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Talon Tuesday Issue #7: From Afterburners to Addicted

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“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 Tuesday Issue #6: Under the Hood

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“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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Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection and the Event Cards (Part 4)

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The 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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Talon Tuesday Issue #5: The Talonverse (Part 2)

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“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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Stay Soft or Go Hard: Deciding US Posture in Labyrinth: Awakening

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In 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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Operation Badr – Historical Scenario

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Location: 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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Designer Blogs, Scenarios/Variants

Talon Tuesday Issue #4: The Talonverse (Part 1)

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“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 #4 Early in development we realized we were NOT just riffing on Star Fleet Battles, although (and I’m speaking for Jim Krohn, the designer, here) the

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Liberty or Death: The American Insurrection and the Event Cards (Part 3)

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The following are a few French Faction first Event cards and the associated history: 60. Comte d’Orvilliers Builds a Fleet at Brest In 1777 D’Orvilliers was appointed Lieutenant-General of the Navy and worked to prepare the navy for conflict with the British including the preparation of a fleet in Brest.

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Congratulations! You’re the New American President (Part 1)

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Welcome to another look inside Mr. President! (Please note that not only is all the art you see below playtest art, it’s playtest art mostly created by me, and I have trouble drawing straight stick figures! It’ll look a lot better when our artists do their magic!) This time, we’re going to start a new

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Talon Tuesday Issue #3 – Example of Play Part 2

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“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 #3 The following is a continuation of the Example of Play posted for last week’s “Talon Tuesday”. Now that the Impulse is over, the Change Initiative

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