, the Battle of the Alma, fought on 20 September 1854. This game models in a highly-playable format the key elements of the battle — command control (lack of generalship),
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Consim Press, 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 #8 A couple of weeks ago, we looked at the Weapon Sheet, which we used to objectively calculate a relative point value for each weapon. That
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Designer BlogsAs a developer and co-designer, Doug’s been a tremendous help and force behind getting NWIP published. In this article, he profiles the orders of battle for the primary opponents and discusses the why behind some of the decisions we made. – Mitchell Land The Armies of NWIP Bringing the two main armies in Next War:
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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 #7 Jim’s Under the Hood segment will continue next week. In the meantime, here’s an article about Talon afterburners, which was the brain child of our
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Designer Blogs, Playtest Reports“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 #6 Thus far on Talon Tuesday, we have taken a look at an overview of the game, a detailed example of play, and even some fan
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Designer BlogsThe following are a few British Faction first Event cards and the associated history: 27. The Queen’s Rangers Show for Battle The Loyalist regiment with a history reaching back to Rodger’s Rangers in the French and Indian War was renamed in honor of Queen Charlotte, the wife of King George III. Lieutenant-Colonel John Graves Simcoe
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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 #5 …And now the conclusion of Patton’s Story… SPOILER ALERT: The following is a SPOILER for the story of the scenarios covering the First Talon War.
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Designer BlogsIn Labyrinth, US players generally try to keep their government in the Hard category in order to more efficiently prosecute the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Regime Change Operations are only permissible when the US has a Hard posture, and Disrupt Operations performed against Jihadist Cells in the US are more effective if the US
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Designer BlogsLocation: Golan Heights (Southern Sector) October 6, 1973 Situation: In this short AAR we take a look at the southern sector of the Golan front and the Syrian assault against the thin Israeli line defending it. The Syrian 5th Infantry division, boosted with two tank brigades, has departed from its staging area and moved towards
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